The Week In Patriarchy

My my my it’s a busy week for the patriarchy. Hannah and Aphra discuss icky defections from Tory to Labour, Eurovision, Palestine and pinkwashing, a controversial breakthrough in gene therapy and an update (a nice one!) to a previous story covered on the pod. Digressions include Aphra forgetting how to speak English and Hannah’s Gay Abandon.

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Story Links:

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gene-therapy-trial-deafness-uk-girl-born-deaf-can-hear/ 
• https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/10/eurovision-song-contest-malmo-israel-controversy 
• https://news.sky.com/story/natalie-elphicke-defection-like-being-punched-in-the-gut-says-jess-philips-13132522 

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A cheerless week for the pod as Aphra and Hannah discuss men behaving badly: Rishi Sunak continues his attack on the welfare state, Maggie T style, the government voted through an evil - and illegal - immigration plan and Tory MP Mark Menzies has allegedly…erm…faked a kidnapping? Oh yeah, and Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction was overturned in New York, in a shock appeals court verdict. Digressions include boiled piss (again) and inconvenient grandfather clocks. 

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Story Links:

• https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/sunaks-chilling-threatening-speech-on-benefits-demonised-disabled-people/
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68841840 
• https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/22/rwanda-deportations-bill-passes-parliament-sunak
• https://news.sky.com/story/harvey-weinsteins-2020-rape-conviction-overturned-by-new-york-appeals-court-13122721 

Organisations to support:

• Care4Calais
• Asylum Aid 
• Refugee Action 

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In this bonus round - and possibly the most dystopian episode yet - Hannah paints a picture of what a post-election America could look like by taking Aphra through Donald Trump’s Agenda 47, Project 2025 and WTF 69. Don’t know what those are? You’ll have to listen to find out. Digressions include hayfever hell, our thoughts on Scoop, and Aphra’s pure rage at fathers who period-shame their daughters. 

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This week is a heavier one. Hannah and Aphra cover the Garrick club’s exclusion of women from their hallowed (read - prehistoric) halls, a truly horrendous week of ableism, and the latest developments in AI and weaponry being used in Gaza that should have us all concerned. Digressions include a truly unmissable rant from Hannah and our favourite feminist, Benedict Cumberbatch. 

Content warning: this week’s episode contains ableism, mention of assisted suicide, and genocide.  

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Story Links:

• https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2024/03/28/garrick-club-judges-protest/
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce5epgp2zdno
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/israel-gaza-ai-database-hamas-airstrikes

Books: 

The View From Down Here - Lucy Webster

Sitting Pretty - Rebekah Taussig

Demystifying Disability - Emily Landau

See Me Rolling - Lottie Jackson

Being Heumann - Judith Heumann

Disability Visibility - Alice Wong

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It’s a bonus episode! Hannah and Aphra dive into a listener-requested topic: the rise of tradwifism and why, at its core, it’s a fantasy born from the horrors of late stage capitalism. The team also explores the boom in family content and whether a consent-based approach needs to emerge from content creators who use their children to make money. Digressions include Jackie Coogan, paper towels, and, er, queer tradwives?!

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Story Link:

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a60125272/sharenting-parenting-influencer-cost-children/

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Oh my god we ventured down the Royal Family rabbit hole, and guess what we found? Racism! This week, Hannah and Aphra cover the weird expectations the tabloids are placing on Meghan, the disgusting treatment of Diane Abbott - one of our longest serving MPs - and Olivia Rodrigo standing up for reproduction rights for a hot minute. Digressions include the Pope’s sexy white puffer coat and an unhealthy relationship with Animal Crossing. 

Content warning: this week’s episode covers some really horrendous anti-Black racism. 

