Feminist Killjoys, PhD

Witch Month is here! All this month, we are talking with witches and bringing you our conversations.

In this episode, we talk with Casey Wait about their path to being a witch, how religion played a role in their transformation, and why it is important for witches to come together and organize for fair labor practices. Casey Wait is a genderqueer witch/intuitive, tarot reader, artist, maker, writer, lover of history, proud socialist Flower Person living in occupied Abenaki/Pocumtuk territory, also known as Southern Vermont.

Happy Witch Month everyone.

Time Stamps

00:00-6:00 chit-chat

6:11-end interview

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Original music for FKJ PhD by Emily Jane Powers. For more information on her work, visit emilyjanepowers.com

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(Hey it's a bonus ep! Witch Month returns next week!)

In episode 104, we talk to Dr. Z Nicolazzo about her research on trans* students in higher education. We talk the methodology behind ethnographic work, the importance of affirmative and resilience-based frameworks, and how Z does trans killjoy. Z also talks about hir upcoming workshop, "Teaching While Marginalized: What Our Bodies Teach Us About Critical Pedagogy" at the Pacific Northwest College of Art's Graduate Symposium series on October 13th at 11:45am.

Find Z on Twitter @trans_killjoy. Learn more about the PNCA series at https://pnca.edu/news/grad/cs/z-nicolazzo-lecture/.

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Time stamps:

Chit chat: 00:00-12:40

Interview with Dr. Z Nicolazzo: 12:45-51:50

RWL: 51:15-58:15

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All original music by Emily Jane Powers.

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This episode is sponsored by the MA in Critical Studies Program at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Because we need to interrogate, intervene, and reimagine like never before. For more information or to apply visit pnca.edu/criticalstudies

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WITCH MONTH RETURNS NEXT WEEK!

Witch Month is back! All this month, we will be talking with witches and bringing you our conversations. In this episode, we talk with Tess, otherwise known as City Witch (@cityxwitch on instagram). Tess//City Witch is a a folk tarot reader, city witch, retired sex worker, and zinester residing in so-called Ottawa on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. They are a Cancer sun and moon and an Aries rising. We talked with City Witch about lineage in the tarot world, important books that inspire City Witch's work, and the dynamics of labor politics within spiritual work. This interview is full of gems of knowledge. Happy Witch Month everyone.

Time Stamps

00:00-7:30: chit-chat

7:30-end: interview

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Original music for FKJ PhD by Emily Jane Powers. For more information on her work, visit emilyjanepowers.com

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Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter and stickers. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here*

You can also email us at [email protected]. <3

In Episode 102, we talk with Rinna and Jesse about the Nola2Angola bike ride and fundraiser that aims to connect families to incarcerated loved ones. We talk about the way the bike ride provides an embodied form of activism that demonstrates the struggle families separated by prison experience; the specific atrocities committed at the Angola prison in Louisiana; the impact of family separation on anyone with detained family members (from ICE detention centers to jails to private prisons); and much more. Rinna and Jesse also join us for RWLs!

Also, we kick off the episode with a Who's Ruining the Dinner Party on the Colin Kaepernick/Nike ads. (We still love you Colin, but we still really hate capitalism and Nike).

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Time stamps:

00:00-05:08 check-ins

05:09-13:50 Who's Ruining the Dinner Party

13:51-47:20 Interview with Nola2Angola rider and organizer

47:21-54:04 RWL

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Original music for FKJ PhD by Emily Jane Powers. For more information on her work, visit emilyjanepowers.com

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Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter And stickers. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here*

You can also email us at [email protected]. <3

In Episode 101, we talk about prison abolition. This is a topic we have touched on before and interviewed people about. Today Raechel dives in and explains the history, theoretical framework, and what prison abolition can look like in a better version of our society. We discuss who is in prison, who is not in prison, why abolition is better than reform, and answer some frequently asked questions about the movement. Join us for a challenging discussion that may get you to think differently about prisons too.

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Time stamps:

00:00- 10:56

10:56-13:58 who's ruining the dinner party?

