Can You Hear Us?/¿Nos oyen? Voces feministas, futuros feministas/Feminist Voices, feminist futures

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"*And Black Men" is a series of short podcast episodes that discuss intersectionality and the history of Black Feminism with black men. Sources: Arulo. “Atop a Mustang.” Mixkit, 2020, mixkit.co/free-stock-music/acoustic/. Crenshaw, Kimberle. “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color.” Stanford Law Review, vol. 43, no. 6, 1991, pp. 1241–1299. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1229039. Accessed 10 Dec. 2020. Nash, Jennifer Christine. Black Feminism Reimagined: after Intersectionality. Duke University Press, 2019. Cooper, Brittney C. Eloquent Rage: a Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower. Picador, 2019. Marriott, David. On Black Men. 2000 Manne, Kate. Down Girl. Penguin Books Ltd, 2019.

"*And Black Men" is a series of short podcast episodes that discuss intersectionality and the history of Black Feminism with black men. Sources: Arulo. “Atop a Mustang.” Mixkit, 2020, mixkit.co/free-stock-music/acoustic/. Crenshaw, Kimberle. “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color.” Stanford Law Review, vol. 43, no. 6, 1991, pp. 1241–1299. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1229039. Accessed 10 Dec. 2020. Nash, Jennifer Christine. Black Feminism Reimagined: after Intersectionality. Duke University Press, 2019. Cooper, Brittney C. Eloquent Rage: a Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower. Picador, 2019. Marriott, David. On Black Men. 2000 Manne, Kate. Down Girl. Penguin Books Ltd, 2019.

"*And Black Men" is a short series of podcast episodes that discuss intersectionality and the history of Black Feminism with black men. Sources: Arulo. “Atop a Mustang.” Mixkit, 2020, mixkit.co/free-stock-music/acoustic/. Crenshaw, Kimberle. “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color.” Stanford Law Review, vol. 43, no. 6, 1991, pp. 1241–1299. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1229039. Accessed 10 Dec. 2020. Nash, Jennifer Christine. Black Feminism Reimagined: after Intersectionality. Duke University Press, 2019. Cooper, Brittney C. Eloquent Rage: a Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower. Picador, 2019. Marriott, David. On Black Men. 2000 Manne, Kate. Down Girl. Penguin Books Ltd, 2019.

"*and black men" is a series of short episodes that discuss intersectionality and the history of Black Feminism with black men.Over four episodes 

Welcome back to The Ways She Moves: a podcast focused on discussing female-led political movements. This episode we cover "The Squad." Who are they? How did they become so infamous? What effects have they had, both as individuals and as a collective unofficial movement, on the political, social, and cultural realms of American society? Honestly, this episode was a blast, and I enjoyed making it. Enjoy! Sources from this Episode: Frances M. Beale, Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female, 1969. Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism, 2020. Sarah J. Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles, Hashtag Activism, 2020. Martha Jones, Vanguard, 2020. Norah Bowman, Meg Braem, and Dominique Hui, Amplify: Graphic Narratives of Feminist Resistance, 2019. Google Trends, https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2018-11-03%202020-12-02&geo=US&q=the%20squad USA Today, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/24/aoc-response-ted-yoho-read-text-rep-ocasio-cortezs-speech/5500633002/ Vox, https://www.vox.com/2019/7/17/20696474/squad-congresswomen-trump-pressley-aoc-omar-tlaib Twitter, https://twitter.com/hashtag/thesquad?lang=en CNN, https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/who-are-the-squad/index.html The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/opinion/the-squad-democrats.html The Hill, https://thehill.com/homenews/media/519492-the-squad-responds-to-twitter-warning-for-posts-threatening-bodily Vanity Fair, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/the-squad-donald-trump Video Clips (in chronological order): FOX News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMEeaJP-LLc CNN, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdWxOtSrDoo&t=13s FOX News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rATLOoadP7c Late Night with Seth Meyers, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYqelKm5nqA CBS News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29J8Xjh11lY NBC News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSZcdMCHn2o NowThis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG2sgYhNR6o

"The Way She Moves" is dedicated to digging into the ways in which the modern world has shaped political movements and organizations. Using critical feminist thinking and political discourse, this podcast explores a few of the most prominent political movements from the last 5 years and analyzes why they work, what makes them unique, and of course, how the women who lead these movements have created their own phenomena. Here I cover the Black Lives Matter movement and its monumental success since its inception in 2013. We discuss how it started all because of three black women on Facebook, how the movement has taken off on social media and how social media has helped Black Lives Matter, and I share some audio clips with you as I journeyed to a local Black Lives Matter vigil near me and spoke to some folks there.* Enjoy! Sources from this Episode: Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism, 2020 Sarah J. Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles, Hashtag Activism, 2020. Black Lives Matter's Home Website, https://blacklivesmatter.com The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/03/us/george-floyd-protests-crowd-size.html The Anti-Defamation League, https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/lesson-plans/black-lives-matter-from-hashtag-to-movement BBC News, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53273381 *All audio clips of interviews in this episode are mine

What do we do from here? In this episode, I discuss some of the great organizational work and media that are committed to educating and helping to break this harmful cycle. Sources: Tajima-Peña, Renee, director. No Más Bebés. PBS, 2015. Boyd-Batstone, Kathryn, director. For Rosa. 2020.

