{"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":"What It Means to Do the Work: Feminism Beyond the Hashtags (with Kim Romain)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3185,"description":"In this episode of Assigned Reading, Becky and Kim unpack Barbara Love’s essay on developing a liberatory consciousness. Using the framework of the “4 A’s”—Awareness, Analysis, Action, and Accountability—they reflect on the deeply personal work of moving from complicity to liberation. This episode explores queer identity, internalized oppression, white feminism, and how awareness shapes every step of meaningful change.This week’s text:✍️ “Developing a Liberatory Consciousness” by Barbara LoveThis week’s guest: Kim Romain is a seasoned coach, facilitator, and intuitive guide who supports high-achieving women and gender-expansive folks to embrace their inner knowing, get unshackled from grind culture, and create spacious, values-aligned lives.🌐 https://kimromain.com  🎧 https://anchor.fm/kimromain  📱 https://www.instagram.com/kimromain  Discussed in this episode:Barbara Love’s 4 A’s of liberatory consciousnessHow internalized oppression shows up in dominant and subordinate identitiesWhite saviorism and perfectionism in anti-racism workThe emotional process of coming out as queer later in lifeIntersectionality and identity overlapWhat liberatory embodiment *feels* like👉🏼 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🎤 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}