I need space to paste my thoughts and links and quotes. I don’t like to-do lists that are just itemized checklists. With so many balls in the air, how do you stay organized? We tried to script our first episode, and it just sounded horrible and canned. We have a running Google Doc (“The Vagenda”) where we share links and ideas of things we might want to discuss, but then we just let the conversation flow where it wants to. How do you and your "Call Your Girlfriend" co-host, Aminatou Sow, decide what to discuss each episode? Do you follow a script? But the Internet has given us an expanded set of tools and methods for bringing about feminist change. The revolution is incomplete, and that is very apparent online. But overall, I think the Internet has allowed for more ways of challenging and changing dominant narratives and conversations, which has always been a goal of most feminists. The explosion of online communication has had significant downsides, like the onslaught of hatemail you’re sure to get if you’re openly sharing your opinions online and you happen to be a woman and/or a person of color and/or gender nonconforming. Those quandaries about whether to engage with or ignore big traditional media still exist, but there are so many other avenues for connecting and engaging and protesting. Magazine, and also zines) but there were also those who argued it was best to ignore media altogether because it couldn’t be trusted to engage with feminism (see: the Riot Grrrl media blackout).
There were some attempts to provide alternatives (see: Ms.
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In earlier decades of the movement, there was a lot of debate about how to influence or deal with “the media”-meaning the TV shows and radio programs and magazines and newspapers that were controlled by people whose worldview was not very feminist.
I don’t think the Internet is inherently feminist or anything, but it’s been a net good for feminism. "We have a running Google Doc ('The Vagenda') where we share links and ideas of things we might want to discuss." Verrryyy generally speaking, do you think the Internet has been good or bad for feminism? And it’s a good idea to lay a feminist foundation by reading books like bell hooks’ classic " Feminism Is For Everybody" and Roxane Gay’s " Bad Feminist." I think our podcast is a pretty good one! I’m also a fan of Rookie. As someone who's dedicated much of her career (and podcast!) to tackling gender and women's issues, what online resources do you recommend to budding feminists? Reporting: " Reverent Resistance" by Tommy Tomlinson in Esquire, " The Youth Group that Launched a Movement at Standing Rock" by Saul Elbein in the New York Times Magazine and " Her Eyes Were Watching the Stars" by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah in ELLE.Įssays: " The Trash Heap Has Spoken" by Carmen Maria Machado and " On Impractical Urges" by Ayana Mathis in Guernica and " The Feminine Heroic" by Meghan Mayhew Bergman in The Paris Review. What’s the best thing you’ve read online this year so far? People love the "I'm Reading" section of your weekly newsletter. She's also the co-host of the podcast " Call Your Girlfriend" and the author/sender of a popular weekly email newsletter. Ann Friedman is a journalist who contributes regularly to New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and The Gentlewoman.