This week we're breaking the first two rules and talking about Fight Club with the amazing veteran podcaster Elana Levin. Raz was getting over COVID so their voice is a little rough, but we had a great time talking about this classic movie, which actually has some decent lessons for organizing. And a lot of very powerful anti-lessons too. We got into the queerness of this film (happy Pride Month!), how it's been embraced by the manosphere and evangelical Christians, how to keep your movement from turning into a death cult, and Brad Pitt's power over straight men (we even got Elana's husband, a certified Straight Man, to weigh in on the latter).

Elana's podcast is Graphic Policy Radio.

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Things we mention in this episode:

Vice Article: https://www.vice.com/en/article/paeg89/how-fight-club-became-the-ultimate-handbook-for-mens-rights-activists

Evangelical fight clubs: https://mensfight.club/

Elana's tweet: https://twitter.com/elana_brooklyn/status/1218562941982773249

Lit Hub article: https://lithub.com/everyone-misunderstands-the-point-of-fight-club/

Barbara Kruger piece: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/intricate-rituals

This episode was produced by Raz Pollex and edited by Ross West.

This week we're talking about the Black Panthers and COINTELPRO. How do you make change in a system that's designed to make that impossible? Yep, it's a lot. But we loved this movie and loved talking about it. Also, what DO you do with your face when someone is reading you their poetry? We need to know.

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This week we're talking about Aaron Sorkin's test run for The West Wing, The American President, with our first guest: the amazing feminist organizer Shelby Knox. But first, we take some time to talk about last week's leak of the SCOTUS decision striking down Roe v Wade, and what we (and you) can do about it. Then (11:26) we get into the American President, a rom com about a suspiciously popular president falling in love with a "professional political operative." We touch on political movies' tendency to prize rhetoric over action, the importance of coalitions, and the outsized impact of the spotted owl (yes, that spotted owl). There's also a LOT of West Wing talk.

Abortion resources mentioned in the episode:

Go to https://www.ineedana.com if you need to find abortion care.

@RBraceySherman on Twitter is a great source of information on medical (pill) abortion and stories about real people who have had abortions.

Give money and/or time to abortion funds! Go to https://abortionfunds.org/funds/ to find an abortion fund to give to and/or volunteer with.

If you want to get involved in organizing to protect abortion in your state, find a local group. NARAL is definitely NOT the only group that does this but they have chapters in most states: https://www.prochoiceamerica.org

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This episode was produced by Raz Pollex and edited by Ross West.