EPISODE · Jan 6, 2025 · 42 MIN
Why Everything You Do—from makeup to parenting—is Political
from Messy Liberation: Feminist Conversations about Politics and Pop Culture · host Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown
Get "Liberate Your Business" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/Becky and Taina dive into the reality that everything is political. From the "boy mom" TikTok trend to the everyday choices we make as parents and consumers, they unpack the systemic forces that shape our lives and decisions. Together, they explore how privilege influences parenting, the ethics behind makeup and toys, and why small, intentional changes can create ripples of systemic change. This conversation challenges listeners to see the political implications of even the most mundane decisions and take actionable steps toward building a more equitable world.Discussed in This EpisodeWhat "everything is political" really meansThe "boy mom" TikTok trend and normalized violence in toysWhite privilege and its influence on parenting decisionsHow systemic racism shapes the way children of different races are raisedGender norms in parenting and the erasure of non-binary identitiesEthical consumerism and the politics of makeup and toysThe challenges of parenting within systemic oppressionStrategies for raising socially conscious kidsSmall, daily political choices that contribute to systemic changeThe intersection of parenting and politics and its impact on societyResource MentionedCheekbone Beauty
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Get "Liberate Your Business" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/Becky and Taina dive into the reality that everything is political. From the "boy mom" TikTok trend to the everyday choices we make as parents and consumers, they unpack the systemic forces that shape our lives and decisions. Together, they explore how privilege influences parenting, the ethics behind makeup and toys, and why small, intentional changes can create ripples of systemic change. This conversation challenges listeners to see the political implications of even the most mundane decisions and take actionable steps toward building a more equitable world.Discussed in This EpisodeWhat "everything is political" really meansThe "boy mom" TikTok trend and normalized violence in toysWhite privilege and its influence on parenting decisionsHow systemic racism shapes the way children of different races are raisedGender norms in parenting and the erasure of non-binary identitiesEthical consumerism and the politics of makeup and toysThe challenges of parenting within systemic oppressionStrategies for raising socially conscious kidsSmall, daily political choices that contribute to systemic changeThe intersection of parenting and politics and its impact on societyResource MentionedCheekbone Beauty
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