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7:15AM // An excerpt from 3CR's summer series "Writing Home", a show in which Satellite Skies host Madhvi takes listeners through important feminist readings from the Global South. In this excerpt, which originally aired on 6 Jan, Madhvi discusses and reads an extract from "Against White Feminism" by Rafia Zakaria. It's a fabulous read on compulsory sexuality, and the problems with a singular white empowerment feminist narrative in today's capitalist world. Tune in to 3CR on Saturdays 9-10AM to hear the last two episodes of this summer special, or you can find Madhvi's episodes of Satellite Skies at 3cr.org.au/satelliteskies. 7:30AM // Marc Isaac is a queer comedian, born in Scotland, and now based mainly in Melbourne. They join us to talk about the open mic comedy scene in Melbourne and queer friendly spaces from an intersectional perspective. They have recently started up Queer Comedy Collingwood, a vibrant and diverse LGBTQI+ comedy night, with the goal of ‘making comedy queer again'. Check it out, the first Tuesday of the month from 7pm, at Wheat, Wine and Whisky on 284 Smith St Collingwood. You can also follow Marc on Instagram @marcisaaccomedy. 7:45AM // A second excerpt from 3CR's summer series "Writing Home" on important feminist readings from the Global South. In this excerpt, host Madhvi introduces and pays tribute to the life of Savitribai Phule, social reformer, poet, and first female teacher in India, to coincide with her birthday on the 3rd January. This discussion originally aired on Sat 11 Jan and finishes with a song, "Jago" by Amira Gill, Amrit Ramnath & M.S Krsna. Tune in to 3CR on Saturdays 9-10AM to hear the last two episodes of this summer special, or you can find Madhvi's episodes of Satelliteskies at 3cr.org.au/satelliteskies. 8:00AM // Kathryn Kelly, a former federal public servant who worked largely in the environment and Aboriginal affairs portfolios, on the ongoing genocide in Palestine and the demands of IPAN (the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network). Kathryn visited Gaza and the West Bank in 2002 and 2003 and then founded the ‘Australians for Justice and Peace in Palestine' organisation in Canberra in 2003. Kathryn was a member of the IPAN National Coordinating Committee as an ACT rep, (2013-2023). Kathryn was also a founding co-convenor of the Alliance Against Political Prosecutors until recently, advocating for the truth tellers/whistleblowers. 8:15AM // Sofii Belling-Harding, host of a new 3CR program called 'BITE: Black is the Essence', interviewing her Aunty Tammy Lee Rock, an award-winning actor, playwright, director, a natural-born comedian and radio presenter herself, on her work and experiences in the arts, including First Nations theatre production work in the 90s, storytelling through her various acting roles, and processing trauma. BITE is at 1pm on Mondays on 3CR. You can also head to www.3cr.org.au/bite to listen back to the full interview and previous programs. Songs:Leave Me Low - Becca HatchOrlando in Love - Japanese Breakfast
This conversation was real and hard, and at times provocative but worth listening to every minute if you truly believe in equity for ALL women. Rafia Zakaria is the author of one of the most important books of our time: Against White Feminism- challenging all of us, white, brown and black women to strive for inclusive feminism that moves beyond the upper middle-class white women.
