The podcast delves into feminist child rearing, exploring topics like the gender industry, women's voices, global concerns, and diverse perspectives on gender and activism. It also highlights personal experiences with transgender children, advocacy in Madison, fostering sisterhood in parenting, and the challenges of raising a feminist daughter.
Feminist mothering emphasizes education, independence, critical thinking, and self-reliance for daughters.
Activism is crucial for accountability in institutions, with collaboration and political advocacy promoting fair treatment and challenging norms.
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Feminist mothering is crucial in today's world. A feminist mother focuses on protecting her daughter, emphasizing education and independence, teaching critical thinking, and nurturing self-reliance. Not attempting to groom or pressure daughters into heterosexuality, feminist mothering involves respecting individuality, setting personal boundaries, and educating about male oppression. A feminist mother does not shame daughters about body weight, push femininity practices, brainwash with organized religion, or promote competition for male attention.
Court reporting and activism
The Ladies Letter Writing League by Partners for Ethical Care aids in submitting formal complaints to ensure accountability for unethical practices. Activism involves grassroots reporting against patriarchal beliefs and practices in educational and healthcare institutions. Collaboration and bridging gaps in systemic accountability are central to promoting fair and ethical treatment within institutions. Political advocacy and formal documentation drive awareness and challenging established norms and practices.
Cultural challenges and institutional critique
Mothers need to model feminist living to promote feminist mothering. Challenging heteropatriarchal values within families ensures healthy mother-daughter relationships. Recognizing the impact of male identification can lead to toxic parenting behaviors. Feminist mothering necessitates unlearning harmful norms and practices. Being a feminist woman is a foundational step in fostering feminist values in daughters.
Discussion on feminist child-rearing
The podcast delves into feminist child-rearing by analyzing the impact of mothers on daughters' consciousness and behavior. Emphasizing the significance of feminist mothering, the conversation explores the role of mothers in shaping daughters' values and beliefs. Critique of societal pressures and patriarchal norms in mother-daughter relationships highlights the need for feminist principles in parenting. The importance of modeling feminist living to instill feminist values in children is central to fostering healthy mother-daughter dynamics.
Hot off the presses and not a moment too soon! This months WLRN podcast trains the lens on childrearing from a feminist ethic, specifically how we raise our daughters. The show opens with Jennifer Bilek’s monthly report on the gender industry from the 11th Hour Blog. Then, our Getting Organized segment with midwest radfem Elizabeth Miller. This month Elizabeth talks with Women Voices founder Genevieve Gluck. For more information about Women's Voices, please visit https://www.womens-voices.org. You can listen to the Women's Voices podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other podcast platforms. You can read Reduxx at https://www.reduxx.org/
Emiliann Lorenzen gives us women’s news from around the globe before we dive into her interview with Jeanette Cooper, feminist mom and co-founder of Partners for Ethical Care. Jeanette is one of the panel speakers at WLRN’s Courage Calls to Courage speaking event at the end of this month. Be sure to check out the links below for information on that weekend of events and the livestream coverage. Sekhmet SheOwl closes out our show with her commentary on feminist mothering of daughters.
WLRN’s monthly podcast drops the FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. Thanks for tuning in to you radical feminist, grassroots, community radio station. To volunteer with WLRN, or to make a donation in support of women in media, visit womensliberationradionews.com
LINKS:
https://www.sisters4sisters2022.com/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/courage-calls-to-courage-feminists-speak-in-solidarity-tickets-215401721347
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