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“I had not known about Ana Mendieta. The podcast is compelling and important for bringing to light millennia-old universal violence against women by men. I object, however, to obsessively racializing this violence throughout the piece. The narrator comes off as a penitent and self-flagellating ‘white’ woman who believes she is not the target of similar or more extensive violence against her based on identity. ‘White’ is not a monolith, is fluid and historically manipulated for whatever group benefits from the definition— Greeks and Italians and French-Canadians etc. were not considered ‘white’ until recently in history: the group ‘white’ is comprised of diverse ethnic minorities. To be Ukrainian is different than to be Québécois than to be Italian, than to be Greek, than to be Polish, than to be Irish, etc.— all groups, which have experienced colonization or genocide or systemic bigotry, or have been the victims of eugenics, etc. etc. By perpetuating this monolith myth, we divide women and societies and steamroll over unique and vulnerable ethnic minorities, who still struggle with legacies of great violence perpetrated against them. Furthermore, this podcast completely glosses over the fact that women who fall into this category ‘white’ are the greatest victims, numbers-wise, in the US and Canada, of the kind of violence this podcast explores. Laken Riley; Linda Frickey; Jen Angel; Madison Brooks; Eliza Fletcher; Karen Baker; Christi Spicuzza— just a few ‘white’ women recently murdered by men who are not white. The refusal of this podcast to give voice to this inconvenient reality makes the silence surrounding these victims’ murders that much more menacing.”
FrancoBidd via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/26/24
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“Please do not let this be your one and only podcast. You have more to say, and an audience hoping to support you. I learned so, so much listening to this series. Thank you very much!”
NYTreview via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/17/23
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“It doesn’t matter if your interest is Art, true-crime, or just a compelling story - this podcast is it.”
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United States of America ·
10/23/22
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“This is an important story that needs to be told (albeit by a some times tedious narrator) BUT the ads are AWFUL and endless…and this is from a person that fast forwarded through all of them! I don’t think I’ve ever heard a podcast with so many ads. Anyway, “lock him up!””
ESgbxhi via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/21/22
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