13:58-52:00 Prison Abolition discussion

52:00-end RWLs

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Original music for FKJ PhD by Emily Jane Powers. For more information on her work, visit emilyjanepowers.com

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Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter And stickers. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here*

You can also email us at [email protected]. <3

Melody and Raechel are back! In Episode 100, we talk about The State of the Killjoy: where we've been, where we're at, and where we're headed. Primarily we talk about our stance on things that sometimes create division among feminists: sex work, trans liberation, lifestyle politics, capitalism, and more. In many cases, we agree with one another but not with other feminists, but in some cases, we lovingly diverge. Overall this episode provides a great overview for new listeners to determine what we're all about and how we differ from other feminist podcasts, and it's a fun listen for OG fans who want to hear us dig into various topics that have emerged over the first 100 eps!

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Time stamps:

00:00-02:30 chit-chat

02:31-07:15 who's ruining the dinner party?

07:16-44:55 The State of the Killjoy

44:56-47:56 RWLs

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Original music for FKJ PhD by Emily Jane Powers. For more information on her work, visit emilyjanepowers.com

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Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter And stickers. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here*

You can also email us at [email protected]. <3

In our final episode before summer break//gearing up for episode 100, we chat back y forth acerca de los theories of la frontera y applications of this theoretical framework. There are a lot of resources we reference so make sure to check out our newsletter for links to those resources. Shoot us a note if you are looking for something in particular. Families belong together.

EP 60: Marxism with SAL(T) is an excellent companion to this episode.

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Time stamps:

Check ins: 00:35-05:00

Announcements acerca de podcast 05:01-11:00

DIY podcasting e-course announcement 11:01-13:07

FKJ listener shout-out y mas podcast musings 13:08-15:05

La Frontera discussion 15:06-27:33

FKJ Commercial 27:34-29:20

Borderlands theory application y mas 29:21-43:19

Praxis (how to apply these theories to activism) 43:20-49:50

RWLs 49:51-56:55

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INTRO: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY

OUTRO: "Born Free" M.I.A.

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You can also email us at [email protected]. <3

This week we sit down with Alicia Kennedy, a very fuckin’ cool vegetarian food writer, activist, and former vegan bakery-owner. Alicia talks about her relationship to veganism and vegetarianism, her ties to Puerto Rico (her grandmother is from there, she writes about it through an anticolonial lens, and she hosted a huge fundraiser for it after Hurricane Maria), and her new podcast - Meatless. She has really cool things to say and we think you’re gonna love the interview. (Also she has super bomb 90s style so yr gonna wanna follow her IG!)

Subscribe to Meatless!

Follow Alicia on Instagram (alicialapirata) and Twitter!

Check out her work at alicia-kennedy dot com

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Time stamps:

00:00-010:00: Intro and check-ins

10:40-end: interview with Alicia

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Intro: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY

Outro: "Popular" Nada Surf

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It's that time of year again where we chat about our complicated feelings around vacations and trips to far out places. In this episode, we talk about our respective trips to rural Wisconsin and Alaska. It's a pretty relaxed show with lots of random tidbits about us you'd probably rarely hear otherwise. <3 <3 <3

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INTRO: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY

OUTRO: "I'm So Into You" SWV

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You can also email us at [email protected]. <3

CN: Discussions of suicide and addiction

We talk to Mamone of the Queer Appalachia/Electric Dirt collective about the joys and struggles of rural queer life. Mamone discusses how QA/ED was born as a memorial zine project for Bryn Kelly and grew from there with her fabulous femme spirit leading the way. Now QA is working on addiction and recovery programs for queer folks in Appalachia, has a new microgrant fund program, and much more. We also talk: cultural appropriation of rural life, making queer theory accessible, how addiction culture in the US is so heteronormative, and more.

Time stamps:

OO:00-09:00 chit-chat

09:00-end interview with Mamone

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INTRO: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY

OUTRO: "Poor Folks Town" Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton

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You can also email us at [email protected]. <3