Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab

We're still working on a new season of Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab for your listening pleasure, but while you wait, why not revisit some old favorites? We're proud to re-air this episode as we look back on the roots of this show.For pennies a day, you can become a patron of the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab podcast and join a growing global movement of feminist badasses dedicated to radically authentic, intentional, and interconnected feminism. If you’ve been secretly dreaming of joining our community, now is the time baby. Go to ContinuumCollective.org for more. ________________________________________________________________________________________As a thoughtfully outspoken journalist, author, and movement leader, Rachel Hills calls on her audiences and co-collaborators to inspect narratives that work to bind us in oppressive structures. Her recent book, The Sex Myth, presents the provocative hypothesis that the sexual revolution beginning the 1960s has confined us in our own narratives. She posits that our performative speaking keeps us from actually practicing truly liberated, honest, and authentic sexualities. Rachel’s book has been adapted into a devised play where each cast conjures and creates the play anew. You can find Rachel on Twitter at @rachelhills. Learn more about Continuum at continuumcollective.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're still working on a new season of Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab for your listening pleasure, but while you wait, why not revisit some old favorites? We're proud to re-air this episode as we look back on the roots of this show.For pennies a day, you can become a patron of the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab podcast and join a growing global movement of feminist badasses dedicated to radically authentic, intentional, and interconnected feminism. If you’ve been secretly dreaming of joining our community, now is the time baby. Go to ContinuumCollective.org for more. ________________________________________________________________________________________This week’s revolutionary is Anja Tyson: a single mom and Brooklynite who works in fashion sustainability. Anja works as a Fashion Sales Manager at TIPA Compostable Packaging, which is a company that’s innovating new ways to reduce the amount of single-use plastics that are used to wrap around clothing before being thrown in the trash. As our conversation unfolds, Anja tells me all about her childhood and her unique experiences about growing up biracial. Now, as a single mother with a biracial child, she’s seeing her own childhood experiences through a different lens. Anja shares some insights on how she’s raising her child to be socially and racially conscious. Some Questions I Ask: Tell me about what kind of work you do. (1:04)Tell me about your childhood. (10:09)Have you thought about having another kid? (25:41)What are your feelings on dating? (40:50)What can people do to start making a difference and contributing to a meaningful cause? (1:12:04)In This Episode, You Will Learn:How Anja got her job at Prada USA. (3:18)How Anja dealt with being bullied as a kid. (11:13)About Anja’s experience being a single mother. (26:13)Why Anja doesn’t feel any urgency around dating and finding a partner. (40:55)About Anja’s work in fashion sustainability. (46:17)How Anja and her 5-year-old daughter deal with the grief of losing a loved one differently. (57:06)Connect with Anja: LinkedInInstagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're still working on a new season of Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab for your listening pleasure, but while you wait, why not revisit some old favorites? We're proud to re-air this episode as we look back on the roots of this show.For pennies a day, you can become a patron of the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab podcast and join a growing global movement of feminist badasses dedicated to radically authentic, intentional, and interconnected feminism. If you’ve been secretly dreaming of joining our community, now is the time baby. Go to ContinuumCollective.org for more. ________________________________________________________________________________________This weeks’ revolutionary is Sophia Wallace, visual artist and creator of Cliteracy. Sophia grew up in Seattle, Washington and currently lives in New York City. Throughout her childhood, she was a feminist before she had the language to really say it. Now, as an adult, the art that she produces is striking, unapologetically sapphic, and groundbreaking. Her work stems from a place of authenticity, including her own body, life, history, and lived experience and aims to create freedom for language and expand the language used around the feminine body. Throughout our conversation, Sophia dives deep into the Cliteracy project and the impact it’s had, along with also discussing how power represents and normalizes itself in the visual. Some Questions I Ask: What is a Clit Rodeo? (2:19)Who are the Guardian Angels? (6:58)How do you weave the messages women are told throughout their lives into your work? (31:58)What does the future of your work look like? (39:55)How can people support your work? (59:59)In This Episode, You Will Learn: About the Cliteracy project. (1:20)How going to an all-women college impacted Sophia. (7:51)How patriarchy is like a