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The ERA finally got through Congress, with surprising ease, in 1972. It was then quickly ratified by 30 states...and then, about to cross the threshold into an adopted amendment, it died. Why? Well, that's where Phyllis comes in.

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Kate Schatz is back to bring in some examples of positive white ladies deviating from the patriarchal, white supremacist norm and how we can learn from their lives and work. When we talked to Jessie Daniels a few episodes back we noted that many of the non-shitty white women we find in history happened to be queer women. We asked Kate to highlight a few of those women in this episode. 

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You're not going to be shocked, but you'll still be horrified, if you didn't know the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act had some of the same background shenanigans going on from the early suffrage days (we're looking at you Susan B). White women always watching out for white women, even when it's not about them...

NYT Article: How Women Got in on the Civil Rights Act

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Everyone agrees that people shouldn't be discriminated against based on their sex, don't they? Maybe they do, maybe they don't, maybe they shouldn't?? Turns out it's a bit complicated as we start discussing the ERA!

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It's Women's History Month, but have you ever wondered what the history of WHM is itself? Safe bet: white women have something to do with it!

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Interview with Jessie Daniels, Professor and author of Nice White Ladies: The Truth About White Supremacy, Our Role in It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It.

Jessie Daniels is a professor at Hunter College in New York. She is an internationally recognized expert on Internet manifestatons of racism. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, Forbes, and Newsweek. Her previous books, White Lies and Cyber Racism about far right extremist groups. Nice White Ladies changes focus, and instead addresses the "Karen" phenomenon and role of white women in many of the political landscapes we know today.

You will recognize many of the issues we address with Jessie from discussions on previous episodes and we hope to have her back to talk about more!

From the episode: The NYT article on unequal work load in American families
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Current day NOW controversies - Katy brings us up to date on the female fuckery happening in NOW the past several years. White liberal women have a long way to go in dismantling their own white supremacy. 

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Inspired by NFL's greatest halftime (according to Mandy) - white (women) hysteria and music

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From the "official" organization of NOW - starting where the WW picked up...and dropped the ball, again.

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By all prominent historical accounts, the National Organization for Women was founded in 1966 by Betty Friedan and several other women who met together in a hotel room at a women's conference that June. But there's a whole lot more to what happened before that hotel meeting (because, of course there is) that involves many foundational events and women that are not white.