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Feminism, Fascism, and the Future8. Creating a Feminist Future in ArgentinaIn this episode, we travel to Argentina to interview the feminist academics, activists, and artists who are fighting fascism and building a future for all of us. Having a fascist autocrat in power is not stopping people there from creating a better world for all of us. So if living in Trump's America is getting you down, take a listen and get inspired to get into the streets and fight like a madre!
2025-08-2256 min
Feminism, Fascism, and the FutureWe Talk to Really Smart People: Loretta RossLoretta Ross is an acclaimed professor, author, feminist, activist, and founding advocate of reproductive justice. In this interview we delve into Professor Ross’s new book, Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel. Learn what it takes to build a better world… and how to have fun doing it! As always, follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you’re listening to this! Instagram: feminismfascismfutureWebsite: https://sites.middlebury.edu/feminismfascismfuture/Keep living, keep loving, and keep...
2025-08-1637 min
Feminism, Fascism, and the FutureBonus: The Power of the Small MinorityHave you been out there protesting? Well...you should be! In this bonus episode, we explore the importance of protest. Participating in a protest isn't just a cute look - it's a statistically effective way to make change. So, let's get out there and fight fascism together!
2025-07-2907 minFeminism, Fascism, and the Future7. How They Come for the Professors (Part 2)Tenure is supposed to protect professors to teach what they know. That stops political idealogues like Donald Trump or Joseph McCarthy from controlling knowledge. Unfortunately, it's no protection for professors in this political moment as Moira Finkelstein found out when she lost her tenured job as an anthropologist at Muhlenberg College over an Instagram Story that was critical of Zionism. Zionism is an ideology, not a religion, and many Jews, including Dr. Finkelstein, are critical of it. But that didn’t stop her from being labeled antisemitic.
2025-07-0747 minFeminism, Fascism, and the Future7. How They Come for the Professors (Part 1)In this episode we talk about the BIG LIE: that any criticism of Israel is anti-semitism. The GoP and even some Dems have been using this lie to attack professors, often feminist scholars who are themselves Jewish. In this part of the episode, we talk to Nicole Morse, former head of gender studies at Florida Atlantic University, and Jessica Pabon, who taught gender studies at SUNY New Paltz. Both were punished by their institutions for criticizing Israeli policy in Gaza.
2025-07-071h 07
New Books in GenderSoma Chaudhuri and Jane Ward, "The Witch Studies Reader" (Duke UP, 2025)Soma Chaudhuri and Jane Ward, eds. The Witch Studies Reader. (Duke University Press, 2025). Stories about witches are by their nature stories about the most basic and profound of human experiences—healing, sex, violence, tragedies, aging, death, and encountering the mystery and magic of the unknown. It is no surprise, then, that witches loom large in our cultural imaginations. In academia, studies of witches rarely emerge from scholars who are themselves witches and/or embedded in communities of witchcraft practitioners. The Witch Studies Reader brings together a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, and scholar-practitioners who examine witchcraft from a critical deco...
2025-06-1851 min
New Books in Women's HistorySoma Chaudhuri and Jane Ward, "The Witch Studies Reader" (Duke UP, 2025)Soma Chaudhuri and Jane Ward, eds. The Witch Studies Reader. (Duke University Press, 2025). Stories about witches are by their nature stories about the most basic and profound of human experiences—healing, sex, violence, tragedies, aging, death, and encountering the mystery and magic of the unknown. It is no surprise, then, that witches loom large in our cultural imaginations. In academia, studies of witches rarely emerge from scholars who are themselves witches and/or embedded in communities of witchcraft practitioners. The Witch Studies Reader brings together a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, and scholar-practitioners who examine witchcraft from a critical deco...
2025-06-1851 minFeminism, Fascism, and the Future6. Mexico City (part 2)This episode is the second part to Episode 4: The Anti-Gender Movement in Mexico City. This time though, we have a lot more hope to offer. Dive into these exciting interviews to learn about the feminist resistance happening in Mexico City and all the ways we can fight back!Note: the interviews for this episode were done in Spanish, so the interviewees you hear aren’t really them - it’s an English voiceover. As always, follow us on instagram @feminismfascismfuture and check out our website.
2025-06-091h 01
Feminism, Fascism, and the FutureBonus: Women Who Fight FascistsIn this bonus episode, we talk to Suzanne Cope about her new book, Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers who fought the Nazis. We get inspired to fight harder by looking back in time at the women who risked their lives to build a better world.
2025-05-2840 min
Feminism, Fascism, and the FutureBonus: But is it Fascism?In this episode, Daisy and El ask whether or not the Trump regime is fascism and the answer is... Well you have to listen to hear all the expertise they bring to the question. And in the end, it doesn't matter whether Trump is technically a fascist or fascist adjacent, our rights and our worlds are at risk.The sound quality is not as good as we like it to be because it was done on Zoom and El was out of the US- but we promise it's worth a listen.
