Episode 130 - Alice in Liberal Land (Ft. Alice Cappelle)
May 10, 2024
01:09:24
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Author Alice Cappelle discusses reimagining feminism beyond neoliberal co-option, exploring societal perceptions of SUVs and rise of truck culture in the US. Conversation also touches on video essays analyzing social trends and identity politics, critiquing class and identity discourse, and political turmoil in French protests.
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Consumer culture uses merchandise to divert from systemic issues in feminism.
Liberal feminism criticized for overlooking race and class intersections.
Political right manipulates feminist issues to promote traditional gender roles.
Deep dives
The Impact of Consumer Culture on Feminism
Consumer culture infiltrates feminism, offering empowerment through merchandise while diverting attention from systemic issues. The podcast discusses how consumerism manipulates feminist values and individual empowerment, emphasizing the superficial empowerment through products rather than addressing core societal inequalities.
Challenges of Liberal Feminism in Addressing Intersectionality
Liberal feminism is critiqued for promoting essentialism and overlooking intersections like race and class. The discussion delves into the limitations of essentialist views that assume inherent goodness in women, failing to address deeper societal structures of power and oppression.
The Right's Tactics in Engaging Women with Conservative Ideologies
The podcast explores how the political right strategically appeals to women by exploiting issues like birth control. By using holistic and spiritual narratives to attract women, conservative ideologies are subtly introduced, questioning women's feminist perspectives and promoting more traditional gender roles disguised as empowerment.
Capitalism's Co-Opting of Feminism and Intersectionality
The podcast delves into the frustration over how terms like feminism and intersectionality have been exploited by capitalism, leading to depoliticization. The discussion highlights how original intentions behind these concepts were overshadowed by capitalist appropriation, pushing for the need to reclaim and educate about these terms to combat liberal appropriation.
The Impact of Capitalism on Education
The episode shifts focus to the effects of capitalism on education, emphasizing the privatization and commercialization of educational systems. It explores the societal push towards profit-making in education, resulting in disparities between public and private institutions, highlighting the challenges faced by working-class individuals in accessing quality education. The discussion touches on the consequences of neoliberalism in academia and the emergence of alternative education models driven by profit motives.
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