(2013/09/03) The value of women (Feminism)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 3 September 2013
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Edition #751
The value of women
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Beyonce - Run the World: LIES - NineteenPercent - Air Date: 5-20-11
Ch. 3: Song 1: Run the World (Girls) - Beyoncé
Ch. 4: Act 2: The Primary Goal For Women In College - Throwing Shade - Air Date 4-1-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Sadness is a blessing - Lykke Li
Ch. 6: Act 3: An open letter to a male coworker - Citizen Radio - Air Date 5-24-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Pretty - The Cranberries
Ch. 8: Act 4: Cantor's con would steal workers' overtime pay - Jim Hightower - Air Date: 5-20-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Mother - Natalie Maines
Ch. 10: Act 5: Fox News Proudly Doesn't Understand Women or Science - Young Turks - Air Date: 05-31-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Torn blue foam couch - Grand Archives
Ch. 12: Act 6: San Antonio Court Okays Killing of Sex Worker - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 6-13-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Humans being - Van Halen
Ch. 14: Act 7: Is Being Female Hillary's Only Presidential Asset? - CounterSpin - Air Date 8-16-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: The armpit song - Siwan Clark
Ch. 16: Act 8: A Double Standard Of Redemption For Those Caught In Sexual Scandals - Dan Savage 8-6-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Can't pretend - Tom Odell
Ch. 18: Act 9: Sluts Vs. Purity In A Judgemental Society - Citizen Radio - Air Date 5-9-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 19: Accept that you're going to screw up - Emma from Wellesley, Mass
Ch. 20: Destroying health insurance companies at the height of the recession would have fucked Obama - Ike from Buffalo
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Ch. 21: Final comments on the end of my Climate Ride fundraiser and the beginning of a new membership drive
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.3 | the membership tab at BestableLeft.com and welcome to the award-winning BestableLeft |
| 0:10.7 | podcast with the Cups today from YouTube user 19%, throwing shade, citizen radio, gym |
| 0:16.1 | high tower, the young Turks, counter-spin and dance savage, and a note of warning that |
| 0:20.3 | some views expressed in today's show are those of opinionated women and do not necessarily |
| 0:25.1 | reflect that of the dominant patriarchal culture. |
| 0:30.2 | Hey Beyonce, guess what? |
| 0:31.7 | Your liar, I'm calling you out. |
| 0:33.2 | The Beyonce is telling you to build goods, and I'm trying to tell you not to buy it. |
| 0:36.8 | Her new song is called Girls Who Run the World. |
| 0:39.1 | I don't think it's right that she's out there promulgating historical inaccuracies |
| 0:42.2 | to repressionable young women, imparting the false belief that they run the world. |
| 0:46.4 | They're by lulling them into a false sense of achievement and distracting them from doing |
| 0:50.6 | the work it takes to actually run the world. |
| 0:53.3 | Which by the way, I don't think female world domination is the goal. |
| 0:55.9 | I think the endgame should be a socially egalitarian society. |
| 0:59.7 | Girls really run the world. |
| 1:01.5 | First of all, women are universally dominated. |
| 1:03.5 | There is not a society known where women as a group have decision-making power over men |
| 1:07.7 | as a group. |
| 1:08.7 | Who run the world? |
| 1:09.7 | Girls. |
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