Dani and Aysha talk activism in fandom spaces. Topics: Hating cops. Fascism: wack. Being a better fandom ally. Stop listening to white people. Robot Dani.
All tagged politics
Episode 90: Inflation (Economic)
Kate and Xtine discuss the issue currently causing the most discourse amongst Homestuck fans: The Federal Reserve’s unprecedented open market operations in the context of the ongoing 2020 recession, what their expansionary monetary policy means and what its implications are for working people and the economy as a whole.
Episode 85: As a Planet, We're Posting Through It
Kate and Sarah catch up. Frozen meat, Peak Posting, cool petitions, pandemic stasis, Waste of Time, model train display shed, Young Pope fever, Dr. Coomer, Counter-Strike, uchi crow, reading theory, how to get through this. Support your local Goomy.
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[I]ntermission 26/Bonus 4: What Is to Be Done?
Special [I]ntermission, free for everyone. Topics: Bernie, Black Mesa, Pope Belden, Oklahoma semantics, the end of electoralism, Maslow's heirarchy of revolution, the Fed, the contradictions, our obligations, Debs.
Intro: “Kill the Poor” by Dead Kennedys
Outro: “35,000 Feet” by Kate Mitchell
Episode 77: The Communists We Became Along the Way
Aysha and Sarah get together to talk radical leftism in Homestuck and abroad. Topics: Better Call Terezi, self-radicalization, wage theft, and loser ideologies. Prepare for the 2020 election at voteforbernie.org or we'll cry.
Episode 16: FRIENDSHIP (with Aysha U. Farah)
Hiveswap Friendsim writer Aysha U. Farah joins Kate for a discussion on the visual novel that expanded the Homestuck universe. Topics include metatextuality, complex queer characters (yes, we talk about Lanque), outsourced thinking, and the morality of a murder planet.
Episode 15: Engage Trickster Mode (with optimisticDuelist)
optimisticDuelist joins Kate for a discussion of Trickster Mode’s purpose and symbolism. Topics include Gnosticism, race in Homestuck, and living in a society. A post-episode discussion about Vast Error and the inherent value of independent media follows the end credits.
