The Sisterhood

By: The New Statesman
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  • Summary

  • Laurie and Eleanor Penny have a lot in common. A love of politics, feminism, fiction and philosophy. An obsession with Blackadder, Rocky Horror and red pandas. Oh, and — parents. Each week they’ll unpick one controversial idea in the modern political conversation. This is the secret feminist agenda for world domination that the internet warned you about.

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Episodes
  • 6. On Free Speech

    6. On Free Speech
    Jan 22 2018

    Laurie and Eleanor Penny discuss free speech and trigger warnings, and how these ideas are misunderstood and misused.

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    The theme music is "It feels good to be alive too" by Loyalty Freak Music, licensed under Creative Commons.


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    27 mins
  • 5. On Abortion

    5. On Abortion
    Jan 15 2018

    Laurie and Eleanor Penny discuss the crackdown on legal abortion around the world, and look at how the issue intersects with race, workers' rights and women's agency over their own bodies.

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    The theme music is "It feels good to be alive too" by Loyalty Freak Music, licensed under Creative Commons.


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    24 mins
  • 4. On Sexual Violence

    4. On Sexual Violence
    Jan 8 2018

    Laurie and Eleanor Penny discuss the recent wave of "revelations" about sexual violence across different industries, and explore what justice should look like when a crime has so many perpetrators.

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    The theme music is "It feels good to be alive too" by Loyalty Freak Music, licensed under Creative Commons.


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    34 mins

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