In einer Relaxed Performance lesen die Autor:innen Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner, Selma Kay Matter und Mirjam Wittig aus neuen Texten. Aus ihren drei Positionen (ABC) ergibt sich ein Dreieck. Das triangle of exhaustion wird stabil gehalten durch die endlose Anstrengung, Erschöpfung, Wiederholung. Punkt A spricht von der Anstrengung, sich verständlich zu machen in einem Raum, der nicht sicher ist. Punkt B spricht von Überanstrengung als Alltagserfahrung eines chronisch kranken Körpers. Punkt C spricht von der Erschöpfung eines zerstörten Bodens und der Anstrengung, ihn wiederherzustellen. In welchem Verhältnis stehen die drei Positionen zueinander? Welche Wechselwirkungen gehen sie ein? How can we get some rest? Simoné Goldschmidt—Lechner (sgl) schreibt Prosa, Lyrik und Drama, übersetzt, macht Podcasts, beschäftigt sich mit (queeren) Fankulturen im Netz, Horror aus postmigrantischer Perspektive und Sprache in Videospielen. Sie ist Autor:in des Romans_Messer, Zungen_ (2022) und (Mit-)Übersetzerin von u.a. _Against White Feminism_(2022), _Exponiert_ (2023), _Die Patriarchen_ (2023), _Unertrunken_ (2022) und der Autobiographie von Angela Y. Davis (2023). Selma Kay Matter, geboren in Zürich, ist Autor:in und Dramaturg:in und studiert Szenisches Schreiben an der Universität der Künste Berlin. Zuletzt hat dey im Duo mit Marie Lucienne Verse das Stück Alias Anastasius geschrieben, das gerade am Berliner Ensemble zu sehen ist. Selma Matter war Mitherausgeber:in der BELLA triste und Teil der künstlerischen Leitung von PROSANOVA 2020. Derzeit schreibt dey an einem autofiktionalen Text zu den Schnittstellen von chronischer Erkrankung und Queerness. Mirjam Wittig hat Philosophie, Kulturwissenschaften und Literarisches Schreiben studiert, war Mitherausgeberin der Literaturzeitschrift BELLA.triste und Teil der Künstlerischen Leitung des PROSANOVA-Festivals. Im Frühjahr 2022 erschien ihr Debütroman An der Grasnarbe im Suhrkamp Verlag. Aktuell arbeitet sie an Gedichten und ihrem zweiten Romanprojekt, für das sie das Berliner Senatsstipendium für Literatur erhielt. Sie lebt in Berlin.
Rafia Zakaria is the Pakistani-American author of Against White Feminism, a columnist for The Baffler, and a human rights lawyer. She's also a former Director of Amnesty International. Rafia explains what happened when she wrote a column in The Baffler about how the New York Time's podcast Caliphate was filled with lies. Rafia and Gabe also talk about Angelina Jolie's activist posts on Instagram. Visit Rafia Zakaria's website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram Buy Rafia's nonfiction book Against White Feminism Read Rafia at The Baffler Read about Rafia in New York Times Watch Rafia on Democracy Now More episode resources and links Email Gabe Hudson: gabehudsonsays@gmail.com Follow Gabe on Twitter and Instagram Other episodes you may enjoy: Elizabeth McCracken (author of The Hero of This Book) Tressie McMillan Cottom (NYT's columnist) Merve Emre (contributing writer at The New Yorker) Charles Yu (National Book Award Winner) About the Host: Gabe Hudson is the author of 2 books published from Knopf. His honors include being named one of Granta's “Best of Young American Novelists,” PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist, the Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University, the John Hawkes Prize in Fiction from Brown University, a fellowship from Humanities War & Peace Initiative at Columbia University, and Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His writing has appeared in Granta, The New Yorker, The Believer, McSweeney's, and The New York Times Magazine. He was Editor-at-Large for McSweeney's for 10+ years. He served in the Marine Corps. He teaches at Columbia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Author Rafia Zakaria turned the feminist world upside down with her bestselling book Against White Feminism. White feminists, she writes, fail "to cede space to the feminists of colour who have been ignored erased or excluded from the feminist movement." In this episode Rafia talks with the Brussels-based journalist and think-tanker Shada Islam about the prevalence of white feminist thinking in Europe — and in France in particular.Support the show
Feminism today is wracked with inequality. Rafia Zakaria, author of Against White Feminism, says feminists must have a reckoning within and that white women must make space for those women who may not be the policymakers or theorists, but who live the feminist struggle every day of their lives.
Marina talks with Rafia Zakaria about her book : Against White Feminism. Rafia Zakariais an author, attorney, and human rights activist who has just released her newest book, Against White Feminism. Zakaria was born and raised in Karachi before moving to the United States. She formerly served as a board member for Amnesty International USA. An accomplished writer, she has two previous books, The Upstairs Wife, An Intimate History of Pakistan and Veil, and is a columnist for BafflerMag and Dawn in Pakistan. Her articles have also been featured in The Guardian, CNN, The Boston Globe, The Boston Review, and The Times of India. Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female ( Amazon Prime, CW Network), TBS's The Last O.G, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Hysterical on FX, The Movie Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf.
