Cracked Ivory
A podcast about the feminist discourses in academic theory and popular culture. Hosted by Talia Bhatt, author of 'Trans/Rad/Fem', and Emma Zakharuk, blogger behind 'Dolphin Diaries.'
Cracked Ivory
Latest Episodes
The Will to Cope. bell hooks' "The Will to Change"
The Will to Change is often recommended as a text that addresses men's concerns in feminist movements and elucidates how men benefit from participation in feminism. At least, that's the popular conception of the work. Emma and Ta...
The Wrong Naomi. Naomi Wolf's "The Beauty Myth"
Naomi Wolf's public descent into conspiracy theorist and statistically-impaired provocateur set off many discussions on the widespread distrust of experts and the importance of science communication. Even so, we were urged not to downplay the i...
The Butler Did it? Butler's "Gender Trouble"
Talia and Emma discuss one of the worst-written books they've had to cover: Judith Butler's Gender Trouble. It is considered a landmark text of the so-called third wave of feminism, but is it all it's cracked up to be? Given that it ki...
The Anti-Trans Tipping Point
Emma and Talia are once more joined by Isaac (he/they/ze) to ask a straightforward and simple question: what went wrong after the Trans Tipping Point? How did we go from an optimistic, promising future of shifting cultural tides and legal victo...