Messy Liberation: Feminist Conversations about Politics and Pop Culture

De: Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown
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  • Join feminist coaches Taina Brown and Becky Mollenkamp for casual (and often deep) conversations about business, current events, politics, pop culture, and more. We’re not perfect activists or allies! These are our real-time, messy feminist perspectives on the world around us. This podcast is for you if you find yourself asking questions like: • Why is feminism important today? • What is intersectional feminism? • Can capitalism be ethical? • What does liberation mean? • Equity vs. equality — what's the difference and why does it matter? • What does a Trump victory mean for my life? • What is mutual aid? • How do we engage in collective action? • Can I find safety in community? • What's a feminist approach to ... ? • What's the feminist perspective on ...?
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Episodios
  • Finding Joy When Everything Sucks
    May 5 2025




    In this episode of Messy Liberation, Becky and Taina go deep on how to stay informed and engaged without burning out. They talk about the importance of limiting your news intake, ditching moral judgment about productivity, and embracing self-care that actually nourishes you (hint: it’s not a face mask). From managing chronic illness to laughing in the face of despair, they explore how joy, pleasure, and tiny acts of resistance keep us rooted—and keep us going.

    Discussed in This Episode:

    • Why reducing your news intake can be life-saving
    • The somatic signs of stress and how to listen to them
    • Embracing tiny, doable actions over giant to-do lists
    • Letting go of capitalist ideas of productivity and morality
    • Why hobbies like gardening and sourdough are revolutionary
    • Finding joy as a radical act of resistance
    • How to build community in hard times
    • Defining self-care on your own terms

    Resources Mentioned:

    • Bulwark Takes podcast
    • “How to Keep House While Drowning” by KC Davis
    • Taina’s free values guide:
    • Becky’s new podcast, Assigned Reading


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    53 m
  • No Gatekeepers, No Girl Bosses: We’re Building the Coaching Community We Always Wanted
    Apr 28 2025




    Becky and Taina are pulling back the curtain on the newest thing they’re building together: the Messy Liberation Coaches Circle—a community for people who coach (formally or informally) and want to practice coaching through a liberatory, feminist, and anti-capitalist lens. In this episode, they share the messy, honest backstory of how the group evolved from a free meet-up into a paid space—and why that change was necessary for sustainability and reciprocity.


    They talk about what makes the circle different from other coaching programs (no formulas, no gatekeeping, no 5K price tags), and what members can expect: co-working, spotlight support sessions, book club, and a whole lot of community care. They also share their dreams for what might come next—including pop-ups, co-op style referrals, and collective funds to redistribute resources. If you’ve been looking for a coaching space that feels more real, this might be it.

    💬 Discussed in this episode:

    • Why community without boundaries becomes unsustainable
    • The difference between commerce and capitalism (and why this isn’t capitalist)
    • Becky’s Enneagram 6 “community builder as trauma response” moment
    • Sliding scale pricing and our approach to equitable access
    • Taina’s vision for mutual aid inside a coaching community
    • Co-creating a group instead of playing expert at the front of the room
    • How we’re modeling what we believe about leadership and liberation
    • What you actually get in the Coaches Circle
    • Building the business you want—without doing it alone
    • Our shared obsession with reciprocity, co-working, and subverting norms


    📚 Resources mentioned:

    • Messy Liberation Coaches Circle
    • “Emergent Strategy” by adrienne maree brown
    • “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron
    • “The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance” by Robin Wall Kimmerer
    • Feminist Podcasters Collective
    • Wandering Aimfully by Jason & Caroline Zook

    We hope you'll check out Good Grief with Nikki the Death Doula and subscribe. We're both proud members of the Feminist Podcasters Collective.

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    53 m
  • Small Anti-Fascist Actions With Big Impact: Snail Mail, Swaps, and Solidarity
    Apr 22 2025




    Feeling helpless about the state of the world? Same. In this episode, Becky and Taina serve up a spicy mix of rage and real talk about how to practice anti-fascism and anti-capitalism without burning yourself out. From mailing junk to the White House as protest (yes, really!) to joining tool libraries and neighborhood swaps, they share ideas that are affordable, actionable, and rooted in mutual aid.


    They also go in hard on billionaires-in-space propaganda (👀 looking at you, Jeff Bezos), talk about why libraries are the ultimate resistance tool, and share fanfic-fueled joy as an act of defiance. This isn’t doomscrolling—it’s action-based community care for when you’re feeling powerless but still want to make a damn difference.


    Discussed In This Episode:

    • What “anti-fascist action” actually means (spoiler: you don’t need a pitchfork)
    • How to use Project Maelstorm to flood the system with snail mail resistance
    • Mutual aid ideas that cost little or nothing
    • Why local libraries are radical tools of liberation
    • Critiquing the billionaire joyride to space
    • Building community with lending libraries, swaps, and shared skills
    • Saying “fuck it” to performative feminism and embracing real-life impact

    We hope you'll check out Good Grief with Nikki the Death Doula and subscribe. We're both proud members of the Feminist Podcasters Collective.

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    46 m
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