White Feminism: Author Interview - Ruby Hamad

While we all realize the latest Alabama ruling on IVF is a reproductive rights issue, we may not have thought through the deeper issues of intersectional feminism that run through this controversy. Today we're discussing how white women are showing up in very white-womany ways for IVF.

We're back!!! Sorry we disappeared for a moment there. But don't worry, we're still here, we're still friends and we're still down for exposing white women and how we enforce and support white supremacy. We're discussing the weaponization of motherhood this season and starting with a group of modern day Daughter's of the Confederacy: Mom's for Liberty. It sounds nice, but as we well know, white-woman-nice has some dark undertones. Welcome back guys!

Discussion of the article "It's not White Fragility, it's White Flammability" by Sun Yung Shin on Medium. Also mentions: "Is 'Imposter Syndrome' Just for White Women". Find out more about Sun Yung Shin on her website. 

There's a t-shirt I always see advertised to me on Instagram that says "Not fragile like a flower, fragile like a bomb" with a half-face portrait of RBG in the background. We white women love to highlight our power when it makes us look good and strong, but are we as willing to acknowledge our ability, even our inevitability, to do harm with that power? 

Chat with Ruby Hamad about her best selling book, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color. 

Ruby Hamad 

White Tears/Brown Scars 

Whew....last time we said we were back, but now we're really back. For sure. Probably. :)Join us for Part 2 of our discussion of Ruby Hamad's amazing book, White Tears/Brown Scars.

Season 3 Book Club: White Tears/Brown Scars - How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color, by Ruby Hamad.

Part one of Hamad's book covers "The Setup" of the white/brown binary and the creation of the "damsel in distress" from the colonial era to current times. Listen in and follow the links below to buy a copy of the book. Hamad's in depth research and inspiring writing is not to be missed!

Links:
The Guardian Article
Independent Book Store Link to buy
Amazon Link to buy
Barnes & Noble Link to buy

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Katy takes us through the history of the early 90s white feminist punk rockers known as the Riot Grrl Movement. 

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