RedFem

This episode focuses on the radical feminist idea of gender abolitionism and asks, could we really ever fully abolish gender? Gender, here understood as the ideological norms and social expectations of the sexes. We discuss what abolishing gender would look like, and also take a rather large detour into Critical Race Theory and Robin DiAngelo for the first half of the episode, before bringing it b...

The 'bimbo', a feminine archetype that has at times existed as a cultural construct, stereotype, or epithet thrown at women, is making a return in the form of 'bimboism'. What defines bimboism? Wilful empty headedness, nonchalance, vacancy, a superficial interest in matters, or only an interest in the superficial, combining to ensure nothing is ever taken seriously, except appe...

This episode discusses lifestyle politics and the false dichotomy of 'the personal is political' (false because it excludes politics), touching on housing cooperatives, communes, normalised drug use in sub-cultures, the delusion of aesthetics as politics, anarchist clubs for boys, and we conclude that giving the impression of politics, rather than doing politics, is symptomatic of social...

Bodycount, the concept gripping the internet over the last month, refers to the number of sexual partners a person has had. The concepts prevalence emerged through the online RedPill space and has become a key term in the backlash against 'sex positivity' over the last few years. In a dating world now defined by apps, the internet, and, increasingly, a renewed traditional system of sexua...

Recent SWP member and NEU Regional Secretary Simon Murch plead guilty to the rape of a child under 13 on September 4th 2023. This episode is about the culture of far Left groups, Jen's experiences in the SWP during the 'Comrade Delta' period a decade ago, wherein the de facto General Secretary of the SWP sexually abused two teenage girls, and asks the question: why does the far-Left...

This episode explores the two key reasons that the moronic Left seeks to brand gender critical women (slurred as 'TERFs') as fascists. Firstly, we discuss that no one seems to know what an actual fascist is anymore and so the label is applied haphazardly and erroneously as an attempt to discredit any and all opposition to Transgenderism. Secondly, that it's an attempt to apply No Pl...

This episode leads with the mugshot from Trump's recent arrest and the paving of his way to power by his inept political opponents. That discussion enters into a wider conversation about what exactly the hell is MAGA communism? In relation to that, we consider Cuba, the EFF, Palestine, Venezuela, and the BRICS system, plus the revolutionary process and its combined subjective and objective co...

The backlash to sexual liberalism is here. Using Youtuber Logan Paul's recent experience of online trolling that has broken the internet, this episode discusses the shift from Millennial 'sex positivity' to its reversal now captivating Gen-Z, with women's value measured by their sexual discretion, rather than how sexually available they are (and how this is a wider contextual s...

Would we Russia 1917 the Royals? Find out! This episode imagines the inner life of the British Royal Family, with speculation about its members, their marriages, and merges a sex-based and class-based critique of the aristocracy in Britain. We speculate that the inner Royals are quite miserable, consider that perhaps Charles and Camilla are an example of an epic 'love story', and comment...

We review Greta Gerwig's new film, Barbie, and discuss its themes and representations. That includes the "Alan" men who don't do well in patriarchy, Ti Grace Atkinson's structural model of lesbians as rebels, Daily Wire commentator Michael Knowles interestingly correct take on the film, and the vital question of whether Margot Robbie is mid? We also discuss women wanting t...

Is collective suffering worse than private suffering? i.e what would cause the greatest suffering for women, a status as public property or private property? We discuss traditional vs. modern patriarchy, and consider the contemporary far-Left's vision for women as achieving liberation through surrogacy, prostitution, and transgenderism. Later contrasting that with Sharia (women as private pro...

Is Trad, short for traditionalism, the new punk? If the Left are now known for their policing, liberalism, and infantilism, how could rejecting that not be appealing? If HR departments are increasingly dominated by liberal ideology, and the Left have not stepped up as todays rebels, then it is traditionally rightwing ideas that can start to fill that void and offer opposition. In a climate where h...

