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
#SandersofSthBrisbane ? Council elections, social movements & the #RighttotheCity
Living the Dream - Last Drinks in (the workers) Paradise?
Living The Dream 'Dominant Society Needs A Slap in the Face': Sovereignty Solidarity & Decolonisation
Living the Dream: Welfare, Social Reproduction and Social Impact Bonds
Living the Dream: Climate, Capitalism & Crisis
New Year's Thoughts - Prospects, Predictions, Postulations
#qldworkersparadise : Sunny times for the working class in Qld under Labor?
From Liberation to Human Rights - changes in the language of critique
Everything You Know Is Wrong -Conspiracy Theory
Queensland: beautiful one day, workers’ paradise the next?
Stranger Choices: Getting ready for the hangover
Stranger Choices: Qld Uncut - Lessons for tomorrow's struggle
Stranger Choices: Pig City! Anti-Politics, Law & Order and Populism
Stranger Choices Queensland Election #1: elections, Joh, debt and emancipatory politics
'...from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again': "Really Existing Socialism", Liberalism and Violence
Living the Dream, Words from Struggle Street #2 No Shelter
Living the Dream, Words from Struggle Street #1 UOW Uncut
Work, Workers and Organisation Part 2
Work, Workers and Organisation Part 1
HooHa - Living the Dream Intro
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