653: Sonora Jha: How to Raise a Feminist Son
Sonora Jha is the author of the memoir How to Raise a Feminist Son and the novel Foreign. After a career as a journalist covering crime, politics, and culture in India and Singapore, she moved to the United States to earn a Ph.D. in media and public affairs. Sonora\u2019s op-eds, essays, and public appearances have featured in the New York Times, on BBC, and elsewhere. She is a professor of journalism and lives in Seattle.\n\xa0\nI recently discovered Sonora and her book, How to Raise a Feminist Son, on Instagram.\xa0I got her audiobook and was hooked by the end of her introduction.\xa0Sonora is a phenomenal storyteller and truth teller.\xa0She is a magical combination of professor, comedian and friend as she digs into her life as a single mom who left India to bring her son to Seattle and raise him as a feminist as she built a family around them.\xa0I couldn\u2019t be more excited and delighted to be sharing her with you all today.\xa0\n\nListen in to hear Sonora share:\n\nHow her 27 year old son is showing up as an activist for women\u2019s rights today\n\nWhat inspired her book, HOW TO RAISE A FEMINIST SON\n\nHow raising her son in the dark - at the movies - launched her and her son as a family unit into the world\n\nHow she intentionally built a family around her and her son - that did not include blood relatives\n\nWhy feminists can and should include men in their activism - and how we might need to check our biases and assumptions that men aren\u2019t open to being feminists\n\nHow she redefined motherhood in order to raise a feminist son\n\nWhy it is important for men and boys to be intersectional feminists\n\n\xa0\nLinks mentioned:\n\nConnect with Sonora: sonorajha.com\n\n\nBook: How to Raise a Feminist Son by Sonora Jha\n\n\nBook: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay\n\n\nBook: Inclusion on Purpose by Ruchika Tulshyan\n\n\nSonora on Twitter\n\n\nSonora on Instagram\n\n\nSonora on Facebook\n\n\n\xa0\n\xa0\nSponsor info and promo codes:\n\nPlease find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/\n\n\nInterested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices