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July 02, 2017 | Gabby Catalano | Arts and culture
Examining The Gender Imbalance At Music Festivals
It was 2014 and I was getting ready to soak up the sun and enjoy an alternative rock music festival in Boston. As I browsed the lineup—which included big names like Bleachers, Twenty One Pilots,...
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July 01, 2017
WMC Live #215: Manal al-Sharif, Erin Bried. (Original Airdate 7/2/2017)

Robin on the Supreme Court rulings, secret media news, and the revolutionary abilities of the disabled. Guests: Manal al-Sharif, on daring to drive in Saudi Arabia; Erin Bried's new magazine Kazoo, "for girls who aren't afraid to make some noise."

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June 29, 2017 | Maddy Rasmussen | Feminism
This Teen Created An Abortion Map To Tackle Accessibility
Abortion. It’s a word that historically has not  been spoken very loudly, but rather quietly murmured from one woman to the next. Over the years, however, these murmurs have turned into yells; wo...
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June 29, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Media, Misogyny, Politics
Trump’s misogynistic tweets reflect sexism in America

As the Trump administration moved forward on Thursday with new guidelines that severely restrict travel from six Muslim-majority countries, yet again the country was distracted by Trump’s latest grotesque, sexist tweetstorm.

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June 28, 2017 | Sam Mednick | International, Violence against women
How women are fighting back in South Sudan’s epicenter of rape

“He said, ‘If you cry, I’ll kill you,’” Agnes says. “He clasped my throat so I wouldn’t scream, threw me to the ground and raped me.” The shy, anxious 18-year-old lowers her eyes and touches her throat. She’s barely said a word in two months.

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June 27, 2017 | Chloe Hallinan | LGBTQIA
Being An Ally At Pride
I have lived in the Bay Area for the past two years since starting college at UC Berkeley, and have attended two San Francisco Pride Parades. I love going to our Pride, which is the largest gathering ...
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June 26, 2017 | Susan Buttenwieser | Health, Politics
Republican Senate bill calls for defunding of Planned Parenthood

The Congressional Budget Office scoring of the Republican Senate health care bill confirms that the proposed law singles out Planned Parenthood for defunding.

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June 25, 2017 | Julie Zeilinger | Education
Student Loan Debt Is A Feminist Issue
While sifting through the simmering remains of the 2016 election, liberals have seemed a little too, oh, distracted to fully interrogate the issues millennials most vocally supported while Trump’s bid...
WMC Live
June 24, 2017
WMC Live #214: Heidi Steltzer, Marjorie Spruill. (Original Airdate 6/25/2017)

Robin on Georgia's election, the Cosby verdict, and real witch hunts vs. Trump whining about being investigated. Guests: Marjorie Spruill on what actually polarized America; Heidi Steltzer on climate change and the all-woman expedition to Antarctica.

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June 22, 2017 | Farha Khalidi | Religion
The Invisibility of Muslim Girls and Women Must End
This past week, a teenage girl identified as Nabra Hassanen was brutally murdered. She was attacked on her way home—assaulted by a man with a gun, beaten with a metal bat, and discarded into a b...
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June 22, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Economy, Health, Politics
It’s been a ‘heartless’ week for women’s health care

Lawmakers in Missouri set the tone for a dark week in health care reform for women. On Tuesday, the House sent a bill to the state Senate that, if passed, will infringe on the rights of women seeking abortions, and hamper the work of abortion providers.

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June 20, 2017 | Shauna Gold | Health
Destigmatizing HPV and Cervical Cancer
The most obvious reason why abstinence-only education is terrible is the unintended pregnancies that frequently occur as a result from it. But there are actually even more serious potential consequenc...
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June 20, 2017 | Maggie D’Aprix | Girls, Media, Violence against women
Women’s stories we’re missing as coverage of Trump dominates media

With Trump dominating nearly every bit of news across the country and in many parts of the world, reports of major human rights violations against women are being overshadowed.

