What It Means to Do the Work: Feminism Beyond the Hashtags (with Kim Romain)
Assigned Reading with Becky Mollenkamp: Conversations about Feminist Essays
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In this episode of Assigned Reading, Becky and Kim unpack Barbara Love’s essay on developing a liberatory consciousness. Using the framework of the “4 A’s”—Awareness, Analysis, Action, and Accountability—they reflect on the deeply personal work of moving from complicity to liberation. This episode explores queer identity, internalized oppression, white feminism, and how awareness shapes every step of meaningful change.
This week’s text:
✍️ “Developing a Liberatory Consciousness” by Barbara Love
This week’s guest: Kim Romain is a seasoned coach, facilitator, and intuitive guide who supports high-achieving women and gender-expansive folks to embrace their inner knowing, get unshackled from grind culture, and create spacious, values-aligned lives.
📱 https://www.instagram.com/kimromain
Discussed in this episode:
- Barbara Love’s 4 A’s of liberatory consciousness
- How internalized oppression shows up in dominant and subordinate identities
- White saviorism and perfectionism in anti-racism work
- The emotional process of coming out as queer later in life
- Intersectionality and identity overlap
- What liberatory embodiment *feels* like
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