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 in 2018
Living The Dream in Global Union Federations
Living The Dream Whilst #qldvotes2017
Living The Dream Amidst A Non-Binding Postal Survey On Same-Sex Marriage
Marx’s Textbook Ep.2: The basic dynamics of capitalism
Marx’s Textbook Ep.1: An Introduction to the Critique of Capitalism & of Economics
Living The Dream with Free Money #UBI
Living The Dream after the UK General Election
Living The Dream under The Accord
Living The Dream in the Trade Union movement
Living The Dream after your #penaltyrates got cut
Living the Dream whilst fighting for your #righttothecity
Living the Dream drops the #Bernardibomb
Living the Dream in 2017
#WTF2016 ? Living The Dream takes the down bound Trump Train out of here
Living the Dream whilst Organising in Your Workplace
Living the Dream has an #altright time in Melbourne
Do We Need To Talk About Donald? Living the Dream on the US Election
Queer Kids for Full Communism: Living the Dream with the Queer Liberation Front
On dissolving the people: Living the Dream on #ausvotes2016
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