2025-05-1318 min
Feminism, Fascism, and the FutureBonus: A New(ish) Book and Other Cool ResearchIn this episode we talk about some new, important research, namely the book Transnational Anti-Gender Politics: Feminist Solidarity in Times of Global Attack featuring an interview with the authors, Tomás Ojeda, Billy Holzberg, and Aiko Holvikivi. Links from the show:Open access chapter: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-54223-7_1Beyond Oppositions project: https://beyondopposition.org/Imperfect Utopias project: https://imperfectutopias.eu/As always, thank you to the FFF team and for YOU, beautiful human, for listening
2025-05-1129 min
Feminism, Fascism, and the FutureWe Talk to Really Smart People: Clare HemmingsIn this episode we talk to Prof. Clare Hemmings of the London School of Economics. Prof. Hemmings, who helped to start an international research group on the anti-gender movement. Prof. Hemmings puts a lot of what's going on into historical perspective for us by linking white supremacy, transphobia and the colonial imagination together.
2025-02-2843 min
Feminism, Fascism, and the FutureWe Talk to Really Smart People: Judith ButlerAs another term under Tr*mp looms before us, let us turn to a Really Smart Person - none other than Professor JUDITH BUTLER! In this episode we hear about Butler's new book, Who's Afraid of Gender? and all the ways they offer hope, inspiration, and wisdom during these hard times. As fire spreads, literally and figuratively, we cannot give up! Take care of yourself, take care of each other, and keep dancing!For more information, updates, and resources, check out our website: https://sites.middlebury.edu/feminismfascismfuture/ and follow us...
2025-01-1542 minFeminism, Fascism, and the Future5. We Might All Be Texas Now…On this episode of FFF, we travel to see how the anti-gender movement has played out in post-Roe Texas and, of course, how people are resisting! After all, we might all be Texas now…As always, like, follow, and share, and most importantly, keeping living, loving, caring, and fighting! 💞
2024-11-171h 08
Feminism, Fascism, and the FutureBonus: What tf is Going On???By now we’ve all heard (cried, screamed, etc.) about the election. So now we ask… what tf is going on??? To some, this was a shock. How could so many people, people who are neighbors, peers. and family, vote for what is clearly a fascist trajectory? To us, however, it’s no surprise. Politicians like Trump are part of a larger global anti-gender movement - and that is precisely what this podcast is focused on. Listen to this bonus episode for a short reaction to the election. Take care of yourselves, take care of eac...
2024-11-1212 min
Feminism, Fascism, and the FutureBonus: Why are They So Weird??By now you’ve heard that Trump and Vance are weird. But are they really? Are they weird or are they just part of the anti-gender movement? Listen to this short and sweet bonus episode to hear our take on it. As always, follow along for more episodes and check out our website and instagram for resources, info, and updates!
2024-08-3111 min
Feminism, Fascism, and the FutureBonus: I Went to a Really Cool Conference in London with My ProfessorGrab your passport and an oat milk latte and join us at the Transnational Anti-Gender Movements and Resistance Conference! This past February, Laurie and Harper travelled to the London School of Economics to engage with other thinkers, activists, academics, and feminists fighting the anti-gender movement across the globe. What a time we had! Hear all about it and maybe learn a thing or two in our first mini episode!
As always, more information and resources can be found on our website and social media platforms. @feminismfascismfuture
2024-08-1527 minFeminism, Fascism, and the Future4. The Anti-Gender Movement in Mexico City (part 1)In this episode we travel to Mexico City, exploring the anti-gender ideology movement on a local level. We encounter a lot hope and feminist joy along the way. Join us in exploring anti-gender politics and queer and feminist resistance in Mexico City.As always, follow along for more episodes (including a part 2 of Mexico City) and head over to our website for more details. https://sites.middlebury.edu/feminismfascismfuture/
2024-08-0747 min
Feminism, Fascism, and the FutureBonus: My Students Made an Episode!Laurie's Feminist Theory class made an episode for the podcast! The students conducted research and interviews to dive into the anti-gender ideology movement in Vermont, Florida, Mexico, and Germany. Hear from their friends, families, teachers, and community members to explore what's happening around the world.
For the reading list mentioned in the episode, head to our website! https://sites.middlebury.edu/feminismfascismfuture/resources/
2024-07-091h 08Feminism, Fascism, and the Future3. We Gotta Talk About SexWe have to talk about sex if we are going to talk about the anti-gender movement. You see, the anti-gender movement is rooted in the belief that sex is simple - boys and girls, penises and vaginas. But actually, sex has never been that simple and rather than assuming we know what sex and gender are because they're "obvious" we talk to one of the world's foremost authorities on just how messy sex and gender are. In this episode, feminist writer and journalist Judith Levine talks with Rebecca Jordan Young, author of Testosterone: An Unauthorized Biography. We also talk...
