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On Being an Angry Woman

I have chronic depression and anxiety, so I am no stranger to being swept away by waves of overwhelming emotion or flattened by mood-related exhaustion. But these past few years have seen me overcome by another emotion that had not previously been at the forefront: all-consuming anger. It was maybe midway through 2020 that I […]

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Media and Activism in Women’s Sports + Designated POC: Tokenism in Film with Marin Lepore

In the first half of this episode Annie and Ashley continue the conversation about women’s sports. This time, the conversation leads more into athletes admired for their activism, what speaking about mental health on a grand stage means, and double standards amidst sports. A quick apology about the barks of Annie’s dog, Tobin Keith! His

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Book Review: Abolition. Feminism. Now.

GOODREADS DESCRIPTION: An urgent, vital manifesto of intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism, from leading scholar-activists Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, and Beth E. Richie. As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment, halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements to divest from policing. Yet erased from this landscape

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Best New Releases + Women in Music with Dr. Susan Rogers

Do you ever get to the end of the year and wish you had read just a few more new releases? Sally’s here to help! She’s read over 50 releases from 2022 and has sifted through her reviews to pull out her top five new releases (so far). Then, in honor of our Women in

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Book Review: Darius the Great Is Not Okay

(tw: depression, mental health) I have been diagnosed with severe depression twice. I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) my sophomore year of high school and, in my second year of college, I was diagnosed with ADHD. Doctors have recommended that I don’t medicate, as the medication for one chemical imbalance may negatively offset

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Anthropology & Adapting Stories with Tess Gerritsen + Capitalism, Community & Coming-of-Age with Sarah Thankam Mathews

Two author interviews wrapped up in one episode!  First, Ashley interviews Tess Gerritsen about her novel, Listen to Me, the latest in the Rizzoli & Isles novel series. The conversation includes Tess’ work as an anthropology undergraduate student and as a physician, writing women in power, how she writes victims and survivors, and adapting her

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We Need More Secular Homeschool Resources – Here’s a Place to Start

It is no secret that if you Google “homeschool” or “how to homeschool in [enter your state],” you will come across a lot of religious and faith-based content. The major homeschool organizations I’ve looked into both at the state and national levels identify as Christian organizations. I’m in a few online homeschool groups, and I’ve

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