What’s that? Another bonus episode??? Kind of! On September 22 (I say October in the episode and I’m too lazy to go back and fix it, but it was September) I launched my new book, A Sentimental Education, at Iron Dog Books. The launch took the form of a conversation between me, Minelle Mahtani (Associate … Continue reading Bonus Episode: A Sentimental Education

The podcast theme song is “Mesh Shirt” by Mom Jeans off their album “Chub Rub.” Listen to the whole album here or learn more about them here. Follow me @hkpmcgregor and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda. The additional music in this episode came from blue dot sessions; you heard the tracks Drone Pine, Thoughtless, Vik Fence Lardha, and … Continue reading Bonus Episode: Burning Out

In this, the final episode of Secret Feminist Agenda, I sat down with Eugenia Zuroski to talk about hope, planifestos, collectivity, mentorship, and where we know from. As far as final conversations go, this one felt absolutely perfect. Here are some links! Learn more about Gena’s work on her website, by following her on Twitter, … Continue reading Episode 4.30 Thinking Intergenerationally Toward a Future with Eugenia Zuroski

The podcast theme song is “Mesh Shirt” by Mom Jeans off their album “Chub Rub.” Listen to the whole album here or learn more about them here. Follow me @hkpmcgregor and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda. Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First … Continue reading Episode 4.29 Saying No! Again! Forever!

Brace yourself for the lively energy of an interviewer who has been pandemic-isolated for too long and an interviewee who really just wants to talk about reality television. I sat down with author and person-I-want-to-trick-into-being-my-IRL-friend andrea bennett to talk about their new book, Like a Boy but Not a Boy, out now with Arsenal Pulp … Continue reading Episode 4.28 Welcoming the Roasting of the TikTok Youth with andrea bennett

The podcast theme song is “Mesh Shirt” by Mom Jeans off their album “Chub Rub.” Listen to the whole album here or learn more about them here. Follow me @hkpmcgregor and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda. Want to email me about your killjoy survival kit? Send it to secretfeministagenda(at)gmail(dot)com. Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah … Continue reading Episode 4.27 Asking For Help (Again)

In this episode I sat down (virtually, of course) with Lily Cho to talk about feminist mentorship, the importance of boundaries, and trying to make change from within institutions. What if mentorship wasn’t based on intimacy but on clear boundaries and structures? What if the best way to transform the university is to really understand … Continue reading Episode 4.26 Becoming “The Man” with Lily Cho

The podcast theme song is “Mesh Shirt” by Mom Jeans off their album “Chub Rub.” Listen to the whole album here or learn more about them here. Follow me @hkpmcgregor and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda. Want to email me about your killjoy survival kit? Send it to secretfeministagenda(at)gmail(dot)com. Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah … Continue reading Episode 4.25 Mentorship

I’m back from a much-needed hiatus and ready to jump into the final half-dozen episodes of season four, starting with a doozy. I talked to Vivek Shraya and Cicely Belle Blain about Vivek’s imprint VS Books, Cicely’s new book Burning Sugar, and the importance of mentorship. Also, dinosaurs. Also, links: You can read Audre Lorde’s … Continue reading Episode 4.24 Providing Some Helpful Discomfort with Cicely Belle Blain and Vivek Shraya

The podcast theme song is “Mesh Shirt” by Mom Jeans off their album “Chub Rub.” Listen to the whole album here or learn more about them here. Follow me @hkpmcgregor and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda. Want to email me about your killjoy survival kit? Send it to secretfeministagenda(at)gmail(dot)com. Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah … Continue reading Episode 4.23 Being a Demon Bitch About Justice

This week I sat down virtually with Sean Lee, Director of Programming at Tangled Art + Disability, to talk about radically accessible curation, the transformative possibilities of disability as disruption, and the exciting work of Tangled and Bodies in Translation. So many links! To learn more about Tangled Art + Disability, check out recent exhibits … Continue reading Episode 4.22 Disability Art is the Last Avant-Garde with Sean Lee

The podcast theme song is “Mesh Shirt” by Mom Jeans off their album “Chub Rub.” Listen to the whole album here or learn more about them here. Follow me @hkpmcgregor and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda. Want to email me about your killjoy survival kit? Send it to secretfeministagenda(at)gmail(dot)com. Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah … Continue reading Episode 4.21 Introducing the Amplify Podcast Network

