Is Giving Up Men a Form of Political Resistance?
The Polyester Podcast
The Polyester Podcast
4.5 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The 4B movement is a South Korean fringe feminist movement operating on four principles - Bihon (no to heterosexual marriage), Bichulsan (no to childbirth), Biyeonae (no to dating), and Bisekseu (no to heterosexual sexual relationships) - the aim being to remove women from patriarchal lifestyles.
After the announcement of Trump's win in the American election on the 5th November, women in the States have been making the 4B movement trend across Twitter and TikTok as they consider this kind of lifestyle as an act of protest to the election result. In this week's episode, Ione and Gina dissect the ethics of the use of the practice by Western feminists, the extreme reactions of alt right men across social media to the Trump win as well as the under discussed gen z Republican women who voted this year.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Tina. Hi, I'm Eione. Hi, everyone. I'm Gina, the senior editor of Polyester. And I'm Iione, |
| 0:06.0 | the founding Ed's Chene Chief of Polyester, and this is the Polyester podcast, a feminist pop culture |
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| 0:38.8 | Do we have any reviews, Ione? |
| 0:40.1 | We do, finally! |
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| 0:49.1 | In a world of cringy, forced banter and endless, under-researched rambling, polyester is such a refreshing listen. |
| 0:54.7 | With episodes clocking around the 30-minute mark, their discussion is short and punchy, |
| 0:58.0 | but thorough, sticking to interesting points of discussion on a topic rather than spiraling into |
| 1:01.9 | a myriad of tangential slogs. The chemistry between hosts Ione and Gina is genuine, adding amusement |
| 1:08.1 | and vibrancy to each conversation. I may not agree with everything they say, but they don't always agree with each other. |
| 1:13.8 | Their ability to challenge one's viewpoints and intelligently break down their own perspective |
| 1:19.5 | sets them apart from the kind of self-righteous echo chamber which plague the arena of online |
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