In today's episode, we have Rafia Zakaria in the #DesiCraftChat segment. She discusses her new book, Against White Feminism, which was out earlier this year. In conversation with her are this week's guest hosts, Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh of Brown Girl Bookshelf. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks; @browngbookshelf Instagram: @desi.books; @browngirlbookshelf Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co; https://browngirlbookshelf.org Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews; https://browngirlbookshelf.substack.com/ Email: desibooks@desibooks.co; browngirlbookshelf@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support
Rafia Zakaria's latest book of essays Against White Feminism bills itself as a counter-manifesto to "white feminism's global, long-standing affinity with colonial, patriarchal, and white supremacist ideals".
On this episode of en(gender)ed, guest host Roman James interviews feminist lawyer, human rights activist, political philosopher, columnist and author, Rafia Zakaria about her newly released book, Against White Feminism, Notes on Disruption. Roman speaks with Rafia about the historic domination of the feminist lexicon by upper middle-class white women, the de-centering of Black and Brown voices, and the role that patriarchy plays in perpetuating white supremacist, capitalist, imperialist feminism which often subjugates the very populations it asserts to be empowering. Roman James is mama to the most wonderful, generous, and intelligent light being she ever met. Additionally, she serves as an activist and resistor of the violence imposed on women and children in the archaic American family court system having been radicalized by the institutional betrayal of the legal system. Her purpose is to thrive in her self-possession, rise above the systemic failures and leave everyone she comes in contact with better off for having met her. During our conversation, Roman and Rafia referenced the following resources: Rafia's journey to becoming a feminist. Rafia's perspective on women being tasked to be disrupters. 1893 World's Fair's showcase of the “White City” and the exclusion of Black people and communities The controversy behind ESPN reporter Maria Taylor and Rachel Nicols The double standard and racism behind “culturally-coded crimes” --- Thanks for tuning in to the en(gender)ed podcast! Be sure to check out our en(gender)ed site and follow our blog on Medium. Join our feminist community of survivors, advocates and allies! Consider donating because your support is what makes this work sustainable. Please also connect with us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Don't forget to subscribe to the show!
In this episode, Jess and Lauren take their general reading update chat from Whatsapp on to the Podcast. Tune in for a world of 'currently', what they're each currently, reading, listening to, watching and the book mail they've received! Books Mentioned in this Episode: We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz, Magpie by Elizabeth Day, Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria, Eve of Man by Giovanna and Tom Fletcher, Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors, Taste by Stanley Tucci and A Winter in Wonderland by Isla Gordon. Competition Time: We have partnered with Books That Matter to gift one lucky listener a free Books The Matter gift box! To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is subscribe, rate and review this podcast. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts leave a review and put your Instagram handle as your 'Nickname', if you're listening on another platform, subscribe then share our podcast on your instagram story and we'll track your entry that way. Each month a winner will be selected at random and informed via Instagram. Get in Touch: Instagram: @bookreccos Email: bookreccos@gmail.com Jingle written and produced by Alex Thomas licensed exclusively for Book Reccos
