Content warning for discussions of sexual violence and depression.
It’s time to bring back cat-and-lipstick selfies, isn’t it?
HELLO IT’S HERE IT’S SEASON 2!
As you’ll hear, we’re undergoing some format shifts in this, our second season, including a new division between minisodes (like this one) and interview episodes (starting next week). In this, the first of our new minisodes, I talk to you about the importance of learning to take criticism well, especially if you’re a white woman with a public platform. Kaarina joins us for the first Self-Care Corner of the season, complete with new introductory music, to talk about being sad. If you want to follow up on the stories I talk about, here are some links:
- First, I promised to link to this episode of Witch, Please so that you can hear Marcelle’s beautiful apology.
- I don’t want to link you to all the garbage written by garbage people, so instead I’m going to recommend you read three brilliant pieces by three brilliant women of colour about Atwood’s white feminism (and how it may have been evident in her work all along).
- Also, for an impeccable primer on UBC Accountable and related issues, read Zoe Whittall’s “CanLit Has a Sexual-Harassment Problem”
- Have you been following Lindy West’s columns for the New York Times? They’re all great, but her piece about Aziz Ansari this week is a striking model of historicizing feminist activism.
- Atwood’s appropriation of Roxane Gay’s “bad feminist” is a good reminder to go read Bad Feminist. We all need a little more bad feminism in our lives.
- And why don’t you finish up by watching this scene from The Simpsons?
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The podcast theme song is “Mesh Shirt” by Mom Jeans off their album “Chub Rub.” Listen to the whole album here or learn more about them here. is Kaarina’s theme song is “I Will” by Mitski. Follow me @hkpmcgregor, follow Kaarina @kaarinasaurus, and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda.