Take Back the Fight
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★ - 1 ratingWhat is modern feminism and how has the digital age changed it? In this limited-series podcast, Nora Loreto will take you through feminism: from debates to campaigns, from white feminism to co-optation, from Feminist Justin Trudeau to feminist civil disobedience, and everything in between.
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Episodes
Feminist Futures
February 10, 2022 07:03 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBIn this episode, Nora talks about what organizing could look like, especially as the need to confront the far right becomes more and more obvious. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Anticapitalist, Antiracist and Decolonial Feminism
December 30, 2021 07:08 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBIn this episode, Nora talks about what feminism needs to be if it truly wants to end sexist patriarchy: anticapitalist, antiracist and decolonial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feminists and power
December 23, 2021 07:04 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBIn this episode, Nora talks about feminism and state power: what happens when self-described feminists get into power, and what role do feminists in the streets play in changing policy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Leadership
December 16, 2021 07:08 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBIn this episode, Nora talks about leadership: what it means for movements, what it does to individuals and what feminists can learn from the far-right leader machine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ad Hoc Feminism
December 09, 2021 07:12 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBIn this episode, Nora talks about ad hoc organizing: from calling a rally to a focus solely on mobilizing, ah hoc feminism can be difficult, if not impossible to turn into a more organized and permenant movement. What does that mean for the demands that ad hoc feminism puts forward? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ad hoc feminism
December 09, 2021 07:12 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBIn this episode, Nora talks about ad hoc organizing: from calling a rally to a focus solely on mobilizing, ah hoc feminism can be difficult, if not impossible to turn into a more organized and permenant movement. What does that mean for the demands that ad hoc feminism puts forward? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Knowledge
December 02, 2021 07:04 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBIn this episode, Nora explores knowledge: how mainstream knowledge warps understandings of what's possible, and how knowledge production and dissemination is key to the work of any social movement organization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Debates
November 25, 2021 07:02 - 45 minutes - 42 MBIn this episode, Nora talks about debates: why they're important, how they change us and how they ready us to bring ideas to a mass audience. She also talks about avoiding toxic social media debates and what happens when debates don't happen and people can self-declare that fascist ideology related to the gender binary is feminism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Social Movement Organizing
November 18, 2021 07:01 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBIn this episode, Nora talks about social movements: what they are, what makes them effective and how neoliberalism has created something called the Not-For-Profit Industrial Complex. Episode transcript. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Digital Age
November 11, 2021 07:05 - 39 minutes - 36 MBIn this episode, Nora talks about how feminism has been shaped by the digital age. From blogs to #metoo, she examines the drawbacks of digital organizing and how we need to avoid the pitfalls. Episode transcript. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Neoliberalism
November 04, 2021 06:23 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBIn this episode, Nora defines neoliberalism, and how this economic, political and social force transformed community activism into individualized activists. Episode transcript. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
History
October 28, 2021 06:02 - 43 minutes - 40 MBIn this episode, Nora talks about history and white supremacy. If these issues are not front-of-mind for mainstream feminists today, they are always present, and feminism must always wrestle with both. Episode transcript. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introduction
October 21, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBFrom conception to complete, listen to how Take Back the Fight was written, and how feminism in this series will be defined. Episode transcript. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Take Back the Fight - series teaser
October 07, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.64 MBListen to this new podcast from Nora Loreto, Fernwood Publishing and the Harbinger Media Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.