Mean Girl Feminism

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Society & Culture, Comedy

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

What's the difference between a white feminist and a mean girl? Not so much, as Kim Hong Nguyen explains this episode. From colonial era white women to TERFs on main today, mean girl feminism is a new term for an old problem that's all show, no go and oblivious to racialized white feminisms. We also meet its four familiar faces: Whitesplaining White Lady of Liberal Reason; Girlboss, a Self-Promotional Equity Lady; Karen with Illegible Rage; and Power Couple Wife with Resting Bitch Face. Kim is an associate professor of communication arts, and gender and social justice at the University of Waterloo. Her new book is Mean Girl Feminism: How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep and Girlboss. Follow Unladylike on Instagram and TikTok Join the Unladies' Room Patreon Shop Unladylike merch Contact Multitude Productions for ad rates, etc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	people wear a feminist t-shirt like I'm a feminist kind of t-shirt and thinking that that is enough and
0:08.0	some of that is validating for sure right But I also find that for a lot of people the buck kind of stops there and that's the problem because they're not
0:20.9	understanding the problematic history that has brought feminism to where it is today
0:28.0	and also the problematic history in terms of its intersection with white supremacy. I'm Lady Life.
0:45.0	A lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like. I've had a love.
0:55.0	This is un lady-like.
0:59.0	I'm Kristen.
1:02.0	And on ladies, wow did I feel so seen. In that moment you just
1:08.1	heard from today's guest Kim Hong Wen talking about, we'll call it,
1:13.4	T-shirt feminism.
1:15.0	You know, we're on a video call together.
1:18.4	In that moment I realized that I was wearing a feminist t-shirt.
1:25.0	I was wearing my abortion is okay t-shirt.
1:29.0	And I did
1:33.4	suddenly feel self-conscious, but I will say that I
1:35.6	really felt like I dodged a bullet
1:37.3	by not bringing my nasty woman coffee mug with me
1:41.1	to the interview.
1:46.7	And that would have also just been a hat on a hat, right? But listen to me, I'm being rude. Before we go any further, I must introduce today's guest, Kim Hong Wen.
1:54.0	Kim is an associate professor of Communication Arts and Gender
1:58.0	and Social Justice at University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
2:03.0	Hello Canadian unladies.
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