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Fighting Feelings with Gulzar Charania
Season 4 Episode 48
We’re in conversation with Dr. Gulzar Charania about her incredible new book “Fighting Feelings: Lessons in Gendered Racism and Queer Life.” Fighting…
2 years, 3 months ago
One Foot In, One Foot Out
Season 4 Episode 47
For many in academia, there is always a certain ambivalence about being here. And historically, institutions have been pretty ambivalent about our pr…
2 years, 4 months ago
How to Make 2024 Easier
Season 4 Episode 46
We're just a couple of weeks into 2024 and we are tired. After a restful break, we are back to the intense pressures of teaching, advising, and deali…
2 years, 4 months ago
Are we allowed to rest?
Season 4 Episode 45
As the year comes to a close, many of us are feeling unsettled. After the rush of marking, teaching, and activism, are we allowed to rest during this…
2 years, 5 months ago
Striving for Systemic Safety
Season 4 Episode 44
We recently passed the 34th anniversary of the École Polytechnique anti-feminist shootings. The sad thing is that this horrendous crime isn't a thing…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Violence We Face
Season 4 Episode 43
In this episode of Academic Aunties, host Dr. Ethel Tungohan talks to Dr. Rebecca Major about the realities of gendered, racialized violence in acade…
2 years, 6 months ago
Academic Freedom and Palestine
Season 4 Episode 42
As the staggering death toll in Palestine rises, we talk about the censuring of Palestine solidarity discourse and the weaponization of anti-racism a…
2 years, 6 months ago
What We Need To Know About Gaza
Season 4 Episode 41
The last few weeks have been devastating. Like many of you, I have been feeling this sense of immobilization, of helplessness, as we witnessed Hamas’…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Feminist Killjoy Handbook with Sara Ahmed
Season 4 Episode 40
Sara Ahmed, author, scholar, and one of our feminist heroes joins us to talk about her new book, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook!
Sara's work both as a …
2 years, 8 months ago
How's Your September Going?
Season 4 Episode 39
We are back to school! So why do we feel so exhausted? On the season 4 premiere Ethel and Nisha listen to some academic aunties audio diaries about h…
2 years, 8 months ago