We're excited to share our great conversation with Rafia Zakaria on her latest book, AGAINST WHITE FEMINISM. Rafia Zakaria is an attorney, political philosopher, the author of The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan, Veil, and most recently Against White Feminism. She also authored many essays for the Guardian, CNN, and the New York Times Book Review. She is a regular columnist for Dawn in Pakistan and the Baffler in the United States. You can also find her on Substack. AGAINST WHITE FEMINISM provides historical and contemporary evidence as to the destructive, problematic nature of white feminism and why we need to disrupt and dismantle it. Per Zakaria, a white feminist is someone who refuses to consider the role that whiteness and racial privilege have played and continue to play in universalizing white feminist concerns, agendas, and beliefs as being those of all feminism and all of feminists. Rafia Zakaria is one of the many authors from around the world participating in Miami Book Fair 2021, the nation's largest gathering of writers and readers of all ages. She is so looking forward to sharing her work, thoughts and new ideas with everyone, in person and on line. Please visit miamibookfair.com for more information, for follow MBF at @miamibookfair #miamibookfair2021 Feminists Without Mystique is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you'll love at Frolic.media/podcasts! - feministswithoutmystique.com Support us on Ko-fi! Twitter: @fwmpodcast Instagram: @feministswithoutmystique Facebook: facebook.com/fwmpodcast Email: feministswithoutmystique@gmail.com
This week Cal and I discuss the downfalls of "white feminism" and how this is letting women down. We discuss how we can participate in feminism in an intersectional way and keep driving the movement forward so no one is getting left behind. Plus, did you know that labiaplasty is fastest rising cosmetic surgery worldwide? Many people with vaginas are getting them nipped and tucked and we what to know WHY? In a poll of more than 3,600 readers, the online women's magazine Refinery29 found that almost half (48%) had concerns about the appearance of their vulva. Of those, 64% were worried about the size and 60% about the shape of their vulva, with almost one-third (30%) worried about the colour of their genitals. And I think it comes down to thinking that our vulva isn't "normal" well, before you make that assumption, have a look at these vulva positive influencers who can educate you on what "normal" actually looks like... Check out Ying Lee (@sativaplath69), who posts about their “phat coochie” and got an incredible 6.4m views for their video on “gatekeeping phat coochie culture” and you may also want to have a look at gynaecologists Jennifer Lincoln (@drjenniferlincoln) and Jen Gunter (@drjengunter) - the author of The Vagina Bible – who make videos explain the vast spectrum of what is normal. Cal let's rip another glorious rant and this one will hit you hard and we end with a confession from Izzy who is a self-described pervert...uh oh...lot's to discuss! Resources: The book Cal refer to is Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria. And if you loved that then have a listen to Koa Beck chatting about the racism imbedded in white feminism. Thanks again for your support! The best thing you can to support us is to follow and subscribe to the podcast and share it with a friend! :) Keep sharing, keep talking and keep supporting each other. xxx --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/imwithher/message
Kristen ponders women's collective anger about strategized incompetence in our partners, Roo talks her new grounding practice, and we chat with Rafia Zakaria about her new book Against White Feminism.about what white women must do to make the feminist movement in America truly intersectional. She has some amazing insights on how white privilege has infiltrated the feminist movement and shares her experiences as an immigrant woman of color and how the feminist movement alienated her. You can find her book here. In this episode we also talk about: STORi Audrey Stackable Cosmetic Organizer Drawers The Largest Laundry Detergent Sheets Port and Polish Modern Pill Box Roo's Record Player Chagaccino is your coffee's new friend with benefits! Just add one packet of the Chagaccino mix into your regular coffee or latte and transform it into an adaptogenic, superfood, mushroom-based mocha! It is delish AF, vegan, keto and has no sugar or calories.It;s mad e of 100% wild foraged chaga, raw cacao, Ceylon cinnamon, and sweetened with monk fruit. It tastes like mocha ice cream and cinnamon toast crunch had a baby. Chaga is crazy high in antioxidants Each Chagaccino packet has the antioxidant equivalent of 3 lb's of blueberries so it's amazing for immune support! Chaga is the most alkaline food on the planet due to its vast mineral content. Chagaccino Chaga has more Potassium than bananas, more Germanium than Turmeric and more Rubidium than Green Tea. Visit drinkrenude.com and use the promo code SELFIE at checkout to get 15% off Chagaccino orders!
Rafia Zakaria's controversial Against White Feminism challenges the status of icons like Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, and Eve Ensler.
