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The wound between women is not just interpersonal. It is neurobiological, historical, and deeply rooted in systems that were designed to divide us. In this episode, Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristof are joined by Dr. Lovey Bradley, Msc.D., NSI certified practitioner, BrainBased facilitator, and facilitator of the NSI BIPOC Affinity Group, whose work sits at the intersection of female hormone health, nervous system regulation, and somatic approaches to trauma. Together, they go deep on one of the most underexplored dimensions of collective healing: the feminine wound, and specifically the racial fracture at its root. Lovey shares her own experience of dissociation in a predominantly white healing space during her NCAI certification, and what that revealed about epigenetic nervous system patterns that have nothing to do with individual will and everything to do with what our bodies have inherited and learned to expect. Jennifer and Elisabeth reflect honestly on their own experiences, including what it takes for white bodied women to pause, stop fixing, and actually listen without collapsing into shame or urgency. The conversation also traces the science behind why relational stress hits the female nervous system so hard, why oxytocin can amplify threat as much as it buffers it when relationships are unsafe, and how chronic cortisol dysregulation suppresses progesterone and drives the health outcomes so many women are navigating. Topic Include: Why the feminine wound cannot be fully healed without naming its racial roots How the nervous system adapts to chronic relational threat in female coded spaces What social baseline theory tells us about why disconnection between women is a physiological load, not just an emotional one How early experiences of exclusion, relational aggression, and peer victimization become nervous system prediction patterns in adulthood Why oxytocin amplifies relational stress when social environments are unsafe How high cortisol suppresses progesterone and drives inflammation, infertility, and hormonal dysregulation What it looks like for white bodied women to stay present without defaulting to shame, urgency, or over-repair Why healing within cultures must precede healing across them What a real path forward looks like, starting at the individual level Chapters 0:00 - Why Racial Trauma Is the Root We Are Not Talking About 1:05 - Welcome: The Feminine Wound Through a Nervous System Lens 3:48 - Introducing Dr. Lovey Bradley and Why This Conversation Matters 7:00 - How the Sister Wound Shows Up in Friendships, Workplaces, and Healing Spaces 10:21 - Dr. Lovey's Personal Story: Dissociating in a Predominantly White Healing Space 17:11 - Social Baseline Theory and the Neurobiology of Relational Disconnection 24:54 - The Historical Root: White Women, Racial Hierarchy, and the Fractured Sisterhood 27:26 - What It Takes for White Bodied Women to Listen Without Collapsing 34:14 - Colorism, Division Within Cultures, and Where Trust Has to Begin 43:08 - Early Developmental Roots: How Relational Threat Shapes the Nervous System 46:52 - Oxytocin, Cortisol, Progesterone, and the Female Hormone Connection 49:56 - A Path Forward: Building Trust One Relationship at a Time Ways to Engage with Neurosomatics: Neurosomatic Intelligence is now enrolling : https://neurosomaticintelligence.com/nsi-certification Join us for a two week trial of neurosomatic practices at rewiretrial.com Free BrainBased neurosomatic workshop for entrepreneurs at rewirecapacity.com Sacred Synapse: an educational YouTube channel founded by Jennifer Wallace that explores nervous system regulation, applied neuroscience, consciousness, and psychedelic preparation and integration through Neurosomatic Intelligence.  Wayfinder Journal: Track nervous system patterns and support preparation and integration through Neurosomatic Intelligence. Learn to work with Boundaries at the level of the body and nervous system at https://www.boundaryrewire.com   Resources that inform this episode: Coan, James A., Hillary S. Schaefer, and Richard J. Davidson. "Lending a Hand: Social Regulation of the Neural Response to Threat." Psychological Science, vol. 17, no. 12, 2006, pp. 1032–1039. Crick, Nicki R., and Jennifer K. Grotpeter. "Relational Aggression, Gender, and Social-Psychological Adjustment." Child Development, vol. 66, no. 3, 1995, pp. 710–722. Holt-Lunstad, Julianne, Timothy B. Smith, and J. Bradley Layton. "Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-Analytic Review." PLOS Medicine, vol. 7, no. 7, 2010, e1000316. Miller, Jean Baker. Toward a New Psychology of Women. Beacon Press, 1976. Wellesley Centers for Women ed., 2012. Prinstein, Mitchell J., et al. "Peer Victimization, Friendship, and the Stress Response." Development and Psychopathology, vol. 17, no. 4, 2005, pp. 1017–1038. Rimé, Bernard. "Emotion Elicits the Social Sharing of Emotion: Theory and Empirical Review." Emotion Review, vol. 1, no. 1, 2009, pp. 60–85. Shamay-Tsoory, Simone G., and Ahmad Abu-Akel. "The Social Salience Hypothesis of Oxytocin." Biological Psychiatry, vol. 79, no. 3, 2016, pp. 194–202. Taylor, Shelley E., et al. "Biobehavioral Responses to Stress in Females: Tend-and-Befriend, Not Fight-or-Flight." Psychological Review, vol. 107, no. 3, 2000, pp. 411–429. Taylor, Shelley E. "Tend and Befriend: Biobehavioral Bases of Affiliation under Stress." Current Directions in Psychological Science, vol. 15, no. 6, 2006, pp. 273–277. Tedeschi, Richard G., and Lawrence G. Calhoun. "Posttraumatic Growth: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Evidence." Psychological Inquiry, vol. 15, no. 1, 2004, pp. 1–18. Uchino, Bert N. "Social Support and Health: A Review of Physiological Processes Potentially Underlying Links to Disease Outcomes." Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 29, no. 4, 2006, pp. 377–387. 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Pashtana Durrani (b. 1997 near Quetta, Pakistan) is an Afghan feminist, human-rights advocate, and educator devoted to securing education for girls in Afghanistan. Born and raised in a refugee camp, she was deeply influenced by her parents—her father, a tribal leader, had opened a girls’ school in the camp, and her mother and aunt taught there—a foundation that sparked her lifelong commitment to learning. In 2018, she founded LEARN Afghanistan, the nation’s first digital school network, which delivers educational content via tablets and an offline platform to girls and boys in underserved areas. By the Taliban’s return in 2021, LEARN operated 18 digital schools, educating over 10,000 students and training more than 80 teachers in digital literacy. It also includes programs on menstrual hygiene, reaching hundreds of girls. After the Taliban takeover in August 2021, Durrani went into hiding and eventually fled to the United States. Undeterred, within a month, she resumed operations covertly, creating underground schools across six provinces—Kandahar, Helmand, Daikundi, Samangan, Herat, and Bamyan—educating hundreds of girls daily. Academically, Pashtana was a visiting fellow—and later International Scholar-in-Residence—at the Wellesley Centers for Women, continuing her work on girls’ education and maternal health, while pursuing a Master’s degree at Harvard University. Her work has earned global recognition through many accolades, including the Malala Fund Education Champion award, the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Emerging Leader Prize, recognition among the BBC 100 Women, the UN Young Activists Award, and honors from the World Economic Forum, the Muhammad Ali Center, and the International Leadership Association, among others. Durrani is also the author of Last to Eat, Last to Learn, a memoir recounting her journey from refugee to activist and her fight for Afghan girls’ education.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lalita du Perron talks to Pashtana Durrani, Executive Director of LearnAfghan.org and visiting fellow at the Wellesley Centers for Women about her journey into advocacy and activism and the role of US higher education institutions in addressing the educational needs of Afghan women and girls.