multi-level-marketing scheme. (19:37)How women’s pain has been denaturalized and the impact that has on society. (21:00)How women’s pain and experiences are dismissed in the medical field. (48:40)Connect with Sophia: WebsiteInstagramResources: Seattle Young People’s Project Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're still working on a new season of Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab for your listening pleasure, but while you wait, why not revisit some old favorites? We're proud to re-air this episode as we look back on the roots of this show.For pennies a day, you can become a patron of the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab podcast and join a growing global movement of feminist badasses dedicated to radically authentic, intentional, and interconnected feminism. If you’ve been secretly dreaming of joining our community, now is the time baby. Go to ContinuumCollective.org for more. ________________________________________________________________________________________This week’s revolutionary is Nasreen Alkhateeb, a filmmaker, activist, and feminist. She was born in the United States but raised for the first 7 years of her life in Saudi Arabia. After her family moved back to the United States, Nasreen started to realize that she was different from those around her and that she would have to go above and beyond to break social barriers and form friends. This played a major role in how Nasreen learned to tell stories and design her own reality.Now, Nasreen is a storyteller. She translates messaging and storytelling into visuals for people to immerse themselves into. She helps clients create short-form narrative, usually in video form and content that lives online. With this, Nasreen uses her skills to give voice to the marginalized. She helps others go above and beyond to break barriers, tell their stories, and participate in feminist movements.Some Questions I Ask: How would you describe yourself? (1:01)Tell me about the documentary you made about you and your sisters. (11:49)Is your family still religious? (15:59)How has your place in society informed your feminist work? (34:43)What techniques do you use to remind yourself of your empowering narrative? (39:52)What do you think are the most pressing feminist issues today? (43:04)In This Episode, You Will Learn: Why it was challenging for Nasreen to make friends in the American public school system. (5:06)How Nasreen’s narrative skills have become her foundation for giving voice to various causes. (10:05)How Nasreen designs her own reality. (20:11)What it was like for Nasreen to come home from Iraq after 9/11. (26:51)How Nasreen got comfortable with being the odd one out in all areas of her life. (41:49)How Nasreen pulls herself up after hitting rock bottom. (49:02)Connect with Nasreen Alkhateeb: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/contentdirector/Website: https://allmediastorytelling.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DirectorContentDefend Yourself : http://defendyourself.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're still working on a new season of Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab for your listening pleasure, but while you wait, why not revisit some old favorites? We're proud to re-air this episode as we look back on the roots of this show.For pennies a day, you can become a patron of the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab podcast and join a growing global movement of feminist badasses dedicated to radically authentic, intentional, and interconnected feminism. If you’ve been secretly dreaming of joining our community, now is the time baby. Go to ContinuumCollective.org for more. ________________________________________________________________________________________This week’s revolutionary is Dr. Anne Marie Goetz, a professor of Global Affairs at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs. Prior to her work as a professor, she worked at the UN as a policymaker on women, peace, and security. Currently, Dr. Goetz’s work looks at what makes states effective in addressing women’s rights and under what conditions do feminist movements succeed in patriarchal states. Throughout our conversation, Dr. Anne Marie shares insights into what feminism looks like on a global level, including anecdotes from various cultures that demonstrate how women’s rights are changing around the world. She also shares extensively about her work with UNIFEM, around right-wing populism, and how she finds the motivation to continue persevering with her feminist work. Some Questions I Ask: Tell us about the research you’re working on now. (1:09)Where are you from? (36:52)What drives you to keep going? (39:19)When you think about all of this work that you’ve done, who has supported you in particularly pivotal ways? (51:06)In This Episode, You Will Learn: Why women-only spaces are essential for advancing women’s rights through mainstream institutions. (5:33)Anne Marie’s work on right-wing populism around the world. (16:36)How right-wing populism utilizes the term “gender ideology” to attack feminism. (27:56)About Anne Marie’s experience at the Beijing Conference for Women in 1995. (28:35)How Anne Marie’s childhood shaped her feminist views as an adult. (39:56)About Anne Marie’s work with the UNIFEM. (1:00:21)Connect with Anne Marie Goetz: TwitterPublicationsResources: United Nations Development Fund for Women Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.