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Stuff Mom Never Told You

Classic Episode: Social Justice Warriors

Stuff Mom Never Told You

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.04.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Can social media change the world? So-called social justice warriors, slactivists and hashtag activists think so. In this episode, Cristen and Caroline dissect social media activism and its backlash and ponder the perils of political correctness.

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

He's a bank robber, a barajah shunnelz, a kidnapper, but to many Greeks, he's a hero.

0:14.0

His name is Vasili Spaliokostas and we're on the trail of the man behind the men, a modern-day Robinhood who steals from the rich and gives to the port.

0:23.0

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0:53.0

I'm Larsa Pippin from the Real Housewives of Miami. I'm Marcus Jordan, CEO of Trophy Room. We decided to launch this podcast separation anxiety.

1:00.0

We can't live without each other. We can't. And I think we go through separation anxiety when we're not together.

1:05.0

We kind of want to share our stories. We're going to talk about everything and be brutally honest as far as relationships, whether it's your boyfriend, kids, even at work.

1:12.0

There's no subject that we won't tackle on this podcast.

1:16.0

Telling you everything.

1:19.0

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1:36.0

Welcome to Stuff Mom Never Told You from Houseofworks.com.

1:42.0

Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Kristen and I'm Caroline.

1:49.0

And it is Social Justice Week on Stuff Mom Never Told You. And we're going to take social justice in a couple of possibly unexpected directions.

2:00.0

And today we're going to focus on this thing, this person, this pejorative, the social justice warrior, and what it is, where the term comes from, and what its use and existence says more about social justice in the digital age.

2:22.0

Yeah, here's a tip as to how what an old I am. I had no idea. I am familiar with an activist, whether online or on the streets.

2:36.0

I am familiar with people online who sort of police the language and imagery that other people use for good or for bad.

2:46.0

And I'm familiar with the idea of the internet's flat activist, somebody who just sits online clicking like all day and doesn't actually take part in any larger social movement.

2:56.0

I'm familiar with all these things. I had no idea that this larger argument about a social justice warrior online being a negative thing was a thing.

3:11.0

Well, and it's good for you to know now, Caroline, because some people might consider you and I and our work with Stuff Mom Never Told You as social justice warriors because we talk regularly about things like feminism, privilege, intersectionality, and other so called politically correct topics that some think are really taking all of the fun out of the world.

3:32.0

And I first came across this term and was curious about it and wanted to have an excuse to learn more about it hence podcast topic.

3:41.0

I know I love our lives. I first ran across it during the dreaded gamer gate, kerfuffle online, which I'm not going to take the time to go into listeners.

3:52.0

If you haven't heard about it, Google it. There is more information than you could ever want. And so, but this was a particular pejorative that was tossed about a lot during gamer gate, particularly to label their arch social justice warrior, a need of Sarkeesian of feminist frequency.

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