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Elizabeth Boyd & Margaret Freeman: Why has Southern beauty persisted, maintaining power & privilege?

By admin on August 14, 2022

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24050556/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/191970/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]We have a special treat for you today! Today we have two guests on a very similar topic. The first is Margaret L. Freeman, author of “Women of Discriminating Taste: White Sororities and the Marking of American Ladyhood”, which examines the role of historically white sororities in the shaping of white womanhood in the twentieth century. We did a whole show a while back on the book, episode 104. We also have with us Elizabeth Boyd, author of the brand new book called “Southern Beauty: Race, Ritual, and Memory in the Modern South”, which explains a curiosity: why a feminine ideal rooted in the nineteenth century continues to enjoy currency well into the twenty-first. Elizabeth Boyd examines how the continuation of certain gender rituals in the American South has served to perpetuate racism, sexism, and classism. Special discount code 08AUEV on the brand new book called “Southern Beauty”. It’ll provide our listeners with a 30% discount on the new book when you purchase it on the UGA Press website.

In episode 285 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Southern Studies has been such a focus for Elizabeth Boyd, why we see racist themes recurring over history – especially in the South, why white southern womanhood has remained a valued performance, what changes are being made to prevent discriminatory behavior, why southern beauty has persisted above all other symbols of power and privilege, how we need leadership to take a stance in order to protect marginalized communities, how we can acknowledge our history and then make meaningful change going forward, and how big a role sororities have played in the grassroots conservative movement of the twentieth century.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQxarIa5mBs

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Amy Chea: What can we do to end anti-Asian and Asian-American racism?

By admin on March 17, 2021

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18363227/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/191970/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]Amy Chea currently serves as the NYC Program Officer and Small Business Advisor for the Early Care and Education team at the Low Income Investment Fund. Her passions include helping children and families reach their full potential, supporting early childhood leaders in their work, and advocating for racial equity and social justice.

In episode #131 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why UConn was the right choice for Amy, why Kappa Alpha Theta was the best fit, what has happened at Baruch College since the fraternity hazing death in 2013, more about Amy’s father who overcome an authoritarian and genocidal government in Cambodia and COVID-19, what it felt like when the first female Vice President (and the first Black and South Asian woman) was sworn in, the long and horrific history of discrimination against Asians in the United States, what we can we do to ensure equality, liberate all oppressed communities, and be an advocate in the fight for anti-racism, what happened when she tried to distribute copies of “So you want to talk about race” at a former job, and what Ruth Bader Ginsburg means to Amy. We even find out her favorite restaurants in New York City!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEPog8pAYeA

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Margaret L. Freeman: What are the details about sorority history beyond the founders?

By admin on December 4, 2020

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/17065985/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/191970/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]Welcome to episode # 104 of Fraternity Foodie! Today we have with us Margaret L. Freeman, author of the latest book to hit the shelves called Women of Discriminating Taste: White Sororities and the Making of American Ladyhood.

Margaret is a trained writer, researcher, and cultural historian. She completed undergraduate studies in history and anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and received a masters in Public History from North Carolina State University and a doctorate in American Studies from the College of William & Mary. She has taught college courses in American Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Sociology. She also worked as a Jill of all trades in humanities nonprofits.

We find out why Margaret chose UNC Chapel Hill for her undergraduate experience, more about her experience in a NPC sorority, the motivation to examine the role of historically white sororities in the shaping of white womanhood in the twentieth century, the selection of new members on the basis of social class, religion, race, or physical attractiveness, the differences between organizations primarily based in the South versus the North, the history of contemporary sororities’ difficult campus relationships, differences in approach between fraternities and sororities in terms of managing all of this, and her findings on Heterosocializing in White College Sororities in a chapter of a book called Rethinking Campus Life: New Perspectives on the History of College Students in the United States. We also find out her favorite seafood spot in Portland, Maine! Enjoy.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlTkmcq_7Bs

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Race, equity, inclusion – and religion – in Historically Jewish Fraternities/Sororities

By admin on July 7, 2020

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/15121961/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/191970/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]This was a live Zoom event that was recorded on July 7, 2020 to discuss race, equity, inclusion – and religion – in historically Jewish fraternities and sororities. For the first 45 minutes, we had a discussion for all attendees with the following panelists: Libby Anderson, CAE (Chief Executive Officer, Zeta Beta Tau), Laurence Bolotin, CAE, M.Ed (Executive Director, AJC Chicago), Alyssa Gorenberg (Housing Board Member, Delta Phi Epsilon), and Alex Tate (2019 – 2020 Chapter President of Zeta Beta Tau at the University of Memphis).

Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dd-RIjR9cg