“You’re Not Welcome Here”, Ep. 6- “You’re Not Who You Think You Are”
This episode revisits the idea that identity is about recognition and explores the significance of this. Because identity is not only about how I recognize myself, but also about how others recognize me, identity is never merely a matter of individual preference. Rather, identity is always shared and collective in nature. This is particularly true […]
J6 ONE YEAR LATER, Ep. 6: This Was a Dress Rehearsal – with Anne Nelson
What if J6 and the Anti-CRT movements trace back to the same secretive organization? What if J6 was the result of years of planning and organizing? And what if there’s a plan in place to make sure that a secretive network has the chance to pick our next president? Anne Nelson is the author of […]
Weekly Roundup: Patriarchal Safe Spaces Aren’t Safe
+ Militias in California and the Evolving Constitution
You’re Not Welcome Here Ep. 5: “It’s Not Like Social Media”
Contemporary critics on both the right and the left essentially accuse those who politically mobilize around social identities of being fundamentally selfish in nature. The charge is that their politics reflects only personal interest, that they seek special treatment or privilege on the basis of an identity that isn’t shared with others, and that they […]
J6 ONE YEAR LATER, Ep. 5: The Violence of Playing Indian
Dr. Dana Lloyd is an expert on Native American religious traditions and faculty at Villanova University. She speaks to Brad about how the QAnon Shaman’s appropriation of Native American symbols extends a long lineage of White people “playing Indian.” According to Dr. Lloyd, “playing Indian” is a means of eliminating indigenous peoples by using their […]
Weekly Roundup: Falwell’s Fall and America’s Backlash
+ Put A Black Woman on SCOTUS
You’re Not Welcome Here, Ep. 4: “Why Now?”
If all of politics involves “identity,” and if we all possess identities, why do so many feel like contemporary “identity politics” is something new and experience it as threatening? If identity has always been a fundamental part of shared social and political life, why does identity figure so prominently in that shared life now? In […]
J6 ONE YEAR LATER, Ep. 4: Shofars, Flags, and a Declaration of War
Leah Payne on the Pentecostal Presence at J6
Weekly Round Up: Party of Lincoln and Election Fraud
What Are God’s Pronouns?
You’re Not Welcome Here, Ep. 3: “Identities are like elbows and a**holes.”
What is identity? It isn’t something limited to particular social groups claiming equal rights or something that only applies to minority groups of different kinds. On the contrary, “identity” is something we all have and it’s how we categorize and sort individuals and groups to shape our shared social life. It’s also fundamental to our […]