653: Sonora Jha: How to Raise a Feminist Son

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Sonora Jha is the author of the memoir How to Raise a Feminist Son and the novel Foreign. After a career as a journalist covering crime, politics, and culture in India and Singapore, she moved to the United States to earn a Ph.D. in media and public affairs. Sonora’s op-eds, essays, and public appearances have featured in the New York Times, on BBC, and elsewhere. She is a professor of journalism and lives in Seattle. I recently discovered Sonora and her book, How to Raise a Feminist Son, on Instagram. I got her audiobook and was hooked by the end of her introduction. Sonora is a phenomenal storyteller and truth teller. She is a magical combination of professor, comedian and friend as she digs into her life as a single mom who left India to bring her son to Seattle and raise him as a feminist as she built a family around them. I couldn’t be more excited and delighted to be sharing her with you all today. Listen in to hear Sonora share: How her 27 year old son is showing up as an activist for women’s rights today What inspired her book, HOW TO RAISE A FEMINIST SON How raising her son in the dark - at the movies - launched her and her son as a family unit into the world How she intentionally built a family around her and her son - that did not include blood relatives Why feminists can and should include men in their activism - and how we might need to check our biases and assumptions that men aren’t open to being feminists How she redefined motherhood in order to raise a feminist son Why it is important for men and boys to be intersectional feminists Links mentioned: Connect with Sonora: sonorajha.com Book: How to Raise a Feminist Son by Sonora Jha Book: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Book: Inclusion on Purpose by Ruchika Tulshyan Sonora on Twitter Sonora on Instagram Sonora on Facebook Sponsor info and promo codes: Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/ Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 653 with Sonora Jha.
0:05.8	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going
0:09.6	to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 653.
0:17.5	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean.
0:21.5	I'm here to give you and other passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources,
0:27.3	and a little bit of humor to help you lead more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day.
0:33.5	One of the best things about the Shamedous Mom Academy is our community.
0:36.5	So be sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you.
0:42.1	You can find us over at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook.
0:46.8	All right.
0:47.3	Let's dive into today's episode.
0:53.7	Sonora Jaw is the author of the memoir, How to Raise a Feminist Son, and the novel, Foreign.
0:59.4	After a career is a journalist covering crime, politics, and culture in India and Singapore,
1:04.2	she moved to the United States to earn a PhD in media and public affairs.
1:08.7	Sonora's op-eds, essays, and public appearances have been featured in the
1:12.0	New York Times on BBC and elsewhere. She is a professor of journalism and lives in Seattle.
1:18.2	So I recently discovered Sonora and her book How to Raise a Feminist Son on Instagram, where I find
1:22.5	all the best things. And I got her audiobook and was immediately hooked by like the end of the introduction.
1:29.3	I was hooked on this book. Sonora is a phenomenal storyteller and truth teller. And she is a
1:36.2	magical combination of professor, comedian, and friend as she digs into her life as a single mom
1:41.8	who left India to bring her son to Seattle and intentionally,
1:45.3	thoughtfully raise them as a feminist as she built a family around them. I could not be more
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