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Flux Podcasts (Formerly Theory of Change): Things Do Not Have to Be This Way: Dismantling American Patriarchy with Anna Malaika Tuu
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Author and scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs joins The Electorette to discuss her powerful new book, Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us—a sweeping, incisive examination of how American patriarchy was built to exclude, erase, and control. In this conversation, Anna unpacks the nation’s gendered social order, from its origins in the Constitution to its modern-day consequences in law, politics, motherhood, and racial injustice.
Drawing on personal experience, global perspective, and deep historical research, Anna explains how stories like that of Sacagawea—an Indigenous girl forced to guide the Lewis and Clark expedition—have been co-opted to prop up a false narrative of inclusion. She also traces how the legacy of patriarchal power lives on in institutions like the Supreme Court, and how it has shaped political identities and movements across generations.
Anna Malaika Tubbs is a Cambridge Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and a Bill and Melinda Gates Cambridge Scholar. Erased is the follow-up to her debut The Three Mothers, and was an instant New York Times bestseller, a USA Today national bestseller, and named an Amazon Best Book of the Year (So Far) for 2025.
This conversation explores what it means to be seen, to be heard, and to reclaim stories that were never told truthfully to begin with.
Episode Chapters
(00:00) American Patriarchy With Anna Malaika Tubbs
American patriarchy, its impact on society, and reimagining narratives through personal and historical lenses.
(12:31) Deconstructing American Patriarchy Through History
Sacagawea's story is used to serve agendas, revealing erasure of matriarchal and non-binary identities and shared struggles of marginalized groups.
(22:13) American Patriarchy and Women's Resistance
Black women challenge American patriarchy, influenced by Supreme Court decisions, advocating for inclusive reproductive justice.
(37:09) Black Feminist Motherhood and Reproductive Justice
Black feminism, motherhood, and American patriarchy are discussed, with emphasis on accessible reproductive choices and dismantling societal norms.
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