The Feminist Present

“The Feminist Present” is a feminist podcast produced by Stanford University’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research, dedicated to combining academic research with cultural criticism to develop interdisciplinary dialogues. The show’s content includes:

• Politics and healing of queer and transgender oral history (interview with Caro De Robertis, “So Many Stars”)
• Women’s body evolution and reconstruction of scientific narratives (interview with Cat Bohannon, “Eve”)
• Feminist transformation of celibacy practices and desire politics (interview with Melissa Febos, “The Dry Season”)
• Audre Lorde archival research and reinterpretation of Black feminism (interview with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, “Survival is a Promise”)
• End of “Girlboss” culture and workplace criticism (interview with Samhita Mukhopadhyay, “The Myth of Making It”)

Suitable for audiences interested in intersectional feminism, media representation critique, and cultural criticism, especially communities interested in the intersection of feminist theory, literature, and social structures. The show’s style is profound, interdisciplinary, and culturally insightful, serving as an important platform for feminist knowledge production.