Should Feminism Empower Women, Or Question Power Itself?

As we continue to cover the ways that SCOTUS's Dobbs decision is changing our social landscape, we discuss the aims of feminism in a post-Roe nation.

An episode of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "Should Feminism Empower Women, Or Question Power Itself?" was published on August 4, 2022 and runs 20 minutes.

August 4, 2022 ·20m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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Summary

As we continue to cover the ways that SCOTUS's Dobbs decision is changing our social landscape, we discuss the aims of feminism in a post-Roe nation.

Episode Description

As we continue to cover the ways that SCOTUS's Dobbs decision is changing our social landscape, we discuss the aims of feminism in a post-Roe nation.

On Today's Show:
Lux Alptraum, podcaster and the author of Faking It: The Lies Women Tell about Sex--And the Truths They Reveal (Seal Press 2018), discusses her guest essay in The New York Times, "Women, the Game Is Rigged. It’s Time We Stop Playing by the Rules," which argues for a new type of feminism that rejects the approval and validation of an unjust system.