Buy Tickets for the Stand Up PodJam Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics and the Battle for Public Education Laura Pappano, an award-winning journalist and author, has been a frequent contributor to The New York Times and The Hechinger Report. She is a writer-in-residence at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College and was the 2018-2019 Poynter Fellow-in-Residence at Yale. Laura is founder of The New Haven Student Journalism Project, operated through Yale University's Office of New Haven Affairs. Through the program, New Haven Public School students in grades 3-8 work with Yale mentors to cover the most pressing issues of the day and produce The East Rock Record, which is published in print and online at eastrockrecord.org.Laura is a moderator, speaker and media guest. She has lead keynotes, including at SXSW.edu, and speaks frequently about education and gender issues. She has been a TV and radio guest, including on NPR. She is a former education columnist for The Boston Globe and contributor to the Harvard Education Letter.  Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Boston Globe Magazine and elsewhere.  Her story, “How Big Time Sports Ate College Life,” published in The New York Times, is included in The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition (8th and 9th editions, 2013; 9th edition, 2017). She is author or co-author of Inside School Turnarounds (2010), Playing With the Boys (2008) and The Connection Gap (2001). Her new book, School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics and the Battle for Public Education will be published by Beacon Press in January 2024. A 1984 Yale grad, Laura was goalkeeper for the 1980 Ivy League Championship Field Hockey team. She serves on the board of the Yale Field Hockey Association, is a past board chair of Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT and of the West Suburban YMCA in Newton, MA.  She bikes, plays USTA tennis, is a passionate theatre-goer, reader and cook. Laura is the mom to three mostly grown children. She lives in Seattle, WA and New Haven, CT. Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll   

Pets can have many benefits, including some that are unseen. Linda Charmaraman, senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, details one. Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., is a senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College and director of the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab. Her research […]

orn N 2 with host Gregory T. Roberts and co-host Melvin Burns II with guest Peggy McIntosh feminist, anti-racism activist, scholar, speaker, and Senior Research Scientist of the Wellesley Centers for Women and the founder of the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity).

Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., is a senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women and director of the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab. Her research interests include technology and adolescent health, digital citizenship, innovative research methods to include overlooked and hidden populations, and how social identities like gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and political affiliation, affect wellbeing.She is currently conducting a three-year study funded by the National Institutes of Health to follow middle school students and their parents during a critical developmental period to determine longer-term health and wellbeing effects of social technologies, including smartphones, social media, YouTube, and gaming. A key goal of this project is not only to prevent negative health effects of social media use, but also to harness its potential to increase connections with other people and communities through the exchange of social and emotional support and opportunities for civic engagement.  Linda dives into what the research is telling us about the impact of digital media on teens and tweens, as well as what we may be seeing in the future from these digitally engrained generations. This interview shifted my own biases perspectives on the future of the social space, and I hope you enjoy some takeaways of your own. Let's get into it. To connect with Linda, click here.To connect with Hillary, click here. Read more about Social HQ here.For more episodes, go to SOCIALCOMPLEXPOD.COMProduced by You Lucky Dog Productions.

Social media's drawbacks are well documented, but there are positives too. Linda Charmaraman, senior research scientist at the Wellesley Center for Women at Wellesley College, examines one. Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., is a senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College and director of the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab. Her […]

The vast majority of U.S. teens have access to a smartphone and at least one social media account, and recent headlines seem to confirm parents' worst fears about the effects of all that time spent online. But psychologists' research suggests that there are nuanced answers to the question of how social media affects teens' mental health and well-being. Linda Charmaraman, PhD, director of the Youth, Media and Wellbeing Research Lab at the Wellesley Centers for Women, discusses how teens use social media today, its impact on their mental health, and what parents, educators and others can do to maximize its benefits and minimize its potential harms.

Do you feel that celebrities are your friend, well social media is buzzing about 'parasocial' relationships but are they healthy? We get into a study that social media isn't just about trolling, how it's supporting LGBTQ youth. That and more! Let's go there!    Special guests: Jeff Stein - White House Economic Reporter at The Washington Post.  Meridith McGraw - White House Reporter for POLITICO.  Dr. Linda Charmaraman - Founder and director of the Youth, Media, & Wellbeing Research Lab at the Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College.  Audrey Hope - Addiction therapist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of AFSPA Talks, COO Kyle Longton brings us through our third and final discussion of back to school. This episode looks at going back to school amidst the pandemic through the eyes of pediatrician Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph. Dr. Pearl Ben-Joseph shares the safest practices for returning to school, preventative measures against getting COVID-19, as well as the affects of increased social technology use on children during this time and in the future. Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph, MD, is a pediatrician and medical editor at the Center for Health Delivery Innovation | KidsHealth.org in the Nemours Children's Health System. Dr. Pearl Ben-Joseph has extensive experience creating easy-to-understand patient education materials about health-related topics. She also has a Master of Public Health degree, and has been working hard over the pandemic to help people understand the science and public health impact of COVID-19. Finally, as a visiting scholar at the Wellesley Centers for Women in Wellesley College, she has been studying the effects of social media on children and adolescents, and how parental involvement can affect the experience of youth as they navigate the world of media and electronics.Click Here to read our "Safe Return to the Classroom" blog. Click Here for the mentioned Family Media Use Plan. Click Here for the KidsHealth site.   

Today Melanie talks with Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., a senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women and director of the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab. Dr. Charmaraman's research interests include technology and adolescent health, digital citizenship, innovative research methods to include overlooked and hidden populations, and how social identities (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, political affiliation) affect wellbeing.  Dr. Charmaraman shares with Melanie her current research on middle school-aged children—6th to 8th grade—and early social media use. They discuss how the manipulation of algorithms in media influences addictive use and promotes feelings of control within games or other platforms. Dr. Charmaraman discusses how not only the quantity of hours spent on screens, but the quality of content is influencing the outcomes of symptoms of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and school efficacy in children. Her research supports ScreenStrong's message to delay smartphones for children and cites it as a protective factor in their adolescent development as a whole. Subscribe, rate, and review this podcast to help spread the word. Stay Strong! Visit ScreenStrong.com to learn more about becoming a ScreenStrong Family and to take our ScreenStrong Challenge.Need extra support? Join our ScreenStrong Families Facebook Group.Interested in being a podcast guest? Email us at: team@screenstrong.com.Use code STRONG at GabbWireless.com for a discount on a talk & text only phone for teens.

