Listen "From the Ducking Stool to Digital Culture: Silence and Women’s Voices"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, host Sarah Banet-Weiser talks with guests Francesca Sobande and Jilly Kay about their recent research, including how Black women in Britain are creating their own digital spaces. They discuss the history of how women’s voices have been silenced in public spaces, from the ducking stool to the NDA, and the nuances of when silence becomes an active form of presence. They also discuss femvertising and the role of capitalism in feminist media — focusing throughout on the importance of parsing the contradictions of feminist scholarship. Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingSarah Banet-WeiserFrancesca SobandeJilly Kay SponsorsAnnenberg Center for Collaborative CommunicationMore from the host & speakers: Sarah Banet-WeiserDistinguished Professor; Professor | Annenberg School for Communication; Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Pennsylvania; University of Southern CaliforniaTwitter - @sbanetweiser Francesca Sobande Lecturer | School of Journalism, Media, and CultureCardiff UniversityTwitter - @chess_ess @CardiffJomec @cardiffuni Jilly KayLecturer | Department of Media and CommunicationUniversity of LeicesterTwitter - @jillybkay @deptmedialeicWorks referenced in episode: Kay, J. B. (2020). Gender, media and voice: Communicative injustice and public speech. Springer Nature.Sobande, F., & Sobande, F. (2020). Why the Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain? (pp. 1-27). Springer International Publishing.Emejulu, A., & Sobande, F. (2019). To exist is to resist: Black feminism in Europe. Pluto Press.Sobande, F. (2022). Black oot here: black lives in Scotland. Bloomsbury Publishing.