In this episode, I and Sara Delgado (guest co-host) have a conversation about the historical presence of reproductive abuse against Latinx women. By using the examples of three prominent cases, we able to see the trends that continue to harm Latinx women. Sources: Latinx Civil Rights in the United States: A Resource Guide: 1981: Madrigal v. Quilligan. guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/madrigal-v-quilligan. Sex Ed Is a Reproductive Justice Issue Promoting the Reproductive Justice of Young Latinas through Comprehensive Sexuality Education, California Latina for Reproductive Justice . Lira, Natalie. “Latinos and the Consequences of Eugenics.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 16 Oct. 2018, www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/eugenics-latinos-and-the-consequences-of-eugenics/. “Tubal Ligation Procedure: Female Sterilization: Essure.” Planned Parenthood, www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/sterilization. Krase, Kathryn. “The History of Forced Sterilization in the United States.” Our Bodies Ourselves, 1 Oct. 2014, www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book-excerpts/health-article/forced-sterilization/.

“Educated Chingonas” - A safe space for Latinx women to engage in topics that Mom or Dad does not talk to you about, at least in depth. Episode 1: “Let's Talk about Sexo” - The Latinx community, has major taboo when it comes to sex, sexual education, and reproductive health. In this episode, we dive into the reasons why reproductive health and sexual education are rarely talked about and why the inability to educate, as a community, can relate to the cycle of reproductive abuse on Latinx women. Source: Sex Ed Is a Reproductive Justice Issue Promoting the Reproductive Justice of Young Latinas through Comprehensive Sexuality Education, California Latina for Reproductive Justice. Thank you to Professor Bayer and Andrew Smith for technical and educational information and support!

When we reclaim the word "slut" do we harness the power of that word for ourselves? What are the arguments for and against reclaiming this word? Tune in and hear the debate along with personal reflections on the worlds of power wielded by this four-letter word. Sources: Blay, Z. (2015, October 5). Reclaiming the word ‘slut' is an entirely different beast for black women. Huffpost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reclaiming-the-word-slut-is-an-entirely-different-beast-for-black-women_n_56128706e4b0af3706e14d49 Payne, E.(2010). Sluts: Heteronormative policing in the stories of lesbian youth. Educational Studies, 46(3), 317-336. Doi: 10.1080/00131941003614911 Tanenbaum, L. (2015, February 4). Why we shouldn't reclaim slut. Slate. https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/02/slut-why-we-shouldn-t-reclaim-this-word-despite-slutwalk-slut-pride-rock-the-slut-vote-femen-and-other-attempts.html Tiwari, I. (2020, February 4). How to feel liberated by reclaiming the slut shaming slang words. Feminism in India. https://feminisminindia.com/2020/02/04/feel-liberated-reclaiming-slut-shaming-slang-words/

What are the debates on reclaiming the word "girl"? They are many -- and they vary by race. Listen in to the debates and interviews. Sources: Black women on being called ‘girl' in the workplace (2017, May 15). WLRN. https://www.wlrn.org/news/2017-05-15/black-women-on-being-called-girl-in-the-workplace Hurley, K. (2014, June 27). Why we need to reclaim ‘like a girl'. allParenting. http://allparenting.com/my-family/articles/971447/why-we-need-to-reclaim-like-a-girl Kendall, M. (2020). Hood feminism: Notes from the women that a movement forgot. Penguin Random House. Lizzo, Douglas, S., & Felder, O. (2019). Like a Girl [Recorded by Lizzo]. On Cuz I Love You [mp3]. Los Angeles, CA: Nice Life. (August 2016 - July 2018). Reclaim the true meaning of ‘like a girl' (2015, February 20). Girls Inc. of Greater Indianapolis. https://girlsincindy.org/2015/02/20/10263_blog/ Rothman, L (2012, March 5). I am gal, hear me roar. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/03/i-am-gal-hear-me-roar/253910/

