Misogynoir is the intersection of anti-Black racism and misogyny and is important because (white) feminism fails to include the needs of marginalized women, including racialized women, disabled women, and trans women. Because Black women are so devalued, they are the least well paid demographic despite also being the most highly educated demographic. Our society was made by and for rich cis-het white men and Black women can see things so much differently because their personhood or needs were not considered and they can generally see the system as it is. We'll also look at the disadvantages of societal scripts that praise Black women for "being strong" and "overcoming" so much.

Misogyny is as American as apple pie and is, unfortunately, baked into all levels of our society. This shapes wildly different lived experiences for men and women in our society. In puberty, the world opens for boys and closes for girls. We'll look at how women are thought of in our society, what people get wrong about feminism, and the problems gender conditioning poses for heterosexual relationships. Women are undervalued and underestimated at every turn and this episode will explore why that is and what we can do about it.

You've likely heard about white supremacy but you probably don't really know what it is or how it shows up in your life, especially if you're white. Between COVID, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, 2020 really showed us that our society is not safe or welcoming toward people of color but is especially hostile toward Black people. This is not an accident but the intended purpose of white supremacy. White people hold a lot of power within white supremacy but it is at the expense of people of color and it's on us (white people) to learn about this system and bring it to an end.

Our differences matter but we’ve been taught to give them too much focus and it’s making us feel scared and disconnected. Underneath whatever you look like, we are all people who want to be loved. We want to have purpose. We want to do the things that matter to us. and then of course there's all the stuff that comes with how we show up in the world, how we look to others, and what others might think about us based on how we appear. These are some of the things we will cover in various episodes of this podcast.