Feminist Killjoys, PhD

In Episode 102, we talk with Rinna and Jesse about the Nola2Angola bike ride and fundraiser that aims to connect families to incarcerated loved ones. We talk about the way the bike ride provides an embodied form of activism that demonstrates the struggle families separated by prison experience; the specific atrocities committed at the Angola prison in Louisiana; the impact of family separation on anyone with detained family members (from ICE detention centers to jails to private prisons); and much more. Rinna and Jesse also join us for RWLs! Also, we kick off the episode with a Who's Ruining the Dinner Party on the Colin Kaepernick/Nike ads. (We still love you Colin, but we still really hate capitalism and Nike). *** Time stamps: 00:00-05:08 check-ins 05:09-13:50 Who's Ruining the Dinner Party 13:51-47:20 Interview with Nola2Angola rider and organizer 47:21-54:04 RWL *** Original music for FKJ PhD by Emily Jane Powers. For more information on her work, visit emilyjanepowers.com *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter And stickers. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here* You can also email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com. <3

In Episode 101, we talk about prison abolition. This is a topic we have touched on before and interviewed people about. Today Raechel dives in and explains the history, theoretical framework, and what prison abolition can look like in a better version of our society. We discuss who is in prison, who is not in prison, why abolition is better than reform, and answer some frequently asked questions about the movement. Join us for a challenging discussion that may get you to think differently about prisons too. *** Time stamps: 00:00- 10:56 10:56-13:58 who's ruining the dinner party? 13:58-52:00 Prison Abolition discussion 52:00-end RWLs *** Original music for FKJ PhD by Emily Jane Powers. For more information on her work, visit emilyjanepowers.com *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter And stickers. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here* You can also email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com. <3

Melody and Raechel are back! In Episode 100, we talk about The State of the Killjoy: where we've been, where we're at, and where we're headed. Primarily we talk about our stance on things that sometimes create division among feminists: sex work, trans liberation, lifestyle politics, capitalism, and more. In many cases, we agree with one another but not with other feminists, but in some cases, we lovingly diverge. Overall this episode provides a great overview for new listeners to determine what we're all about and how we differ from other feminist podcasts, and it's a fun listen for OG fans who want to hear us dig into various topics that have emerged over the first 100 eps! *** Time stamps: 00:00-02:30 chit-chat 02:31-07:15 who's ruining the dinner party? 07:16-44:55 The State of the Killjoy 44:56-47:56 RWLs *** Original music for FKJ PhD by Emily Jane Powers. For more information on her work, visit emilyjanepowers.com *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter And stickers. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here* You can also email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com. <3

In our final episode before summer break//gearing up for episode 100, we chat back y forth acerca de los theories of la frontera y applications of this theoretical framework. There are a lot of resources we reference so make sure to check out our newsletter for links to those resources. Shoot us a note if you are looking for something in particular. Families belong together. EP 60: Marxism with SAL(T) is an excellent companion to this episode. *** Time stamps: Check ins: 00:35-05:00 Announcements acerca de podcast 05:01-11:00 DIY podcasting e-course announcement 11:01-13:07 FKJ listener shout-out y mas podcast musings 13:08-15:05 La Frontera discussion 15:06-27:33 FKJ Commercial 27:34-29:20 Borderlands theory application y mas 29:21-43:19 Praxis (how to apply these theories to activism) 43:20-49:50 RWLs 49:51-56:55 *** INTRO: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY OUTRO: "Born Free" M.I.A. *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons now receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter AND $5+ peeps get bonus eps. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here* You can also email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com. <3

This week we sit down with Alicia Kennedy, a very fuckin’ cool vegetarian food writer, activist, and former vegan bakery-owner. Alicia talks about her relationship to veganism and vegetarianism, her ties to Puerto Rico (her grandmother is from there, she writes about it through an anticolonial lens, and she hosted a huge fundraiser for it after Hurricane Maria), and her new podcast - Meatless. She has really cool things to say and we think you’re gonna love the interview. (Also she has super bomb 90s style so yr gonna wanna follow her IG!) Subscribe to Meatless! Follow Alicia on Instagram (alicialapirata) and Twitter! Check out her work at alicia-kennedy dot com *** Time stamps: 00:00-010:00: Intro and check-ins 10:40-end: interview with Alicia *** Intro: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY Outro: "Popular" Nada Surf *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review! Follow us on Instagram! And Facebook! And Twitter! Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on Spotify! Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. And of course, feel free to email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com ***

