Why feminism keeps getting sidelined — even by our male allies on the Left.

In this episode of “The Abortionfluencer Podcast,” host Colleen Luckett explores a frustrating truth many feminists know deep in their bones: Even well-meaning, left-leaning men often diminish feminist analysis — especially when it comes to reproductive justice, bodily autonomy rights, and power.

Using a childhood soccer memory as a metaphor (pass the damn ball, my dudes!), this episode connects personal experience to political reality — from social media algorithms and bro-dominated leftist spaces to centuries-old systems of misogyny (and misogynoir) baked into U.S. “democracy” itself.

This one’s part vent, part history lesson, part love letter — and part warning shot.

Top Topics Covered

• Fighting your own “teammates” for legitimacy 

• Why “good” men still center themselves in Leftist media and movements

• How social media algorithms reward ego and bank accounts, not justice — and who really benefits?

• A feminist critique of online Left spaces (yes, even popular ones)

• Structural misogyny in U.S. history — suffrage, women of color hit the hardest, the ERA, and political leaders using reproductive rights as leverage

• Why BOTH major political parties benefit from keeping women’s equality unresolved

• The Epstein files, survivor testimony, and why women are never believed “enough”

• “Even the Good Ones” — personal story tie in: Allyship, marriage, and how ALL of us must unlearn the patriarchy

• A call to male allies: Listen, credit feminist voices, and then step back.

Further Reading

1. “Seats Are Not Enough — Patriarchy Must Be Dismantled,” by Batseba Seifu, Nov. 2025
   medium.com/assay/how-women-are-devalued-and-oppressed-in-modern-patriarchy-584e33069616
2. Suffrage and the Seneca Falls Convention:
   crusadeforthevote.org/seneca-falls-meeting
3. Equal Rights Amendment:
   equalrightsamendment.org
4. Statement Calling for the Publication and Certification of the Equal Rights Amendment Before President Biden Leaves Office on January 20, 2025; New York City Bar
   hnycbar.org/reports/publication-and-certification-of-the-equal-rights-amendment-biden
5. Intersectional Feminism
   humanrightscareers.com/issues/what-is-intersectional-feminism
6. Women in the Black Panther Party
   isreview.org/issue/111/women-black-panther-party/index.html
7. “Women, Race & Class,” by Angela Y. Davis
   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%2C_Race_and_Class
8. “The Sexual Contract,” by Carole Pateman
   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sexual_Contract
9. “Misogyny: The World’s Oldest Prejudice,” by Jack Holland
   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyny:_The_World%27s_Oldest_Prejudice
10. “Marxism and the Oppression of Women: Toward a Unitary Theory,” by Lise Vogel
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxism_and_the_Oppression_of_Women
11. Epstein files: Trump, Howard Lutnick, Steve Tisch among prominent names that appear in latest Justice Department release, CNBC
    cnbc.com/2026/01/31/epstein-files-trump-howard-lutnick-steve-tisch.html
12. Re: Epstein Files Transparency Act – Production of Department Materials, letter from 45’s attorney general, Pam Bondi
    justice.gov/opa/media/1426091/dl
13. Father didn’t believe the suicide story, but he could have just been in denial in his grief; total speculations RE: Virginia Guiffre, but worth keeping in mind about how power works.  reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1kcbnwa/virginia_giuffres_father_insists_she_didnt_die_by

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