Why Its Different This Time with Brittney Cooper & Rebecca Traister

Published: Aug. 8, 2024, 4:01 a.m.

Ep 335. Why It\u2019s Different This Time with\xa0Brittney Cooper & Rebecca Traister\nActivists, writers, and organizers \u2013 Brittney Cooper and Rebecca Traister \u2013 join us to talk about the political landscape, the Kamala Harris campaign, and the state of Democracy.\xa0\n\nDiscover:\xa0\n-The danger of looking for certainty \u2013 and what we should cultivate instead;\n-Why we need to acknowledge our identity and bring joy back in politics;\n-The types of attacks to anticipate for VP Harris as a Black woman and for other Black women in this country; and\n-The way patriarchy responds to progress: what we\u2019ve seen and what to look out for.\n\nOn Brittney and Rebecca:\xa0\nBrittney Cooper is Professor of Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University and author of the\xa0New York Times\xa0bestseller Eloquent Rage.\xa0\nRebecca Traister is writer at large for New York Magazine and the author of\xa0New York Times\xa0bestsellers All the Single Ladies and Good and Mad, as well as the award winning Big Girls Don't Cry, about gender race and class in the 2008 elections.\xa0\n \nTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy\n \n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices