Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist
Madigan
Intersectional feminist, Madigan, takes on issues facing women and the world.
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Mar 22, 2025 • 30min
What's In The News? Mini #327
In this week’s mini episode, Madigan discusses the recent Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, leading to the deaths and displacement of Palestinians; the Tesla company’s dwindling stocks, as well as vandalism to their dealerships and vehicles; and lastly, a conversation starter regarding to boycotts against companies who have complied with Trump’s demands in removing their DEI policies. Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on? Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.comSocial media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeministGet YANF Merch! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeministSources:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/palestinians-flee-again-israel-attacks-gazahttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/13/israels-attacks-on-reproductive-healthcare-in-gaza-genocidal-unhttps://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-stock-price-crash-byd-battery-tech-musk-rbc-downgrade-2025-3https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/as-musk-takes-prominent-role-in-trump-white-house-violent-attacks-on-tesla-dealerships-spikehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/18/shoppers-political-boycotts-spending-patterns-pollhttps://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/ocljkg/do_boycotts_even_matter/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 17, 2025 • 1h 11min
Feminist Girls
Though we are celebrating Women's History Month, we all started out as girls. So this week, Madigan brings you the stories of six fabulous young feminists, whose small statures did nothing to hold them back from changing the world. Subjects:Sophie Scholl, Zinaida Portnova, Yusra Mardini, Janna Jihad and her cousin Ahed Tamimi, and lastly, Thandiwe Abdullah.DEMAND PROTECTION FOR JANNA: https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/opt-demand-protection-for-janna/Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on? Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.comSocial media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeministGet YANF Merch! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeministSources:https://greatness.com/olympian-yusra-mardinis-incredible-story-of-resilience-rescue-and-refugee-rights/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/20/471180243/after-surviving-aegean-sea-syrian-swimmer-hopes-for-spot-in-olympicshttps://swimswam.com/refugee-swimmer-yusra-mardini-gets-chance-go-olympic-games/https://web.archive.org/web/20180127004507/http://www.thedawn-news.org/2016/05/18/voice-for-the-voiceless-palestines-10-year-old-journalist-janna-jihad/https://web.archive.org/web/20180712090411/https://wearyourvoicemag.com/identities/feminism/530-daily-share-10-year-old-journalist-janna-jihad-reports-palestinehttps://www.arabnews.com/node/1474336/mediahttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/12/19/israel-arrests-palestinian-girl-ahed-tamimi-over-viral-video-soldier-slapping/966542001/https://web.archive.org/web/20171230114524/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/palestinian-teen-ahed-tamimi-prosecuted-israel-attack-soldiers-nebi-saleh/https://www.seventeen.com/life/a34717855/thandiwe-abdullah-black-lives-matter-voices-of-the-year-2020/https://medium.com/illumination/how-a-17-year-old-soviet-fighter-became-a-feminist-superhero-3711bf98a6f Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 14, 2025 • 35min
What's In The News? Mini #326
In this week's mini episode, Madigan primarily focuses on the arrest and detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia student, by ICE this past week. Other topics include the US being added to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist due to the Trump administration's attacks on civil liberties, and a "sextremist" feminist march in Paris. Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on? Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.comSocial media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeministGet YANF Merch! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeministSources:https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-6964107d218dba43eb995d6dbbe528b1https://forward.com/news/703018/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-cuad-ice/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wife-arrested-columbia-student-says-she-was-naive-believe-he-was-secure-2025-03-12/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/14/columbia-university-punishes-pro-palestine-students-who-occupied-buildinghttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/14/columbia-expels-suspends-students-after-government-threats-what-we-knowhttps://time.com/7266334/us-human-rights-watchlist-civil-liberties/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/watchlist-decline-civic-freedoms-civicushttps://www.buzzfeed.com/sienaegiljum/topless-nazi-protest-france Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 10, 2025 • 56min
Interview with Author Serene Khader
This week, Madigan speaks with moral and political philosopher and feminist theorist and professor, Serene Khader, the author of the book Faux Feminism: Why We Fall For White Feminism and How We Can Stop.Get the Book! https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/faux-feminism-serene-khader/1144750818Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on? Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.comSocial media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeministGet YANF Merch! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 9, 2025 • 39min
What's In The News? Mini #325
In this week’s mini episode, Madigan discusses Trump’s address to Congress (and the reaction to it), the threat against student protesters in the US, and more world news from France and Serbia. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/students-rightsDo you have a topic that you want the show to take on? Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.comSocial media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeministGet YANF Merch! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeministSources:https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-presidential-address-joint-sessionhttps://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/politics/fact-check-trump-address-congress/index.htmlhttps://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/04/trump-students-college-protests-00210193https://www.thedailybeast.com/jasmine-crockett-slams-trump-as-putins-ho/https://www.npr.org/2025/03/03/nx-s1-5307187/trump-executive-order-visa-pro-palestinian-foreign-students-protests-hamas-hezbollah-israelhttps://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/europe/macron-france-nuclear-arsenal-ukraine-intl-hnk/index.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 4, 2025 • 58min
