Ep 72: Why Sexual Violence Persists in Progressive Movements
Ep 72: Why Sexual Violence Persists in Progressive Movements  
Podcast: Interrupting Business As Usual
Published On: Sun Apr 12 2026
Description: Sexual violence keeps showing up in progressive spaces, activist communities, and liberation movements - and the question isn't how did this happen? It's why does this keep happening? In this episode, Nikki breaks down how power, socialization, and a lack of real accountability allow harm to persist, even in spaces that claim to be about justice. She shares why progressive movements keep protecting power instead of people and what it actually takes to interrupt that cycle. In This Episode Why this harm is predictable, not shocking How movements reproduce the same power structures they claim to resist The gap between knowing what's right and actually transforming What you need to examine if you're serious about liberation Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com. TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more exclusive content Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak