”With Love & Struggle” is a podcast about the 1970s radical, feminist news journal off our backs. In it, we take you on a journey into the ideas of that era.
- What is “radical?”
- Whose voice gets to be heard?
- How do we join together and advocate for change, then and now?
- What can we learn from understanding the past? From archival research?
Come with us as we explore the activism, challenges, and ideas of the 1970s in the founding era of off our backs.
"With Love & Struggle” begins July 19, with limited episodes dropping weekly.
In this episode, we explore the topic we haven't yet that was so critical to feminism in the 1970s. Part 1 sets up the conversation. Part 2 investigates how off our backs upheld their radical values on the issues of motherhood and abortion.
7 Sept 2023
Abortion & Motherhood: Part 1
In this episode, we explore the topic we haven't yet that was so critical to feminism in the 1970s. Part 1 sets up the conversation. Part 2 investigates how off our backs upheld their radical values on the issues of motherhood and abortion.
23 Aug 2023
Media Portrayal of Women
In this episode, we explore the portrayal of women in the media. We engage the coverage of anti-Vietnam War rhetorics in the pages of off our backs, as well as how off our backs and other feminist presses helped to push the conversation about the roles of women in public spaces, art, and entertainment.
9 Aug 2023
The "Utility" of Prisons
In this episode, we dive into letters written to off our backs by a notable group of women: those who were incarcerated. While some were notorious, others were victims of the system. We take a look at a few of these letters and discuss their impact on the work at off our backs.
2 Aug 2023
Unpacking Invisible Labor
In this episode, we look at the similarities of how ideas circulate by digging deeper into the concept of "invisible labor." We argue that TikTok is a version of information sharing, and like 1970s feminist essay culture, is one of the ways in which feminist ideas can find new life.
26 Jul 2023
The "Threat" of Activism
This episode investigates the connections between off our backs and government agencies like the CIA and FBI. We also discuss radical groups like the Weather Underground and off our backs' commitment to informing their readers. We ask the question: What does it mean to be "radical?"
19 Jul 2023
Trailer for "With Love & Struggle"
Trailer for the new podcast, "With Love & Struggle."
19 Jul 2023
The "I" in Intersectionality
In this episode, VSJ's Summer Research Interns layout the introduction to off our backs, a radical feminist news journal founded in 1970, and Kimberlé Crenshaw's concept of intersectionality, exploring it as the lens that sets up the episodes that will follow.
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