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WMC Live
December 08, 2019 | Celeste Watkins-Hayes | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #303: Celeste Watkins-Hayes. (Original Airdate 12/8/2019)

Robin on citizen activists, impeachment witnesses, mountain lions, fantastic grandmothers, tiny motorists, and language legacies of Toni Morrison and Ursula K. Le Guin. Guest: Celeste Watkins-Hayes on her surprising research into women with HIV/AIDS.

WMC News & Features
December 06, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Woman searched 'what to do if your husband is upset you are pregnant' before her murder

On November 18, the body of Jennifer Rothwell, 28, was found near a state park outside of Troy, Mich. Her own husband led police to her remains after they accused him of murder. Now, news outlets are reporting that Rothwell, who was six weeks pregnant when she was killed, had searched “what to do if your husband is upset you are pregnant” on her cell phone before she went missing.

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December 05, 2019 | Grace Bloom | LGBTQIA, Media
LGBTQ representation in the media improved this year

A new report from GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) shows that there has been an incredible improvement in the representation of the LGBTQ community across TV platforms this year.

WMC News & Features
December 05, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
North Korean defector alleges rape by South Korean intelligence officers

While she may have escaped the horrors of North Korea, one woman who defected to South Korea says she has been forced into a new nightmare.

WMC News & Features
December 04, 2019 | Kendall Hunter | Arts and culture, Media
Tantoo Cardinal breaks new ground for indigenous women in television

Cardinal's role in ABC's Stumptown — a tough, complex CEO — is one of the most prominent indigenous characters ever to appear on U.S. television.

WMC FBomb
December 02, 2019 | Garnett Achieng | Feminism
Why we need more women-only nightlife

There is nothing I love more than spending a night out dancing with my friends. What I would love even more is if that night out could be simple and carefree. Instead, I’m forced to be hyper-vigilant, watching my and my friends’ drinks and fighting off men who take any and every opportunity to grope and forcefully dance with us.

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November 27, 2019 Media
Disney+ added a disclaimer before racist depictions in its content

Everybody loves Disney. The only problem is that Disney didn’t use to love everybody — but now, they’re addressing that with a new disclaimer on the streaming service.

WMC News & Features
November 26, 2019 | Rosalind C. Barnett, Ph.D., Caryl Rivers | Media
A few cracks in the Baby Bump Ceiling

Can the visibility of prominent female journalists help to smash stereotypes about workers who are pregnant or new mothers?

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November 26, 2019 | Sophie Hayssen | Health
What will it take to protect Roe v. Wade?

The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which affirmed a woman’s right to choose, is often referred to as “the law of the land.” However, it’s actually a Supreme Court decision, not a law, and that distinction is incredibly important.

WMC News & Features
November 25, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, Violence against women
‘Rough sex’ defense back in the spotlight

“When women die, the man gets to tell the story,” said Fiona Mackenzie, founder of British advocacy group We Can’t Consent to This.

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November 25, 2019 | Neha Madhira | Feminism
On cancel culture

While it is important that activists hold people who use their privilege to abuse others accountable, whether that’s through physical actions or offensive “jokes,” some also argue that cancel culture does not give people any room to learn from making mistakes.

WMC News & Features
November 22, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Politics, Violence against women
Renewal of Violence Against Women Act blocked by NRA

The United States has not had a working Violence Against Women Act since February, when VAWA lapsed during a rush to pass legislation to (unsuccessfully) avoid a partial government shutdown. And now, while the House has already passed a version of the act earlier this year, the Senate is refusing to take up the bill because of pressure from the National Rifle Association.

WMC News & Features
November 21, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Health
Ohio bill would require ectopic pregnancies be ‘re-implanted’

In the ever-intensifying war on women’s reproductive rights in the U.S., Republican Ohio lawmakers have managed to take things to a new, frightening low. A bill introduced this month would criminalize all abortion and includes a provision requiring doctors to try to “re-implant” ectopic pregnancies, despite the fact that no such procedure exists.