Feminism means different things to different people. If you listened to our episode earlier this year, Feminism for the 99 percent, we took a deep dive into this, unpacking how women's issues intersect with class and race, what trickle-down feminism is, who's included and precluded from certain forms of mainstream, American feminism, and why it's important for feminism to be truly intersectional and inclusive. In this Conversation, we take a deep dive into how the ideology of whiteness permeates mainstream, Western feminism, and how those on the peripheries are often left out — and even exploited by — feminism and certain feminists. Rafia Zakaria is a columnist for Dawn in Pakistan and author, most recently, of Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption, published by Norton and Company. Against White Feminism has made quite a splash since its publication in August, with a lot of positive reception, but also drawing the ire of many of those who it seeks to critique — namely, a certain cadre of feminists, often upper-middle class and white, who hold onto their very specific ideas about what feminism is, what it's not, and perhaps most importantly — who gets to define it. We explore how a certain liberal form of white-supremacy permeates much of mainstream feminism, how the white feminist savior complex and imperial feminism have been deployed throughout history — and well into our present times, such as in Afghanistan — to marginalize women of color and impose the “correct” form of feminism in non-consensual and harmful ways, what trickle-down or #girlboss feminism are, and more. Thank you to The Raincoats for the intermission music in this episode. Upstream theme music was composed by Robert. Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at www.upstreampodcast.org/support Also, if your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming episodes, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. Find out more at upstreampodcast.org/sponsorship For more from Upstream, visit www.upstreampodcast.org and follow us on social media: Facebook.com/upstreampodcast twitter.com/UpstreamPodcast Instagram.com/upstreampodcast You can also subscribe to us on Apple Podcast and Spotify: Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/upstream/id1082594532 Spotify: spoti.fi/2AryXHs
Feminism means different things to different people. If you listened to our episode earlier this year, Feminism for the 99 percent, we took a deep dive into this, unpacking how women's issues intersect with class and race, what trickle-down feminism is, who's included and precluded from certain forms of mainstream, American feminism, and why it's important for feminism to be truly intersectional and inclusive. In this Conversation, we take a deep dive into how the ideology of whiteness permeates mainstream, Western feminism, and how those on the peripheries are often left out — and even exploited by — feminism and certain feminists. Rafia Zakaria is a columnist for Dawn in Pakistan and author, most recently, of Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption, published by Norton and Company. Against White Feminism has made quite a splash since its publication in August, with a lot of positive reception, but also drawing the ire of many of those who it seeks to critique — namely, a certain cadre of feminists, often upper-middle class and white, who hold onto their very specific ideas about what feminism is, what it's not, and perhaps most importantly — who gets to define it. We explore how a certain liberal form of white-supremacy permeates much of mainstream feminism, how the white feminist savior complex and imperial feminism have been deployed throughout history — and well into our present times, such as in Afghanistan — to marginalize women of color and impose the “correct” form of feminism in non-consensual and harmful ways, what trickle-down or #girlboss feminism are, and more. Thank you to The Raincoats for the intermission music in this episode. Upstream theme music was composed by Robert. Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at www.upstreampodcast.org/support Also, if your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming episodes, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. Find out more at upstreampodcast.org/sponsorship For more from Upstream, visit www.upstreampodcast.org and follow us on social media: Facebook.com/upstreampodcast twitter.com/UpstreamPodcast Instagram.com/upstreampodcast You can also subscribe to us on Apple Podcast and Spotify: Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/upstream/id1082594532 Spotify: spoti.fi/2AryXHs
Feminism means different things to different people. If you listened to our episode earlier this year, Feminism for the 99 percent, we took a deep dive into this, unpacking how women's issues intersect with class and race, what trickle-down feminism is, who's included and precluded from certain forms of mainstream, American feminism, and why it's important for feminism to be truly intersectional and inclusive. In this Conversation, we take a deep dive into how the ideology of whiteness permeates mainstream, Western feminism, and how those on the peripheries are often left out — and even exploited by — feminism and certain feminists. Rafia Zakaria is a columnist for Dawn in Pakistan and author, most recently, of Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption, published by Norton and Company. Against White Feminism has made quite a splash since its publication in August, with a lot of positive reception, but also drawing the ire of many of those who it seeks to critique — namely, a certain cadre of feminists, often upper-middle class and white, who hold onto their very specific ideas about what feminism is, what it's not, and perhaps most importantly — who gets to define it. We explore how a certain liberal form of white-supremacy permeates much of mainstream feminism, how the white feminist savior complex and imperial feminism have been deployed throughout history — and well into our present times, such as in Afghanistan — to marginalize women of color and impose the “correct” form of feminism in non-consensual and harmful ways, what trickle-down or #girlboss feminism are, and more. Thank you to The Raincoats for the intermission music in this episode. Upstream theme music was composed by Robert. Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at www.upstreampodcast.org/support Also, if your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming episodes, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. Find out more at upstreampodcast.org/sponsorship For more from Upstream, visit www.upstreampodcast.org and follow us on social media: Facebook.com/upstreampodcast twitter.com/UpstreamPodcast Instagram.com/upstreampodcast You can also subscribe to us on Apple Podcast and Spotify: Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/upstream/id1082594532 Spotify: spoti.fi/2AryXHs
In this episode, host Anita Fuentes investigates the implications of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan from different angles with the help of guests Rafia Zakaria and Professor Michael Klare. Rafia Zakaria talks about her new book, Against White Feminism (2021), and how it ties into Western media coverage of Afghan women. Fuentes also speaks to Professor Michael Klare, defense correspondent at The Nation magazine, about his take on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan; a very different one to those being portrayed in mainstream media. The episode ends with a September media roundup, a brief section in which news articles, reports, and other materials focusing on (in)security issues are discussed. Security in Context is a podcast project from the research network of the same name, aimed at promoting new thinking on security from a global perspective. It features discussions about key questions on peace and conflict, the political economy of security and insecurity, militarism, and geopolitics, as they intersect with the processes of climate change, population movement, and the reorganization of global powers. In order to delve into these topics, we interview writers, researchers, activists and professionals from inside and outside the Security in Context network.
