Processing the Charlie Kirk Shooting: Shock, Social Media, and Student Reactions

Processing the Charlie Kirk Shooting: Shock, Social Media, and Student Reactions

This episode, Naya, Madina, and Zion sit down for an open and honest conversation about the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting by unpacking our first reactions, what we saw online, and what this moment might mean for U.S. politics. We talk about the shock and confusion when we first heard the news and the chaos of social media reactions and performative posting that came along with it. Finally we talk about why some memorials and narratives around gun violence feel so complicated. Before we start, we’d like to give a quick trigger warning for gun violence and a reminder that we don’t condone violence of any kind. We’re not experts, just four college students processing, reflecting, and making sense of it all. Here at What the F, the F stands for fresh, fierce, funny, feminist, and fuck! What do you stand for? Follow us on Instagram @wtfpodblog

Our University Hot Takes

On this episode, Emma, Kora, Radha, and Tahlia do a back to school check in and dish their U of M hot takes!!! This is a quick and fun episode we hope will distract you from the dread of midterm season and everything terrible that is happening in the world! Lol! Also, apologies for the background noise in this ep! Our soundproof room did a terrible job of being soundproof :'( Here at What the F, the F stands for fresh, fierce, funny, feminist, and fuck! What do you stand for? Follow our instagram @wtfpodblog

Last Semester Throwback ~ Issue 30 Interviews!

Hello listeners! Last semester for our 30th anniversary issue, the What the F podcast interviewed the lovely artists and writers behind the magazine . Due to some tech difficulties, this episode is coming to you a few months late! We hope you enjoy listening to these interviews as much as we enjoyed conducting them. As always, thank you for listening <3

Interview with Aaliyah Abdul on Reproductive Healthcare Advocacy

This episode we had the honor of bringing on Aaliyah Abdul to talk about her experience working as Patient and Health Center Advocacy Program Organizer for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan! We talk about Aaliyah’s story of how she got to Planned Parenthood, as well as what a day in the life of her job looks like. We also talk about the defunding of federal reproductive health funds and its detrimental effects on Planned Parenthood clinics and young people across the U.S. Tune in to learn what you can do to help to advocate for reproductive health care despite current administration changes.

Cultural Identity & Feminism

In this episode, Naya, Madina, and Aayana explore the difficulties of navigating both cultural and feminist identities at the same time. They talk about their experiences growing up in predominantly white spaces and having to define our own versions of feminism amongst white-dominated discourses.