Capitalism and patriarchy are intrinsically linked. In this episode with Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology and African & African-American Studies Anne-Maria Makhulu, we explore the origins of wealth suppression and oppression across gender, race, and class.

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Twitter: @DrMackMack

Website: https://culturalanthropology.duke.edu/people/anne-maria-b-makhulu 

Bio: 

Anne-Maria Makhulu is an Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology and African & African American Studies at Duke University with additional appointments in Gender, Sexuality, & Feminist Studies and Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Makhulu has conducted research for over two decades in South Africa and is author of Making Freedom (Duke University Press 2015) about South Africa’s transition to democracy. She is also co-editor of a collection entitled Hard Work, Hard Times (University of California Press 2010), which examines African migration, the global search for livelihood, and questions of cultural resilience. A second monograph in preparation, tentatively entitled South Africa After the Rainbow and supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, looks at the rise of new social movements in South Africa—#FeesMustFall and #RhodesMustFall among them—against the backdrop of the state’s “capture.” Makhulu has published articles in Anthropological Quarterly and PMLA, served as special issue guest editor for South Atlantic Quarterly and special theme section guest editor of Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. She is a self-described: cosmopolitan, world traveler, in exile. Africanist, urbanist, radical theorist. Almost newly-wed, late bloomer, dog owner, food lover, and OCD-er.

Hollywood is a multi-billion dollar industry. That wealth, and the power that comes with it, is tied up in a largely stale, pale, and male decision-maker landscape.  In this interview with actor, screenwriter, author, activist and 51Fund co-founder Naomi McDougall Jones, we discuss the relationship between off- and on-screen representation, and why now, more than ever, is the time to build a system that makes sure all stories get told -- to equal monetary benefit. 

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Twitter: @NaomiMcDougallJ

Website: www.naomimcdougalljones.com

Bio:
Naomi McDougall Jones is a storyteller and changemaker. She has written, acted in, and produced two award-winning feature films. The first, Imagine I’m Beautiful (2014), collected 12 awards on the film festival circuit before receiving a theatrical and digital distribution deal and is now available on AmazonPrime. Her second feature, Bite Me (2019), was released via a paradigm-shifting 3 month, 51 screening, 40 city Joyful Vampire Tour of America that took the country by storm, and is now available on iTunes, GooglePlay, and Amazon. She is currently at work on her third feature film, Hammond Castle, for which she received the honor of being the first artist in residence at the final home of Ernest Hemingway in Sun Valley, Idaho. Naomi is an advocate and thought leader for bringing gender parity to cinema. Her writing on this has appeared in The Atlantic, Ms. Magazine, and Salon.com and she gave a virally sensational TEDTalk, What it’s Like to Be a Woman in Hollywood, which has now been viewed over 1 million times and can be seen on TED.com. Naomi’s first book, The Wrong Kind of Women: Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood, published by Beacon Press, has received an electric response with Booklist and Kirkus Reviews naming it "bold," "convincing," "well-written," "urgent," and "necessary," and The Christian Science Monitor calling it, “...an outpouring of passion that will change the ways in which movies are seen.” It is now available in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook wherever books are sold.

In this episode, Pipeline Equity Founder and CEO Katica Roy helps us understand the broken system women are living in and why it’s negatively impacted our wealth. Katica’s solution challenges companies to fix inequity and quantifies the macro-economic opportunity of closing the gender wealth gap.

In this episode, Dr. Jane Cox reveals how a life trauma forced her to overcome her fears around investing and embrace financial autonomy. Jane shares how starting small is nothing to be ashamed of and explores the symbiotic relationship between confidence and investing. 

In this episode, Eversend founder and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree Emma Smith shares her experiences as an entrepreneur. We discuss how entrepreneurship has impacted her personal wealth and money goals, and what she’s observed about who controls wealth and her strategies for seeking funding in today’s global venture capital landscape.

Can you articulate your emotional response to money? Or to risk? In this episode, certified financial advisor Louise Fitzgerald clarifies the relationship between savings and investing, explains risk vs. reward, and notes that regardless of your risk profile, returns are possible.

Workplace pensions: many have them, few do enough with them. In this episode, award-winning journalist and money blogger Faith Archer emphasizes that to ever stop working, we have to reject the idea that pensions are boring. Faith ignites urgency around the workplace pension and shares how we can optimize this financial benefit to our - not our employers’ -- advantage.

HustleCrew founder and negotiations expert Abadesi Osunsade reminds us that negotiations are only over when we say they are. In this episode, we abolish limiting beliefs around negotiations and learn how and why women must negotiate differently in a patriarchal system.

Savings. An emergency fund. A rainy day fund. But have you ever considered a stability fund? In this episode, Brooklyn Plans founder and certified financial planner Kristen Euretig discusses what ‘’being good with money’’ really means and shares tricks for creating a savings plan, even when you have to make emotional trade-offs. 

The stories and characters we see on screen condition our societal definition of normal -- and that includes perpetuating the idea that women aren’t the face of wealth. In this episode, screenwriter Amy Fox shares her experience as lead writer of ‘’Equity’’ -- one of the only Wall Street-genre films that puts unapologetic, complex female protagonists at the center.