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Ask a Feminist, a podcast from Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (http://signsjournal.org), features interviews with leading feminist thinkers on feminist issues raised by some aspect of current political life or social justice issue. This allows Signs to create an ongoing conversation between and among feminist scholars, media activists, and community leaders, enhancing the journal’s role as a transitive space, percolating in and between the space of intellectual production and activist engagement. Ask a Feminist is part of the Signs Feminist Public Intellectuals Project (http://signsjournal.org/feminist-public-intellectuals-project/).

Recent Episodes

Regret, a Conversation with Ann Cvetkovich

Today’s episode is a conversation about the feminist politics of regret. Discourses of regret have strangely come to play a key role in right-wing attacks on feminism, particularly when it comes to the Right’s anti-abortion and anti-trans campaigns. The

39 MIN

Palestinian Feminism, a Conversation with Sarah Ihmoud and Zinaida Miller

This episodes conversation focuses on Palestinian feminism, both as a movement and a lens with which to analyze the extreme violence of Israel’s war on Gaza, as well as the quotidian violence of life under occupation. Whether addressing ever-expanding ca

48 MIN

Feminist Scholarly Writing under Authoritarianism, a Conversation with Debjani Chakravarty, Patti Duncan, and Jennifer C. Nash

This episode of Ask a Feminist looks at how the Trump administration’s attacks on women’s and gender studies, and universities more broadly, are affecting the production of feminist scholarship. The editors of four interdisciplinary feminist journals (Fr

38 MIN

Pronatalism, a Conversation with Nandita Bajaj and Michele Goodwin

This episode features a critical dissection of a political movement and philosophy that is unfortunately enjoying a global resurgence: pronatalism. Having successfully killed Roe, the Trump administration pursues policies incentivising certain groups to

44 MIN

Online Abuse and US Politics, a Conversation with Moya Bailey and Nina Jankowicz

This episode focuses on the harassment and abuse that women—particularly women in politics—face online. Signs associate editor Sarah Sobieraj, an expert on US political culture and digital media, speaks with Professors Moya Bailey and Nina Jankowicz. The