Don and Amy welcome back Dr. Amy Banks, who brings her co-author, Isaac Knapper, to discuss their upcoming book, "Fighting Time"—a story of their 36-year journey from murder to meeting. Dr. Banks' father, Ronald, was shot and killed on April 29, 1979, as he left the Hyatt Regency hotel in New Orleans. Isaac, who along with Amy was 16 at the time, was wrongfully convicted of the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. She and her younger sister, Nancy, traveled to meet and ultimately befriend Isaac in 2015. Additional resources: "Fighting Time" (Regal House Publishing, by Amy Banks and Isaac Knapper, 2021) https://www.regalhousepublishing.com/product/fighting-time/  "How Can White Folks Join the Fight to End Systemic Racism?" (Pact Press, by Amy Banks, September 16, 2020) http://pactpress.com/2020/09/how-can-white-folks-join-the-fight-to-end-systemic-racism/  "The Social Impact of Wrongful Conviction" (YouTube, Wellesley Centers for Women, April 7, 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10kzlovflQ8  "Wrongly Incarcerated Singer Archie Williams Delivers Unforgettable Song - America's Got Talent 2020" (YouTube, by America's Got Talent, May 22, 2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShgOH1u78XA  "What AGT didn't tell you about Archie Williams | America's Got Talent 2020" (YouTube, by Epic Top Trending, May 30, 2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-lRVS9DNK0  "The last time New Orleans Mardi Gras parades were canceled, here's what happened" (NOLA, by Matt Sledge, February 7, 2021) https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/mardi_gras/article_3ab27242-6804-11eb-b241-176657eea9a2.html  Banks v. Hyatt Corp. (April 11, 1984) https://www.ravellaw.com/opinions/e61e4dbb2ff1dfc5691f607065c49c0c  Special thanks to BCC interns, Rylie Cook and Constance Johnson, for helping with research for this season. Buy "Your Racist Friend" by They Might Be Giants on iTunes

Our host, Nicole Cacal, chats with Dr. Linda Charmaraman - a senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women and project director of its Youth, Media, & Wellbeing Research Lab. They discuss Linda’s pioneering research in the field of social media, the ways in which she encourages female minorities to pursue STEM-based studies, and the value of charting your own path - wherever it may lead.—Linda Charmaraman on LinkedInNicole Cacal on LinkedInForbes Ignite WebsiteForbes Ignite on InstagramForbes Ignite on LinkedIn

Our host, Nicole Cacal, chats with Dr. Linda Charmaraman - a senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women and project director of its Youth, Media, & Wellbeing Research Lab. They discuss Linda's pioneering research in the field of social media, the ways in which she encourages female minorities to pursue STEM-based studies, and the value of charting your own path - wherever it may lead.This episode is presented by Forbes Ignitewith production by Due South Media©2020 Forbes Ignite

Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., is the Katherine Stone Kaufmann '67 Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. She is best known for her scholarship in the area of womanism and is the author of two groundbreaking texts in the field of womanist studies, The Womanist Reader (Routledge, 2006) and The Womanist Idea (Routledge, 2012); a third book is forthcoming. Maparyan has also published significantly in the areas of adolescent development, social identities, (including biracial/biethnic identity and the intersections of racial/ethnic, sexual, spiritual/religious, and gender identities), Black LGBTQ studies, Hip Hop studies, and history of psychology. Maparyan's scholar-activist work interweaves threads from the social sciences and the critical disciplines, incorporating basic and applied platforms around a common theme of integrating identities and communities in peaceable, ecologically sound, and self-actualizing ways. (source: https://www.wcwonline.org/Active-Researchers/layli-philips-maparyan-phd) In this episode, I interviewed Layli about antiracism in the Baha'i faith. She shares with us a powerful approach to this issue accessible to everybody. Listen to the episode to know more... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pietro-rossini/message

Layli Maparyan, Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women, sharing her insights about the value of womanist spiritual activism to contemporary politics. Broadcast on KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles April 5, 2018

