18 June 2018
Aryeh Cohen-Wade (Joking on the Square, @AryehCW) and Phoebe Maltz Bovy (The Perils of "Privilege", What Would Phoebe Do?, The New Republic)
- Phoebe’s new book, The Perils of “Privilege” . 00:43
- The origins of “check your privilege” . 07:34
- How internet culture fuels the privilege wars . 13:53
- Anti-Semitism and Jewish privilege . 18:22
- The three types of attacks on White Feminism . 21:58
- Lena Dunham, queen of privilege? . 31:15
- What Trump means for the privilege wars . 52:13
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Recorded:Mar 23
Posted:Mar 29, 2017
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- Phoebe Maltz Bovy, The Sisterhood blog at The Forward
- Phoebe Maltz Bovy, Slate, “The Perils of ‘Privilege'”
- Aisha Harris, Slate, “Unpacking Jordan Peele’s Get Out”
- Chris Arnade’s Twitter Profile
- Michelle Goldberg, The Nation, “Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars”
- Ross Douthat, The New York Times, “I Love Lena”
Culturally Determined | Mar 29, 2017 | Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Phoebe Maltz Bovy
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