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Content warning for discussions of sexual assault and transphobia.
Like so many good things, this episode started one way and ended up another. I invited Clayre to chat about singing, and we ended up talking about community and harm and silence and what we do (or don't do) to feel like we belong. Oh, and we talk about performative allyship, which is so complex a topic I could probably make an entire season about it, but in the meantime here are some LINKS:
There are about a million things to read about the complexities of allyship and performative allyship, including work on the shortcomings of symbolic gestures like safety pins, rejections of the idea of allyship altogether, and this excellent episode of Code Switch on "Safety-Pin Solidarity" which includes the priceless phrase "those getting the allyship done to them"
And since we're also talking about singing in a group and how great it is, here's a piece about singing in a group and how great it is
We don't talk about this much, but I allude to Sara Ahmed's work on complaint, specifically that "When you expose a problem you pose a problem. "
I wasn't sure what to post on the topic of the asking of invasive questions, and how for some people sharing your story becomes the cost of admission, and then I remembered this excerpt from Layli Long Soldier's incredible poem "WHEREAS":
WHEREAS we ride to the airport in a van they swivel their necks and shoulders around to speak to me sugar and lilt in their voices something like nurses their nursely kindness through my hair then engage me as comrades in a fight together. Well what we want to know one lady asks is why they don't have schools there? Her outrage empathy her furrowed brow. There are schools there I reply. Grade schools high schools colleges. But why aren't there any stores there? There are stores there. Grocery stores convenience stores trading posts whatever what-have-you I explain but it's here I recognize the break. It's here we roll along the pavement into hills of conversation we share a ride we share a country but live in alternate nations and here I must tell them what they don't know or, should I?
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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. Clayre's theme song is "Duetto Buffo di Due Gatti." It's this version specifically, but you should probably always go watch this video of small boys singing it.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Like so many good things, this episode started one way and ended up another. I invited Clayre to chat about singing, and we ended up talking about community and harm and silence and what we do (or don't do) to feel like we belong. Oh, and we talk about performative allyship, which is so complex a topic I could probably make an entire season about it, but in the meantime here are some LINKS:
There are about a million things to read about the complexities of allyship and performative allyship, including work on the shortcomings of symbolic gestures like safety pins, rejections of the idea of allyship altogether, and this excellent episode of Code Switch on "Safety-Pin Solidarity" which includes the priceless phrase "those getting the allyship done to them"
And since we're also talking about singing in a group and how great it is, here's a piece about singing in a group and how great it is
We don't talk about this much, but I allude to Sara Ahmed's work on complaint, specifically that "When you expose a problem you pose a problem. "
I wasn't sure what to post on the topic of the asking of invasive questions, and how for some people sharing your story becomes the cost of admission, and then I remembered this excerpt from Layli Long Soldier's incredible poem "WHEREAS":
WHEREAS we ride to the airport in a van they swivel their necks and shoulders around to speak to me sugar and lilt in their voices something like nurses their nursely kindness through my hair then engage me as comrades in a fight together. Well what we want to know one lady asks is why they don't have schools there? Her outrage empathy her furrowed brow. There are schools there I reply. Grade schools high schools colleges. But why aren't there any stores there? There are stores there. Grocery stores convenience stores trading posts whatever what-have-you I explain but it's here I recognize the break. It's here we roll along the pavement into hills of conversation we share a ride we share a country but live in alternate nations and here I must tell them what they don't know or, should I?
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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. Clayre's theme song is "Duetto Buffo di Due Gatti." It's this version specifically, but you should probably always go watch this video of small boys singing it.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Interviewee: Sessoms, Clayre, Interviewer: McGregor, Hannah
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Content warning for discussions of mental health, depression, and infertility.
This episode opens with me explaining the entire premise of Secret Feminist Agenda to my long-term collaborator and dear friend Marcelle Kosman, because Marcelle does not listen to Secret Feminist Agenda, and the fact that my love for her is unimpeded by this negligence is a good sign of just how much I care for this human being. If you aren't already a fan from Witch, Please, our formerly-fortnightly podcast about the Harry Potter world, then you certainly will be after you listen to her frank, vulnerable, and hilarious discussion of parenting, mental health, and the places where the two intersect. Here, have some links:
I was googling around and found this glorious manifestation of Marcelle and my friendship, which is clearly based on both of us being adorable rather than knowing one another particularly well.
My googles also led me to this great essay that Marcelle wrote, prior to the birth of Eliot, about baby showers and the disciplining of the female body. Oh, and it also explains my Foucault reference, so definitely read it!