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMILIATION Think you know what humiliation is? Well, prepare for some enlightenment.  Humiliation is not only personal, but also global. Consequences are huge, and it can affect not only kids in school, but even countries societies. So what exactly is the psychology of humiliation and what does it mean? Experts Evelin G. Lindner and Linda M. Hartling are waging a two-woman campaign to study, recognize and counter humiliation. They will explain all about what humiliation is, the responses to it, the consequences of it, and what we can do about it.  Lindner is a medical doctor and a psychologist with a PhD, in each field. She is co-founder of the World Dignity University Initiative and a nominee for the Nobel Peace Price for the last three years running. Hartling is Director of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies and co-founder of the World Dignity University Initiative and Dignity Press. She has a PhD in clinical and community psychology and is past Associate Director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College. Join us as we talk about humiliation, what it means and how it manifests.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMILIATION Think you know what humiliation is? Well, prepare for some enlightenment.  Humiliation is not only personal, but also global. Consequences are huge, and it can affect not only kids in school, but even countries societies. So what exactly is the psychology of humiliation and what does it mean? Experts Evelin G. Lindner and Linda M. Hartling are waging a two-woman campaign to study, recognize and counter humiliation. They will explain all about what humiliation is, the responses to it, the consequences of it, and what we can do about it.  Lindner is a medical doctor and a psychologist with a PhD, in each field. She is co-founder of the World Dignity University Initiative and a nominee for the Nobel Peace Price for the last three years running. Hartling is Director of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies and co-founder of the World Dignity University Initiative and Dignity Press. She has a PhD in clinical and community psychology and is past Associate Director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College. Join us as we talk about humiliation, what it means and how it manifests. First airing Saturday, December 23, at 11 AM Pacific Time and available thereafter through the archive at www.blogtalkradio.com/3women3ways.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMILIATION Think you know what humiliation is? Well, prepare for some enlightenment.  Humiliation is not only personal, but also global. Consequences are huge, and it can affect not only kids in school, but even countries societies. So what exactly is the psychology of humiliation and what does it mean? Experts Evelin G. Lindner and Linda M. Hartling are waging a two-woman campaign to study, recognize and counter humiliation. They will explain all about what humiliation is, the responses to it, the consequences of it, and what we can do about it.  Lindner is a medical doctor and a psychologist with a PhD, in each field. She is co-founder of the World Dignity University Initiative and a nominee for the Nobel Peace Price for the last three years running. Hartling is Director of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies and co-founder of the World Dignity University Initiative and Dignity Press. She has a PhD in clinical and community psychology and is past Associate Director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College. Join us as we talk about humiliation, what it means and how it manifests. First airing Saturday, December 23, at 11 AM Pacific Time and available thereafter through the archive at www.blogtalkradio.com/3women3ways.

Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., Katherine Stone Kaufmann '67 Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and Professor of Africana Studies, Wellesley College, encouraged Fellows to involve grassroots women in conversations when designing programs and policies that affect them.

Dr. Amy Banks was an instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is now the director of Advanced Training at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at the Wellesley Centers for Women. She has a private practice in Lexington, Massachusetts, which specializes in relational psychopharmacology and therapy for people who suffer from chronic disconnection. Dr. Banks studies love. More specifically, she studies relational neuroscience, and is publishing a new book with her major findings in the realm of love: 1. It's not actually as important to have a strong sense of self as it is to have a significant other; 2. That friend that ALWAYS chooses the wrong guy isn't weak. A bad relationship reprograms your neuropathways to seek out similar relationships in the future. She needs to recondition her brain - not just to take a good hard look in the mirror. Join us for a dynamic conversation revealing the latest scientific research on love and attraction.

Katherine Blakeslee has worked in international development beginning at the International Planned Parenthood Federation in London. On her return to the United States, she joined the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) where she has held a number of senior positions. Sahana Dharmapuri is an independent gender advisor with over a decade of experience providing policy advice and training on gender, peace, and security issues to USAID, NATO, The Swedish Armed Forces, The United States Institute for Peace, international development consulting firms, and NGOs. Sally Engle Merry is a senior scholar at the Wellesley Centers for Women and the Silver Professor of Anthropology at New York University. She is also the Faculty Co-director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at the New York University School of Law and past president of the American Ethnological Society.

