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Feminist Crash Course: The First Wave of Feminism

39m · Year of the Slut · 29 Apr 01:00

You probably didn’t hear about these ladies in your high school history class, but you will now! Studying history and dissecting different methods used to dismantle the patriarchy seems pretty dry, right? Wrong! In this episode, we give a first wave crash course that you don’t need to pay thousands in tuition to learn, and it’s a juicy history. Want more reasons to be angry at generational oppression and silencing of all non-white voices? Go ahead and hit play.

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