WMC FBomb
November 21, 2019 | Rebone Masemola | Feminism, International
The African women who paved the way for activists today

As part of a new revolution, South African women are making efforts to rewrite parts of our history in a way that is reflective, inclusive, and honest about the contributions the likes of Madikizela-Mandela have made during the struggle.

WMC News & Features
November 20, 2019 | Susan Buttenwieser | Immigration, LGBTQIA
LGBTQ asylum seekers are particularly endangered by Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy

Human rights advocates are decrying the Trump administration's policy of requiring asylum seekers to stay in Mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings.

WMC Women Under Siege
November 20, 2019 | Olivia Nightingale, Phyu Phyu Sann | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Politics, Violence against women
There can be no real accountability in Myanmar if women remain on the sidelines

Burmese women are critical to understanding a country whose people have endured systematic violence and repression for far too long. They can’t be forgotten.

WMC FBomb
November 20, 2019 | Mardiya Siba Yahaya | Disability, Misogyny, Violence against women, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Women in Ghana are still accused of being witches

In 2012, around 800 women and 500 children in northern Ghana were estimated to be banished to and kept in 10 known “witch camps” for this very purpose.

WMC FBomb
November 19, 2019 | Maddie Solomon | Misogyny
Sexism in the climate change activist movement has to end

While marching in Downtown LA as part of the city’s Climate Strike, I looked around and realized that many of the signs the protesters around me carried, and those that were affixed to surrounding booths run by progressive climate change organizations, were sexist.

WMC Live
November 17, 2019 Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #302: Robin Pogrebin & Kate Kelly. (Original Airdate 11/17/2019)

Robin on real witch hunts, tax-free tampons, the Kung-Fu nuns of Nepal, neurological "connectomes," and coked-up wild boars. Guests: NY Times investigative reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly on their new book, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh.

WMC News & Features
November 15, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Economy, International, Violence against women
Muji, Uniqlo tout use of cotton from Chinese region with Uighur forced labor

In a stunning display of greed—or possibly deep ignorance—two popular Japanese clothing brands have purposely turned a human rights tragedy into a selling point: Muji and Uniqlo have both been touting the fact that the cotton for their clothing comes from Xinjiang, China, an area in which a million Muslim Uighurs have reportedly been detained in “reeducation” camps.

WMC FBomb
November 15, 2019 | Aph Ko | Race/Ethnicity
How we can view racism as a zoological phenomenon

Get Out succeeds so magnificently because it tackles large and complex theoretical subjects in a creative and imaginative way.

WMC News & Features
November 14, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Media
#MeToo documentary reveals survivors’ names without consent

The first rule of reporting on sexual assault is to get consent from survivors that you can use their name, image, or identifying details. Australian public broadcaster ABC screwed that up pretty badly when it began early embargoed distribution of a documentary that is actually about—seriously—#MeToo.

WMC News & Features
November 14, 2019 | Marcie Bianco, Ph.D. | Arts and culture, Disability, LGBTQIA, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Marriage equality crusader’s memoir shatters stereotypes

In her posthumous memoir, Edie Windsor details her vivacious sex life and in the process shatters stereotypes not only about lesbians but about older women in general.

WMC FBomb
November 12, 2019 | Rebone Masemola | Violence against women
#AmINext: South African women push back against gender-based violence

Gender-based and sexualized violence have gained new focus in South Africa in recent years. Femicide and rape crimes have increased at an alarming rate in the past four years; in 2016, a woman was murdered every four hours in South Africa, and by 2018, that rate rose to every three hours.

WMC Live
November 10, 2019 Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #301: Valerie Plame. (Original Airdate 11/10/2019)

Robin on having predicted the Gangster in Chief; married priests; women gamers; Royal Brits, MPs, and sisterhood; Georgia O’Keeffe; and tampons. Guest: Valerie Plame.

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