Rangita de Silva-de Alwis, S.J.D., Director of International Human Rights Policy Programs at the Wellesley Centers for Women, leads a unique project that brings together women leaders from countries governed by Muslim Law. The Women's Leadership Network: Women's Political, Public, & Economic Participation in the Muslim World project was founded last year with the belief that transnational information sharing networks can help strengthen partnerships between and across disciplines, regions, communities, and national boundaries. This collaboration would then reinforce a more dynamic understanding of women’s leadership in the world. The women leaders in this Network are at the forefront of reform across the Muslim world and are mining the egalitarian core of Islamic jurisprudence. In this presentation, Dr. de Silva-de Alwis will talk more about the work of this network, including a recently published collection of essays written by Network steering committee members. These papers both join and respond to the call for Islamic feminism as part of a modernist movement bent on contextualizing Islam. November 18th, 2010

Kate Price, M.A., Program Associate at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute presented a lunchtime seminar on U.S. prostituted children. Prostituted children are vulnerable to exploitation through the lack of secure relationships and histories of betrayal. Furthermore, the very assumption that children will be protected is fundamental to our proprietary, private family-based (white, heterosexual) culture. And yet, prostituted children, like all people, require nurturing relationships and belonging. Providing relationship-building and conflict resolution skills, within the framework of prostituted children's relational challenges such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and betrayal histories, provides hope and agency in a culture that is ready to disregard and incriminate children who do not fit in the innocence mold.  The lunchtime seminar series at the Wellesley Centers for Women offers residents and visitors to the Greater Boston Area the opportunity to hear in-person about the work by WCW researchers and program staff. Audio recordings like the following may not be reproduced without the explicit written permission of the original presenter; any cited references to the program must include the original presentation date, presenter’s name, and program title. This information can be found at http://www.wcwonline.org/audioarchive

Amy Hoffman, MFA, editor of Women’s Review of Books, reads an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, Lies About My Family. The book deals with issues of continuity and discontinuity between generations, immigration, and family bonds. Hoffman is the author of two other books, Hospital Time, a memoir about taking care of friends with AIDS, and An Army of Ex-Lovers, a memoir about Boston’s Gay Community News and the lesbian and gay movement of the late 1970s. The lunchtime seminar series at the Wellesley Centers for Women offers residents and visitors to the Greater Boston Area the opportunity to hear in-person about the work by WCW researchers and program staff. Audio recordings like the following may not be reproduced without the explicit written permission of the original presenter; any cited references to the program must include the original presentation date, presenter’s name, and program title. This information can be found at http://www.wcwonline.org/audioarchive

Nan Stein, Ed.D., Senior Research Scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, and Bruce Taylor, Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist, NORC at the University of Chicago, discuss the results and implications from the Dating Violence Prevention Programs in Public Middle Schools research project. This project, funded by the National Institute of Justice and conducted in 30 New York City middle schools (6th & 7th grades), looked at precursors to teen dating violence, in particular sexual harassment, peer violence, and adolescent relationship violence. The lunchtime seminar series at the Wellesley Centers for Women offers residents and visitors to the Greater Boston Area the opportunity to hear in-person about the work by WCW researchers and program staff. Audio recordings like the following may not be reproduced without the explicit written permission of the original presenter; any cited references to the program must include the original presentation date, presenter’s name, and program title. This information can be found at http://www.wcwonline.org/audioarchive

Sari Kerr, Ph.D. Welfare-to-work programs are based on the principle that the best way out of welfare is to be placed in a job that will eventually provide stable employment and higher earnings. Using data on Detroit’s Work First program, Sari shows that the nature of the job placement (temporary-help versus direct-hire) during the program is a crucial determinant for the success of that strategy. The lunchtime seminar series at the Wellesley Centers for Women offers residents and visitors to the Greater Boston Area the opportunity to hear in-person about the work by WCW researchers and program staff. Audio recordings like the following may not be reproduced without the explicit written permission of the original presenter; any cited references to the program must include the original presentation date, presenter’s name, and program title. This information can be found at http://www.wcwonline.org/audioarchive

Jennifer Grossman, Ph.D., research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW), and Michelle Porche, Ed.D., senior research scientist at WCW, present mixed-method data on girls’ aspirations for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) work, what draws girls to STEM careers, and their perceptions of career and family roles. The lunchtime seminar series at the Wellesley Centers for Women offers residents and visitors to the Greater Boston Area the opportunity to hear in-person about the work by WCW researchers and program staff. Audio recordings like the following may not be reproduced without the explicit written permission of the original presenter; any cited references to the program must include the original presentation date, presenter’s name, and program title. This information can be found at http://www.wcwonline.org/audioarchive

Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Director, International Human Rights Policy, Wellesley Centers for Women

Professor of Education at Wheelock College in Boston, and Senior Scholar at the Wellesley Centers for Women, Diane Levin and Jean Kilbourne have partnered to author So Sexy So Soon: The new Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can do to Protect Their Kids. They will provide parents with the information, skills and confidence that they need to discuss sensitive topics openly and effectively so their kids can just be kids.

