#7 Feminism

How do gender, the public-private distinction, Mary Wollstonecraft, and the aesthetics of the 1950s resonate? What are we speaking of when we say gender? Is the social category of “women” politically useful?  And,  Finally, can contemporary feminism overcome critiques from the inside and bridge political differences? These elements and questions compose today’s episode: Feminism.

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