RedFem

We discuss when the Left hadn't lost its mind a decade ago. The Left was not beset by the identarianism or liberalism we see plaguing it today. Leftwing political organising existed in a way that seems impossible now in radical politics (at least in North America and the UK). The years we focus on are 2008 to 2014.  Part 2 coming soon where will discuss in further detail what happened after this period.

Liberal denialism meets upper-crust emotional repression (and get married). The Meghan & Harry docuseries currently inflaming social media represents a culture clash between British upper class norms and West Coast culture. Celebrities are boring and should stop trying to not be. Validation seeking is unhealthy, including for Meghan Markle.

A discussion about Balenciaga's child BDSM photoshoot scandal leads to a wider conversation about pedophilia, fashion, art, and the elites. 

We discuss the debate around the fall of Roe vs. Wade, contraception, assumed heterosexuality within medicine, dating apps, and Dworkin's 'Brothel Model'. Hannah also picks her nose a great deal.

Our analysis of the closure of the Tavistock's Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) for children when it was announced back in July 2022. The discussion then forays into a chat around why women choose to 'transition', then about radical feminism and why women - even inside feminism - are considered disloyal or viewed with suspicion if develop themselves subjectively as they age. The heart of this, we conclude, is because whilst human beings develop, objects do not. So whilst women are regarded as objects it will be the case that when a woman evolves, develops, or transforms subjectively, she will be regarded with suspicion and understood as a misbehaving object and baffling subject. 

Hannah speaks about her experience of getting kicked out of church last weekend due to standing beside - and standing up for - her gay male friend JD who was holding an LGB Alliance tote bag.

We discuss why the Left within the Global North are all too sympathetic to pedophiles and how the Left has never developed a sexual politics that can challenge the status-quo or patriarchy. This episode includes ideas and concepts from Marx, Dworkin, Freud, Foucault, Sartre, and more! And we also speak about our analysis of the SWP split of 2012 and collapse of the ISO years later.

Our initial reactions to the outcome of the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial outcome the day it happened back in June 2021.

Content warning: descriptions and discussion of rape.