Gender Troubles

By: Emma Austin and Eva Espenshade
  • Summary

  • Gender Troubles is a podcast dedicated to debunking, demystifying and making accessible the world of academic feminism. Eva and Emma talk through different feminist movements and moments from a critical, leftist lens. Episodes aim to shake up the feminist canon and provide a new spin on feminist history, movements, and icons. Hosted by Emma Austin and Eva Espenshade We are a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/gender_troubles
    Emma Austin and Eva Espenshade
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Episodes
  • We're back!
    Nov 12 2022

    Life has been busy but we came out of hibernation to release this fall reading list! We'll be back in a few weeks with more episodes.


    Show notes:

    Books-

    Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, by Andrea Lawlor

    How to do Nothing, by Jenny Odell

    Females, by Andrea Long Chu

    Once and Future Feminist, edited by Merve Emre

    A Certain Hunger, by Chelsea G. Summers

    Podcasts-

    Novara FM 

    You're Wrong About - Online Shopping 

    Articles of Interest

    TV Shows-

    I May Destroy You, written/directed by Michaela Coel

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Laura Poitras

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    34 mins
  • Porn Futures: An Interview with Maggie MacDonald
    Jun 15 2022

    In the FINAL episode of porn month, we interview Maggie MacDonald, a 4th year PhD student who studies the platformization of porn. We talk porn platforms, deepfakes, and anti-sex work policy in Canada. 

    To read all the articles discussed in this episode, head to Maggie's website: https://www.internetmaggie.com

    Check out the Maggie's Toronto Sex Work Action Project here: https://www.maggiesto.org


    Gender Troubles will be taking a little break over the summer to rest and write more great episodes! Thanks for listening and we'll be back in September with lots more content <3

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • The Sex Wars
    May 29 2022

    Emma and Eva talk about the sex wars (also known as the porn wars), a time in the 1980s when debates on sexuality, pornography and kink dominated the feminist conversation. 

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    reading list:

    Diary of a Conference on Sexuality 

    Pleasure and danger : exploring female sexuality (Gayle Rubin's "Thinking Sex" starts on page 267)

    Against Sadomasochism: A Radical Feminist Analysis

    Off our backs, "towards a politics of sexuality"

    Juggling : a memoir of work, family, and feminism

    Explanation of the Dworkin-MacKinnon Ordinance

    Dworkin's "Against the Male Flood" and MacKinnon's "Only Words

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    59 mins

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