And here's a beautiful piece by feminist icon Anne Thériault about mothering with mental illness.
And, okay, here's one more link, about raising your kids not to be fatphobic, which is only kind of related to this episode, but it's still about raising kids to be compassionate and it's such a great series so just go read it.
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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. Marcelle's theme song is "Postdoc Blues" by John K. Samson, and you definitely need to go watch the beautiful video for it.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
This episode opens with me explaining the entire premise of Secret Feminist Agenda to my long-term collaborator and dear friend Marcelle Kosman, because Marcelle does not listen to Secret Feminist Agenda, and the fact that my love for her is unimpeded by this negligence is a good sign of just how much I care for this human being. If you aren't already a fan from Witch, Please, our formerly-fortnightly podcast about the Harry Potter world, then you certainly will be after you listen to her frank, vulnerable, and hilarious discussion of parenting, mental health, and the places where the two intersect. Here, have some links:
I was googling around and found this glorious manifestation of Marcelle and my friendship, which is clearly based on both of us being adorable rather than knowing one another particularly well.
My googles also led me to this great essay that Marcelle wrote, prior to the birth of Eliot, about baby showers and the disciplining of the female body. Oh, and it also explains my Foucault reference, so definitely read it!
And here's a beautiful piece by feminist icon Anne Thériault about mothering with mental illness.
And, okay, here's one more link, about raising your kids not to be fatphobic, which is only kind of related to this episode, but it's still about raising kids to be compassionate and it's such a great series so just go read it.
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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. Marcelle's theme song is "Postdoc Blues" by John K. Samson, and you definitely need to go watch the beautiful video for it.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Interviewee: Kosman, Marcelle, Interviewer: McGregor, Hannah
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It's been another rough week, folks! But rather than getting bogged down in despair at the seeming indestructibility of the goddamn patriarchy, I'm think about something that brings me a little bit of hope: the generosity of critique, and the possibility of doing a little bit better every day. That's something we can all manage, and it's something that makes me feel a little less impotent. You know what else is hopeful? Kaarina's beautiful meditation on the pleasures of fall. Here are some links!
If you want to know more about the law suit I mentioned, here's a good summary; if you have the means, donate to the GoFundMe here.
Here's the excellent article I mentioned about ableist language.
If you'd like to read all of Chelsea's thread on ableism for yourself, here it is.
Go buy yourself a copy of Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice, and learn more about Leah's work!
And finally, on a more seasonal note, never forget that it's decorative gourd season.
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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. Follow me @hkpmcgregor, follow Kaarina @kaarinasaurus, and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
If you want to know more about the law suit I mentioned, here's a good summary; if you have the means, donate to the GoFundMe here.
Here's the excellent article I mentioned about ableist language.
If you'd like to read all of Chelsea's thread on ableism for yourself, here it is.
Go buy yourself a copy of Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice, and learn more about Leah's work!
And finally, on a more seasonal note, never forget that it's decorative gourd season.
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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. Follow me @hkpmcgregor, follow Kaarina @kaarinasaurus, and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Interviewer: McGregor, Hannah
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Selfie style photo of Hannah McGregor wearing sunglasses and earbud headphones.
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Selfie style photo of Marcelle Kosman smiling at the camera.
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Content warning for discussions of police violence.
This week I'm talking to journalist and totally-not-a-bot Taylor Crumpton. We talk about how Taylor went from grad student to freelance journalist, how Twitter is a platform for both highlighting marginalized voices and exploiting Black women's labour, and why it might not be a good idea to burn the flag (hint: the reason might surprise you). In fact, we touch on so many topics that I'm anticipating an extra-long list of links. And here it is!
First off, go read everything Taylor has written and then share it online. If you want a link straight to that piece about a girl fighting off an alligator, here it is.
Taylor talks about getting her start as a writer through The OpEd Project, which is dedicated to "increas[ing] the range of voices and quality of ideas we hear in the world."
Taylor also talks about being told in grade school that she couldn't write, which reminded me of lawyer, writer, and podcaster Hadiya Rodrigue's incredible essay "Black on Bay Street," which recounts similar experiences of being gaslit and discouraged as a student.
I tried to find you a good piece about Beyonce's pregnancy photoshoot and the symbolism of the images and the misplaced critique of her fetishizing pregnancy, but everything I found was so absolutely terrible that I'm going to link to Taylor's piece on Medium instead!
You probably already know Zoé Samudzi's work but just in case, here's her latest piece on why facial recognition technology doesn't work on Black people and how that might actually be a good thing.