Rafia Zakaria, attorney, political philosopher, and author of the new book Against White Feminism talks about abortion, Afghanistan, empire, individualism, white supremacy and more with Sam Goldman. Follow Rafia on Twitter at @rafiazakaria. Mentioned in the conversation: The Other Afghan Women by Anand Gopal. Rallies for abortion rights were held around the country yesterday in response to the abortion ban in Texas and the plans for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe this year. Continued and spreading protest is needed now - get in touch with Refuse Fascism organizers by emailing info@refusefascism.org. Send your comments about the Refuse Fascism podcast to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Or leave a voicemail at 917-426-7582 or on https://anchor.fm/refuse-fascism/message. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support: Venmo: @Refuse-Fascism Cashapp: @RefuseFascism paypal.me/refusefascism donate.refusefascism.org Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/refuse-fascism/message
In this episode, we investigate the implications of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan from different angles with the help of our guests. Rafia Zakaria tells us about her new book, Against White Feminism, and how it ties into Western media coverage of Afghan women. We also speak to Professor Michael Klare, defense correspondent at The Nation magazine, about his take on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan; a very different one to those being portrayed in mainstream media. The episode ends with our September media roundup, a brief section in which we discuss news articles, reports, and other materials focusing on (in)security issues.
Rafia Zakaria is an author, attorney, and human rights activist who has just released her newest book, Against White Feminism. Zakaria was born and raised in Karachi before moving to the United States. She formerly served as a board member for Amnesty International USA. An accomplished writer, she has two previous books, The Upstairs Wife, An Intimate History of Pakistan and Veil, and is a columnist for BafflerMag and Dawn in Pakistan. Her articles have also been featured in The Guardian, CNN, The Boston Globe, The Boston Review, and The Times of India. Nonye Brown-West is a New York-based Nigerian-American comedian and writer. She has been featured in the Boston Globe's Rise column as a Comic to Watch, as well as in NPR, PBS, ABC, Sway In The Morning, and the New York Comedy Festival. In 2019, Nonye made her acting debut in The Sympathy Card. Look out for her two new web series, Fairytales with Nonye and Gayby Jesus. Karinda Dobbins is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. Karinda has performed at comedy festivals across the country, including Comedy Central's Clusterfest, SF Sketchfest, and Bridgetown Comedy Festival. Bitch Magazine said Karinda is one of “Six Hilarious Female Comedians You Don't Know Yet – But Should.” She has opened for Dave Chappelle, Trevor Noah, Michelle Wolf, Roy Woods, Gina Yashere, and Arsenio Hall. You can hear her now on SiriusXM Radio, or come to her live recording of her comedy album, Tuesday October 5th & 6th at the Punchline in San Francisco! Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female ( Amazon Prime, CW Network), Hysterical on FX, The Movie Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf
Upper-middle-class white women have long been heralded as “experts” on feminism. They have presided over multinational feminist organizations and written much of what we consider the feminist canon, espousing sexual liberation and satisfaction, LGBTQ inclusion, and racial solidarity, all while branding the language of the movement itself in whiteness and speaking over Black and Brown women in an effort to uphold privilege and perceived cultural superiority. An American Muslim woman, attorney, and political philosopher, Rafia Zakaria champions a reconstruction of feminism in Against White Feminism, centering women of color in this transformative overview and counter-manifesto to white feminism's global, long-standing affinity with colonial, patriarchal, and white supremacist ideals. _______________________________________________ Produced by Maddie Gobbo, Lance Morgan, & Michael Kowaleski. Theme: "I Love All My Friends," an unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit https://www.skylightbooks.com/event for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.
