Gen Z Generalized

As a continuation from my last episode, I've decided to talk about the second wave of feminism which took place during the 60s and 70s in the US. This subject is very interesting to me and I love to share my knowledge of it! Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism/The-second-wave-of-feminism https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1960s-america/a/second-wave-feminism https://dailyhistory.org/What_was_the_Second_Wave_Feminist_Movement%3F https://feminisminindia.com/2018/04/25/summary-second-wave-of-feminism/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-the-Sexes-tennis https://www.history.com/news/equal-rights-amendment-failure-phyllis-schlafly https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/us/politics/equal-rights-amendment.html

Learning about the history of feminism and women's rights movements is something I've always loved, so I decided to share a little bit of my knowledge in honor of Women's History Month!! Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/seneca-falls-convention https://dailyhistory.org/What_was_the_First_Wave_Feminist_Movement%3F https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/19th-amendment-1 https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/alice-paul https://www.nps.gov/articles/woman-suffrage-procession1913.htm

In this episode, I discuss the recent obesity epidemic in America as well as society's repsonses to the epidemic. Sources: https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/causes.html https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/obesity-in-america-whats-driving-the-epidemic https://www.health.com/weight-loss/diets-through-history-the-good-bad-and-scary https://www.insider.com/most-popular-diets-from-the-past-2018-1#the-keto-diet-was-one-of-the-most-popular-diets-of-2018-36 https://anad.org/education-and-awareness/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/ https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/statistics-research-eating-disorders https://www.macmh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/18_Gallivan_Teens-social-media-body-image-presentation-H-Gallivan-Spring-2014.pdf

For my second episode, I wanted to discuss the political, social, and scientific reasons behind various minimum age laws, such as those for tobacco  use and drinking. I try to give a brief summary of each topic as well as my opinion on some of them. Please give it a listen! Episode Sources: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/vaping-devices-electronic-cigarettes https://daily.jstor.org/a-brief-history-of-tobacco-in-america/ https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices-perspectives-fda-leadership-and-experts/achievements-tobacco-regulation-over-past-decade-and-beyond https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/health/cigarette-sales-age-21.html https://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/tobacco/cessation-and-prevention/tobacco-21-laws.html http://www.chooseresponsibility.org/frequently_asked_questions/ https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/minimum-legal-drinking-age.htm https://one.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/research/FewerYoungDrivers/iv__what_caused.htm https://www.mcleanhospital.org/news/what-you-need-know-about-alcohol-and-developing-teenage-brain https://www.britannica.com/event/Selective-Service-Acts https://www.sss.gov/About/History-And-Records/Background-Of-Selective-Service https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/02/26/no-women-dont-have-sign-draft-yet-heres-whats-next.html https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/the-26th-amendment https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-07-01/old-enough-to-fight-old-enough-to-vote-the-26th-amendments-mixed-legacy

For my very first episode, I decided to talk about one of the most important things Gen Z can do: vote! In this episode, I'll give a brief history of the minimum voting age and how its changed, and I'll give some statistics about youth voter turn out in the past 20 or so years. Episode sources: https://electionlab.mit.edu/research/voter-turnout http://www.electproject.org/home/voter-turnout/demographics https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/04/22/2020-presidential-race-harvard-youth-vote/3538944002/ https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/the-26th-amendment https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-07-01/old-enough-to-fight-old-enough-to-vote-the-26th-amendments-mixed-legacy