Interview Episode - Susan Hawthorne - Separatism of the Sexes cover art

Interview Episode - Susan Hawthorne - Separatism of the Sexes

Interview Episode - Susan Hawthorne - Separatism of the Sexes

Listen for free

View show details

About this listen

Interview with Susan Hawthorne, author, poet, philosopher, feminist and publisher.

Together with Renate Klein, she is co-founder and director of Spinifex Press, a leading independent feminist publisher that celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2016 in Melbourne with a festival of radical feminism.

(00:00) Cows in Chennai 

(01:24) How controversial was the concept of separatism when Susan Hawthorne was working on the book in the 70s?

(06:29) When the oppressed want to fight the aggressors, they do set up separate groups...

(07:42) Is thinking of the women's movement as national struggles and the opposition as IMF useful? 

(12:49) Are non-political women only spaces useful too? 

(16:39) Where should we stand on the issue of protecting women (for example with women's only carriages) and changing men's behaviour? 

(20:30) Class and gender - how does class change the ideas of Susan Hawthorne? Memories from India. 

(24:28) Is separatism a long term solution? 

(31:41) For the men who has never been in the position of struggle because of their gender or background, what can they do? 

(34:00) The difference between the image of feminism and what it has turned out to be as we have studied it. 

(35:10) The clarity of In Defence of Separatism

(36:12) Final thoughts, recommendations for our reading list. 

What listeners say about Interview Episode - Susan Hawthorne - Separatism of the Sexes

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.