This week Harmony reads Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall and compares it to Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria. She discusses Critical Race Theory and the Texas abortion ban. In This Episode: A CONVERSATION WITH NELL IRVIN PAINTER On The History of White People https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/du-bois-review-social-science-research-on-race/article/abs/conversation-with-nell-irvin-painter/BB992DE5DFB64A4881B04F53260033F3 The intersectionality wars https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination For Supporters Of Abortion Access, Troubling Trends In Texas https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/18/741117422/for-supporters-of-abortion-access-troubling-trends-in-texas ProTruth https://www.protruthny.org/ State Facts About Abortion: New York https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/state-facts-about-abortion-new-york Action Resources: RGBC anti-racist resources https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dSf1PciW8-mmvdHlloG1HEUfwtWAsVIPhNz_eQmX5J0/edit?usp=sharing Ally Nudge https://www.nudgetext.com/ally Poem For the White Girl in the Poetry Workshop Who Says I Don't Belong Here by Falyita Hicks https://sundressblog.com/2020/11/04/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-hoodwitch-by-faylita-hicks-2/ To follow our episode schedule, go here https://rebelgirlsbook.club/read-along-with-the-show/ Follow our social media pages on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 , Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays, and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. Rebel Girls Book Club is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/support
We hear from the Screenwriter, director, producer and actor Michaela Coel about her first book ‘Misfits: A Personal Manifesto'. The book draws on topics covered in her MacTaggart lecture in which she spoke about dealing with trauma and the ways in which young creatives are exploited by the television industry. Sarah Gilbert the scientist who led the team that developed the Oxford Vaccine tells us why she doesn't think we all need booster covid jabs this winter and tells us about being named the 49th winner of the “Bold Woman” award which honours inspirational women with a track record of success. The Pakistani author Rafia Zakaria discusses her new book, Against White Feminism. She explains why she sees the issue of race as the biggest obstacle to true solidarity among women. We discuss Japan's Womenomics. A concept designed to get more women working and in positions of power. Women in Japan are less likely to be hired as full-time employees and on average earn almost 44 percent less than men. We hear from Cynthia Usui who coaches unemployed housewives in Japan and helps place them within the hospitality industry and Kathy Matsui who coined the term Womenomics in 1999 while working at investment bank Goldman Sachs. And the comedian Sophie Willan who won a BAFTA for best comedy writing, for the pilot episode of her BBC 2 comedy Alma's Not Normal. She's now got a 6 part series starting on Monday night. Drawn from her own experiences, she plays the central character Alma who grew up in an out of the care system in Bolton. Presenter: Chloe Tilley Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor: Beverley Purcell
Thanks to Covid, coughing in public has joined the ranks of socially-unacceptable behaviours. Anecdotally there seems to have been a decline in coughing in theatre audiences since Covid came on the scene. This suggests that loud, irritating throat clearances may not have been necessary physical responses to obstructions after all. Emma talks to Dr Kim Dienes from Swansea University about the social side of coughing and tips for suppressing that irritating tickle. Pakistani-American author Rafia Zakaria has written a new book called Against White Feminism. A critique of 'whiteness within feminism' she says feminism has become a brand, not a movement. She wants to 'take it back.' Working on behalf of domestic violence victims as a lawyer and human rights activist for years, she says race is the biggest obstacle to true solidarity among women. Rafia joins Emma to discuss. It is understood that the first female Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, has been offered two more years in the role. Both the home secretary, Priti Patel, and the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, are said to support plans for her to continue to lead London's police force. But seven influential people who say they have been subjected to Met Police corruption and incompetence have signed an open letter in the Daily Mail today calling for her removal. Among the signatories were Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Lady Brittan and the former Conservative MP Harvey Proctor, whose home was raided in March 2015 by Operation Midland detectives, in response to false allegations of historic child abuse made by Carl Beech - who is now in prison for 18 years for perverting the course of justice and fraud. Emma asks Harvey why he wants Cressida Dick's resignation. There are 7.9 billion people living on the planet. But why is human population discussed so little when it comes to the climate crisis? That's a question listeners Sue and Martin want answers to, and that Tim Dyson, Emeritus Professor of Population Studies at the London School of Economics is going to help untangle. He talks to Emma about the facts behind global population growth, the trends in family size, and why having fewer children isn't going to help alleviate the immediate pressures of the climate crisis. Edie Eckhart is 11 years old, from Bridlington in Yorkshire and has cerebral palsy. Like a lot of other 11 year olds this September, she's starting at secondary school. Edie is the main character in a new children's book, ‘The Amazing Edie Eckhart' written by comedian Rosie Jones, who tells Emma why she wanted to create a young disabled heroine.
