Take Back the Fight

Feminist Futures

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 07:03:15 GMT

In this episode, Nora talks about what organizing could look like, especially as the need to confront the far right becomes more and more obvious.

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Anticapitalist, Antiracist and Decolonial Feminism

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:08:30 GMT

In this episode, Nora talks about what feminism needs to be if it truly wants to end sexist patriarchy: anticapitalist, antiracist and decolonial.

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Feminists and power

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 07:04:04 GMT

In this episode, Nora talks about feminism and state power: what happens when self-described feminists get into power, and what role do feminists in the streets play in changing policy?

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Leadership

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:08:41 GMT

In this episode, Nora talks about leadership: what it means for movements, what it does to individuals and what feminists can learn from the far-right leader machine.

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Ad Hoc Feminism

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:12:03 GMT

In this episode, Nora talks about ad hoc organizing: from calling a rally to a focus solely on mobilizing, ah hoc feminism can be difficult, if not impossible to turn into a more organized and permenant movement. What does that mean for the demands that ad hoc feminism puts forward?

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Knowledge

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 07:04:32 GMT

In this episode, Nora explores knowledge: how mainstream knowledge warps understandings of what's possible, and how knowledge production and dissemination is key to the work of any social movement organization.

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Debates

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 07:02:00 GMT

In this episode, Nora talks about debates: why they're important, how they change us and how they ready us to bring ideas to a mass audience. She also talks about avoiding toxic social media debates and what happens when debates don't happen and people can self-declare that fascist ideology related to the gender binary is feminism.

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Social Movement Organizing

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 07:01:00 GMT

In this episode, Nora talks about social movements: what they are, what makes them effective and how neoliberalism has created something called the Not-For-Profit Industrial Complex.

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The Digital Age

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 07:05:11 GMT

In this episode, Nora talks about how feminism has been shaped by the digital age. From blogs to #metoo, she examines the drawbacks of digital organizing and how we need to avoid the pitfalls.

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Neoliberalism

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 06:23:54 GMT

In this episode, Nora defines neoliberalism, and how this economic, political and social force transformed community activism into individualized activists.

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History

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 06:02:27 GMT

In this episode, Nora talks about history and white supremacy. If these issues are not front-of-mind for mainstream feminists today, they are always present, and feminism must always wrestle with both.

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Introduction

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 07:00:19 GMT

From conception to complete, listen to how Take Back the Fight was written, and how feminism in this series will be defined.

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Take Back the Fight - series teaser

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 10:00:01 GMT

Listen to this new podcast from Nora Loreto, Fernwood Publishing and the Harbinger Media Network.

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