Discourse: The Grabbing Back podcast

Nancy has spent her career working towards social justice and the realisation of universal human rights in fields ranging from mental health and poverty eradication to refugee protection. Until July she was the CEO of the charity Stonewall and as such worked as part of the movement in the UK and around the world. She is now helping small start up organisations in the same fields. We talked about w...

For today's episode, we sat down with Dr. Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the Women’s Budget Group, to discuss women and money. The UK Women’s Budget Group is the UK’s leading feminist economics think tank that provides evidence and proposes policy alternatives for a gender-equal economy. They are the link between academia, the women’s voluntary sector and progressive economics think tanks. I...

On today's episode we are joined by Laura Danger, a licensed educator, certified coach and creator from Chicago who has been teaching and facilitating for over 12 years. Laura, also known by her social media handle as thatdarnchat , uses her incredibly successful social presence to empower overwhelmed caregivers to value their own time and the priceless care labour they provide. She popularise...

On today's episode we're joined by Andrea Sempértegui, Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College and a member of the anti-extractive collective Comundisis based in Quito, Ecuador. She focuses on indigenous politics, environmental and feminist movements, struggles over territory and natural resource extraction and decolonial thought in Latin America. Her essays have appeared in the...

Welcome to Series 2 of Discourse: The Grabbing Back Podcast! We are so excited to be starting this season with such a fantastic episode with guests Julia Serano and Talia Mae Bettcher. We discuss, amongst many ideas, the perceptions and readings of our bodies, the cultural specificity of boundaries and how they tend to affect women more than men and how femininity is considered quote-unquote artif...

Renowned feminist, activist, historian and theorist who has been key int bringing female voice into visible history. A life long activist, she has campaigned on issues from unionising women, abortion, nurseries and the Vietnam War and has always been an advocate for grass roots activism. She helped to make the phrase “the personal is political” popular. She is best known her contributions the Wome...

This month we are delving into and explaining Intersectional Theory through the lens of Kimberlé Crenshaw, the American civil rights advocate and leading scholar who introduced it. Last month we considered how the concept of ‘intersectionality’ has deep roots. This month we’re narrowing down and getting really specific about the term ‘intersectionality’ as defined by the woman who coined it. The t...

This month we are focusing on the Roots of Intersectionality and instead of one big conversation, we wanted to really reflect the diversity of voices and opinions that emerged with early African American feminists. We have picked six extracts of text by some writers of the time, and invited on six guests to share their reflections on them. There’s so much richness of thought here and so we’ve divi...

This month we are focusing on the Roots of Intersectionality and instead of one big conversation, we wanted to really reflect the diversity of voices and opinions that emerged with early African American feminists. We have picked six extracts of text by some writers of the time, and invited on six guests to share their reflections on them. There’s so much richness of thought here and so we’ve divi...

This month we are focusing on the Roots of Intersectionality and instead of one big conversation, we wanted to really reflect the diversity of voices and opinions that emerged with early African American feminists.  We have picked six extracts of text by some writers of the time, and invited on six guests to share their reflections on them. There’s so much richness of thought here and so we’v...

Welcome to part one of our "Waves" episodes everyone!  This is month one of season one here at Grabbing Back, THE place for all things feminist theory and good chat.  We’re chatting to the amazing Gillian Love about ‘the waves of feminism’; when were they, what were they, did they even exist and what should we, as modern feminists learn or critique about them.  Content warning : dis...

Welcome to part two of our "Waves" episodes everyone! This is month one of season one here at Grabbing Back, THE place for all things feminist theory and good chat. We’re chatting to the amazing Gillian Love about ‘the waves’; when were they, what were they, did they even exist and what should as modern feminists learn or critique about them. Content warning : discussions touched on homophobia and...

Grabbing Back has returned hot from the presses with its latest discourse episode. Be a fly on the wall and listen to our creators talk about ownership of language, space, swimming pool lanes, bodies, racial identity, and the feminist movement. Who owns those things? Do we? Should we? How can we? This audio piece was created as part of Grabbing Back's theme month, where our creators focused on the...