It's that time of year again where we chat about our complicated feelings around vacations and trips to far out places. In this episode, we talk about our respective trips to rural Wisconsin and Alaska. It's a pretty relaxed show with lots of random tidbits about us you'd probably rarely hear otherwise. <3 <3 <3 *** INTRO: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY OUTRO: "I'm So Into You" SWV *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons now receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter AND $5+ peeps get bonus eps. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here* You can also email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com. <3

CN: Discussions of suicide and addiction We talk to Mamone of the Queer Appalachia/Electric Dirt collective about the joys and struggles of rural queer life. Mamone discusses how QA/ED was born as a memorial zine project for Bryn Kelly and grew from there with her fabulous femme spirit leading the way. Now QA is working on addiction and recovery programs for queer folks in Appalachia, has a new microgrant fund program, and much more. We also talk: cultural appropriation of rural life, making queer theory accessible, how addiction culture in the US is so heteronormative, and more. Time stamps: OO:00-09:00 chit-chat 09:00-end interview with Mamone *** INTRO: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY OUTRO: "Poor Folks Town" Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons now receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter AND $5+ peeps get bonus eps. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here* You can also email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com. <3

In this episode, Raechel and Melody talk to each other about all sorts of current events including recent Trump legislation moves, most famous incel Jordan Peterson, and most seriously Palestine. No commercial this week so take that 2 minutes to tell a friend or two about our podcast. And tweet something at us. We love tweets. Time stamps: OO:00-03:55 chit-chat 03:56-06:55 Sante Fe mass shooting and Cuba plane crash acknowledgment 06:56-11:42 it's a nice day for a royal wedding 11:43-23:40 (Free) Palestine 23:41-39:19 The incel movement, Jordan Peterson and self-help 39:20-46:22 Trump legislation moves 46:23-49:54 RWLs *** INTRO: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY OUTRO: "Night Watch" GRRRL PRTY Live on The Current (guess who edited this ep?) *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons now receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter AND $5+ peeps get bonus eps. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here* You can also email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com. *** WTF POWER!

In this episode, we talk with Carrot Quinn, a long distance hiker who is utilizing her time in nature to support the work of Defend the Sacred AK. This organization is fighting to save the Arctic Native Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)from unnecessary oil drilling and destruction of sacred land. Carrot Quinn is a queer writer, photographer and long distance hiker. She's the author of the book Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart and this summer she and a friend will be hiking across Alaska via the Arctic to raise awareness and money for current threats to the ANWR and to support the indigenous groups that are fighting to protect their sacred homelands. carrotquinn.com // Defend the Sacred AK Time stamps: OO:00-06:15 chit-chat 06:45-24:00 interview with Carrot 24:01-26:15 social plug 26:16-57:30 interview with Carrot 57:31-01:07:45 RWLs *** INTRO: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY Spliced in: "Easier to Fade (feat. Madi Larson) - A Himitsu" (No Copyright Music) OUTRO: "Crooked" Propaganda *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons now receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter AND $5+ peeps get bonus eps. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here* You can also email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com. *** WTF POWER!

This episode features a discussion with Dr. Timothy Oleksiak on his essay, "Composing in a Sling: BDSM, Power, & Non-Identification" (forthcoming in Pre/Text). He talks to Raechel about the importance of bringing sex back into theory, the ways in which writing itself can be a submissive (and/or dominant) act, and the implications of discussing his own sex life in an academic essay. He also joins Raechel for RWLs! Melody will be back next week, but send her some love as she works through a busy time! *** INTRO: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY OUTRO: "My Heart Got Caught on Your Sleeve" Lucius *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review. Follow us on the Gram, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on the Fy. Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. All Patreons now receive our FKJ, PHD newsletter AND $5+ peeps get bonus eps. So become a Patreon today! *insert jingle music here* You can also email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com. *** WTF POWER!