Jen tells the story of the 'racist kinky chair' that split a socialist group, a premonition of how the declining and dilapidated far-Left would increasingly operate in the Global North. Episode also features discussion of Lacan's famous line 'there is no such thing as a sexual relationship', Butler's justification of pornography through deconstructionism, misunderstan...

On the back of International Non-Binary Peoples Day we discuss what a nonsense non-binary is and how it essentially functions as an attempt at retreat from womanhood (female adulthood) for many girls and young women, leaving in its wake the potential dismantling of women's rights for all. Episode includes debunking the existence of gender identity at all, how we are already seeing a return to...

In this episode we tell the stories of how we gradually hit 'peak Trans' (reaching 'peak Trans' or 'peaking' refers to realising that the liberal media narrative around Transgenderism is false). This is told from a perspective as lesbians and activists on the socialist far-Left.

We discuss the emergence of Traditionalism and its surge in popularity amongst Gen Z. In a world of porn, online dating, cost of living crisis, and increasing alienation, why are young people turning to traditional catholicism, romanticising feudalism, and rejecting democracy in favour of monarch rule? We go over Trad's aspirations (marriage and children), its sexual politics (please, no more...

This episode begins with a focus on what Pride was, the marketing disasters of Bud Light and Target, and why the concept of 'chosen family', recently endorsed by high street chain Primark, is stupid. Why are companies invested in supporting the increase of letters in the LGBTQA+ alphabet soup?  We argue there is a corporate interest in promoting the continual extension of LGBTQA+ because...

Formerly beloved British TV presenter Phillip Schofield has recently been sacked and exposed for grooming, but the child grooming aspect of the case has been obfuscated by an emphasis on 'lying' and winding the narrative around sleeping with a colleague with less status. We discuss the taboo around grooming in our society and why people feel more comfortable talking moralistically about...

The episode is about Kathleen Stock's appearance last week at the Oxford Union, with a rather large interlude in the middle of that discussion about the environmentalism movement and its particular class composition. With mention of Hegel, Lenin's internship at the Winter Palace, and Stock's status as premier golden retriever lesbian, we cover the ridiculousness of 'safe spaces...

After taking part in a Twitter space organised by some Australian feminists last week on the theme of feminism and the far-right, we spend this episode answering the rest of the questions that were intended to be discussed during the space. We cover the differences between fascism and communism, the history of No Platforming, whether communistic / socialist countries are democracies, whether femin...

This episode is about obnoxious rightwing commentator Steven Crowder's newly public divorce and his tactics to Amber Heard his wife via the courts and public smearing. We discuss the security footage that shows Steven threatening his 8-months pregnant wife who was carrying twins and how limiting a resource (such as a car) is a form of control. We also chat about how neither the rightwing or t...

After a Twitter space attended by 400-women about 'feminist grifting' hosted by anonymous user 'Kylie' we discuss the merits of the claim that Kellie-Jay Keen, aka Posie Parker, is a 'grifter' (defined as a person who engages in petty or small-scale swindling). We talk about Kelly-Jay Keen's experience of mob violence in New Zealand, how the far-right are radical...

Special guest Shay Woulahan and RedFem's Hannah Berrelli discuss Let Women Speak's recent successful event in Belfast. They touch on issues of how sectarianism impacts feminist organising in Northern Ireland, address the presence of notorious unionist Jolene Bunting, and elaborate on the nature of anti-Irish racism in Belfast (including the "fuck the Pope" chants by the counter...

This episode  addresses the idea of prison abolition and the liberal so-called 'harm reduction' drug policies that are both considered radical in North America. We critique these from a socialist leftwing perspective, also touching on the legalisation of prostitution, and draw these together as forms of abandoning - and profiteering from - the most vulnerable in society, particularly wom...

This episode starts with the political witch-hunt against Donald Trump, what his arrest means for the 2024 election, MAGA communism, and what the decline of the dollar means for the global politics. We outline support for the BRICS system and a power shift towards a multi-polar world, against which China derangement syndrome and banning TikTok forms part of a backlash. Talk of America brings up di...