Take Back the Fight

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What is modern feminism and how has the digital age changed it? In this limited-series podcast, Nora Loreto will take you through feminism: from debates to campaigns, from white feminism to co-optatio... more

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The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.

Take Back the Fight episodes:

February 10, 2022 Feminist Futures
In this episode, Nora talks about what organizing could look like, especially as the need to confront the far right becomes more and more obvious.
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38min
December 30, 2021 Anticapitalist, Antiracist and Decolonial Feminism
In this episode, Nora talks about what feminism needs to be if it truly wants to end sexist patriarchy: anticapitalist, antiracist and decolonial.
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37min
December 23, 2021 Feminists and power
In this episode, Nora talks about feminism and state power: what happens when self-described feminists get into power, and what role do feminists in the streets play in changing policy?
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40min
December 16, 2021 Leadership
In this episode, Nora talks about leadership: what it means for movements, what it does to individuals and what feminists can learn from the far-right leader machine.
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38min
December 09, 2021 Ad Hoc Feminism
In this episode, Nora talks about ad hoc organizing: from calling a rally to a focus solely on mobilizing, ah hoc feminism can be difficult, if not impossible to turn into a more organized and permenant movement. What does that mean for the demands that ad hoc feminism puts forward?
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39min
December 02, 2021 Knowledge
In this episode, Nora explores knowledge: how mainstream knowledge warps understandings of what's possible, and how knowledge production and dissemination is key to the work of any social movement organization.
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38min
November 25, 2021 Debates
In this episode, Nora talks about debates: why they're important, how they change us and how they ready us to bring ideas to a mass audience. She also talks about avoiding toxic social media debates and what happens when debates don't happen and people can self-declare that fascist ideology related to the gender binary is feminism.
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46min
November 18, 2021 Social Movement Organizing
In this episode, Nora talks about social movements: what they are, what makes them effective and how neoliberalism has created something called the Not-For-Profit Industrial Complex.

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40min
November 11, 2021 The Digital Age
In this episode, Nora talks about how feminism has been shaped by the digital age. From blogs to #metoo, she examines the drawbacks of digital organizing and how we need to avoid the pitfalls.

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40min
November 04, 2021 Neoliberalism
In this episode, Nora defines neoliberalism, and how this economic, political and social force transformed community activism into individualized activists.

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43min

FAQs about Take Back the Fight:

How many episodes does Take Back the Fight have?

The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.