A hot mess of a new season: feminist fornication, climate group chats, witchy medicine and more w/ Tiffany Kagure Mugo

00:00:07: And we are back for season two because someone in the global unit for feminism and gender democracy thought it would be okay to keep giving me a mic.

00:00:18: I am officially The Manisphere Influencer.

00:00:21: you want to see.

00:00:23: Welcome everyone.

00:00:24: and to those who do not know, what took you so long?

00:00:28: There is an entire first season.

00:00:30: But because I'm in my soft girl era... ...I am just gonna be kind and say You should go back and listen to it!

00:00:37: You have wandered into the world of What Is This Hot Mess?

00:00:42: A podcast that sits with fire feminists from across the globe To chat about The fact That The World Is Hot Trash Right Now.

00:00:51: In the previous season, we had monon menopause and feminist dating.

00:00:55: Levum speaking about The Power of Art in Black Womanhood Jacks speaking about AI And how there could be AI in your toaster An Ishta waxing wisdom About institutional development Why We need To Break The Mold How We Do This Activism Thing.

00:01:12: So go on listen.

00:01:13: Please.

00:01:14: just respect me please.

00:01:16: You can't Just Come into Season Two Entering the Chat.

00:01:19: You need to know what we were talking about before.

00:01:23: But for those of you who have been on this wild ride with me, We are doing things a little different.

00:01:29: A Little Experimenting is happening With shortened episodes and weaving the standalone segments into a greater conversation Because The way my neuro spicy brain works Sometimes he just gotta switch it up Or else Tiff will get bored And then This Will Get Still.

00:01:44: No one wants that.

00:01:45: So don't be alarmed.

00:01:47: Don't catch feelings, it's going to be okay.

00:01:50: Life is about change and growth.

00:01:52: The important thing that we're all back together again.

00:01:57: In this season We shall cover tradwifery the silence of global majority in climate group chat how navigating medical field an extreme sport what feminist fornication looks like.

00:02:12: much more.

00:02:13: It's gonna be fun, it's going to be heavy.

00:02:15: It is going to chaotic but its always gonna be informative.

00:02:20: So recently I had the very fun conversation with a Gen Z intern at the studio i record and he asked genuinely like why do we need feminism?

00:02:31: His heart take was men & women are equal.

00:02:34: so what this thing?

00:02:36: Firstly ,I have been recording his podcast here for like The better part of year rude.

00:02:44: Secondly, there was a very lovely moment where his very heterosexual white male boss started explaining to him why we need feminism.

00:02:54: like I was too tired i was on the clock.

00:02:57: it couldn't be me at that moment in time but somebody did the legwork and it gave me a moment of hope.

00:03:03: so for those who don't know this is just fun comedy podcast which I don't do this only for the flex and the ability to be chaotic out loud, but also because it is a rough-out cheer.

00:03:20: We do it because people show up to WNBA games and throw dildos which is a wicked waste of a sex toy Because people are being thrown in jail for who they love.

00:03:31: we Do it?

00:03:32: Because women's medical research Is a joke and maternal mortality rises during certain like political periods.

00:03:39: because Cleopatra could speak languages, was a general.

00:03:45: Was a military mind... ...was a philosopher but all people can say is she was sexy!

00:03:50: She was very sexy.

00:03:52: We do it because women in marginalised groups are deeply affected by climate change But don't get a seat at the table when it comes to solutions.

00:04:01: we Do it because sixteen-to twenty percent of biographies on English Wikipedia Are about Women as if suddenly popped up in history thirty years ago.

00:04:10: We do it because we know more about male pattern baldness than fibroids.

00:04:15: Because men make literal millions peddling misogyny online, which has real world consequences!

00:04:24: We did this because Amelia Earhart apparently didn't get scooped up by the Bermuda Triangle.

00:04:31: she was just ignored and that's why her plane went down.

00:04:34: Some man just thought that she was like, I don't know.

00:04:37: Making noise on the airways and what her call of distress is a hoax!

00:04:43: I personally do it this feminism thing because i feel most straight men should be pegged And they would enjoy It.

00:04:50: They are missing out to nice things Because patriarchy is holding them back.

00:04:55: There's myriad reasons we still need feminism.

00:04:58: there're so many reasons.

00:05:00: That Is What This Podcast Is About.

00:05:03: We need feminism because the level of violence in this world is so deeply fueled and entrenched into patriarchy, And it's friends that sometimes we forget That THIS actually shouldn't be normal.

00:05:17: So on this podcast I shall say The Wild Things and float some wild notions... ...and have some guests who say the quiet part out loud.

00:05:25: Lock In!

00:05:34: It's been up and down as we move steadily to a better dawn.

00:05:38: Ancient Egyptian women could own land, have property and defend themselves in court but British women in the eighteen sixties couldn't.

00:05:45: In The Ottoman Empire Women could initiate divorce.

00:05:49: however it is some contemporary countries women cannot.

00:05:53: There are some women during medieval times who can take out contracts or run their own shop But Dutch women of the nineteen fifties were considered legally incompetent.

00:06:03: Half of the hunters in prehistoric Peru were women, and Viking women could have ranking military roles.

00:06:09: But Women In The United States Could Not Serve In Ground Combat Until Twenty Thirteen.

00:06:15: When The Ban Was Eventually Lifted Here I was thinking i was gonna retire soon That My Sex Positive Work Was Done And Dusted That Next Generation Could Take Over And Wham!

00:06:26: Tradwifing hits me in the face.

00:06:28: Like, The ink...in my last funding contract wasn't even dry yet!

00:06:34: The pendulum swings back and forth until hopefully one day it will swing to a sweet spot or the earth gets swallowed by the sun.

00:06:43: Either way let's keep in step with an onslaught against us.

00:06:45: The only way that the pendulum can keep swinging And the dial keeps inching forward is the incredible people who at this moment make a damn plan Which again, is why we're here.

00:06:57: To find the folks who are doing work needed to keep us from tipping tits first into the apocalypse.

00:07:06: Am I adding to the gender wars?

00:07:07: Meh Look Because gender and way it's currently set up Is a scam!

00:07:13: I saw one content creator saying that ideas of masculinity and femininity And the gender essentialism thats roaming streets Doesn't actually mirror majority of globe.

00:07:25: When one looks historically at a bunch of different regions notions of masculinity and femininity were a lot more fluid.

00:07:32: And had a lot variety in terms roles, who could occupy them?

00:07:36: But colonization is wicked.

00:07:38: monotheism is wild fast forward.

00:07:41: now we are here fighting Timothy on the internet about how I should be making a sandwich.

00:07:47: well jokes on you Timmy!

00:07:49: I can't even cook anyway.

00:07:55: lastly On the gender war front, I heard it put so well.

00:07:58: when people say that there is beef because women are angry at what men have done to them.

00:08:04: Whilst Men Are Angry At What Women Won't Do For Them!

00:08:23: So for those of you mad at the gender wars, it is what.

00:08:26: It's because until the states are the same strap up my women fems and them we ride at dawn a looter continue.