#10-20 The Aunt Jemima Struggle … How her image became an offense
In 2020, Quaker Oats announced it would remove Aunt Jemima from its syrup and pancake mix brands. This was the
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WINGS: Women’s International News Gathering Service
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Feminism
#09-20 Stacey Abrams of Fair Vote … An interview from Mother Jones Magazine
On May 7, 2020, Mother Jones Magazine hosted a live interview via Zoom titled Protecting Our Democracy. Guest Stacey Abrams
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#07-20 The Feminist Press Turns 50 … Founder Florence Howe details the early years
Founded in the US in 1970, the Feminist Press publishes neglected masterpieces by women of many cultures, countries and races,
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#06-20 WorldPulse … A global network of women activists
WorldPulse.com is an online network where women activists working specifically on women’s and girls’ issues in their countries and regions
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#05-20 bell hooks on Transforming Rage … From the WINGS archive (1993), and still good advice
Renowned cultural critic and feminist theorist bell hooks gave the keynote address at the 12th annual conference of the Texas
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#04-20 MayDay 2020 … Worker organizing under Covid in India and the Philippines
Women leaders from India and the Philippines talk about organizing for Mayday (May 1 – International Workers’ Day) in their
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#52-19 Social Distancing … Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines have different approaches
Examples of social distancing challenges in varied national environments: Canada, New Zealand, and Philippines. Host(s): Frieda Werden, Victoria Quade, Bianca MigliorettoFeatured
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#51-19 Peace Poetry … at the start of America’s longest war
On October 9, 2001, poet Susan Bright read peace poetry in Frieda Werden’s kitchen, as both were grieving Bush’s bombing
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#47-19 The Rapist In Your Path
“The patriarchy is a judge, that judges us for being born, and our punishment, is the violence you don’t see.
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#46-19 Matilda Joslyn Gage, Renegade Suffragist
Historian Sally Roesch Wagner discusses her favourite US suffragist, Matilda Joslyn Gage. Gage modeled her feminism on the practices of
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