The Supreme Court allows a new Texas anti-abortion law to stand; Three police officers and two paramedics are criminally charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain; Women may not be able to hold senior positions in the Taliban government in Afghanistan; We speak with Rafia Zakaria about her new book, "Against White Feminism," and look at how U.S. officials used the plight of Afghan women to justify the 2001 invasion and subsequent occupation. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
The Supreme Court allows a new Texas anti-abortion law to stand; Three police officers and two paramedics are criminally charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain; Women may not be able to hold senior positions in the Taliban government in Afghanistan; We speak with Rafia Zakaria about her new book, "Against White Feminism," and look at how U.S. officials used the plight of Afghan women to justify the 2001 invasion and subsequent occupation. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
For September, I have a fun mix of newly released Contemporary and Historical Romance, Urban Fantasy, and Nonfiction for you, as always with exclusive, hand-picked excerpts! You can find all the audiobooks I mention in this episode on my blog as well: https://lovelyaudiobooks.info/audiobook-recommendations-september-2021 Audio excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio from Wait for It by Jenn McKinlay, read by Eileen Stevens and Andrew Eiden; Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis, read by Kamali Minter, Miss Lattimore's Letter by Suzanne Allain, read by Elizabeth Knowelden; The Shaadi Set-Up by Lillie Vale, read by Rukhmani K. Desai; Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria, read by Ulka Simone Mohanty; as well as audio excerpted courtesy of Tantor and HarperAudio.
Hello and welcome to the twenty-second episode of Diversity Hire. Today we talked to Rafia Zakaria, who is a lawyer, activist, and columnist for Dawn and the Baffler. This was a very spicy EP! We talked about white supremacy in second-wave feminism, “allies of whiteness” in the media and politics, Kamela Harris’ place in the diaspora, how Rafia writes for both audiences in Pakistan and in the states, and much more. Kevin and Arjun also talk about recent articles from friends of the pod - Jay Caspian Kang and Maya Binyam - which tangle with our favorite topics: POCs and DNI. Thanks for listening!Arjun & Kevin discuss recent articles by past guests (re: “‘People of Color’ Do Not Belong to the Democratic Party,” Jay Caspian Kang, The New York Times; “Diversity Work,” Maya Binyam, CJR) (0:00)Rafia Zakaria on submitting her manuscript for her upcoming book, Against White Feminism (15:45)Rafia leads us through her career timeline, from Pakistan to her law Ph.D. to becoming a fulltime writer (20:17)The legitimacy in media that is only granted to Western writers (28:25)How Rafia manages writing for a different audience, between Dawn, the oldest Pakistani newspaper, and Baffler, a publication read by guys named Connor (32:45)Bringing the discussion about the other to the other, especially when nonwhite people aren’t in control of their narrative (re: “The Pulitzer Problem,” The Baffler, 2020) (38:06)The hopeless state of whiteness (re: “The Allies of Whiteness,” The Baffler, 2020) (46:00)Has @NYRDaily reached out to Rafia after they blocked her for criticizing them? (53:00)How the altruistic mission of diversity is based on inherent racism (57:34)Is Kamala Harris an ally of whiteness? (1:03:45)The white supremacy of Western feminism (re: Against White Feminism, W. W. Norton, 2021) (1:10:57)Arjun’s Feelings Don’t Care About Facts Corner (1:18:39)The Diversity Tribunal (1:25:33) Get on the email list at diversityhire.substack.com