In this episode of Living the Dream Jon (@jonpiccini) and Dave (@withsobersenses) chat with Eleanor Robertson (@marrowing) about if we are living in a feminist moment and what that means. We focus our conversation on two of her articles from Meanjin. We discuss why it is that so much of contemporary feminism focuses on representations in popular culture – what does that tell us about both feminism and popular culture? From here we talk about the complex history of 2nd Wave feminism, the limitations of the intersectionality/class debate and then move into broader discussion about the possibilities of radical politics. Is there any value in radical reformist projects? When capital so dominates our lives what’s the possibility for radical collective self-activity? We return to the common questions we dwell on at Living the Dream: is there any role for agency and if so what kind? What can and is to be done?
Articles, people and things we talk about include:
Eleanor Robertson Get mad and get even
Eleanor Robertson Intersectional Identity and the Path to Progress
Amber A’lee Frost All Worked Up and Nowhere to Go
Moishe Postone
Maria Mies
Paolo Virno Virtuosity and Revolution: The Political Theory of Exodus
Monsieur Dupont Nihilist Communism
E.P Thompson The making of the English Working Class
The Combahee River Collective Statement
Endnotes
Wildcat Migration and national social democracy in Britain
Nothing is Ever Lost
Living The Dream After the End of the Albanese Hegemony
Shameless Plug
Living The Dream After White Australia Episode 4: The White Possessive
Living The Dream whilst Leaving 2021
Living The Dream with Anarchy and its Allies
Living The Dream After White Australia EP3: White Nation
Living The Dream After White Australia Ep2: A New Britannia
Living The Dream After White Australia Part 1
Living The Dream with Full Employment
Living The Dream with a Climate Emergency, COVID-19 and The Australian State
Living The Dream with a Workers’ Plan To Survive Covid-19 Crisis
Living The Dream in the time of COVID-19
Living The Dream with COVID-19 and a Recession
Living The Dream against anti-Chinese Racism
Living The Dream with a Green New Deal
Living the Dream with ScoMo
Living The Dream during #Ausvotes2019
Living The Dream with Acid Communism and/or Acid Corbynism
Living the Dream at Deebing Creek
Living the Dream with the Struggle to Decriminalise Sex Work
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