In the late 1960s, Jo Freeman published her "Bitch Manifesto." Since then, the debate on reclaiming bitch has moved far and wide. Who gets to reclaim this word and what is power we claim with reclaiming bitch. This episode delves in to the debate, inviting others to weigh in. Sources: Harris, F. C. (2016, March). The resting “bitch” face: Exploring the intersection of African American women, race, class, sexuality, gender, and reality TV [Conference presentation]. SEWSA 2016: Intersectionality 40th Anniversary Conference, Rock Hill, SC, United States. Fitta, J. (2020, September 24). Reclaiming the power of the word bitch. SWAAY. https://swaay.com/reclaiming-power-bitch Freeman, J. (1969). The BITCH manifesto. KNOW, Inc. Jeffers, H. F. (2017, September 23). Teachable racial moment: A black history lesson behind ‘son of a bitch'. Honoree Jeffers. http://honoreejeffers.com/blog/2017/09/23/teachable-racial-moment-a-black-history-lesson-behind-son-of-a-bitch/ Kleinman, S., Ezzell, M. B., & Frost, A. C. (2009). Reclaiming critical analysis: The social harms of “bitch.” Sociological Analysis, 3(1), 46-68.

We all know words can be used as weapons against us, but how do we take back these words, reclaim them for ourselves? Is reclaiming language a social change action? Who gets to reclaim which words? That is, how do race, gender and sexuality shape efforts to reclaim words? "Reclaiming Language" visits this tricky territory of words and actions -- looking at all sides of the argument and who gets to reclaim which words. References Beard, M. (2014). The public voice of women. LBR, 36(6), 1-17. Browman, N. & Braem, M. (2019). Amplify: Graphic narratives of feminist resistance. University of Toronto Press. Collins, P. H. (1990). Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment. Routledge. Cooper, B. (2016). Intersectionality. In L. Disch & M. Hawkesworth, The Oxford handbook of feminist theory (pp. 385-406). Oxford University Press. Doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199328581.013.20 D'Ignazio, C. & Klein, L. F. (2020). Data feminism. The MIT Press. Gregoire, C. (2017, February 10). The psychological power of reclaiming oppressive language. Huffpost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/psychology-reclaiming-language_n_589c96bde4b04061313bf423 Harker, J. & Konchar Farr, C. (2016). This book is an action: Feminist print culture and activist aesthetics. University of Illinois Press. Herbert, C. Precarious projects: The performative structure of reclamation. Language Sciences, 52, 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2015.05.002 Kendall, M. (2020). Hood feminism: Notes from the women that a movement forgot. Penguin Random House. Law, E. (2018, April 28). 10 English words that have completely changed in meaning. Culture Trip. https://theculturetrip.com/europe/articles/10-english-words-that-have-completely-changed-meaning/ Manne, K. (2018). Down girl: The logic of misogyny. Oxford University Press. Neal, M. (2012, July, 19). Take it back: 5 steps to reclaim a dirty name. Good. https://www.good.is/articles/take-it-back-5-steps-to-reclaim-a-dirty-name Rosario, I. & Smith, W. (2018, April 8). Point/Counterpoint: Should we reclaim slurs? The Daily Iowan. https://dailyiowan.com/2018/04/09/point-counterpoint-should-we-reclaim-slurs/ Smith, A. M. (2016) Subjectivity and subjectivation. In L. Disch & M. Hawkesworth, The Oxford handbook of feminist theory (pp. 955-972). Oxford University Press. Doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199328581.001.0001. Stone-Mediatore, S. Storytelling/narrative. In L. Disch & M. Hawkesworth, The Oxford handbook of feminist theory. (pp. 934-954). Oxford University Press. Doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199328581.013.46. Van Weele, C. (2018, November 7). Reclaiming slurs is a form of resisting oppression. The Daily Aztec. https://thedailyaztec.com/reclaiming-slurs-is-a-form-of-resisting-oppression/

The Sexy Podcast: Episode 2 Hook-up culture - and discussion of "call her daddy": Sex is a part of life and as a 21-year-old in college, hook-up culture is the trending mode in all things sexual. In this episode, we will dive into hook-up culture and the podcast "Call Her Daddy" talking about the good the bad, and the ugly of the over and under sexualization of women. We have a guest star appearance from another one of my best friends and my go-to girl talk specialist: Katie Zampoline. All this is discussed through a feminist intersectional lens ;)

Women are slut-shamed and shamed for their sexuality. From being too much to not enough. Here we challenge what society deems as sexy or not. On this podcast, we are going to tackle these issues that are present in our media and everyday lives. So come one, come all... Sit back and hear what a 21-year-old feminist has to say on these issues! Episode 1 Fashion (feminist style): Fashion is a part of our everyday lives, so much so that it helps to tell a story that sometimes we don't want to tell. Meaning the clothes we wear over or under sexualize us, women! I myself am tired of people looking and judging me based on how tight my shirt is or how baggy my pants are. Here on this episode of The Sexy Podcast, we dive into this issue. We talk about the history of fashion and where we are now in fashion. Also guest start appearances from one of my best friends and fashion expert: Fiona Aronson! All this is discussed through a feminist intersectional lens ;)

