Feminism often gets the criticism of having a very white history. In this episode, I’ll be discussing some prominent feminist thinkers, their respective waves, and the ethnocentrism which at times skewed their analyses to the West. Liberal feminism specifically is very based in the rights of white women only, but I’ll also be discussing how liberalism itself is inherently damaging and would need to be eradicated for any true social revolution. The many different branches of feminism and our obsession with identity politics has also created fertile ground for so much disagreement between groups who for the most part do agree with each other, such as radical, Marxist, and intersectional feminists. I also discuss how more than one idea can be true at once and how feminist groups should attempt to come together to reach our similar goals.
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Resources ~
Anonymous, (2025) “Surviving in Silence: Aboriginal Women’s Resistance to Rape and Sex-Based Violence” Issue 1, Total Woman Victory
Caine B, (2024) “Kate Millett pioneered the term ‘sexual politics’ and explained the links between sex and power. Her book changed my life” The Conversation
Hooks B, (2004) ‘The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love’ Washington Square Press
Lee K, (2021) “Simone de Beauvoir” Woman is a Rational Animal, The University of Chicago
Mills E & Koyle KM, (2024) “Race, Pseudoscience, and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” Circulating Now, National Library of Medicine
Pardis, (2025) “The Poverty of Sex” Issue 2, Total Woman Victory
Patel S, (2025) “The Sex Contradiction” Issue 2, Total Woman Victory
Sankara T, (1987) “Women’s Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle” Pathfinder Press
Thompson K, (2023) “Postmodern Feminism” Revise Sociology
Chapters ~
00:00 Intro
04:13 Strands of Feminism & Interconnectedness
20:18 Some Prominent Feminist Thinkers
37:34 On Liberalism
40:48 Notable Essays from Total Woman Victory
