Podcast
Bite The Hand That Feeds You
Hosted by Isabella Yasmin Kajiwara · EN
On this pod, we critique and resist the representations of identity, culture, and politics that are being handed to us through the media, education, and all these other parts of society. We dare to create and imagine visions of reality that reject binary categories and attempts to simplify and dumb down what life really is. So to speak, we are here each week to BITE the hand that is feeding us all this information, especially while we’re all caught up in what is known as the misinformation age.
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BTHTFY Ep6: Ben and Jerry's Gets Served - The Scoop on Corporate Wokewashing
May 17, 202101:08:48Tap to summarizeI’m joined by Jana and Yara from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Palestine Society (@soaspalestinesociety) for this week’s episode. We unpack Ben and Jerry’s long-standing complicity and profitization off of Israel’s occupation of Palestine and the illegal settlement regime. Through the lens of an emerging phenomenon called ‘Corporate Woke-washing’, we discover how the ice cream company’s beloved ‘progressive’ infographics and branding are not quite what they seem. Linktree with resources can be found in the @bthtfypodcast Instagram bio. Graphic Designer for this week's cover art @lavenderwinters (Instagram)
Transcribe →BTHTFY Ep5: The Violence of Unveiling
Mar 21, 202101:10:32Tap to summarizeThe Swiss March 7th referendum to ban facial coverings in public, a campaign rooted in Islamophobic rhetoric, shows us there’s a little more to Switzerland than just cows, the alps and cheese. I’m joined by guest Imaan (@imaan.s.khan / @_peopleweshouldknow_) for this week’s episode. We unpack the islamophobic rhetoric and propaganda surrounding the proposal, the idea of feminist solidarity, and the realities of the direct democracy which Switzerland operates in. Linktree with resources can be found in the @bthtfypodcast Instagram bio. Have ideas for topics to discuss on the podcast? Know people who have important things to say? Inquiries and suggestions all via @bthtfypodcast DM.
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BTHTFY Ep4: Spilling the RoyalTEA
Mar 12, 202101:18:38Tap to summarizeSo Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Oprah, Tyler Perry, 'The Firm', and Racism all walk into a bar... I'm joined by Oghosa from the Ladies of Decorum Podcast for this week's episode. We unpack and analyse Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah; the media and public responses to it; the difference between the Royal Family, the 'Firm', the 'Institution', and the 'Firm of Eight'; and the colonial roots of the Royal Family. Linktree with resources can be found in the @bthtfypodcast Instagram bio. Have ideas for topics to discuss on the podcast? Know people who have important things to say? Inquiries and suggestions all via @bthtfypodcast DM. Guest: @ladiesofdecorum Music: okinawa bbq - mommy #podcasts #podcasts #podcasting #womenpodcasters #meghanmarkle #royalfamily #oprah #bitethehandthatfeedsyou #spotify #youtube #today #news
Transcribe →BTHTFY Ep3: Mari Cardenas - Anti-Blackness in Latinx Community, Hypersexualisation of WOC, Being a Student of Colour
Dec 14, 202001:37:48Tap to summarizeEpisode three has us blessed to hear Mari Cardenas - aka @onealaskanbullworm - speak on anti-Blackness and divisiveness in Latinx communities, the hypersexualisation of WOC, and her experience of being a student & activist of colour in a PWI (predominately white institution). BTHTFY Episodes drop every two weeks, full length on here & snippets on my IGTV @kajiifire. Comment below or DM suggestions/requests for topics, guests and music features! Also... check the Linktree in my Instagram bio to access my Patreon and links to articles/posts/resources mentioned throughout the episode. CREDS Research: Melinda Hewett (@mewwinda) Music: who knows by knxwledge
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BTHTFY Ep2: 'Mass Incarceration, the Prison Industrial Complex & Policing'
Nov 22, 202001:09:22Tap to summarizeFor our second episode of the series, @imaan.s.khan & I take on some of the most controversial, yet longstanding elements of our society - prisons and policing. In the past 40 years there has been a 500% increase in the populations of people in prisons and jails in the United States. But what guides this growth? We explore the role of the booming private prison industry & its built-in profit motive, the school-to-prison pipeline, as well as the hundreds of thousands of dollars it spends in political lobbying every year. Going even further, we get to the root question of why and how we as a society decided that prisons are the cornerstone of our justice systems in the first place. Why are they even needed? We talk the social contract, the history of torture in eighteenth century Europe, ‘Othering’ and national identity making, colonialism, SARS in Nigeria, and how the law enables all of this to happen. As always, the episodes drop when I drop em, full length on here & snippets on IGTV. Comment below or DM suggestions/requests for topics, guests, and music features! Also.. check the Linktree in my Instagram bio to access my Patreon and links to articles/posts/resources mentioned throughout the episode (allllll the receipts). Editing by nuttyluc Graphic by @amaanim_ Music - Do for Love instrumental (2pac) Peace x
Transcribe →BTHTFY Ep1: 'Se me caído una figura' - Celebrity and Cancel Culture
Nov 22, 202001:06:36Tap to summarizeThis week, @tokyobaby98 and I discuss all things related to Cancel Culture in this era of 'Celebrity.' 👀👀 List of items on this episode's BITE agenda include (but aren't limited to): the expansion of the definition of celebrity, misogynoir in hiphop and reggaeton, Kanye, Wiley, Katie Hopkins, the 'Halo Effect', Lana del Rey, Barack Obama, and much much more. The episodes will drop when I drop them, full length on here & snippets on IGTV. Comment below or DM suggestions/requests for topics, guests, and music features! Also...check the Linktree in my bio to access my Soundcloud, Patreon, and links to articles/posts/resources mentioned throughout the episode (allllll the receipts). Editing by nuttyluc Graphic by @_v.ri Music by Gatas - Vicious-Gatas Peace x
Transcribe →BTHTFY - 'For Starters'
Nov 22, 202000:06:14Tap to summarizeA lil introduction to the #BiteTheHandThatFeedsYou podcast, dropping episodes WHEN I WANT TO on here and snippets on IGTV. Comment below or DM me suggestions/requests for topics, guests, and music features !! Still working on a graphic for the pod so yall will have to enjoy this clip of mr man for now. 🖤🖤 Patreon link in bio. Editing - nuttyyluc Music - ‘Hilary Swank’ instrumental version by Joey Bada$$
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