2021 -- and, yes, we will still be talking, thinking and living with CoVOD-19, now with hopes of the vaccine helping us to sustain community life. Still, we need to uphold much we have learned -- small steps such as wearing a mask and social distancing make for big changes. This episode talks about the ways that people, even healthcare professionals tend to believe that Black communities are immune to COVID-19. This is due to the lack of available data on COVID-19 and race and ethnicity. This episode also includes an interview with my friend Kaitlyn Braithwaite, a junior and Hobart and William Smith Colleges majoring in Writing and Rhetoric and minoring in Women's Studies. She talks all about her experiences living in Brooklyn during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and her experiences with disparities in access to testing, the role of self-medication in West Indian communities, and even losing a family member to COVID-19. Special thanks to Kaitlyn for this contribution and also to Andrew Smith from HWS IT Services for help in creating and editing this podcast.Sources: Laurencin, Cato T., and Aneesah McClinton. 2020. “The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call to Action to Identify and Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities7 (3): 398–402.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00756-0.

Want to make change but not sure how or where to begin? Small steps for big change tackles this question, looking at what we can do to change oil spills. This episode talks about how large oil companies dominate areas inhabited by low-income or indigneous people in both Nigeria and the Peruvian Amazon and how their negligence in maintaining pipelines has caused thousands of oil spills which are dangerous for both the ecosystems and the people. Consumers in the U.S. continue to buy oil from these companies without realizing how they exploit and harm these communities. Special thanks to Andrew Smith from HWS IT Services for his help in creating and editing this podcast. Sources:Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) -U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), September 4, 2020. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=33. Kingston, Paul F. 2002. “Long-Term Environmental Impact of Oil Spills.” Spill Science & Technology Bulletin7 (1): 53–61.https://doi.org/10.1016/S1353-2561(02)00051-8. “Niger Delta Negligence.” Amnesty International. Accessed December 9, 2020. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/03/niger-delta-oil-spills-decoders/. Praeli, Yvette Sierra. “More than 470 Oil Spills in the Peruvian Amazon since 2000:Report.” Monga Bay News, October 6, 2020. https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/more-than-470-oil-spills-in-the-peruvian-amazon-since-2000-report/. Webb, Jena. “What Do We Know about How Oil Spills Affect Human Health? Not Enough. .” Web log. Amazon Frontlines(blog). Accessed 2020. https://www.amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/health-oil/.

Looking to change how to live in 2021? Small steps for big change are topics covered in this three episode series on ecofeminism -- from fast fashion and oil spills through to CoVID19. This episode details the ways that the fast fashion industry exploits factory workers in lower income countries with unsafe conditions and low wages and also pollutes local water systems with chemicals from synthetic fabrics. It also discusses how consumers in the U.S. continuously buy this cheap fashion and most of it ends up in a landfill as textile waste. Special thanks to Andrew Smith HWS IT Services for his help and creating and editing this podcast. Sources:Bick, R., Halsey, E. & Ekenga, C.C. The global environmental injustice of fast fashion. Environ Health17, 92 (2018).https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-018-0433-7 Meyers, Chris. “Wrongful Beneficence: Exploitation and Third World Sweatshops.” Journal of Social Philosophy35, no. 3 (2004): 319–33.

Talking out what feminism means with peers is one way to explore the word "feminist" and what feminism is all about -- for us as young women.

Wondering what is this thing we call feminism? Wanting to understand feminism's basics? Feminism for Newbies introduces feminism through stories, history, books and conversation with peers.

In this final episode I share a conversation on our experiences with my cousin, Natalia Tecca, a junior at George Washington University. We reflect on relevant topics such as intersectionality and the movement for Black Lives Matter, Gen Z, political/social protest, the 2020 Presidential Election, and education during the Covid-19 pandemic at a smaller private college (HWS) and a larger university.

This episode digs into social media, current issues with sexual assault and Title IX, intersectionality, Gen Z, social protests, and the Black Lives Matter movement on the Hobart and William Smith Colleges campus.

Claiming space digs into the experience of Generation Z female students on the college campus and how we use our voices and exercise our power in and out of the classroom in the era of COVID-19 and the 2020 Presidential Election. In this first of three episodes, I shed light on my personal background, lay out the aims of this podcast, and discuss a Generation Z study done in 2016 by Corey Seemiller and Meghan Grace. Special thanks to Andrew Smith at HWS for technical workshops and support.

In this episode I set out to learn about my family and feminism -- lots of surprises along the way.

Ever ask yourself how you became a feminist? Ever recounted the stories of how you were not so sure about feminism? In this two-part series I look back on my high school days as a college sophomore now, asking myself why I shied away from feminism -- and then I turn to my family to ask them about their paths to feminism. Lots of surprises for me along the way as I learned more about my family and feminism. First, my story and a close-up look at my fears.