I actually didn't know about Wear Your Voice magazine, which (it turns out) is an incredible platform for intersectional feminist work and I immediately read like five articles so you should go check it out.
Just in case you aren't familiar with Black Twitter, here's a good intro to its importance and influence.
This article is probably my favourite piece on paying women (i.e. #GiveWomenYourMoney). I couldn't find the original invoice for emotional labour that I mentioned to Taylor, but while I was looking for it I found this website that will help you calculate how much the patriarchy owes you, and it is very satisfying. It accounts for menstrual products and wage gap!
Last link! (Told you this list would be long.) This article explains how racism impacts people's ability to call cabs, and how services like Uber and Lyft improve access to vehicles for people of colour.
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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. Taylor's theme song is "Learned from Texas" by Big K.R.I.T.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
This week I'm talking to journalist and totally-not-a-bot Taylor Crumpton. We talk about how Taylor went from grad student to freelance journalist, how Twitter is a platform for both highlighting marginalized voices and exploiting Black women's labour, and why it might not be a good idea to burn the flag (hint: the reason might surprise you). In fact, we touch on so many topics that I'm anticipating an extra-long list of links. And here it is!
First off, go read everything Taylor has written and then share it online. If you want a link straight to that piece about a girl fighting off an alligator, here it is.
Taylor talks about getting her start as a writer through The OpEd Project, which is dedicated to "increas[ing] the range of voices and quality of ideas we hear in the world."
Taylor also talks about being told in grade school that she couldn't write, which reminded me of lawyer, writer, and podcaster Hadiya Rodrigue's incredible essay "Black on Bay Street," which recounts similar experiences of being gaslit and discouraged as a student.
I tried to find you a good piece about Beyonce's pregnancy photoshoot and the symbolism of the images and the misplaced critique of her fetishizing pregnancy, but everything I found was so absolutely terrible that I'm going to link to Taylor's piece on Medium instead!
You probably already know Zoé Samudzi's work but just in case, here's her latest piece on why facial recognition technology doesn't work on Black people and how that might actually be a good thing.
I actually didn't know about Wear Your Voice magazine, which (it turns out) is an incredible platform for intersectional feminist work and I immediately read like five articles so you should go check it out.
Just in case you aren't familiar with Black Twitter, here's a good intro to its importance and influence.
This article is probably my favourite piece on paying women (i.e. #GiveWomenYourMoney). I couldn't find the original invoice for emotional labour that I mentioned to Taylor, but while I was looking for it I found this website that will help you calculate how much the patriarchy owes you, and it is very satisfying. It accounts for menstrual products and wage gap!
Last link! (Told you this list would be long.) This article explains how racism impacts people's ability to call cabs, and how services like Uber and Lyft improve access to vehicles for people of colour.
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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. Taylor's theme song is "Learned from Texas" by Big K.R.I.T.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Interviewee: Crumpton, Taylor, Interviewer: McGregor, Hannah
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Content warning for a brief discussion of disordered and restrictive eating.
In this week's minisode I'm tackling a topic that I've been putting off for approximately two and a half seasons of this podcast: veganism. I talk about why I chose to be a vegan fourteen-and-a-half years ago, why it still brings me joy, and why I also think it's an incredibly fraught identity. Along the way I touch on the different histories of the vegan and so-called "clean eating" movements, the problem with white animal rights activists, and the links between veganism and restrictive eating. But I also talk about joy! And donuts! Plus Kaarina is here to talk to us about setting attainable goals as a way to be kinder to ourselves. Here are some links!
One of the foundational books of my own veganism was Carol J. Adams' The Sexual Politics of Meat. I haven't read it in over a decade, though, so this is just a fact and not a recommendation. A book I do recommend most wholeheartedly is Timothy Findlay's Not Wanted On the Voyage. Just to warn you, I've read it five times and cried every time. Oh, one more book recommendation, if you like the intersections of philosophy and conversations about the human and the animal and stuff: J.M. Coetzee's The Lives of Animals. Beautiful, complex, challenging stuff. Wildly meta.
This article by Victorianist Susan Hamilton is a great introduction to Victorian anti-vivisection protests and the way they demonstrated the links between the policing of the animal/human divide and the policing of the gender binary. My favourite book on the links between white women, sentimentality, and imperialism is Christina Klein's Cold War Orientalism.
I don't usually link to Everyday Feminism because I'm not a huge fan of a listicle, but this piece on how mainstream animal rights movements enact colonialism and other forms of harm is spot on. And speaking of places I usually don't link to, here's a Vice article on why so many white supremacists are vegan.
