#redfem podcast

[realist-fortheloveofwomen]

Massive shout out to Hannah Berelli and Dr Jen Izaackson for their outstanding advocacy of radical feminist principles. They’re both incredibly smart and thoughtful women.

If you haven’t listened to their podcast, Redfem, I would highly recommend it. It’s feee on Spotify and I recently subscribed to their Patreon for bonus episodes, which I am quite enjoying.

Note that I don’t necessarily agree with every single thing they said (they do not support seperatism from men, but, they are both lesbians who have never dated a man so there is that). Also they talk about UK issues/social climate since Jen is from the UK, so if you’re an American like me, it is a cool insight into their culture. Jen Izaakson also has a PhD in Freud! I learned a lot about Freud from her.

Just honestly a good podcast to listen to when you need to listen to two smart women with common sense (and a good sense of humor!)

Here is a tiktok from Hannah about why less gen z is supporting gay marriage, and she doesn’t beat around the bush- just tells it as it is. (I uploaded the TikTok as a video because it shares your acc with every share)

here is a link to her whole account (lots of good watches):

[fembrie]

Intro to Radical Feminism

If you've stumbled across my blog because you're interested in radical feminism, here are some FAQs and links to resources:

What is radical feminism?

Radical feminism emerged during the second wave of feminism, in opposition to liberal and Marxist feminism. Liberal feminists demanded equal rights for women without consideration of the broader social structures that oppress women. Marxist feminists linked women's oppression to capitalism, and therefore considered dismantling capitalism the key to achieving women's liberation. Radical feminists, on the other hand, looked beyond legal and economic systems and instead considered patriarchy as the system under which women are oppressed. (Note: the distinction between radical and Marxist feminism is not as clear cut today as it used to be, since radical feminism borrows some analyses from Marxism, and Marxist feminists also acknowledge the existence of the patriarchy.)

What is the patriarchy? Where does it come from?

The patriarchy is the system of social organization that grants men social, economic and political power over women, enabling women's subjugation. There are several theories on its origins. Marxist feminists might point to Engel's analysis of women's oppression, whereas radfems might look to Firestone's analysis in The Dialectic of Sex, for starters.

Are radical feminists transphobic?

Since radical feminist belief in the existence of patriarchy relies on the notion of two sexes, one of which acts as the oppressor sex, radical feminism lies at odds with modern gender ideology which dictates that sex is mutable. The notion that a person can identify in and out of their sex - and by extension in and out of their oppression - renders patriarchal oppression a meaningless concept. Whether or not this constitutes transphobia is up to you.

What is a TERF?

TERF stands for trans exclusionary radical feminist. TERF is a misnomer, really - radical feminists include anyone observed female at birth in their feminism, including trans and nonbinary identified females.

Is radical feminism white feminism?

Not at all. While feminists in the global south may not self identify as radical feminists, radical feminism is the branch of western feminism most closely aligned to the struggles of women outside the west. Radical feminists focus on issues such as sex trafficking, male violence and female socialization for instance, all of which are more likely to be experienced by racialized women. Moreover, the analysis of gender relations through the framework of patriarchy is applicable to women everywhere in the world. Liberal feminism lacks such an analysis.

How can I learn more?

This is an excellent overview of commonly held radical feminist beliefs

If you're interested in books on radical feminism, this is a masterpost on radical feminist readings. I would personally recommend Dworkin's Right Wing Women as a short and simple (but nonetheless powerful) introductory work.

If you want to read something shorter than a book, On The Woman Question publishes articles on popular radical feminist topics

If you are a podcast person, Redfem covers a variety of topics in radical feminism and leftist politics in general

I also highly recommend watching Kathleen Stock's interview at the Oxford Union if you're new to radical feminism to get a better grasp on gender critical arguments

[limeade-l3sbian]

hi Limey, I hope it’s okay I use your asks to get this message out to gyns, since you have a been decently varied following it seems.

Hannah Berrelli, a host of the RedFem podcast, which other gyns might enjoy, just said this on twitter:

“Starting to get convinced that Baldoni really is the feminist player in this whole situation. He seems to have become a feminist ally through recovering from a porn addiction, which is the main way men become feminist allies today. It’s a very plausible progression. It’s pretty clear to me that this lawsuit is really more a Ryan Reynolds vs Justin Baldoni lawsuit. Ryan, by all accounts seems like a horrible, controlling, patriarchal man.

