#32-23 Saunas and Finnish women’s culture
Finnish scholar Kaarina Kailo’s recent book Sauna – on the rich history of women and saunas in her country – reminded WINGS of
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#26-23 The Nordic Model vs. the Sex Trade … in Canada, Sweden, and the world
In September 2023, a Superior Court judge in Ontario ruled that Canada’s 2014 law outlawing the purchase of sex did
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#25-23 Jobs for the Girls … What do you see when you look in the mirror?
This audio documentary produced in Australia by Norie Neumark features women who don’t fit the anglo stereotype of blond, Barbie-like beauty, discussing
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#24-23 Gaslighting and Philosophy … It’s not all in your mind
Prof. Manne vividly describes the plot of the play from which two films titled Gaslighting were derived. The husband will not brook
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#14-23 Women, War, and Wikileaks … Women know imperialism from all sides
What do you learn when you pay attention to the women embroiled with the action around torture, imperialism and war?
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#10-23 Two-Spirit Women Speak Out … reviving a title of respect
The English term “two-spirit” is attributed to Cree Elder Myra Laramee, who proposed it in 1990 at the Third Annual Inter-tribal
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#08-23 Globalizing Feminism … Can the subalterns speak?
Excerpts from a keynote address to the US National Women’s Studies Association, by the world-famous scholar of deconstructionism Gayatri Spivak.
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#07-23 UN. Aid, and Sexual Abuse: Investigations fail, lawyers say
From the podcast series Gender at Work, feminists with experience in United Nations and aid organizations explain how policies to stop
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#06-23 Homecare Worker Protest … Working 24 hours but only paid for 13 is slavery
Audio from an April 2023 rally in New York City with homecare workers and their supporters protesting 24-hour shifts paid
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#05-23 Adrienne Rich Remembered … A canonized poet broke through into feminism and politics
The late Adrienne Rich was a bridge between the near-invisibility of women writers, feminist writers, and lesbian writers, and their
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