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.
Sep 7, 2023
26 min
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.
Sep 7, 2023
17 min
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.
Aug 23, 2023
21 min
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.
Aug 9, 2023
23 min
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.
Aug 2, 2023
36 min
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?"
Jul 26, 2023
24 min
Trailer for the new podcast, "With Love & Struggle."
Jul 19, 2023
49 sec
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.
Jul 19, 2023
12 min