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Jen the Libertarian

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27:14

Book Review - How We Survived Communism And Even...

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/12/04

Before everyone starts ripping into the new book 'Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism' in earnest I though I'd do my review on the book you REALLY need to be reading to find out what life was like for women in the Soviet Union. I cannot recommend this book (and anything Slavenka Drakulic has written) enough. Go buy it. https://www.amazon.com/How-Survived-Communism-Even-Laughed/dp/0060975407

58:53

Border Shenanigans, Twitter BS, and The Thot Audit

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/11/30

Time to get back into the swing of the weekly news roundup things...we've got migrant caravan / border news, twitter nonsense and #ThotAudit to discuss. Link to Dara Lind's piece on metering - https://www.vox.com/2018/11/28/18089048/border-asylum-trump-metering-legally-ports Link to my episode on sex work / workers - http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/6860790

39:09

What's Up With All Those Black Men Who Voted Republican?

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/11/27

The unexpected Part 2 to "What The Hell Is Wrong With White Women?" but now it's the black men's turn! Still on the topic of the Georgia gubernatorial race but now it's the black men who voted for Kemp who are the bad guys. Link to the stupid dumb WaPo piece I'm discussing - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/23/whats-up-with-all-those-black-men-who-voted-republican-georgia-governors-race/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ec3e2619df03

36:47

The People You Can't Reach vs The People You Can Reach

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/11/20

Finally my promised follow up to my Kindly Inquisitors book review where I do a deep dive on the chapters 'The Fundamentalist Threat' and 'The Humanitarian Threat' and how when you're dealing with those who wish to limit free speech you need to understand what kind of person you're dealing with. Hint - there's two different kinds.

44:41

Asylum Ban, Title IX, and (possible) Criminal Justice...

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/11/18

This week was...not insane. There's actually some good news to report. I give a quick midterm update, get into the asylum ban that NOBODY ELSE IS TALKING ABOUT, the new Title IX guidelines, and the bipartisan criminal justice reform bill that NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT The three part The Atlantic piece from Emily Yoffe I referenced (red these!) https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/09/the-uncomfortable-truth-about-campus-rape-policy/538974/

47:13

What The Hell Is Wrong With White Women?!

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/11/15

White Ladies. We broke the glass ceiling. We beat the white men out on something. Go us. So you know I had to go in on the current "white women are the devil" narrative right? So here we are. Here's the Daily Beast piece in question - https://www.thedailybeast.com/dear-white-lady-what-are-you-doing-to-us

46:46

Midterm Winners and Losers, Sessions, and Acosta

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/11/09

Now that the midterms have come and gone we can focus on #2020 but first let's postmortem the midterms shall we? Let's also chat about Sessions' surprise "resignation" and the Very Stupid Acosta Story Recorded 10/8 - because the news happens so fast now I have to date stamp episodes now

24:20

How Capitalism Has Screwed Women Over

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/11/06

I had to go in on this ridiculous HuffPo piece. Had To. Spoiler alert - capitalism did not screw over women. Quite the opposite. #someidiotwrotethis Link to the HuffPo piece in question - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/capitalism-women-me-too-inequality_us_5bd1b5c8e4b0a8f17ef4ee5e

41:48

Violence, Deplatforming, Migrants, and Apu

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/11/03

Man I depressed the hell out of myself recording this week's news roundup. It was a pretty depressing week. I pick up where we left off on the mail bomber, talk about the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the deplatforming of Gab, the continuing migrant caravan insanity, and the death (?) of Apu. The Wired Cloudflare article I reference (read it!) - https://www.wired.com/story/free-speech-issue-cloudflare/

42:24

Book Review - The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A...

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/10/30

Here we are. My Chapo book review. It's probably not what you'd expect. No I'm not a socialist now (duh). If you are so inclined to read the book yourself - https://www.amazon.com/Chapo-Guide-Revolution-Manifesto-Against/dp/1501187287/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540860324&sr=8-2&keywords=chapo

48:57

The Saudis, Mobs, Immigrant Caravans, Bombs, and Beto

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/10/26

There's a lot going on right now. No really. A lot. I talk more about the Khashoggi situation and the broader implications, the Cocaine Mitch restaurant video, the immigrant caravan, the mail bombs, and why I hope Beto loses Just in case you've not seen the McConnell video - http://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/

17:57

It's OK To Vote Third Party (Or Not At All!)

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/10/23

The Most Important Election Ever is upon us and I wanted to give a bit of a morale boost to my third party peeps (even the non-Libertarian ones) and *gasp* my non voters. Remember, it's OK to vote third party. Or not at all. It's your choice.

48:46

Midterms, A Fake Indian, And A Dead Journalist

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/10/19

I talk a bit (well actually a lot) about the upcoming midterms, the Warren DNA nonsense and the Khashoggi tragedy Link to Nancy's piece - https://reason.com/archives/2018/10/16/the-complex-childish-identity-politics-o

32:51

Confessions of a Gender Traitor

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/10/12

It is I, a married white woman who does not #believeallwomen or thinks that men are scum. I am a gender traitor. And damn proud of it. OK in seriousness I talk about the insane NYT "White Women, Come Get Your People" opinion piece. Link to said piece - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/opinion/lisa-murkowski-susan-collins-kavanaugh.html Soave's Title IX piece I reference (read it!) - https://reason.com/blog/2018/10/09/uc-davis-title-ix-me-too-sex-hook-up

09:55

Book Review - Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on...

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/10/09

It's book review time again, this time I go in the way back machine to review Kindly Inquisitors by Jonathan Rauch. You need this book. Amazon link - https://www.amazon.com/Kindly-Inquisitors-Attacks-Thought-Expanded/dp/022614593X?crid=2PL5LX287ANGU&keywords=kindly+inquisitors%2C+jonathan+rauch&qid=1539041608&sprefix=Kindly+%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-1-fkmrnull&ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1

33:38

How To Talk To The Women In Your Life Right Now

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/10/05

No. I couldn't let this piece slide past without comment. I do a deep dive on the GQ "How to Talk to the Women in Your Life Right Now" nonsense that dropped this past week. Link if you're so inclined to read along - https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-talk-to-the-women-in-your-life-right-now

42:52

The Kavanaugh Fallout

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/10/04

I want to talk less about the minute by minute of the Kavanaugh situation and more about the damage this whole thing has done. I start picking through the wreckage to discuss the ways in which I think this has been so insanely damaging to everything everywhere. It's bad fam.

01:11:13

The Kavanaugh Situation Pt 2

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/09/29

This past week has been pure insanity. So I documented it, from last Thursday until late Friday, and of course my thoughts on it. Archive this so you can play it for your children and grandchildren. They won't believe you if you try to explain it to them. ICYMI here's Lindsay Graham popping off during the Kavanaugh hearing - https://youtu.be/RTBxPPx62s4

12:46

Book Review - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a...

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/09/23

Something different for you guys....I read books. Like a lot of books. so I thought maybe I'd share my thoughts on some of the books I read with you guys so that maybe you too will be interested in reading the books. Let me know what you think. If you do want to read Bad Blood go here! - https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Blood-Secrets-Silicon-Startup/dp/152473165X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1537743475&sr=8-1

44:02

The Kavanaugh Situation

Jen the Libertarian ·

2018/09/20

You know I Have Thoughts on this. I break down the timeline, the aftermath, and the general gross disgusting depressing hellscape that has resulted from all of this. Link to the Prager piece (my bad it was published on National Review first) - https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-accusations-should-be-ignored/ Link to the WaPo Ford piece

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