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Story Links:

• https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/meghan-markle-needs-speak-loud-32331518?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target 
• https://www.salon.com/2024/03/15/meghan-markle-isnt-responsible-for-the-kate-middleton-scandal--and-she-shouldnt-have-to-be/
• https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/11/biggest-tory-donor-looking-diane-abbott-hate-all-black-women
• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/13/frank-hesters-ugly-words-about-me-are-a-reminder-all-parties-including-labour-must-stand-against-racism
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68550523 
• https://www.vanityfair.com/news/e-jean-carroll-nikki-haley-donalds-trumps-misogyny 
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68564877 

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It’s a TABLOID SPECIAL! Aphra and Hannah dive into the mystifying hellscape of the Sun, the Daily Mail and more, analysing how tabloids prime us to hate or dehumanise the people they write about, and why they’re so obsessed with how old women are. Plus! Aphra forces Hannah to cross enemy lines and write her own Daily Mail headline. Digressions include accidental shagging and the hottest new celebrity, Evian Snowdrop.

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Story Links:

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13144985/Geri-Halliwells-star-studded-exes-amid-marriage-crisis-husband-Christian-Horner-lesbian-romp-Mel-B-Robbie-Williams-romance-Russell-Brand-fling.html
• https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/10542234/miley-cyrus-slashed-black-dress-doctor-video/ 
• https://metro.co.uk/2024/02/29/school-allows-pupils-wear-fake-eyelashes-part-uniform-20374390/?ico=newsfeed_news 
• https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1872549/rod-stewart-wife-penny-lancaster-age-dress-pictures-latest 
• https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1872607/english-channel-border-force-migrant-crossings 

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In this episode, Hannah and Aphra try not to explode in anger as they discuss Alabama's alarming new rulings around embryos, an anti-abortion society that's been formed at the University of Manchester and the latest on Shamima Begum’s case - as well as a rare piece of good government news. Digressions include a hungover Aphra and Schrodinger’s GP.

Content warning: this episode touches on many sensitive issues, including abortion, pregnancy loss, sexual violence, child abuse, trafficking  and IVF.

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Story Links:

• ‘Doctors shocked and angry as Alabama ruling throws IVF care into turmoil’
• ‘Female students fear for their safety as anti-abortion society set up by three men.’
• “Baby loss certificates introduced in England to 'provide comfort' for parents grieving after a miscarriage”
• “Shamima Begum loses appeal against removal of British citizenship”

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In this episode, Hannah and Aphra talk about the rise in no-fault evictions and the ways this impacts women, Labour backpedaling so hard that they’re going round in circles, and Liz can’t-outlast-a-lettuce Truss insisting that everyone is a secret Tory. Digressions include the ugliest effing dress you’ve ever seen and Aphra’s attempt at sabotage.

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Story Links:

• https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/06/popular-conservatism-has-splintered-but-is-united-in-criticism-of-sunaks-policies 
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68239232
• https://www.independent.co.uk/politics/labour-green-investment-starmer-reeves-b2492551.html 
• More In Common data: https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/our-work/research/more-in-common-issues-tracker-april-2023/

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In this episode, Hannah and Aphra talk about the fact that the gen z boys seem to hate the gen z girls, the weird obsession this government has with private schools and the glass cliff phenomenon. Digressions include a shared love of The Last Dinner Party and lusting over Hot Priest.

Content warning - this episode contains references to sexual violence and suicidal ideation. If you or anyone you know is struggling with either of these things, please know you are not alone, and there are people out there who can help. Visit https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ and https://www.samaritans.org/. 

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Story Links:

• https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/feb/01/gen-z-boys-and-men-more-likely-than-baby-boomers-to-believe-feminism-harmful-says-poll?
• https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/30/andrew-tate-loses-appeal-against-ruling-that-stops-him-leaving-romania
• https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/01/everyones-second-preference-could-james-cleverly-be-the-next-tory-leader
• (paywall) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/after-school-clubs-should-not-just-be-for-tiger-mums-q3p6shs8z
• (paywall) https://www.ft.com/content/29fd9b5c-2f35-41bf-9d4c-994db4e12998

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