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June 19, 2017 | Sharon Lennon | Arts and culture, Media
Wonder Woman as a Rorschach Test for Women

The wait for this female superhero movie has been long and the expectations are high. Can one film be all things to all women?

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June 18, 2017 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture
Why The Rihanna-Lupita-Ava-Issa Buddy Comedy Is So Important
It started as an innocent, clever, and creative tweet. A picture of Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o sitting next to one another at a fashion show in 2014 was making its rounds on the Internet. The duo look...
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June 17, 2017 | Ariel Levy | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #213: Ariel Levy, Emily Temple-Wood. (Original Airdate 6/18/2017)

Robin on the GOP baseball shooting, the censoring of Shakespeare, how Jim Crow inspired Hitler, and the tale of Maddie Runckles. Guests: Ariel Levy on why "The Rules Do Not Apply"; Emily Temple-Wood's F-You Project on women in science at Wikipedia.

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June 15, 2017 | Julie Graves | Feminism
Why We Must Stop The Texas Bathroom Ban
Talking to people in my home state of Texas about policies related to gender identity often feels like screaming at a solid wall of concrete—especially when it comes to policies that curb the ri...
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June 14, 2017 | Susan Buttenwieser | Immigration, Violence against women
Trump’s anti-immigrant policies create dire “choices” for domestic violence survivors

Harsh federal policies, as well as new anti-immigrant state measures, mean greater danger for immigrant women who are survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

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June 13, 2017 | Angela Liu | Health
How Trumpcare Will Hurt Women's Health
May was not a good month for women’s health care. On May 4, a Republican-dominated House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which proposes to tighten existing regulations o...
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June 13, 2017 | Jihii Jolly | International, Media, Violence against women
Journalists challenge Syrian media to improve gender coverage in war

Milia Eidmouni’s family didn’t want her to be a journalist. They wanted her to choose a more typical career for an educated Syrian woman, such as teaching. But as a feminist, women’s rights defender and human rights campaigner, she pursued her desire to become a working journalist in 2007

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June 11, 2017 | Farha Khalidi | Arts and culture
How Hailee Steinfeld’s “Most Girls” Pushes Back On Toxic Female Competition
“You’re not like most girls,” a boy tells Hailee Steinfeld in the music video for her latest single, “Most Girls.” He tells her this sincerely, but ignorantly; Hailee gets visibly uncomfortable by thi...
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June 10, 2017 | Jane Manning | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #212: Jane Manning, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. (Original Airdate 6/11/2017)

Robin on Comey's testimony, Reality Winner's leak, and what everyone overlooks but Trump fears most. Guests: former prosecutor Jane Manning on drug-facilitated rape and the Cosby trial; physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on "the physics of melanin."

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June 08, 2017 | Marija Šajkaš | International, Violence against women
Efforts to stop sex-trafficking focus on hotels

Anneke Lucas survived being trafficked for sex not once, but twice. “I was 9 years old when an elderly English-speaking man took me to the United States in his jet and sex-trafficked me in a luxurious hotel,” says Lucas, an anti-trafficking advocate and the founder of the nonprofit organization Liberation Prison Yoga.

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June 06, 2017 | Shazia Z. Rafi | Economy, Environment
Women at the forefront of renewable energy

In spite of the Trump administration's attacks on the environment, renewable energy is gaining in the market—and women’s leadership is key in the movement away from fossil fuels.

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June 03, 2017 | Ellen Currano, Meghan Milloy, Jennifer Pierotti Lim | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #211: Ellen Currano, Meghan Milloy and Jennifer Pierotti Lim. (Original Airdate 6/4/2017)

Robin on "covfefe," Hillary's newfound badass free speech, the Paris Accord exit, and all the president's men. Guests: Meghan Milloy and Jennifer Pierotti Lim of GOP Women for Progress; Dr. Ellen Currano on paleontology and The Bearded Lady Project.

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