Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab

This week on the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab, Cindy Gallop, the founder & CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn, joins us. Our host, Jillian Foster, speaks with Cindy about how MakeLoveNotPorn, the social sex video sharing platform, began & its ambitious mission to end rape culture. This episode digs into that and more as Cindy shares her adoration for being single, coining the term lick jobs, education through real-world demonstration, and the enormous operational challenges faced as the founder of a sex-tech startup. This conversation and Cindy’s work inspire us to look more closely at our relationship with sex and how we talk about sex within our communities. And you never know, you might just surprise yourself & hit “record" the next time you’re having an intimate moment.Connect with CindyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/cindy.gallopLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindygallop/Instagram: @cindygallopTwitter : @cindygallopJoin our movement for radically authentic, intentional, interconnected fem

This week on the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab, Mona Eltahawy, one of the most powerful feminist voices in the game, joins us. Mona’s declaration of faith? Fuck the patriarchy. Our host, Jillian Foster, speaks with Mona about her many ongoing projects centered around her Egyptian heritage, the political importance of profanity, and anarchist feminism. This episode digs into that and more as Mona reflects on how the patriarchy shows up in every aspect of our lives, while passionately reminding us that it is our right to liberate ourselves.  This conversation and Mona’s work encourages us to imagine & deeply contemplate what a world of true liberation would like. Connect with Mona: Twitter: @monaeltahawyInstagram: @monaeltahawyNewsletter: www.feministgiant.comJoin our movement for radically authentic, intentional, interconnected feminism inside Continuum Collective. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab, Katherine Cross, a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington School of Information, joins us. Katherine is also a freelance writer, game designer, and social critic. Our host, Jillian Foster, speaks with Katherine about her anti-social behavior and online harassment studies. This episode digs into that and more as Katherine shares her thoughts on how platforms shape our more toxic behaviors towards each other, the importance of an intersectional approach to the history of informational technology, and how she calibrates perspective by always asking questions. This conversation and Katherine’s work will inspire you to look deeper into the impacts of our online lives & reflect on your personal relationship with social platforms at large.Connect with Katherine:Twitter: @Quinnae_MoonJoin our movement for radically authentic, intentional, interconnected feminism inside Continuum Collective. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab, Clementine Ford joins us. Clementine is a feminist and a writer, and she fiercely believes that the way to dismantle patriarchy is for women to find their way back to each other. Our host, Jillian Foster, speaks with Clementine about her current undertaking: enabling widespread cultural conversations by responding to Australia’s Married At First Sight reality television show. This episode digs into that and more as Clementine shares her thoughts on various topics, including masculinity in Australia, trappings of white privilege, and perinatal anxiety. This conversation and Clementine’s work are centered around self-reflection and will undoubtedly have you looking inward.Connect with Clementine:Facebook: /clementineford Instagram: @clementine_fordJoin our movement for radically authentic, intentional, interconnected feminism inside Continuum Collective. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab, Chetna Mehta, a mixed media artist and creative wellness facilitator, joins us. Our host, Jillian Foster, speaks with Chetna about her work with Mosaiceye, an organization committed to cultivating women’s creative realization & embodied interconnection. This episode digs into that and more as Chetna shares her thoughts on where genius comes from, the pressure for productivity, and racial inequities. This conversation and Chetna’s work encourages radical introspection to find harmony & fulfillment.Connect with Chetna:Instagram: @mosaiceyeWebsite: https://www.mosaiceyeunfolding.com/Join our movement for radically authentic, intentional, interconnected feminism inside Continuum Collective. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab, Dr. Hannah McGregor, a fellow feminist podcaster and Assistant Professor of publishing at Simon Fraser University joins us. Her research and teaching focus on the links between publishing and social change. Our host, Jillian Foster, speaks with Dr. McGregor about how her podcast experience led her to question whether podcasts could one day be considered audio-based scholarship. This episode digs into that and more as Dr. McGregor shares her thoughts on academia's tacit hierarchies and how methods to peer review podcasts can actually work. This conversation and Dr. McGregor’s work will remind you how transformative challenging the status quo can be.Connect with Hannah:Follow on Twitter: @hkpmcgregorListen to Witch, Please!Listen to The Secret Feminist AgendaJoin our movement for radically authentic, intentional, interconnected feminism inside Continuum Collective. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week our host, Jillian Foster, is joined by Dr. Whitney Pirtle, Black feminist and Professor of Sociology at the University of California Merced, where she’s also the MacArthur Foundation chair. Dr. Pirtle’s work centers on racial capitalism, which examines how structures and systems of oppression have influenced the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color. Dr. Pirtle helpfully shares the ways she wrestles with her own activist tensions, how she contributes within her “own lane”, and what it really means to fight for the collective. Rooted in the need for structural change, Dr. Pirtle’s work will inspire you to pave the equitable path forward.Connect with Whitney:Read her article, Racial Capitalism: A Fundamental Cause of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Inequities in the United StatesFollow Dr. Pirtle on InstagramFollow Dr. Pirtle on TwitterJoin our movement for radically authentic, intentional, interconnected feminism inside Continuum Collective. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out in

