If hope is your reason to do nothing, that’s delusion. But what is hope? Do you need it? The second half of the episode gets a little dark, but hopefully it’ll be helpful to hear.  Help is available right away. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALK - <a href="https://988lifeline.org" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">website</a> Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860 - <a href="https://translifeline.org" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">website</a> Links: FSP 2025: <a href="https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com/episodes/episode-66-stronger-than-the-fire-s02e02" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">We're Stronger Than the Fire</a> <a href="https://isthisacoup.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Is This a Coup?</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtNH6hIsxyY" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">An Alternative to Hope: Or, The Secret Medicine for When the Thing With Feathers Stop Singing</a> (Emily on Youtube) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Monty Python - Dead Parrot</a> (Youtube) <a href="https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com/episodes/episode-08-the-monitor" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">FSP 2020 episode 8: The Monitor</a> <a href="https://ifs-institute.com/nobadparts" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, PHD</a> (book) <a href="https://rae-mcdaniel.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Rae McDaniel</a>

Feminist Survival Project

The Problem With Hope

A podcast for feminists who feel overwhelmed and exhausted by everything they need to do, and still worry that we're not doing enough - hosted by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, authors of BURNOUT: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle.