Intersectional Feminism · Audio
Ask a Feminist
Ask a Feminist is an academic feminist podcast produced by Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, focusing on feminist perspectives in current political and social justice issues. The show invites feminist scholars and public intellectuals from interdisciplinary fields to discuss issues such as abortion rights, transgender policy, digital gender violence, public feminism, and science criticism. With a rigorous style and high depth, it is suitable for researchers and public advocates.
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“Ask a Feminist” is an academic feminist podcast produced by Signs journal, dedicated to connecting theory with public issues. The show’s content includes:
- Digital gender violence and barriers to political participation (interviews with Moya Bailey and Nina Jankowicz)
- Transgender policy and legal criticism (interviews with Libby Adler and K.J. Rawson)
- Public feminism and media branding criticism (interviews with Marcie Bianco and Andi Zeisler)
- Epigenetics and reproductive science criticism (interviews with Sarah Richardson, Rene Almeling, and Natali Valdez)
- Afghanistan withdrawal and transnational feminist perspectives (interview with Jennifer Fluri)
- Theoretical foundations and future visions of transgender studies (interviews with Susan Stryker and V Varun Chaudhry)
Suitable for audiences interested in intersectional feminism, political participation, and media representation criticism, especially communities interested in the intersection of academic research, social justice, and gender theory. The show’s style is profound, interdisciplinary, and theoretically rich, serving as an important platform for feminist knowledge production.
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The Chilling: Online Violence Against Women Journalists and Press Freedom
Julie Posetti, Nabeelah Shabbir, Diana Maynard, Kalina Bontcheva & Nermine Aboulez
UNESCO and ICFJ combine survey, interview and social-media evidence to show how online violence silences women journalists and threatens the public’s right to know.
Intersectional Feminism · Political Participation - Articles
Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Against Women Journalists in Southern Africa
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
MISA’s UNESCO-supported regional study records media workers’ experiences and observations of technology-facilitated gender-based violence, with a clear account of its sample limits.
Intersectional Feminism · Political Participation
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Related theme · No. 07
Why must she be likeable?
Beginning with Unlikeable Female Characters, we revisit women who are angry, desirous, and unwilling to comply. Who sets the terms of likability—and when does rebellion reproduce someone else’s oppression?
Media Representation Critique
Related theme · No. 08
Who sustains a revolution?
Beginning with a woman searching for her husband in Sambizanga, we follow the messages, care and organizing that sustain resistance. Across anticolonial struggle, labor and solidarity, who carries a revolution’s daily work—and who is left outside its promise of liberation?
Political Participation
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