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Cracked Ivory
A podcast about the feminist discourses in academic theory and popular culture. Hosted by Talia Bhatt, author of 'Trans/Rad/Fem', and Emma Zakharuk, blogger behind 'Dolphin Diaries.'
Episodes
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Cis Woman Explains "Whipping Girl" to Julia Serano. Serano's "Whipping Girl"
Julia Serano's Whipping Girl is a landmark transfeminist text, credited with popularising the term "transmisogyny" and putting forth the bold thesis that trans…
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The Eternal Backlash. Susan Faludi's "Backlash"
Talia and Emma discuss Susan Faludi's Backlash, a book on epistemic vandalism that catalogs how conservative and anti-feminist agendas are favored in media and…
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The Will to Cope. bell hooks' "The Will to Change"
The Will to Change is often recommended as a text that addresses men's concerns in feminist movements and elucidates how men benefit from participation in…
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The Wrong Naomi. Naomi Wolf's "The Beauty Myth"
Naomi Wolf's public descent into conspiracy theorist and statistically-impaired provocateur set off many discussions on the widespread distrust of experts and…
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The Butler Did it? Butler's "Gender Trouble"
Talia and Emma discuss one of the worst-written books they've had to cover: Judith Butler's Gender Trouble. It is considered a landmark text of the so-called…
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The Anti-Trans Tipping Point
Emma and Talia are once more joined by Isaac (he/they/ze) to ask a straightforward and simple question: what went wrong after the Trans Tipping Point? How did…
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Season One Wrap Up
Talia and Emma make a podcast about their podcast. They discuss the trials and triumphs of season one, talk about the planning and production process, answer…
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Are Transsexuals Bourgeois? Serena Nanda's "Neither Man Nor Woman"
For the season one finale, Talia and Emma are joined by a very special guest: Julia Serano, transfeminist and author of Whipping Girl! They discuss the…
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Mitchell's Festivities. The Contentious History of Michfest and Camp Trans
Talia locks Emma and Beth (she/her) into a call so she can ramble at them about lesbian feminism and feminist history for hours (again). She goes over the…
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Spotlight: Interview with Maria Ying, Author of "The Hades Calculus"
Emma and Talia bring you an interview with the one-third of the bestselling author of The Hades Calculus Maria Ying, about lesbian futurism, not-so-feminist…
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The Cult That Changed Tumblr. Robinson's "Detransition: Beyond Before and After"
Initially, this episode was intended to be exclusive to Patreon. However, given its subject matter, we decided to instead release it to early access and then…
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The Parent Trap. Shrier's "Irreversible Damage"
In this very special episode of Cracked Ivory, Emma traps Talia and Lucy Kartikasari (she/they/he, luckartikasari on TikTok) on a call and subjects them to…
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Spotlight: Interview with Jude Doyle, Author of "Did I Leave Feminism?"
On this special episode of Cracked Ivory, Talia and Emma invite Jude Doyle (he/they) to discuss his new book, Did I Leave Feminism? They talk about the…
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Sister Raymond's Transmisogyny Bible. Raymond's 'The Transsexual Empire'
Today, Talia and Emma dissect The Transsexual Empire, a foundational text for the modern gender-critical movement. They discuss the history of radical lesbian…
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Please Just Take Testosterone. Halberstam's "Female Masculinity"
Is there a difference between trans men and butch lesbians? Are non-transitioning queer people like refugees? And most importantly, HOW MUCH SEX ARE THEY…
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Arson, Murder, Fandom. Aburime's "Transphobia, homonationalism, and anti-Asian prejudice in anti-BL attitudes"
Talia and Emma are joined by May Peterson (she/her, goddessblade.bsky.social) to discuss the sizzling and steamy world of M/M romance fiction and ask: Does…
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Whose Intersectionality Is It Anyway? Crenshaw's Theory of Intersectionality
For the first episode of Cracked Ivory, Talia and Emma are joined by legal historian and queer feminist of color Kay (who can be found at…
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Trailer - Cracked Ivory
Talia Bhatt and Emma Zakharuk unveil their evil lesbian radical transfeminist agenda: to end both Manhood and Discourse with a single podcast. 'Cracked Ivory'…