This week features the radical Jill Louise Busby, whose work interrogates illusions of societal progress and the ever-present need for honesty, even amongst our flaws. Join by Continuum’s Jillian Foster, Jill offers a candid perspective into her evolution as a creative and a thought leader, touching on everything from capitalism to gradualism to owning our own hypocrisy. Self-aware and revolutionary in her honesty, Jill poses challenging questions and conundrums to listeners. She leaves us with unique insight into the complexity of this moment, of celebrity, and of self-care. Be sure to check out Jill’s book, Unfollow Me, featuring a collection of essays on all of these topics coming out in September 2021.Connect with Jill:Jill's WebsiteFollow Jill on InstagramPre-order Jill’s book See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Continuum's Jillian Foster speaks with Meenakshi Menon, Chief Development Officer at Groundswell Fund and Groundswell Action Fund. After a career in global health, Meenakshi found her way to philanthropy and donor/funder organizing, leading resource mobilization efforts at some of the most important and visionary organizations working to strengthen human rights and grassroots movements. Living and working across many different communities in over 30 countries has informed her work at the intersections of race, gender, and social change.Resources:Groundswell FundFollow Meenakshi Menon on Twitter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's radical is Karyn Bello, a fashion designer behind the forthcoming Zhe by Karyn Elizabeth collection of lingerie designed for transgender women. After Karyn's daughter came out as trans in 2014, Karyn has sought to address the lack of inclusion in intimate garments so that her daughter—and others—will have underwear they feel good in.During the course of our discussion we cover Karyn's transformation from hockey mom and court reporter to fashion designer, the challenges of designing complex garments, and the importance of loving your children no matter what.Some Questions I Ask:What can you tell us about the Zhe collection? (1:00)How do you go about finding models for fitting as a fashion designer? (4:48)Where did you grow up, and what brought you to studying fashion? (8:40)What was the next step after working at New York Fashion Week? (15:54)What major roadblocks have you had to overcome? (32:40)In This Episode, You Will Learn:All of the technical things that go into designing lingerie (2:56)Karyn

This week's revolutionary is Dr. Omolara Uwemedimo, a pediatrician, clinical researcher, and founder of Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood, an organization devoted to helping Black women in the medical field thrive.We chat about the origins of Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood, the dangers of burnout for Black women in a system where their needs are largely ignored, and the journey that brought Omolara home to fight the inequities in the US healthcare system.Some Questions I Ask:What is Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood (1:00)Was the autoimmune disorder related to the burnout? (4:10)How did you get started on the road to accomplishing so much? (11:33)How did pursuing a career in medicine impact your personal life? (22:10) In This Episode, You Will Learn:How no longer finding joy in her work was a sign of burnout (4:35)The dangers of weathering and allostatic load for black women (6:28)How Omolara’s parents drove her to excellence (12:50)The moment Omolara became passionate about fighting injustice (15:19)Wh

This week’s revolutionary is Luann Algoso, a cultural worker, digital strategist for the #MeToo movement, and creator of the web series Gabby Antonio Smashes the Imperialist, White Supremacist, Capitalist Patriarchy! (or Gabby Smashes, for short).As we chat we cover topics from how #MeToo grew from a hashtag to a genuine movement, the struggles of finding a sense of identity, and channeling professional frustrations into art.Some Questions I Ask:What kind of work are you doing with #MeToo? (1:04)How do you develop an online presence around something that is so sensitive? (5:22)What is Gabby Smashes? (7:34)Where did you grow up? (11:58)How do the performing arts factor into your work? (19:38)What is the process of bringing a passion project to life? (23:51)Where does Gabby Smashes currently stand? (29:51)In This Episode, You Will Learn:About the new programs being launched within #MeToo (3:28)How Luann’s experiences as a cultural worker led to the creation of Gabby Smashes (8:18)Luann’s struggle with questions

This week’s radical is Linda Kay Klein, author of the memoir Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free, and founder of the nonprofit Break Free Together, which helps people who have left the purity movement to find closure and a sense of community by sharing their stories with others.Over the course of our conversation, we discuss what purity is, how it impacted a generation of women (and men), the path that led Linda to a new understanding of the world, and how she’s worked to help others find the same healing she has.Some Questions I Ask:What was the spark for your book, Pure? (1:21)What does it mean to be expected to go from no sexual contact whatsoever, to being hypersexual? (13:32)Tell me about your nonprofit, Break Free Together (16:44)What brought your family into the Evangelical church? (27:41)What led to you leaving the church? (34:15)What was the path that led you to New York? (41:29)How did your parents handle your shift away from the purity

