Female Fear Factory: The Podcast
You have experienced it on an empty street at night, on a crowded bus, at work, in worship centers, lecture halls, or even at parties. You felt it when you doubted yourself; when you stopped yourself from taking that walk at night; when you feared the force of your own desire, obsessed about how you look, or let the fear of financial death trap you in a bad relationship. This is the Female Fear Factory. Female Fear Factory: The Podcast is inspired by the ground-breaking book, Female Fear Factory: Unravelling Patriarchy’s Cultures of Violence by award-winning author and renowned feminist scholar, Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola. The Female Fear Factory speaks to the different ways in which the patriarchy produces fear in people socialised as female globally. Gathering first-hand stories about females’ experience of fear, this podcast highlights the reality of how fear is nurtured within them, how it has shaped their lives, and how they are breaking free from it. For this podcast series, we have put together a line-up of diverse personalities, professions, and nationalities to represent the myriad of experiences across the globe. We hear from the author herself, Pumla Dineo Gqola, Chitra Nagarajan, Natalia Molebatsi and more. Join us as we go from South Africa to Sri Lanka, India to Iran and learn the many ways that the patriarchal fear factory manifests across culture, generation, religion, and location. Female Fear Factory: Unravelling Patriarchy’s Cultures of Violence is out now https://bit.ly/3DqUrFn
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Episodes
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
In this episode, founder of Ere Wellness, Karina Karunwi takes us back to her childhood, reflecting on growing up in an all-girl household and society’s judgement, her journey with image perception and eating disorder which inspired her business in the wellness industry.
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
In this episode, South African writer, poet, and singer, Natalia Molebatsi talks about her early encounter with feared spaces, inherited toxic masculinity, victim blaming, safe spaces and the power of community.
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
This episode features activist, researcher and writer, Chitra Nagarajan.
In telling her story of the fear factory, Nagarajan reflects on her first experience of gender based violence from street harassment, the culture of silence, adult and child relations, what this means for young girls and more.
Female Fear Factory is published by Cassava Republic Press https://bit.ly/3DqUrFn
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
In this episode, author, Pumla Dineo Gqola takes us through her lived experience of the fear factory. The South African academic, writer, and gender activist reflects on the inspiration behind coining “Female Fear Factory” and rape culture. Gqola illustrates how the factory works to weaponise fear as a form of control.
Female Fear Factory is published by Cassava Republic Press https://bit.ly/3DqUrFn
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Inspired by the book, Female Fear Factory by Pumla Dineo Gqola, this podcast is a space where people share their experience with fear inherited from the systems designed to keep certain people from stepping into the joy of their personhood.
On this podcast, you will hear about when fear has hacked and when communities heal.
Female Fear Factory is published by Cassava Republic Press https://bit.ly/3DqUrFn