Respectfully Disagree

This week, we discuss whether the people we have sex with need to know about our sexual histories, health conditions, and personal beliefs, and whether there's such a thing as no-strings-attached intimacy.

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Is talking about our privileges necessary, or self-important? This week, we discuss Twitter bubbles, Badhai Do, and what checking our privilege actually entails.

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Is the ‘strong independent woman’ narrative stifling or empowering? This week, we discuss the need for women to be financially independent, the impact of depictions of ‘the strong woman’ in pop culture, and Christina Yang.

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Is beauty oppressive or can it be empowering? In this week’s episode, we discuss Rihanna and Fenty Beauty, Naomi Wolf’s ‘The Beauty Myth,’ and whether we should reclaim or dismantle beauty norms.

‘Respectfully Disagree’ is The Swaddle Team’s very own podcast series, in which we get together to discuss and dissect the issues we passionately differ on.

Books and articles we referred to:

1. ‘The Beauty Myth’ by Naomi Wolf

2. ‘Feminist Pleasure And Feminine Beautification’ by Ann J. Cahill

3. ‘The Right to Be Beautiful: Postfeminist Identity and Consumer Beauty Advertising’ by Michelle M. Lazar

4. ‘Appearance as a Feminist Issue’ by Deborah L. Rhode

5. ‘Because it is beautiful’: new feminist perspectives on beauty by Rita Felski

6. ‘The Age of Instagram Face’ by Jia Tolentino

7. ‘Is Beauty In The Eyes Of The Colonizer?’ by Leah Donnella

8. ‘Rihanna’s Lingerie Line Brings Up a Complicated Discussion About Language’ by Gwen Benaway

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This week, we discuss where our ideas of productivity come from, and whether the pressure to be productive can become toxic.

'Respectfully Disagree' is The Swaddle Team’s very own podcast series, in which we get together to discuss and dissect the issues we passionately differ on. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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This week, writer-director Shakun Batra joins us to discuss the problems with how we define dysfunctional families, how childhood traumas shape us, and whether we have a choice in overcoming family baggage.

Note: This episode contains spoilers for both ‘Kapoor And Sons’ and ‘Gehraiyaan’

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This week, we discuss the ways in which we police ourselves as women, how class and caste impact our ideas of safety, and whether the onus of change should fall on individual women.

Respectfully Disagree is The Swaddle Team’s weekly podcast series, in which we get together to discuss and dissect the issues we passionately differ on.

At 5.55 s, we talk about the proportion of women who are murdered by their intimate partners. Here are some readings on that:

https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/UN_BriefFem_251121.pdf

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/violence-against-women-femicide-census/

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-51572665

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This week, economist and author Shrayana Bhattacharya joins us to discuss whether heterosexual romance can ever be truly feminist.

'Respectfully Disagree' is The Swaddle Team’s weekly podcast series, in which we get together to discuss and dissect the issues we passionately differ on.

Books we discuss in the episode:

-'Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh' by Shrayana Bhattacharya

-'Why Love Hurts' by Eva Illouz

-'Right to Sex' by Amia Srinivasan

-'The Tragedy of Heterosexuality' by Jane Ward

-'Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence' by Adrienne Rich

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This week, we discuss whether fighting with friends is a sign of closeness, the line between friendly and unsolicited advice, and what a healthy friendship looks like.

Respectfully Disagree is The Swaddle Team’s weekly podcast series, in which we get together to discuss and dissect the issues we passionately differ on. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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This week, we talk about gendered expectations around money, how money impacts who we’re friends with, and why it's important to discuss money in relationships.

Respectfully Disagree is The Swaddle Team’s weekly podcast series, in which we get together to discuss and dissect the issues we passionately differ on. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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