RAFAT AND MARCIA ARE IN A LONG DISTANCE RELAISH (we would never even do that for men)
Sorry for the sound quality! Will be better next time, the first time is experimental, but we figured it out.
We are joined by Marcia's writing partner Melissa Stokoski <3
Rae is location scouting for the militia.
Shielding the bunker with spells.
Rae talks being a lifelong New Yorker in LA.
RAE IS WORKING ON THE GOOD PLAAAAACE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
"The Good Place taught me hot people could be funny" - Rachel Adelman
Ted Danson is Rae's zaddy.
"You should want guys to treat you like a country song, not a rap song"
#metoo backlash. Andrew Sullivan. "Imagine a woman enjoying being a object to a man." Objects can't enjoy things...by definition.
Instead of finding someone who enjoys what they do consensually, they demand consent.
Men demeaning women out of their league because of resentment towards the values patriarchy has created.
Clarkisha Kent, White Feminism, and The Handmaid's Tale.
“White women want to be able to get out from under white patriarchy (and throw the rest of us under the bus to accomplish this), but do not necessarily want to get rid of it, because doing so would destabilize white supremacy—and then boom! Suddenly, even they would be left with no power or privilege when the dust settled.”
The worst version of the future for white people is usually something that reflects the experience of people who are already here.
TERFS.
Fragility.
Feminism is not asking to remove responsibility from women just because it is asking responsibility of men.
Chivalry was a code for men to be instructed how to treat their possessions well.
Empathy.
Larry Nassar.
Resenting women's instincts.
American society does not allow for nuanced, complex understanding of individualism. Someone is either good or bad, and so I must defend they are not bad if I accept any part of them as good.
Black and white conversations always serve the powerful. Either/or will always revert to the status quo because it is familiar and comfortable.
25 year backlash to backlash.
Art does influence culture, so why are we so hesitant to discuss the connection.
The cult status and enamored view of the male anti-hero culminating in Donald Trump.
"My joy is more important than your fear."
Companies not advertising to black women as a demographic no matter the numbers or views.
Black Panther.
Blaming lack of representation on the racism of international audiences. (12 Years A Slave)
Woody Allen. Alec Baldwin.
Art and the Artist.
RAE COME BACK TO USSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.