Episode 69: The E-Bike Radicalization of Jessica Valenti
Added 2021-09-21 11:49:00 +0000 UTCHey all! We're back with a new episode recorded in the studio with a special guest, Jessica Valenti. We hope you find it informative and fun. Another episode is on its way, along with a bonus ep just for you all.
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Jessica Valenti, the noted feminist writer, was curious about e-bikes. So, as one does, she posted a question about them to Twitter. Thus began her path to radicalization. After buying an e-bike of her own, she quickly found how life-changing it was — a not uncommon feeling among the converted. A lifelong New Yorkers, Jessica found that riding an e-bike changed her perspective on the city and offered her new insight on being a woman in public space. In this spirited and far-reaching conversation, Jessica talks about e-bikes as vehicles of feminist empowerment, means of escaping harassment and good plain fun. Plus, we dig into history and discuss the similarities between the “resting bitch face” of today and the “bicycle face” of the late 1800s.
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Learn more about Jessica Valenti. (JessicaValenti.com)
Thanks to riding an e-bike, Jessica Valenti’s road rage “has ascended.” (Twitter)
“Bicycle face”: a 19th-century health problem made up to scare women away from biking. (Vox)
Check out the work of Bekka Wright, the artist also known as “Bikeyface. (Bikeface)
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Comments
We're working on this for 2022. Most people have preferred to have regular episodes available on their podcast apps so we haven't done it yet but will get on it soon!
The War on Cars
2021-11-01 01:27:23 +0000 UTCIs there a way to listen to this on Patreon?
April Mahajan
2021-11-01 00:41:43 +0000 UTCOh yes! As an e-bike convert/advocate (it replaced my family’s 2nd car), I am soooo excited for this one!
Lucas Herrera
2021-09-22 20:11:38 +0000 UTC