Feminist Legend- Alice Walker
This week, Madigan discusses feminist author and activist, Alice Walker, best known for her novel The Color Purple. This episode uncovers the good (and the problematic) sides of a feminist icon. Share your thoughts, or a topic that you want the show to take on! Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.comSocial media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeministGet YANF Merch! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeministSources:Main Source: https://salempress.com/Media/SalemPress/samples/walker_pgs.pdfMy Father's Country Is the Poor: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/04/specials/walker-poor.html?_r=1&oref=sloginWhen I Had My First Abortion: Or, I Was Spared To Be Here For You: https://alicewalkersgarden.com/2022/06/when-i-had-my-first-abortion-or-i-was-spared-to-be-here-for-you/“Beauty”: https://www.oleanschools.org/cms/lib/NY19000263/Centricity/Domain/166/Beauty.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 2, 2025 • 30min
What's In The News? Mini #324
In this week’s mini episode, Madigan discusses Trump’s decision to remove a federal database which kept track of police misconduct, as well as the explosive (and humiliating) meeting between Trump, Vance, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy that occurred this week. Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on? Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.comSocial media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeministGet YANF Merch! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeministSources:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMNAos1hotI&t=3shttps://www.blackenterprise.com/trump-justice-department-deleted-police-misconduct-database/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-shuts-down-federal-law-enforcement-misconduct-tracker/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/ukraine-us-relations-trump/681880/https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/trump-zelensky-meeting-transcript-full-text-video-oval-office/https://time.com/7263291/zelensky-trump-oval-office-showdown-us-ukraine-world-leaders-react/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 24, 2025 • 1h 12min
YANF Revamp & Rewind: The Massacre of Black Wallstreet
In this week's episode, Madigan revisits an episode from Black History Month 2020, where she (and former co-host Keegan) tell the tragic story of how a once-thriving Black community in Oklahoma was demolished after unfounded accusations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2025 • 33min
What's In The News? Mini #323
This week, Madigan covers the confirmation of RFK Jr. as the secretary of US Health and Human Services, the tragic murder of Sam Nordquist, and the most recent threat of book bans across the nation. BOOK BAN LINKS:https://pen.org/book-bans/5-ways-fight-book-bans/Send a Letter: https://pen.org/dont-censor-america/Donate: https://pen.org/give-to-pen/?utm_source=pensite&utm_medium=5wayspageReport a Book Ban: https://pen.org/book-bans/report-a-book-ban/Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on? Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.comSocial media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeministGet YANF Merch! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeministOther Sources:https://uifightdepression.psych.uic.edu/ui-center-on-depression-and-resilience/understanding-the-menstrual-cycle-effect-on-mental-healthhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-administration-book-ban-092458809.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEgcR9yB2nFV60CJzLrWLKPGd2oJjqaTzxPOgHbwMWBNkkyfCYxhTszAzKJTE3TeWNjubjTTExNA9uxpX-K1tP0fwqg7IZXbmP4gzzWCY1HJ5RGHqT2pYhKNbbPveGS_visD0p5SU1qLLGIfsLruWPjtxwDlUaFMUCuemFGh8Vkchttps://www.vulture.com/article/julianne-moore-book-banned.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 19, 2025 • 1h 15min
The MOVE Bombing
This week, Madigan tells the tragic story of the MOVE Bombing, which occurred in West Philly in 19985 after long-standing tensions between the Philadelphia Police and a predominantly Black activist group grew to a fever pitch. This is the first and only time the US government has bombed their own citizens, and the event left 11 people dead.I HIGHLY recommend checking out my main source for this week's episode, the podcast MOVE The Untold Story of an American Tragedy, available on Audible.https://www.audible.com/pd/MOVE-The-Untold-Story-of-an-American-Tragedy-Audiobook/B0DCC8KXNQDo you have a topic that you want the show to take on? Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.comSocial media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeministGet YANF Merch! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeministOther Sources:https://communistusa.org/interview-ramona-africa-1985-police-bombing-move/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/22/move-bombing-black-children-bones-philadelphia-princeton-pennsylvaniahttps://libguides.ccp.edu/c.php?g=519877&p=3555565https://www.phillytrib.com/news/timeline-of-the-move-organization-leading-to-may-13-1985/article_91170189-7446-5a6b-97cc-db04660d69a6.htmlhttps://hsp.org/blogs/fondly-pennsylvania/civil-rights-and-rise-frank-rizzo-1960s-philadelphiahttps://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/move-osage-avenuehttps://libguides.ccp.edu/c.php?g=519877&p=3555671https://www.religionnewsblog.com/11182/the-move-disaster-may-13-1985https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/05/13/406175991/what-its-like-to-live-on-the-block-that-philadelphia-bombed-30-years-agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20070820195409/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946962,00.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/05/13/406243272/im-from-philly-30-years-later-im-still-trying-to-make-sense-of-the-move-bombinghttps://www.phillytrib.com/news/timeline-of-the-move-organization-leading-to-may-13-1985/article_91170189-7446-5a6b-97cc-db04660d69a6.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


