Writer Jia Tolentino: Feminism, Fatalism, and the Ego-Death of Motherhood

All Ears with Abigail Disney

This week on All Ears, Abby is joined by NYT bestselling author and New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino. Before working at the New Yorker, Jia was a writer and editor at Jezebel and The Hairpin. She’s devoted her career and her unique voice to writing about a wide variety of cultural and social issues, including America’s ever-changing relationship to feminism, abortion, Britney Spears’ conservatorship, and what it means to walk away from a religion. In this week’s conversation with Abby, she discusses what it’s like being a new mother, the persistent failures of capitalism, and the urgent need for collective action on climate change. Tune in for a fun and stimulating conversation about what kind of world she hopes her daughter will get to grow up in.
EPISODE LINKS
The New Yorker Contributors: Jia Tolentino
Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston (The New Yorker)
How To Blow Up A Pipeline by Andreas Malm
Trick Mirror: Reflections On Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
Why Andrea Dworkin Is The Radical Visionary Feminist We Need In Our Terrible (The Guardian)
Before #MeToo There Was Catherine A. MacKinnon (NYT)
The Daphne Foundation Website
Fight for $15 Website
Ask a Sane Person: Jia Tolentino on Practicing the Discipline of Hope (Interview Magazine)
Athleisure, Barre And Kale: The Tyranny Of The Ideal Woman (The Guardian)