Today we talk makeup shaming and changing shape of the policing of femininity-via-cosmetics. Using the essay "Beauty as an act of political warfare: Feminist Makeup Tutorials and Masquerades on Youtube" by Dr. Michele White as a guide, we talk agency, appropriation, resistance, trolling and more! *** Time stamps: 00:00-08:13: Intro and check-ins 08:13-11:00: Who's Ruining the Dinner Party 11:04-47:00: Main Topic 47:00-end: RWLs *** Intro: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY Middle: "Yuku" Yukowla Outro: "Farewell Transmission" Kevin Morby & Waxahatchee (small portion) *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review! Follow us on Instagram! And Facebook! And Twitter! Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on Spotify! Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. And of course, feel free to email us in 2004 at fkj.phd@gmail.com ***

Shireen Shakouri, a reproductive justice advocate, talks with Raechel and Melody about what reproductive justice (RJ) means, why the movement matters to prisoner rights, how RJ is inclusive to trans people, and how we all can get involved in the movement. *** Time stamps: OO:00-06:45 chit-chat 06:45-36:50 interview with Shireen 36:50-38:50 social plug 38:50-40:45 wrap up with Shireen 40:45-44:55 RWLs *** Intro: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY Spliced in: "Easier to Fade (feat. Madi Larson) - A Himitsu" (No Copyright Music) Outro: "Decatur" Sufjan Stevens *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review! Follow us on Instagram! And Facebook! And Twitter! Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on Spotify! Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. And of course, feel free to email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com ***

Raechel and Melody discuss the controversy surrounding the new Roseanne re-boot, but first contextualize Roseanne as a working-class icon and the history of working-class representation in television. We unpack racial codings of white and non-white representations, the intersection of gender in class representation, and of course revisit Stuart Hall's encoding/decoding. *** Time stamps: OO:00-06:20 chit-chat 06:21-22:00 history of working-class on TV 22:01-23:58 social plug 24:00-53:00 Roseanne discussion 53:01 RWLs *** Intro: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY Middle twinkle: "Fairy Dust" by Soundfx Outro: "Fake Like" POLICA *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review! Follow us on Instagram! And Facebook! And Twitter! Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on Spotify! Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. And of course, feel free to email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com *** This episode is sponsored by the MA in Critical Studies Program at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Because we need to interrogate, intervene, and reimagine like never before. For more information or to apply visit pnca.edu/criticalstudies ***

In this episode, Raechel and Melody nuance current discussions over "sensible gun reform," the politics of March for Our Lives, listening to youth, and review the history of gun reform in the United States. *** Time stamps: 00:02:33 Chit-chat 00:11:50 Discussion about gun reform, etc. 00:56:25 RWLs *** Intro: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY Spliced in: "To the Teeth" Ani Difranco Outro: "Who Pays" Emily Jane Powers *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review! Follow us on Instagram! And Facebook! And Twitter! Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on Spotify! Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. And of course, feel free to email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com ***

Rachael and Jaylee sit down with Raechel to talk about reclaiming wellness spaces for black and brown communities. They share their experiences of being black yogis in predominately white yoga spaces, building a black/brown-centered wellness organization from scratch, the importance of knowing your neighbors, and what white wellness spaces can do better to be more inclusive of people of color. They also stick around for RWLs! Please follow and like You Good, Sis? on Facebook and Instagram (@yougoodsis) and follow Jaylee @jayleetheyogi and Rachael @rachaeldoesyoga *** Time stamps: Chit-chat through about 13 minutes Interview ~13-end of show *** Intro: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY Outro: "The Kids Are Alright" Chloe x Halle *** Subscribe on iTunes & leave a review! Follow us on Instagram! And Facebook! And Twitter! Check out our Feminist Killjoys, PhD Mixtape on Spotify! Have some extra dollars and want to support feminist media-makers? Consider donating to our Patreon or as a one-time thing at our website. And of course, feel free to email us at fkj.phd@gmail.com *** This episode is sponsored by the MA in Critical Studies Program at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Because we need to interrogate, intervene, and reimagine like never before. For more information or to apply visit pnca.edu/criticalstudies *** NOTE ON SOUND QUALITY: We recorded in an open space with three people, which meant our usual sound buffers were not in place. Forgive the differing levels, we hope it's not distracting!