Professor of Education at Wheelock College in Boston, and Senior Scholar at the Wellesley Centers for Women, Diane Levin and Jean Kilbourne have partnered to author So Sexy So Soon: The new Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can do to Protect Their Kids. They will provide parents with the information, skills and confidence that they need to discuss sensitive topics openly and effectively so their kids can just be kids.

Dr. Gina Ogden is a twenty-first century pioneer in sexuality and spirituality—combining her career as a sex therapist and researcher, with her ongoing practice as a leader of inspirational retreats and workshops. Her nationwide survey, “Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality” (ISIS) brings sex survey research light years beyond traditional notions of function and dysfunction—3,810 respondents reveal that the core power of sexual connection is its ability to transform our lives—at any age, whether or not you have a partner. Her latest book is The Return of Desire: A Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion. This book is receiving rave reviews. —From Esther Perel: “probes the intricacies of female sexuality with subtle depth and understanding....” —From Ian Kerner: “to read this book is to bask in the radiance of the wisest of sexual guides....” —From Riane Eisler: “Gina Ogden lifts the language of desire from competition and dysfunction to caring, empathy, and a powerful new consciousness.” Gina’s 2006 book, The Heart and Soul of Sex was featured by Dr. Christiane Northrup in the recent blockbuster PBS Special, “The Wisdom of Menopause.” In 2007, Shambhala released a new edition of Gina’s beloved classic: Women Who Love Sex: Ordinary Women Describe Their Paths to Pleasure, Intimacy, and Ecstasy—Library journal writes: “All libraries should have this book.” Gina lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and conducts workshops and trainings around the country. These powerful events demonstrate that it’s possible to open to the profound wisdom of our own bodies, minds, hearts and spirits. It all begins with self-esteem and willingness to move beyond negativity and beyond the limiting notion that sex is all about performance. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a board-certified sex-therapy diplomate, a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the International Society for the Study Women’s Sexual Health, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. She is an associate professor of sexology at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, and is a consulting editor for Contemporary Sexuality, the journal of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. She has served as a consultant for the 1998 and 2005 editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves and for the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2001 “Call to Action for Healthy Sexual Behavior.” She’s written for consumer magazines such as Parade, Ms., Ladies Home Journal, Fitness, New Woman, and New Age and has been on the media from talk radio to Oprah. Her research has appeared in numerous academic books and journals. A peer-reviewed paper on the ISIS survey, “Sexuality and Spirituality in Women’s Relationships,” was published by the Wellesley Centers for Research on Women (www.wcwonline.org.).

Dr. Gina Ogden is a twenty-first century pioneer in sexuality and spirituality—combining her career as a sex therapist and researcher, with her ongoing practice as a leader of inspirational retreats and workshops. Her nationwide survey, “Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality” (ISIS) brings sex survey research light years beyond traditional notions of function and dysfunction—3,810 respondents reveal that the core power of sexual connection is its ability to transform our lives—at any age, whether or not you have a partner. Her latest book is The Return of Desire: A Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion. This book is receiving rave reviews. —From Esther Perel: “probes the intricacies of female sexuality with subtle depth and understanding....” —From Ian Kerner: “to read this book is to bask in the radiance of the wisest of sexual guides....” —From Riane Eisler: “Gina Ogden lifts the language of desire from competition and dysfunction to caring, empathy, and a powerful new consciousness.” Gina’s 2006 book, The Heart and Soul of Sex was featured by Dr. Christiane Northrup in the recent blockbuster PBS Special, “The Wisdom of Menopause.” In 2007, Shambhala released a new edition of Gina’s beloved classic: Women Who Love Sex: Ordinary Women Describe Their Paths to Pleasure, Intimacy, and Ecstasy—Library journal writes: “All libraries should have this book.” Gina lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and conducts workshops and trainings around the country. These powerful events demonstrate that it’s possible to open to the profound wisdom of our own bodies, minds, hearts and spirits. It all begins with self-esteem and willingness to move beyond negativity and beyond the limiting notion that sex is all about performance. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a board-certified sex-therapy diplomate, a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the International Society for the Study Women’s Sexual Health, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. She is an associate professor of sexology at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, and is a consulting editor for Contemporary Sexuality, the journal of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. She has served as a consultant for the 1998 and 2005 editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves and for the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2001 “Call to Action for Healthy Sexual Behavior.” She’s written for consumer magazines such as Parade, Ms., Ladies Home Journal, Fitness, New Woman, and New Age and has been on the media from talk radio to Oprah. Her research has appeared in numerous academic books and journals. A peer-reviewed paper on the ISIS survey, “Sexuality and Spirituality in Women’s Relationships,” was published by the Wellesley Centers for Research on Women (www.wcwonline.org.).