2024-02-2155 minFeminism, Fascism, and the Future2. How the Anti-Gender Movement Got PoliticalIn this episode we talk to a variety of experts on the anti-gender ideology movement. They explain its history in the Catholic Church and how it slipped into far-right political movements starting in Russia, but spreading through Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Find out why Vladimir Putin and Ron DeSantis have the same policies and why feminists, LGBTQ activists, and others are fighting back to save democracy itself.
2023-11-2448 min
Feminism, Fascism, and the Future1. IntroductionIn this episode, we introduce what’s coming for us. It’s fascism, pure and simple and it’s spreading across the globe. But this time fascism is against “gender ideology” as well as the usual suspects (like Jews or migrants). This new fascism blames feminism, LGBTQ activism, and gender studies for everything that’s wrong and wants to make a world without women’s rights and LGBTQ rights. If you aren’t scared of the anti-gender movement yet, you will be after listening to this.
2023-09-2713 min
The Morning Beat With AJ and Mikalah8/15 Stay Out of My ClosetDoes your partner always have an opinion about the clothes you wear and if so, could that be a red flag or is it just sweet? Are bachelorette parties ruining LGBTQ spaces? A studies says that they are! Plus, so much more! Special guests: Kelly Burch - New Hampshire-based freelance journalist writing about finances, health, family, and more. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, and Forbes. Laurie Essig - Professor and director of gender, sexuality, & feminist studies at Middlebury College whose most recent book is Love, In...
2022-08-151h 04
Flame Bearers: UNEDITEDBecky Sauerbrunn (USA): Soccer & Equal PayBecky is on the US Women's National Soccer Team and has been the rock of the back line for the last 8 years. She's an Olympic gold medalist and has played in both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, won the 2015 and 2019 World Cup championships, and recently became the US Women's National Team Players Association President.
Alongside teammates Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan and former teammate, Hope Solo, she brought forth a pay discrimination lawsuit against US Soccer. In this episode, Becky and her boyfriend, Zola discuss her experience as an elite female athlete and their take on Judge Klausner's recent ruling on...
2020-08-0834 min
Мой гендер сегодняЕвгений ШторнЕвгений Шторн - социолог, квир-исследователь, ЛГБТ-активист В выпуске мы говорим:Почему в России мало академических исследований сексуальности;Можно ли говорить о новой волне сексуальной революции в России; Про референдумы в Ирландии о легализации однополых браков и праве на аборт;Какие вопросы сейчас стоят на повестки дня у ЛГБТ-активистов в Ирландии. Полезные ссылки от Евгения: На перепутье: методология, теория и практика ЛГБТ и квир-исследований http://cisr.pro/files/publ/Na_pereputye-book.pdf Laurie Essig. Queer in Russia: A Story of Sex, Self, and the Other.https://www.dukeupress.edu/queer-in-russia Дэн Хили. Гомосексуальное влечение в революционной России: регулирование сексуально-гендерного диссиденства https://www.labirint.ru/books/165715/ Джеймс Болдуин. Комната Джованни https://knigogid.ru/books/608841-komnata-dzhovanni/toread
2020-07-2400 min
LA Review of BooksThree Cynics and a FuneralJoin LARB editors Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman for a special Valentine’s Day episode. In the first half of the show, we speak with Laurie Essig, author of Love Inc., an investigation into the ways in which the wedding, romance and dating industry have affected our lives and made us believe in happy endings, despite the world crumbling (or rather, melting) around our shoulders. Our second guest is long-time LARB veteran, Briallen Hopper, who talks to us about her new collection of essays, Hard to Love. We talk to Briallen about spinsters, singledom and how to throw th...
2019-02-1447 min
The Chauncey DeVega ShowEp. 92: Laurie Essig on How Consumerism Ruins Love and MarriageThis week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show features Professor Laurie Essig. She is the author of several books including "American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection. Dr. Essig is also a contributing writer for Psychology Today. In this week's installment of the podcast, Laurie does some great sharing and teaching about how neoliberalism has distorted love, marriage, and other human relationships. Chauncey and Laurie also talk about race and "white" weddings, the dangers of consumerism, and of course, their mutual interest in the "human zoos" and "freak shows" that are reality TV.
2016-05-261h 50
Get Popular Titles Full Audiobooks in History and 21st CenturyAmerican Plastic Audiobook by Laurie EssigListen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: American Plastic
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2010-12-287h 30
Discover Free Audiobook in History, AmericanAmerican Plastic by Laurie Essig | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: American Plastic
Author: Laurie Essig
Narrator: Natalie Gold
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-28-10
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: History, 21st Century
Summary:
The riveting story of how cosmetic surgery and plastic money melted together to create a subprime mortgage crisis of the body....
Plastic surgery has become the answer for many Americans, and in American Plastic sociologist Laurie Essig explores how we arrived at this particular solution. Over the last decade there has been a 465 percent increase in cosmetic work, and we now...
2010-12-287h 30