On this special episode of Cracked Ivory, Talia and Emma invite Jude Doyle (he/they) to discuss his new book, Did I Leave Feminism? They talk about the manufactured antagonism between feminism and queerness, how Western trans theorists talk about race and gender, recuperative readings of the second wave, and more!
Did I Leave Feminism? is out now everyw...
Today, Talia and Emma dissect The Transsexual Empire, a foundational text for the modern gender-critical movement. They discuss the history of radical lesbian feminism, the embattled discourse over trans women's place in it, and the way trans-exclusionary 'radfems' codified a feminist pretext for rank bigotry.
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Janice Raymond, The Transsexual Empi...
2025-09-26 11:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostHi all, and welcome to our new Patrons! We're glad you're enjoying the podcast, and we're very grateful for your support. To give you a little preview of what's in store for Cracked Ivory listeners, here's a list of things we've read for the episodes coming this autumn:
Janice Raymond, The Transsexual Empire: The Making of the She-Male (1979)
Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues (1993) [Patreon exclusive]
An...
2025-09-11 15:28:40 +0000 UTC View PostEmma, Isaac and Talia discuss Jack Halberstam's fixation on the homoeroticism of the men's bathroom to answer that most fundamental Marxist question: is pooping in private bourgeois? What was supposed to be an episode replete with piss jokes slowly descends into despair, madness, and the reasons that Western social movements struggle with solidarity.
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Prada Frames, Ep 08, BATHROOM: 2025-09-08 14:12:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Is there a difference between trans men and butch lesbians? Are non-transitioning queer people like refugees? And most importantly, HOW MUCH SEX ARE THEY HAVING IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM? This episode, Emma and Talia are joined by Isaac (The Trans Dandy, he/they/ze) to discuss Jack Halberstam's psychedelic experience Female Masculinity, a work of queer theory with a truly unearned reputation as 'representative' of the transmasculine experience.
Find Isaac at: 2025-08-22 13:29:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon-exclusive episode, Talia and Emma are joined by Beth Leigh-Ann, who co-authors the online web serial 'Ranked Competitive Breast Growth' with Talia. They discuss topics of great import such as: how problematic forcefemme fiction is, how sober Talia is, how 'Beth' is definitely Beth's real name, and the libidinal appeal of playing with agency and stigmas against desire in transfeminine and erotic fiction.
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Ranked Competitive Breast Growth: 2025-08-08 14:02:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Talia and Emma just wanted to say thank you to our Patreon members for listening and talking about the podcast! We have an aim to release a Patreon-exclusive episode as a companion for every public release, and we're aiming to release the Patreon companion for Episode 2 in roughly two weeks, when Episode 2 goes public!
We hope you continue to enjoy our work and look forward to your feedback.
2025-06-26 14:51:18 +0000 UTC View PostTalia and Emma are joined by May Peterson (she/her, goddessblade.bsky.social) to discuss the sizzling and steamy world of M/M romance fiction and ask: Does having critiques of M/M media make you racist?! A single Tumblr callout post that somehow managed to become an academic paper snowballs into a discussion on identity politics, transfeminine erasure, and the anti-intellectualism inherent to a discursive environment that relies more on vibes than actual arguments when discussing not merely f...
2025-06-25 17:50:39 +0000 UTC View PostComing very soon to Cracked Ivory...
(we are talking about an academic paper in this one, we promise)
2025-06-24 15:00:56 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first Patreon-exclusive episode of 'Cracked Ivory', Talia introduces Emma to the required reading she needs to do before she takes the Lesbian Licensing Exam.
This episode will remain free for all members as a little taster of our future tier-locked content: just like the main episodes, except more niche and/or light-hearted and/or cursed.
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Lesbian Masterdoc: 2025-06-05 13:33:35 +0000 UTC View Post
For the first episode of Cracked Ivory, Talia and Emma are joined by legal historian and queer feminist of color Kay (who can be found at dihya-bint-neyth.bsky.social on Bluesky) to discuss Kimberlé Crenshaw’s oft-cited yet sparsely-read theory of intersectionality, along with its implications for masculinity studies, critics of feminism, and Ben Shapiro’s fear of bottoming.
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Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: 2025-05-12 14:57:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Talia, without her co-host, editing software, or good acoustics, summarizes her thoughts on Kadji Amin's best-known and controversial paper.
See her discussion of the paper's contents on Bsky here: https://bsky.app/profile/crackedivorypod.bsky.social/post/3lnsb2drkok22
2025-04-27 14:14:51 +0000 UTC View PostToday Talia Bhatt and Emma Zakharuk unveil their evil lesbian radical transfeminist agenda: to end both Manhood and Discourse with a single podcast. Cracked Ivory is an examination of popular feminist discourses and the scholarship (both good and very, very bad) that spawned them!
At the start of May, we plan to release our first episode Whose Intersectionality Is It Anyway?, featuring a special guest. Later that month, we will release our first Patreon-exclusive episo...
2025-04-15 10:08:58 +0000 UTC View Post