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
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Living the Dream after the Plebiscite and amongst the Alt-Right
Living The Dream with the National Disability Insurance Scheme Ep 2
Living The Dream with the Communist Party of Australia and Indigenous Struggles in the 1920s and 30s
Living The Dream with The Maritime Defence Committee during the 1998 Wharf Dispute
Living the Dream whilst the Global Order fractures
Living The Dream in the time of #metoo Part 2
Living The Dream in the time of #metoo Part 1
Living The Dream in Ipswich
Living The Dream with Marx's Theories of Crisis
Living The Dream at Labour Day 2018
Living The Dream during Trump's Trade War
Living The Dream with the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Living The Dream antipolitically
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