Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDianne M. Stewart, "Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African-American Marriage" (Seal Press, 2020)
Episode 356
According to the 2010 US census, more than seventy percent of Black women in America are unmarried. Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African…
3 years, 3 months ago
Gloria Coppola et al., "Women Standing Strong Together: Stories of Surrendering to Your Authentic Self" (2019)
Episode 221
Life will always bring us experiences and uncertainty, risks, losses - never planned, never found - emotional upheaval that defines what it means to …
3 years, 3 months ago
Erin in the Morning: A Interview with Erin Reed, LGBTQ+ Activist and Substacker
Episode 48
Today I interview Erin Reed. Reed is an activist, public speaker, and writer across multiple platforms, including a Substack newsletter, all of which…
3 years, 3 months ago
Gendered Labor, Food Security, and Technology in 20th Century Mali
Episode 29
Laura Ann Twagira, an associate professor of history, head of African Studies, and an affiliate with science in society program and feminist gender s…
3 years, 3 months ago
Rachel Adelman, "The Female Ruse: Women's Deception and Divine Sanction in the Hebrew Bible" (Sheffield Press, 2017)
Episode 102
In Rachael E. Adelman's monograph The Female Ruse: Women's Deception and Divine Sanction in the Hebrew Bible (Sheffield Press, 2017) she explores how…
3 years, 3 months ago
Reclaiming a Lost Vision of Feminism: A Conversation with Erika Bachiochi
Episode 162
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has led to a flurry of commentary and wondering, "Where next?" But, it also begs deeper questions: what is the history…
3 years, 3 months ago
Broken Pathways: Women’s Political Leadership in Sri Lanka
Episode 166
Why are there so few women from non-elite backgrounds in Sri Lankan politics? What barriers do they face on their pathways to politics? And what can …
3 years, 3 months ago
Ute Hüsken, "Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance: Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 242
In most mainstream traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, women have for centuries largely been excluded from positions of religious and ritual leaders…
3 years, 3 months ago
Robert O'Mochain and Yuki Ueno, "Sexual Abuse and Education in Japan: In the (Inter)National Shadows" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 111
Bringing together two voices, practice and theory, in a collaboration that emerges from lived experience and structured reflection upon that experien…
3 years, 3 months ago
Clare Forstie, "Queering the Midwest: Forging LGBTQ Community" (NYU Press, 2022)
Episode 47
Drag shows that test the capacity of bars persist alongside wishes for stronger community among River City's LGBTQ population. In this examination of…
3 years, 3 months ago