The stories of sexual harassment don’t seem to pan out in the footage, and it’s seems to be Reynolds wants to paint Baldoni as a hypocrite as a way to attack his credibility. I can’t imagine a scenario that would make a controlling man more jealous and full of rage than his wife doing sex scenes with a soft nice feminist art guy. The attempt to change “It Ends with Us” from a domestic violence narrative to a chic flick tracks with someone who is particularly defensive about the topic. Could be wrong. Will wait and see.”

Now I’m jot trying to incite a harassment campaign against her so please anyone seeing this, leave her alone, but I wanted to warn nonetheless that a supposed radfem, whose involved with a pretty damn well known radical feminist podcast, has such weird, and honestly kinda conservative/male lib fem beliefs.

To try and take all agency away from Lively in this situation and painting the porn addict male as the feminist is absolutely bonkers. Mind you, this was a man who showed Lively naked photos of his wife and told her unprompted about his sexual experiences.

I find it absolutely reprehensible Hannah would say shit like this, especially after Heard vs Depp.

I’m not trying to paint a good picture of either Reynolds or Lively, I do not like these people, but I like Baldoni even less.

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[blacklezrage]

i tried, but i don't understand why so many radfems are into the redfem podcast

i had to fully skip any episode about harry and meghan because of how they started the episode by basically saying "so meghan is not white, but we're not gonna analyze how that plays into these dynamics at all"

there's an episode where they claim russia wasn't involved in the 2015 us election and where they imply that believing that is stupid, as if there isn't evidence that proves it to be true

they seem intent on pretending every issue is only about class and sex and seem to believe that addressing other axes is anti-feminist and only serves to dilute the conversation

maybe they really have a shift in the later episodes, but the holier-than-thou, "we are the arbiters of feminism and only we are right on everything" vibe is really way too much to take and a horrible intro for anyone getting into radical feminism (or any leftist feminism)

[iceyrukia]

Very insightful podcast on Polyamory.

Full Podcast:

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[f1minist]

Hi Radical! How do you feel about the Redfem podcast with Jen Izaakson and Hannah Berelli? I was going through their episodes recently and they bring up a lot of good radfem/socialist analysis. But they also somehow manage to be misogynist? Jen must be the douchiest most male-aligned woman I have heard in a while. She always seems to talk down on other women, but Hannah never challenges her. I haven’t seen anyone talking about this, am I the only one noticing?

hey hey! i have never listened to it so i sadly cannot say!

i've seen hannah around on social media obv but idk who jen is at all lol

sorry!

[radsplain]

i do like the redfem podcast most of the time but lately some of their takes have actually been pissing me off, especially jen’s lmao

[sisterfhood]

Are there any rad leaning or rad podcasts with American hosts??? I live and breathe for RedFem and I listen to every episode, but I wish I could listen to feminist analysis more focused on American politics and culture

[realist-fortheloveofwomen]

I’ve been doing some thinking. I was listening to redfem, a radical feminists socialist podcast featuring two awesome lesbians (Hannah Berelli and Jen Izaakson), and I remember them discussing how they were both attracted to both feminine or masculine women, as in they found them both attractive. I am also like this, I find any woman from hyperfem -> hypermasc sexually attractive. I find in wlw spaces, it seems to be the norm to only find one kind of woman attractive, so, I decided to create a poll asking the same question.

[fembrie]

on the topic of why women voted for trump, hannah berrelli (from the redfem podcast) wrote an interesting substack post on this. her argument is that women abstaining from relationships and sex with men in general meant that women weren't driven to vote for the pro-abortion party.

[prometheuss-demise]

I lost my old account, @areallystupidleaf , so i made this one lol

about me:

Queer, trans, and aroace-spec (in a qpr<33)

Also anxious and probably autistic

I really like queer fiction podcasts (especially magnus archives, penumbra podcast, and camp here and there)

Currently hyperfixated on the mechanisms (great band)

DNI: terfs/redfems/swerfs, bigots, no homophobia or transphobia on my posts. also no conservatives/republicans i don't have time for your bullshit

Uhhh yeah that's about it :]

[faxxmachine]

I legit get withdrawal symptoms without Redfem https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/redfem/id1574074250

[faxxmachine]

Everyone!!! She does a podcast called redfem with dr. jen izaakson you should all check it out immediately

I just followed Hannah on tik tok and scrolled through her videos and she is so eloquent and well spoken and yet people in her comments are still fucking brain dead and stupid. Jfc she explains things SO WELL and they still refuse to fucking listen smh it’s infuriating

I really like her account shes definitely one of if not the best radfem accounts on tiktok

[inqilabi]

I haven't listened to this podcast but I think imma like this 💖 it's by Hannah B