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Wonder Woman

Past Present Podcast: The Cosby Trial, Wonder Woman, and Fidget Spinners

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In this week’s episode of Past Present, Niki, Natalia, and Neil debate jury selection in the Bill Cosby trial, Wonder Woman and feminism, and the fidget spinner. The Cosby Trial In light of jury selection that has begun for Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial, we discussed the history of trial-by-jury. Commentators have drawn links between […]

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Supreme Court

Past Present Podcast: The Graham Rule, the Nuclear Option, and Pepsi Protesting

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In this week’s episode of Past Present, Neil, Natalia, and Niki debate Mike Pence’s rules for women colleagues, the end of the Senate filibuster, and Pepsi’s attempt to coopt Black Lives Matter.   The Graham Rule A recent profile of Mike Pence’s wife, Karen, in the Washington Post resurrected a detail Mike Pence shared in

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Beauty and the Beast

Past Present Podcast: Intersectionality, Beauty & the Beast, and Defunding the NEH & NEA

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In this week’s episode of Past Present, Neil, Natalia, and Niki debate whether intersectionality is a religion, the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, and Trump’s plan to defund the NEA and NEH. Intersectionality In a recent piece for New York Magazine, Andrew Sullivan called intersectionality a “religion.” Sullivan’s essay was inspired by student

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Robots

Past Present Podcast: The Women’s Strike, Anti-Semitism, and Robots

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In this week’s episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki debate the complicated politics of the women’s strike, the rise of anti-Semitism in America, and humanity’s relationship to robots.   The Women’s Strike A Women’s Strike is being organized for March 8. We discussed the strike in the context of other women’s strikes and transnational feminism. Anti-Semitism We discussed the rise in

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