EduKATE

Today's lesson is led by me (Katie Kohn) and is inspired by three extracts from Elizabeth Day's fabulous book; 'How To Fail'. The episode focuses in on what it is to take a pause in todays world, navigating your twenties and the need for validation in order to determine personal success.

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In this episode of EduKATE, I'm joined by the amazing Deanna Lyn Cook ( @lildchick ) for the second time, who teaches me a very important and interesting lesson all about Colourism. She discusses how Colourism is "the daughter of racism", the origins of Colourism, the Brown Paper Bag test, how Colourism existed within slave societies and Colourism in the world's media today.

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This episode of EduKATE is led by the fabulous Holly, who serves up a no-nosense lesson on Cosmetic Surgery and the permanent cosmetic choices that she's made. She candidly discusses her reasons for undergoing surgery, societal judgements that are placed on those who decide to make permanent changes to their bodies, and offers advice for those who are thinking about making long-term changes to their appearance.

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Host / Producer - @katiekohn17

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In this solo episode of EduKATE I'm serving up a lesson on catcalling. I'll be reading and commenting on extracts from Caroline Criado Perez's Invisible Women and sharing personal insights and anecdotes of my own personal experiences with Catcalling.

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“Did you know that 9 million people in the UK are chronically lonely?” I’ve asked Patrick Harding, the CEO and Founder of Joy, to deliver a solo lesson about what his platform Joy is doing during these unprecedented times and its role in alleviating loneliness across the UK. I hope by listening to Patrick that you feel inspired to help tackle this growing issue, and as a result, we can spread more joy together. 

Please use the below links to access the services Patrick talks about in the episode:

Joy Live - programme of support for vulnerable people self isolating 

https://explorejoy.co.uk/en/listings/189-joy-live

Bundles of Joy - initiative to give hope to people in Hospital

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In this episode, Hannah and I talk about her experience of getting accepted onto her masters course at Cambridge and the financial hurdles that have made her journey a bumpy one. Topics discussed: higher education, social mobility, self-funding and the class ceiling.

LINKS

The people who awarded my scholarship: https://www.futurefinance.com/

THE BEST grant and scholarship finding app: https://www.grantfairy.com/

Another scholarship searching tool: https://www.postgraduate-funding.com/gateway/

Information about the government Master’s loan: https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan

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In this episode of EduKATE, Deanna Lyn Cook teaches me a very important lesson on race. She teaches me about the state of race in UK Academia, and specifically educates me on the Black British female figures who have been erased from mainstream British histories. We then have a general discussion about what micro-aggressions are specifically to Black people in Britain today, Deanna's experience of racism in Britain, and why people find it uncomfortable talking about Race.

Key references from this discussion:

Non-Fiction

•Peter Fryer, Staying Power (1984)

•Kennetta Hammond Perry, London Is The Place For Me (2015)

•Paul Gilroy, There Ain’t No Black In The Union Jack (1987)

•David Olusoga, Black and British: A Forgotten History (2016)

•Ben Bousquet & Colin Douglas, West Indian Women At War: British Racism In World War II (1991)

•Emma Dabiri, Don’t Touch My Hair (2019)

Reports on Academia:

•Royal Historical Society: Race, Ethnicity & Equality in UK History: A Report and Resource for Change (October 2018)

•Leading Routes: The Broken Pipeline – Barriers to Black PhD Students Accessing Research Council Funding (September 2019)

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Back in November, Bronte and I recorded my first ever episode of EduKATE, and we couldn't have predicted that our conversation back then is more relevant now than ever. In a world where our physical (and mental) health is being discussed globally, Bronte and I discuss what it means to have your health taken away from you and the lasting implications that meningitis has had on her body. I learn about Bronte's story of contracting the disease and how she dealt with the gruelling process. We discuss how people take their health for granted, the importance of hand washing, and how people think and talk about chronic illness.

Presenter/Producer - Katie Kohn

Guest - Bronte Smith

Sound Mixer - Tom Cornes

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In this episode of Edukate, Isabel Stuart explains to me what Intersectionality actually means within Feminism today, and why we need to remember the origins of the term. We then have question time for the second part of the lesson and discuss all things Feminism and what the movement looks like in the modern climate.

Presenter/Producer - Katie Kohn

Guest - Isabel Stuart

Sound Mixer - Tom Cornes

Recorded: November 2019

*Weinstein commentary within the podcast now does not reflect his current social status since his recent convictions in 2020.

Books and articles:

• Sara Ahmed​ - ​The Promise of Happiness​, (2010) & ​The Cultural Politics of Emotions​, (2005) Audre Lorde ​- ​Your Silence Will Not Protect You, ​(2017)
• Kimberly Crenshaw​ - "Demarlginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine,Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics," University of Chicago Legal Forum, 1:8, 139-167 (1989), 139
• Robin DiAngelo​ - ​White Fragility, ​(2018)
• Tayari Jones​ - ​An American Marriage, ​(2018)
• Bernardine Evaristo​ - ​Girl, Woman, Other​ (2019)
• Roxanne Gay​ - Bad Feminist, (2014)
• Reni Eddo-Lodge ​-​ ​Why I’m No Longer Talking (To White People) About Race,​ (2017) Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohay​ - ​She Said,​ (2019)

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