Ms Informed Podcast | Mob wives, Stanley Cups, and Third Places.
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Shownotes
Teen Vogue on mob wives
Jarvis Johnson on Mob Wives Aesthetic
Mina Le on Stanley cups, Third places, and the epidemic of loneliness
Glamour UK on the Aesthetic taking over tik tok
Highsnobiety on Mob wives
This week’s distraction
This week’s distraction is the fact that everyone seems to be on strike in Germany.
Airport security staff, Lufthansa ground staff, train drivers, bus drivers and doctors have all been striking recently. Why? Three reasons: it’s Tarifvertrags-Saison” (collective labour agreement season), and a lot of employer’s and unions have not been able to agree on new contracts, secondly; the cost of living has gone up creating a need for higher wages, and lastly, the fact that more people are joining unions along with worker shortages mean they have more power and can negotiate more.
Olivia Logan outlines the situation over at iamexpat.de.
This week Madhvi read
This week Madhvi read We Were Feminists Once, by Andi Zeiler, in time for our bookclub coming up soon. Want to come? Email us msinformed.podcast@gmail.com - open to anyone who identifies as a woman.
This week Rina watched
This week Rina read Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin. Set in an inn in a small coastal town in Korea, this short but lovely novel was slightly odd but engaging to read.
This week’s inspiration
This week’s inspiration is MahboubaSeraj (Persian: محبوبه سراج) is an Afghan journalist and women's right activist.
In 1978, Seraj and her husband were put in prison by the Communist Party of Afghanistan and later that year declared persona non grata.She then left for the United States,at least initially New York City, and lived there in exile for some 26 years, before returning to Afghanistan in 2003. Following her return, she co-founded a number of organizations to address corruption, women and children's rights. Most notably as a member of the non-profit Afghan Women's Network, she has dedicated her cause to championing children's health, battling corruption and empowering victims of domestic violence. She is the creator and announcer of a radio program for women by the name of “Our Beloved Afghanistan by Mahbouba Seraj” which has been broadcast all over Afghanistan. She has also advocated for women to be part of the political discourse, through a National Action Plan, encouraged by UN Nations.
When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, Seraj refused to flee the country, deciding to remain in Kabul to continue to work with women and children.
She has launched many campaigns both inside and outside Afghanistan to end the hatred of Iranians towards Afghans. She currently runs and operates a secret and one of the last women’s shelter in Afghanistan!
Watch her speak here and learn more about her work features in this Vice documentary.