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May 03, 2017 | Kadin Burnett |
How One Formerly Incarcerated Youth Is Taking On The System
Hernan Carvente was born into an unstable home environment, rife with alcohol and domestic abuse and devoid of any resources that could help him and his family escape these cycles of violence. Carvent...
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April 29, 2017 | Alicia Ostriker, Liesl Olson | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #206: Alicia Ostriker, Liesl Olson. (Original Airdate 4/30/2017)

Robin blasts Democrats' "Unity" and celebrates Poetry Month. Guests: Liesl Olson unearths women who made U.S. poetry vibrant and inclusive through a century of Poetry magazine; poet Alicia Ostriker reads work with immigrant themes from her new book.

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April 26, 2017 | Angela Liu | Body image and body standards, Girls
On The Power Of Sisterhood
Since I began to swim competitively at the age of eight, I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t competing against other women. I competed against the other girls to be better, faster, and stronger. For...
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April 25, 2017 | Yanick Rice Lamb | Media, Race/Ethnicity
Oprah Winfrey and the immortal reach of Henrietta Lacks

The Henrietta Lacks story, featured in a new HBO film co-starring and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey, shines light on medical injustices against African Americans.

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April 24, 2017 | Marija Šajkaš | International
‘A fate worse than death itself’: Women seek the remains of loved ones in the former Yugoslavia

In the languages of the former Yugoslavia “suza” means “tear.” And in the more than 20 years that have passed since the end of the wars that dismantled the country in the 1990s, it seems that there is one, very last tear that many mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters cannot shed until the mortal remains of their closest kin are found, identified, and properly buried.

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April 23, 2017 | Kayleigh Bolingbroke | Education, Feminism
Loryn Brantz On Why The World Needs “Feminist Baby”
Although we’ve made undeniable progress over the years, debunking the negative stereotypes that still surround the word “feminism” is important, to say the least. And the earlier on we can do this, th...
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April 20, 2017 | Chloe Hallinan | Education, Misogyny
The Sexism Of Summer Internships
Almost every college student I know seems aware they should have at least one internship under their belt before graduating. So, as a current sophomore at UC Berkeley, I also started diligently applyi...
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April 18, 2017 | Chagmion Antoine | Violence against women
Murders of trans women highlight the intersection of racial and gender-based violence

There have been eight reported murders of transgender women in the U.S. in the first three months of this year, and all of the victims were women of color. These crimes highlight some alarming truths about gender-based and racial violence.

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April 18, 2017 | Roberta Nin Feliz | Immigration, Race/Ethnicity
We Have To Pay Attention To The Deportation Of Black Undocumented Immigrants
Trump’s recent attacks on undocumented immigrants have ripped apart families, mistakenly detained immigrants protected under DACA, and incited fear among immigrant communities here in America. Trump’s...
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April 16, 2017 | Camryn Garrett | Health
An Interview With Sexual Health Activist Ella Dawson
Over the past two years, feminist social media manager and writer Ella Dawson has received widespread recognition for her work crushing the stigma of STDs. She has been called the “internet's foremost...
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April 15, 2017 | Lilianne Ploumen, Veronica Todaro | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #205: Lilianne Ploumen, Veronica Todaro. (Original Airdate 4/16/2017)

Robin on Easter, Google, United Airlines, female SCOTUS justices, and VAL (Violence Against Language). Guests: Dutch Trade Minister Lilianne Ploumen describes the founding of She Decides; Veronica Todaro on women and Parkinson's disease.

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April 13, 2017 | Corinne | Disability, Feminism, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
A Love Letter on Disability: Stop Feeling Sorry For Us. Start Fighting For Us.
The onset of my disabilities began at 13 and I have been unable to engage in regular physical activities for years. Early on, I braced myself for a lifetime of chronic back dysfunctions compounded by ...
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April 13, 2017 | Reem Abdellatif | International, Politics, Violence against women
U.S. defunding UNFPA could cost women their lives

I remember I was 5 years old as I watched my mother repeatedly climb to the highest part of the bed only to jump right back off again. I was confused. I could see that she was in emotional and physical pain. I was sad for her.

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April 11, 2017 | Kayleigh Bolingbroke | Feminism, Misogyny
#MissingDCGirls Reminds Us Of A Greater Epidemic
501 children have been reported missing from the District of Columbia since the beginning of the year alone; a disturbingly high number of them were black or Latino children, and 22 cases remain unsol...
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April 09, 2017 | Angela Liu | Economy, Feminism
#20PercentCounts: A Nation Comes Together in Support of Equal Pay
Three months and four days. This is how much longer, on average, women in the United States had to work to make what their male counterparts did over the  last year; Women in the United States had to ...
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April 08, 2017 | Stacey Patton, Kate Schatz | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #204: Kate Schatz, Stacey Patton. (Original Airdate 4/9/2017)

Robin on Syria, North Korea, SCOTUS, Planned Parenthood, Bill O'Reilly, and more. Guests: Kate Schatz on Solidarity Sundays activism; Dr. Stacey Patton on her book "Spare The Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America." Surrealism Corner.

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April 06, 2017 | Anya Alvarez | Sports
Muslim female athletes use voice and visibility to break barriers

Shirzanan means "female heroes," and it's the name of a group that is elevating the stories of Muslim female athletes while providing a platform for advocacy within the sports world.

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April 06, 2017 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism
Here We Are: A Q&A With Kelly Jensen, Author Of A New Intersectional Anthology
It’s been an interesting few years to be a young feminist. From the high of rising teen feminist celebrities and role models to the lows of the election, it’s clear that the next generation of young f...
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April 05, 2017 | Lauren Wolfe | International, Media, Violence against women
Syria chemical weapons attack puts new focus on regime crimes. One of which is rape.

With Tuesday’s gruesome chemical attack in Syria all over the news, attention has suddenly turned toward the crimes of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime—and away, for a moment, from those of the Islamic State. It is about time.

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April 04, 2017 | Nico Morgan | Feminism, Health
What Trans Individuals Need To Know About Their Rights Under Obamacare
Last weekend, I felt a tiny glimmer of hope in light of the looming threat of the Trump Administration and Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Trump’s new health care bill (aka the America...
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April 04, 2017 | Lauren Wolfe | International, Politics, Violence against women
Women missing in discussion of peacekeeping cuts

In the Trump administration’s proposed mass slaying of any and all programs the United States financially supports in terms of human rights, one in particular is troubling for women around the world—and it’s an angle media have missed in their reporting.

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April 02, 2017 | Julie Graves | Feminism, Girls
Manners Or Sexism?
“Girls, you NEVER say no to a guy when he asks you to dance,” barked the instructor at the sea of awkward children, anxiously tugging at our itchy formalwear. I was in fifth grade, in the midst of a “...
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April 01, 2017 | Sally Field, Leah Fessler | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #203: Sally Field, Leah Fessler. (Original Airdate 4/2/2017)

Robin on the filibuster, scoring a hockey goal, a Constitutional Convention, and running shoes. Guests: Sally Field on returning to Broadway (but loving townhall protests!); Leah Fessler on smartphone PA bots being programmed to tolerate sexism.

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March 30, 2017 | Emily Wilson | Arts and culture
Visionary feminist artist finding recognition after 50 years

After decades of making art, feminist artist Lynn Hershman Leeson is finally finding her audience in the United States at age 75.

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March 30, 2017 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media
Words of Wisdom From Feminist Writer Ariel Levy
Many feminists may know Ariel Levy as the author of modern feminist classic “Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women And The Rise Of Raunch Culture.” A contributor to the the New Yorker as well, Levy has built ...
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