The Recap: BAM Book Jam with Koa Beck

Here's what we covered.

On March 25, we held our latest BAM Book Jam featuring the book "White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind," written by Koa Beck, former editor-in-chief of Jezebel. Koa Beck answered questions about why white feminism is not the way forward for liberating women, how other movements have paved the way, and why the catchphrase of “white feminism” needs a complete reframing for 60 minutes straight. Be sure watch the recording below. Thank you to everyone for your questions and participation!

Let's go live.

Here are some of the top BAM Book Jam tweets and words of advice from Koa Beck. If you want the full scoop, check out the recording of the webinar above. 

Koa Beck, author of "White Feminism"

@Koalani: "The way that white #feminism operates, even someone like @NICKIMINAJ is not going to be good enough for white feminism, which is very telling to me" #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

@Koalani "I think it's really telling, too, that when we think about the pop culture landscape, when we have these powerful women being asked - 'Do you identify as a feminist?' - it was considered damaging. That is really reflective." #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

@Koalani "White feminism really exploded after Beyonce. Feminism now, when you look at the broader culture in the last four-five years, feminism has become very trendy. It's become a brand and a way to signal or situate yourself in the world." #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

@Koalani "If you have a huge company that makes a ton of money, deploying feminism will involve you making less money, which is something no one wants to hear. We're talking about a better standard of living for employees, quality healthcare access, better pay..." #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

@Koalani: "#GirlBoss and such did 'open up feminism' (depending on how you look at it) to a sector of women who wouldn't care about things like wage gap. In that moment, it was suddenly that 'I'm a woman who wants to make a lot of money; I'm a feminist'" #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

@Koalani: "What was being covered as 'feminism' were just stories of Elizabeth Holmes and people who wanted to be like Elizabeth." #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

@Koalani: "Really rich white women. That is [what we think of] feminism." #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

 

@Koalani: "The last third of my book is a course correction for white feminism. There are three pillars of change." #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

 

@Koalani: "1/3. To stop acknowledging privilege and fight visibility instead." #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

 

@Koalani: "2/3. Fighting the systems that hold marginalized genders back." #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

 

@Koalani: "3/3. Hold women accountable for abuse." #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

 

.@Koalani: "I remember Viola Davis winning that 2015 Emmy and quoting Harriet Tubman. What was amazing is that she could have been talking about herself. That's how timeless that quote is." #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

 

.@Koalani: "I have laid this out for you. I have shown you this movement and I lay white feminism at your feet. That is how I ended my book - it is ultimately on you." #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

 

.@Koalani: "Because of the way that I present, I've been considered 'a safe person of color.'" #BAMbookjam

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021

 

Live from our #BAMBookJam webinar, "Having done so much research into feminism, 'inclusive' feminism has already happened, it just hasn't happened under white feminism." - @Koalani

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 25, 2021