A continued chat about Project 2025 and the Trump Administration. In this episode we cover the gutting of the Department of Education and its ripple effects, and Trump’s inaugural-day declaration that there are only two sexes, and what that means for women. Elle and Natalie talk frankly about how the Democratic Party abandoned women during the Biden years and how the Trump administration capitalized on that. We also explore alternatives to US right-left party politics and how women leaders in other countries are showing the way.

EPISODE LINKS

Eliminating Dept of Education | MSNBC

The Roots of Eliminating Dept of Ed | NEA

Declaring Two Genders | NBC News

Trump’s Executive Orders | The White House

Erasing Harriet Tubman | CNN

Claudia Scheinbaum’s First 100 Days | Mexico News Daily

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir's Election | Pace TV

Women in Politics | Pew Research

The National Women’s Party | Alice Paul

Women’s Rights Party New Zealand

Party of Women, UK

Suppressing the Democratic Process | Marianne Williamson

The Reckoning | Kara Dansky

Victoria Smith | The Critic Magazine

Council of Women World Leaders

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir on Women in Politics | Inspired by Iceland

Trump’s Executive Orders Align with Project 2025 | Forbes

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CREDITS

Hosted by Natalie Blundell and Elle Kamihira

Produced by Natalie Blundell and Elle Kamihira

Edited by Elle Kamihira

Audio Engineering by Jason Sheesley at Abridged Audio

Cover Art by Reda Tomingas

Music by Moushumi

A chat about the Trump Administration and their 180-Day Playbook. Were fears about Project 2025 justified or was it simply fear-mongering from the Left? In this 2-part series, Elle and Natalie attempt to decode key chapters of Project 2025 and what it means for women.

Part 2 will be out next week.

EPISODE LINKS

Identity Politics - Jackson Katz | The Spectator

Project 2025 Authors | Revolving Door Project

Trump’s Denial of Project 2025 | Washington Post

The Heritage Foundation - Kevin Roberts | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Project 2025

CSAM Report 2021 | Australian Institute of Criminology

Project 2025 Tracker

Abortion Law Tracking | Jessica Valenti

Rep. Jasmine Crockett Immigration | NAACP

S.A.V.E. Act | NPR

Trump 2028 Hats | The Times

CONTACT US

Website: www.chatinthecommons.com

Instagram: @chatinthecommons

X: @ChatInCommons

Email: https://www.chatinthecommons.com/contact

CREDITS

Hosted by Natalie Blundell and Elle Kamihira

Produced by Natalie Blundell and Elle Kamihira

Edited by Elle Kamihira

Audio Engineering by Jason Sheesley at Abridged Audio

Cover Art by Reda Tomingas

Music by Moushumi

A chat about marriage. In this first episode of our four-part series on 4B, the feminist movement from South Korea, Elle and Natalie dive into all things marriage. We explore why we marry, how women are faring within marriage, and why women are choosing not to marry.

Episode Links

4B Movement | ABC Australia

I Don’t | Clementine Ford

Letters from a War Zone | Andrea Dworkin

Leta Hong Fincher | Subject to Power

Left Over Women | Leta Hong Fincher

Mel Hamlett | TikTok

GirlOnTheCouch | TikTok

Looking for a Man in Finance | TikTok

Hope Peddler | TikTok

Mariam Tazi-Preve | Subject to Power

Motherhood in Patriarchy | Mariam Tazi-Preve

CocoHasideas | TikTok

Marriage Rates Worldwide

US Marriage Rates

Suffer in Silence | Cecilia Regina TikTok

Women’s Co-Housing Community

Contact Us

Website: www.chatinthecommons.com

Instagram: @chatinthecommons

X: @ChatInCommons

Email: https://www.chatinthecommons.com/contact

Credits

Hosted by Natalie Blundell and Elle Kamihira

Produced by Natalie Blundell and Elle Kamihira

Edited by Elle Kamihira

Audio Engineering by Jason Sheesley at Abridged Audio

Cover Art by Reda Tomingas

Music by Moushumi