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THE DISSENTER
https://youtu.be/-85tsPi8-EQ
INTRO: Dr. Serene Khader is Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center and holds the Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College. She is a moral and political philosopher working primarily on feminist issues in global justice. She is the author of Faux Feminism: Why We Fall for White Feminism and How We Can Stop.
In this episode, we focus on Faux Feminism. We discuss what feminism is, if it makes sense to talk about “waves” of feminism, and the idea of white feminism. We go through myths regarding feminism, including the Freedom Myth, the Individualism Myth, the Culture Myth, the Restriction Myth, and the Judgment Myth. We talk about the idea of “girlbosses”, and capitalism and neoliberal feminism. We discuss intersectional feminism, and whether tradition is the enemy of feminism. Finally, we talk about the current state of women’s rights in the US.
VIDEO EXCERPTS: I think often ideas that seem feminist can harm other women. Another one that I talk about extensively in the book is the idea that feminism is about allowing women to enter the paid workforce. Like our lives are better because we are able to do forms of work that we value besides care work, right?
[...] white feminism in general is a feminism that reflects the priorities of privileged white women. So you might think of it as a feminism that is really associated with individualism that is uncritical of things like the carceral state. [...] these policies make women of color more vulnerable because they are for example likely to be criminalized when they make a call about intimate partner violence in their home.
[...] I want to say these bad forms of feminism are actually united by a certain value orientation and that's a value orientation toward individual freedom.
[...] Okay. So let's tackle then what in the book you deem to be a series of myths regarding feminism. So the first one is the freedom myth. What is that about?
The freedom myth is sort of what it sounds like. It's the idea that we will achieve the end of gender-based oppression or that feminism will have succeeded if we reduce every individual woman's sort of constraint by social expectations. So put simply, the freedom myth is the idea that feminism is about individual freedom and that caring about individual freedom is the path that will lead us to all of our liberation...
https://youtu.be/-85tsPi8-EQ
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-85tsPi8-EQ
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THE DISSENTER
https://youtu.be/-85tsPi8-EQ
INTRO: Dr. Serene Khader is Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center and holds the Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College. She is a moral and political philosopher working primarily on feminist issues in global justice. She is the author of Faux Feminism: Why We Fall for White Feminism and How We Can Stop.
In this episode, we focus on Faux Feminism. We discuss what feminism is, if it makes sense to talk about “waves” of feminism, and the idea of white feminism. We go through myths regarding feminism, including the Freedom Myth, the Individualism Myth, the Culture Myth, the Restriction Myth, and the Judgment Myth. We talk about the idea of “girlbosses”, and capitalism and neoliberal feminism. We discuss intersectional feminism, and whether tradition is the enemy of feminism. Finally, we talk about the current state of women’s rights in the US.
VIDEO EXCERPTS: I think often ideas that seem feminist can harm other women. Another one that I talk about extensively in the book is the idea that feminism is about allowing women to enter the paid workforce. Like our lives are better because we are able to do forms of work that we value besides care work, right?
[...] white feminism in general is a feminism that reflects the priorities of privileged white women. So you might think of it as a feminism that is really associated with individualism that is uncritical of things like the carceral state. [...] these policies make women of color more vulnerable because they are for example likely to be criminalized when they make a call about intimate partner violence in their home.
[...] I want to say these bad forms of feminism are actually united by a certain value orientation and that's a value orientation toward individual freedom.
[...] Okay. So let's tackle then what in the book you deem to be a series of myths regarding feminism. So the first one is the freedom myth. What is that about?
The freedom myth is sort of what it sounds like. It's the idea that we will achieve the end of gender-based oppression or that feminism will have succeeded if we reduce every individual woman's sort of constraint by social expectations. So put simply, the freedom myth is the idea that feminism is about individual freedom and that caring about individual freedom is the path that will lead us to all of our liberation...
https://youtu.be/-85tsPi8-EQ