{"podcast":{"title":"Feminism, Fascism, and the Future","slug":"feminism-fascism-and-the-future-6713092","podcast_index_feed_id":6713092,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e76d977c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://sites.middlebury.edu/feminismfascismfuture/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38727191/38727191-1717442729220-e3e9bd92013c7.jpg","author":"Laurie Essig","episode_count":36,"summary":"This podcast was born out of fear of the future and out of a deep and abiding belief that feminism can save us. We are hoping these episodes will motivate you to organize and fight back as feminists for all marginalized bodies, which is to say, the bodies targeted by fascism. By connecting the dots and seeing how this fascism operates by making us the enemy, but also by trying to get us to fight one another, we hope to change the future. One feminist episode at a time. Special thanks to the team, Laurie Essig, Alison Segar, Harper Nichols, El Fahey, Daisy Kulina, Ruthie Brown, and many more!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T04:20:51.113745+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/feminism-fascism-and-the-future-6713092"},"episode":{"title":"12. No Fat Soldiers - The Fascist War on the Body","slug":"12-no-fat-soldiers-the-fascist-war-on-the-body","published_at":"2026-01-19T21:06:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/feminism-fascism-and-the-future-6713092/12-no-fat-soldiers-the-fascist-war-on-the-body","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/feminism-fascism-and-the-future-6713092","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/feminismfascismfuture/episodes/12--No-Fat-Soldiers---The-Fascist-War-on-the-Body-e3dt050","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e76d977c/podcast/play/114245216/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-19%2F416435022-44100-2-0e8306d0ccccf.m4a","summary":"In this episode we dive into the aesthetics of fascism, Mar-a-Lago face, Hegseth’s “no fat generals” speech, and the racialized histories of fatphobia. We interviewed professors Caroline Heldman and Julie Cassiday to explore how fascist regimes past and present use the body as a site of control to enforce ideas about who belongs and who is targeted. The fascist body must be strong, fit, highly gender differentiated, and containing NO FAT, because fat becomes a sign of excess, lack of discipline, and weakness within fascism. But, as we know, these fascist times can also generate spaces of hope and resistance, needed now more than ever.","meta_description":"In this episode we dive into the aesthetics of fascism, Mar-a-Lago face, Hegseth’s “no fat generals” speech, and the racialized histories of fatphobia. We…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3731,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/feminism-fascism-and-the-future-6713092/episodes/12-no-fat-soldiers-the-fascist-war-on-the-body/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/feminism-fascism-and-the-future-6713092/12-no-fat-soldiers-the-fascist-war-on-the-body.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}