OH MY GOD THE POST PUNK KITCHEN IS STILL UP YOU CAN WATCH IT HERE!!!!! THOSE ARM WARMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you want a taste of Isa Chandra Moskowitz's brilliance, start with some of the classics, like her chewy chocolate chip cookies, seitan portobello stroganoff, chickpea cutlets, or her famous mac & shews. This is not fancy vegan fair, folks, this is what you learn to make when you are a dirtbag 22-year-old shopping at Bulk Barn. Enjoy!
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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. Follow me @hkpmcgregor, follow Kaarina @kaarinasaurus, and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Content warning for a brief discussion of disordered and restrictive eating.
In this week's minisode I'm tackling a topic that I've been putting off for approximately two and a half seasons of this podcast: veganism. I talk about why I chose to be a vegan fourteen-and-a-half years ago, why it still brings me joy, and why I also think it's an incredibly fraught identity. Along the way I touch on the different histories of the vegan and so-called "clean eating" movements, the problem with white animal rights activists, and the links between veganism and restrictive eating. But I also talk about joy! And donuts! Plus Kaarina is here to talk to us about setting attainable goals as a way to be kinder to ourselves. Here are some links!
One of the foundational books of my own veganism was Carol J. Adams' The Sexual Politics of Meat. I haven't read it in over a decade, though, so this is just a fact and not a recommendation. A book I do recommend most wholeheartedly is Timothy Findlay's Not Wanted On the Voyage. Just to warn you, I've read it five times and cried every time. Oh, one more book recommendation, if you like the intersections of philosophy and conversations about the human and the animal and stuff: J.M. Coetzee's The Lives of Animals. Beautiful, complex, challenging stuff. Wildly meta.
This article by Victorianist Susan Hamilton is a great introduction to Victorian anti-vivisection protests and the way they demonstrated the links between the policing of the animal/human divide and the policing of the gender binary. My favourite book on the links between white women, sentimentality, and imperialism is Christina Klein's Cold War Orientalism.
I don't usually link to Everyday Feminism because I'm not a huge fan of a listicle, but this piece on how mainstream animal rights movements enact colonialism and other forms of harm is spot on. And speaking of places I usually don't link to, here's a Vice article on why so many white supremacists are vegan.
OH MY GOD THE POST PUNK KITCHEN IS STILL UP YOU CAN WATCH IT HERE!!!!! THOSE ARM WARMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you want a taste of Isa Chandra Moskowitz's brilliance, start with some of the classics, like her chewy chocolate chip cookies, seitan portobello stroganoff, chickpea cutlets, or her famous mac & shews. This is not fancy vegan fair, folks, this is what you learn to make when you are a dirtbag 22-year-old shopping at Bulk Barn. Enjoy!
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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. Follow me @hkpmcgregor, follow Kaarina @kaarinasaurus, and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Interviewer: McGregor, Hannah
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Oof! This week Kaarina and I are bringing you a minisode with many feelings in it, as we both process difficult aspects of being a human in the world: I'm talking about dealing with criticism, and Kaarina is talking about holding friends accountable when they've hurt you. Hopefully these experiences will resonate with some of you, and we'd love to hear your thoughts about dealing with similar circumstances. Also: links!
For the academics in the crowd, Laura Moss, long-timed editor of the journal Canadian Literature, has written a fantastically useful editorial on how to increase your chances of getting published in an academic journal. It includes advice for processing peer review that is different and yet kind of the same as mine. Check it out!
All of the articles I could find on dealing with criticism are gross self-help-type things so instead I'm going to recommend that you go watch Kitbull, the new Pixar animated short about a kitten and a pitbull becoming friends. YOU ARE WELCOME.
Finally, Kaarina would like to enjoy this excellent meme on the theme of her self-care corner!
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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. Follow me @hkpmcgregor, follow Kaarina @kaarinasaurus, and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
For the academics in the crowd, Laura Moss, long-timed editor of the journal Canadian Literature, has written a fantastically useful editorial on how to increase your chances of getting published in an academic journal. It includes advice for processing peer review that is different and yet kind of the same as mine. Check it out!
All of the articles I could find on dealing with criticism are gross self-help-type things so instead I'm going to recommend that you go watch Kitbull, the new Pixar animated short about a kitten and a pitbull becoming friends. YOU ARE WELCOME.
Finally, Kaarina would like to enjoy this excellent meme on the theme of her self-care corner!
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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. Follow me @hkpmcgregor, follow Kaarina @kaarinasaurus, and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Interviewer: McGregor, Hannah
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Photo of Taylor Crumpton standing in front of a mural that reads "I am a Black Womxn"
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