Episode 11: An intentionally delayed response to the responses to LEMONADE

05/17/16 • 69 min

Today Melody and Raechel invite you to not listen to this episode of the podcast in favor of instead listening to the podcasts hosted Black women who have discussed Beyonce's Lemonade, as their perspectives are more important than ours. That said, if you want to listen to ours after you listen to those , know that our discussion is about the important and smart perspectives we've read, listened to, and learned from Black women. Specifically, we discuss bell hooks' response to the release, and Black feminist responses to perceived femme-antagonism. ALSO! Who's Ruining the Dinner Party (Raechel says it's women who police other women's language, but Mel disagrees), AND Mel's Feminist Pick of the Month: Rihanna.

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Episode 10: Lifestyle Politics

Today Melody and Raechel talk about lifestyle politics. What are they, how we do/don't participate, and whether or not it's an effective way to create social change. (TLDL: the revolution will not be purchased....But, maybe we should try to live more ethical lives anyway?) ALSO! Dreams about Prince, working too much, and how media coverage is ruining the WNBA.

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Episode 12: On Media & (Fat) Bodies - Interview w/ Media Studies Scholar Melissa Zimdars!

<3 <3 <3 Please listen on iTunes, subscribe, and leave a review! <3 <3 <3 Mel is in Guatemala this week so Raechel had the pleasure of sitting down with media studies scholar Melissa ("Mish") Zimdars! Raechel asks Mish to share her analysis of representations of fatness in the media (and the intersections of race, gender, and disability), fat acceptance, and the social construction of health as a moral imperative. See below for more resources!