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Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

Jill Filipovic on the Feminist Pursuit of Happiness

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

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4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Writer Jill Filipovic on the feminist pursuit of happiness

Imagine a world in which women weren’t forced to struggle for equality in a system rigged against them. Imagine instead, the ideal world of journalist and author Jill Filipovic – one in which happiness for women is the driving force behind policies like fair pay and legal recognition of best friendships. In that world, Jill says, not only are women happier and healthier, but most everyone else (read: people who aren’t white men) are better off, too. In this episode of Politically Re-Active, your favorite hosts sit down with Jill to talk about her policy ideas as well as Ivanka Trump’s brand of “empowerment”, white lady feminism, and the evil of the all-male photo op.

Follow Jill on Twitter!: @JillFilipovic. And read more about _The H-Spot_ here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jill-filipovic/the-h-spot/9781568585482/

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0:00.0

Your book was described as soft socialism.

0:03.4

So when you hear that, do you see that as a compliment?

0:06.3

And then so it's just like, I was used.

0:08.7

Yeah, I mean, I see it as pretty accurate.

0:10.7

From Topic and Irvul, this is politically reacting.

0:17.2

I'm W. Kamalbe.

0:19.1

And I'm Harry Komi Pop or Kunda Bolu.

0:21.7

No, I won't.

0:23.0

I already have a new name for you.

0:25.0

The show where two comedians W. Kamalbe on the H-Man

0:28.3

tried to make sense of politics in America.

0:30.4

God damn it.

0:32.1

On today's show we're speaking with award-winning journalist,

0:34.9

author, feminist, and recovering attorney Jill Filippovich.

0:39.3

She's also my friend.

0:41.1

Jill has written from publications like The Guardian,

0:43.5

Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, Time Magazine,

0:46.4

and The New York Times.

0:48.1

And if you're the type of person who retweets New York Times

0:51.1

op-ed pieces without reading them,

0:53.0

then you definitely retweeted one of Jill's recent pieces.

0:56.5

Like one called The All-Mail Photo Op, Isn't A Gap.

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