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“I liked it a lot in many ways. Echoing a lot of others, it’s provides a refreshing and needed perspective. My reason for not giving it 5 stars - I feel like a better job could have been done of contextualizing the use of dated terminology for sex workers and explaining why this language was (and is) harmful.
Because I appreciated the podcast, I feel more invested to come here to say that it is misguided to provide a feminist reading while using language that further perpetuates harm towards sex workers, women, and other marginalized people historically and at present.
I also wish the pod spent less time trying to prove that the majority of the women were not sex workers instead of exploring the ways in which violence towards women and sex workers are linked as they stem from the same oppressive systems. It spends so much time speculating about this that I started to wonder if it was falling into the same trap of believing there are indeed “ideal victims”.
The thesis that the victims were not sex workers seems just as speculative, futile, and dehumanizing as prioritizing the identity of the ripper. Would we focalize the conversation around the “profession” of the victims in such a way if they were all mythologized to be miners or teachers?
A more interesting thesis to me would move away from speculation and into what we know: the ways that violence against women and femmes was (and is) compounded by class, disability, and other intersections. I’m interested in the thesis that explores the ways in which this is a story about addiction perpetuated by intergenerational trauma. The ways in which assault could (and can) be discredited based on a man’s assessment of your physical appearance (and how the attitudes of a Victorian police officer can be espoused by a modern day US president). The ways in which violence against people of colour would not have made the news.
It’s funny how we can synonymize the Victorian era with regressive attitudes when much of our culture reuses, reshapes, and recycles the same social mores. I liked the pod best when it touched on these truths. Either way, a good podcast worth the listen.”
sofiebee via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
12/16/21
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“A thoughtful and insightful podcast, as relevant to today’s news as then. Highly recommend!”
millieinnocenti via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/08/21
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“This is a great podcast about the victims of Jack the Ripper. About the victims, the people (mostly women) who are often forgotten or reduced to what happened to them. The perpetrators are more important it seems. A great problem still today!”
Monikke67 via Apple Podcasts ·
Netherlands ·
10/23/21
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“Great to hear about the rest of the story surrounding Jack the Ripper. The host is a true historian. Real historians examine all aspects of a moment in time, not just the juicy bits. All those who criticize her for this are not true historians.”
Funmom6870 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/19/21
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