{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Assigned Reading with Becky Mollenkamp: Conversations about Feminist Essays","title":"Trans Anger and Feminist Solidarity with Taina Brown","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0229a9d9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3484,"description":"In this episode, Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown dive deep into Sylvia Rivera’s 2001 speech, \"Bitch on Wheels.\" They unpack Rivera’s righteous rage, explore the erasure of trans voices in LGBTQ history, and reflect on the importance of solidarity and intersectionality in the fight for liberation. This raw speech from a legendary activist is just as urgent today.\nThis week’s text: ✍️ “Bitch on Wheels” by Sylvia Rivera\nThis week’s guest: Taina Brown is a justice-centered DEI consultant and co-host of the Messy Liberation podcast. She brings an academic and embodied lens to conversations about liberation, identity, and collective care.\nFind Taina:\n🌐 https://www.ifthenand.org/\n🎧 https://messyliberation.com\n📱 Instagram\nDiscussed in this episode\nSylvia Rivera’s legacy and speech context\nStonewall riots from a trans perspective\nMarsha P. Johnson and Rivera’s activism\nRespectability politics and performative feminism\nWhite saviorism, allyship, and call-in vs. call-out\nSuicide and mental health in the trans community\nThe role of anger in activism\nCollective care and intersectionality\nResources mentioned\nLee Brewster history\n\n🎤 PROUD MEMBER OF THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dosw-ZStbkJt51JEK_TGHSQP_qwiP77V7ECqsMLLNuA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ZTY1/NzE3OGQ1NmY1MWJl/MTA2NjBlZWYwYTli/NTk5NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}