Dr. Gina Ogden is a twenty-first century pioneer in sexuality and spirituality—combining her career as a sex therapist and researcher, with her ongoing practice of ceremonial shamanism. Her nationwide survey, “Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality” (ISIS) brings sex survey research light years beyond traditional notions of function and dysfunction—3,810 respondents reveal that the core power of sexual connection is its ability to transform our lives—at any age, whether or not you have a partner. Her latest book is The Heart and Soul of Sex: Making the ISIS Connection—featured by Dr. Christiane Northrup in the recent blockbuster PBS Special, “The Wisdom of Menopause.” The Heart-and-Soul follow-up will be out in July 08—The Return of Desire: A Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion. Meanwhile, Shambhala has released a new edition of Gina’s beloved classic: Women Who Love Sex: Ordinary Women Describe Their Paths to Pleasure, Intimacy, and Ecstasy—Library journal writes: “All public and academic libraries should have this book.” So please contact your library today! Gina lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and conducts workshops and trainings around the country. These powerful events demonstrat that it’s possible to open to the profound wisdom of our own bodies, minds, hearts and spirits. It all begins with self-esteem and willingness to move beyond negativity and beyond the limiting notion that sex is all about performance. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a board-certified sex-therapy diplomate, a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the International Society for the Study Women’s Sexual Health, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. She is an associate professor of sexology at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, and is a consulting editor for Contemporary Sexuality, the journal of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. She has served as a consultant for the 1998 and 2005 editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves and for the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2001 “Call to Action for Healthy Sexual Behavior.” She’s written for consumer magazines such as Parade, Ms., Ladies Home Journal, Fitness, New Woman, and New Age and has been on the media from talk radio to Oprah. Her research has appeared in numerous academic books and journals. A peer-reviewed paper on the ISIS survey, “Sexuality and Spirituality in Women’s Relationships,” was published by the Wellesley Centers for Research on Women (www.wcwonline.org.).

Dr. Gina Ogden is a twenty-first century pioneer in sexuality and spirituality—combining her career as a sex therapist and researcher, with her ongoing practice of ceremonial shamanism. Her nationwide survey, “Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality” (ISIS) brings sex survey research light years beyond traditional notions of function and dysfunction—3,810 respondents reveal that the core power of sexual connection is its ability to transform our lives—at any age, whether or not you have a partner. Her latest book is The Heart and Soul of Sex: Making the ISIS Connection—featured by Dr. Christiane Northrup in the recent blockbuster PBS Special, “The Wisdom of Menopause.” The Heart-and-Soul follow-up will be out in July 08—The Return of Desire: A Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion. Meanwhile, Shambhala has released a new edition of Gina’s beloved classic: Women Who Love Sex: Ordinary Women Describe Their Paths to Pleasure, Intimacy, and Ecstasy—Library journal writes: “All public and academic libraries should have this book.” So please contact your library today! Gina lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and conducts workshops and trainings around the country. These powerful events demonstrat that it’s possible to open to the profound wisdom of our own bodies, minds, hearts and spirits. It all begins with self-esteem and willingness to move beyond negativity and beyond the limiting notion that sex is all about performance. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a board-certified sex-therapy diplomate, a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the International Society for the Study Women’s Sexual Health, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. She is an associate professor of sexology at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, and is a consulting editor for Contemporary Sexuality, the journal of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. She has served as a consultant for the 1998 and 2005 editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves and for the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2001 “Call to Action for Healthy Sexual Behavior.” She’s written for consumer magazines such as Parade, Ms., Ladies Home Journal, Fitness, New Woman, and New Age and has been on the media from talk radio to Oprah. Her research has appeared in numerous academic books and journals. A peer-reviewed paper on the ISIS survey, “Sexuality and Spirituality in Women’s Relationships,” was published by the Wellesley Centers for Research on Women (www.wcwonline.org.).