This week’s revolutionary is Allison Behringer, creator and host of the podcast Bodies. Allison’s work revolves around exploring medical mysteries through a feminist lens and helping people tell their stories.Our conversation covers Allison’s own medical mystery, how she found herself sharing people’s stories through documentary podcast-making, how her family feels about the word “feminist,” and much more.Some Questions I Ask:What is Bodies? What was the motivation behind it? (0:50)Do you have a favorite episode of Bodies? (9:07)Where did your story begin? (13:45)How has making this show been a growing experience for you and your mother? (16:47)How did you choose sociology to study What have you drawn into Bodies from your studies? (20:00)How do you balance the need to create with the need to promote yourself? (28:45)In This Episode, You Will Learn:The medical condition that changed Allison’s trajectory in life (2:14)How Allison sharing her story inspired other people to come forward (6:28)Allison’s mom’

This week’s radical is Jamia Wilson, writer, activist, speaker, and the new Executive Editor at Random House. She’s the former director of the Feminist Press at City University of New York, and her works include Young, Gifted, and Black, Big Ideas for Young Readers, and Step into Your Power.In our conversation we cover the complex dynamics of race vs. nationality, why it’s important to expose children to big ideas early, the power of storytelling, and more.Some Questions I Ask:What are you working on right now? What does this new role with Random House mean? (0:45)How does this new position empower you to open doors for others? (2:47)What brought you to Saudi Arabia? (13:08)When did you come back to the U.S.? (16:59)How did you choose American University? (24:46)How has your religious upbringing intersected with your story? (34:35)Has there ever been a time when you wanted to quit? (47:37)In This Episode, You Will Learn:Why helping to shape the cultural landscape excites Jamia (3:33)What kinds of books Jamia

This week’s radical is Dázon Dixon Diallo, founder of SisterLove, a pioneering organization focusing on women’s sexual health and reproductive justice with a special focus on HIV advocacy for women.We discuss Dázon’s roots in Peach County as the child of scientists, her early brushes with political activism, and how the HIV/AIDS pandemic—and how women were overlooked during the early days—has shaped her career.Some Questions I ask:What are you currently working on? (0:56)What does being “a unique and proud product of the Deep South” mean for you? (7:12)Did your parents’ careers plant the seed for your work in reproductive justice? (19:07)What does it mean to be HIV-affected? (25:09)Did you feel called to the urgency of the HIV/AIDS epidemic when you founded SisterLove in 1989? (27:38)Is it true that heterosexual women are the fastest-growing demographic in HIV/AIDS cases, or is this because they hadn’t been properly counted? (44:50)Tell us about the expansion of SisterLove into South Africa (51:51)In This Epi

Welcome back! We’re kicking off this season with Jill Filipovic, feminist lawyer and author of The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness and OK Boomer: How My Generation Got Left Behind. Her current project revolves around abortion access in conflict zones and refugee camps.In our conversation, we cover everything from how the United States is damaging abortion access around the globe to why it’s important to consider all the angles before taking your partner’s name, and much, much more.Some Questions I Ask:What can you tell me about your current project? (1:13)What are the reasons a woman would seek an abortion in settings where consistent medical care is not available? (6:05)What is the endgame for this project? (12:22)What motivated this at the beginning? (13:34)Was your family involved in advocacy? (16:21)What was the genesis of your first book, The H-Spot? (27:15)What is your imagined future? (43:31)In This Episode, You Will Learn:How the U.S. is holding back abortion rights around the world (3:25)Wh

Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab is back next week with Season 6, featuring amazing new guests including Jill Filipovic, Dázon Dixon Diallo, Jamia Wilson, Allison Behringer, and many more. We can't wait to see you there.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/rrlab. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're still working on a new season of Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab for your listening pleasure, but while you wait, why not revisit some old favourites? My interview with June Barrett from season four was one of the most powerful and affecting experiences I've had while making this show, and I thought this was the perfect time to revisit that amazing hour.June Barrett is an organizer and leader of the We Dream in Black program within the National Domestic Workers Alliance. As a queer Jamaican immigrant, June is a grassroots feminist doing her work from an international perspective.Throughout our conversation, June shares the ins and outs of her history, starting with how she started doing domestic work at the tender age of 16 years old. She also shares about how she’s overcome the brutal hardships of her past and why she chooses to be upbeat and happy every day. Fueled by her faith and passion for domestic workers, June shares how she continues working for the liberation of people worldwide.Some Questi

We're still working on a new season of Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab for your listening pleasure, but while you wait, why not revisit some old favourites? Kate Kelly was our very first interview ever, back when this podcast was barely more than the seed of an idea. We're proud to re-air this episode, uncut and remastered, as we look back on the roots of this show.In 2013, Ordain Women was founded to advocate for women’s ordination in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Within a few years, the group included thousands of activists, many of whom had never before taken action, and sparked a conversation that required church members as well as leadership to confront gender inequality within the institution. Kate Kelly is the woman behind it all. She grew up somewhat orthodox, served a mission for the church, and was later excommunicated in a fairly public way. In between it all, Kate became a human rights lawyer and is now a legal fellow at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights in the U.S