{"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":"Relinquishing the Patriarchy: Talking adrienne maree brown with Sandhya Sudhakar","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0b06b85f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3264,"description":"Becky Mollenkamp and Sandhya Sudhakar dive into adrienne maree brown’s blog post \"Relinquishing the Patriarchy.\" This rich, layered discussion covers gender roles, emotional labor, discomfort, and how patriarchy harms us all. From parenting to dating, personal identity to privilege, they explore how internalized systems shape us—and what it really takes to unlearn them. With insights into Enneagram types, somatic therapy, and white womanhood, this is a powerful reflection on liberation, healing, and building a better future.\n\nThis week’s text:\n✍️ \"Relinquishing the Patriarchy\" by adrienne maree brown\n\nThis week’s guest: Sandhya Sudhakar\n🌐 https://www.selfatwork.com/\n 🎧 Working Your Way Podcast\n 📱 LinkedIn\n\nDiscussed in this episode:\nThe emotional and practical challenges of raising a white son under patriarchy\nHow dating cishet men intersects with feminist values\nWhat men are “owed” by society (and what they aren’t)\nThe emotional cost of privilege and power\nEnneagram as a tool for understanding social roles\nWhite discomfort, male fragility, and the journey to awareness\nThe limits of \"burn it all down\" rhetoric\nSomatic therapy, internal safety, and how to actually do the work\nResources mentioned:\nSomatic Experiencing International practitioner directory\n“My Grandmother's Hands” by Resmaa Menakem\nEnneagram Institute\nThe Narrative Enneagram\n\n👉🏼 Sign up for Becky’s newsletter, Feminist Rants Are My Superpower, for more conversations that call in your heart and your brain: https://beckymollenkamp.com/rants\n\n 🎤 Proud member of the Feminist Podcasters Collective: http://feministpodcastcollective.com/","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}