In this very special cross-over episode, I’m talking to Stacey Copeland, audio producer extraordinaire and the project manager of the SpokenWeb Podcast, which I also host! We talk about our feminist scholarly awakenings, the gendered policing of women’s voices, what queer media sounds like, and why we should be listening to archival audio more. Here … Continue reading Episode 4.20 Producing Queer Media with Stacey Copeland

The podcast theme song is “Mesh Shirt” by Mom Jeans off their album “Chub Rub.” Listen to the whole album here or learn more about them here. Follow me @hkpmcgregor and tweet about the podcast using #SecretFeministAgenda. Want to email me about your killjoy survival kit? Send it to secretfeministagenda(at)gmail(dot)com. Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah … Continue reading Episode 4.19 Listening

Another bonus episode coming at you! This one was recorded on April 4, 2019 at Mount Royal University and features me and Siobhan McMenemy interviewing one another about our collaborative work on peer reviewing podcasts. I don’t think there are a lot of links to add beyond that link to our own work, but I … Continue reading Bonus Episode: Secret Feminist Agenda and Peer Reviewing Podcasts at Mount Royal University

This week I’m talking to evaluation consultant and podcaster Carolyn Camman about radicalizing the apocalypse, queering objectivity, learning to listen to our bodies, and what the heck evaluation actually is. I learned a ton from this conversation, and I think you will, too! Here are some links! To learn more about Carolyn, read this recent … Continue reading Episode 4.18 Running out of F***s to Give with Carolyn Camman

Those of you who have been following along at home probably already know this, but Secret Feminist Agenda is part of a collaborative project with Wilfrid Laurier University Press looking at ways to edit and evaluate podcasts as a form of scholarly communication. The first two seasons of the podcast received an open peer review, … Continue reading Bonus Episode: Response to Review of Season 3

Those of you who have been following along at home probably already know this, but Secret Feminist Agenda is part of a collaborative project with Wilfrid Laurier University Press looking at ways to edit and evaluate podcasts as a form of scholarly communication. The first two seasons of the podcast received an open peer review, … Continue reading Bonus Episode: Season 3 Peer Review of Secret Feminist Agenda

The interview with David Kessler is called “That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief.” If you’re doing some SFA relistening, I recommend slowing down, getting into sourdough, and embracing laziness/eating the rich. You can find my tweet about academic workaholism and the many wonderful responses to it here. I don’t know if I have a whole … Continue reading Episode 4.17 It’s Okay Not to Be Okay

Welcome to the first of a whole series of bonus episodes coming your way over the next few weeks! This one is a fireside chat with Dr. Alex Ketchum, recorded as part of the Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies Speakers and Workshop Series. If you’d prefer to watch this as a video, you … Continue reading Bonus Episode: Fireside Chat with Alex Ketchum

The original plan was for Kai Cheng Thom and I to talk while she was in town to deliver the keynote at the Growing Room literary festival, but plans change, don’t they? So we talked on Skype instead, about creative ways to sustain communities in midst of crisis, the importance of choosing love, and the … Continue reading Episode 4.16 Choosing Love with Kai Cheng Thom

Here’s the original post by Sofie Hagen on reclaiming #WorldObesityDay Here’s why “Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong” And here’s what went into this week’s killjoy survival kit: The Open Letter from students opposing the suspension of the Graduate Option in Gender and Women’s Studies at McGill The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson Girl Zines: Making … Continue reading Episode 4.15 #WorldObesityDay

Last week I went to Iron Dog Books after hours to hang out with co-owner Hilary Atleo and talk about settler-colonial mind-f***s, problematic favs, the pleasures of queer feminist sci-fi, why cities thrive on independent arts businesses, and whether or not grapefruits have gotten sweeter. Here are some links! If you want to learn more … Continue reading Episode 4.14 #Mood with Hilary Atleo

Anne Helen Petersen’s “How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation” Alyssa Hull’s “Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse” Donna Haraway’s Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene Some more context/background on hopepunk Sara Ahmed’s Willful Subjects Lauren Berlant’s Cruel Optimism The Sandy & Nora podcast! The online Queer Zine … Continue reading Episode 4.13 Empathy Fatigue & Hopepunk