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#14-22 Indigenous Climate Action … Eriel Deranger on resistance to fossil fuel mining 

The rousing keynote address by Eriel Tchekwie Deranger of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, at the American Public Health Association

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#11-22 The Orgasm Gap … why big pharma created Female Sexual Dysfunction

Dr. Leonore Tiefer gave the keynote address at a conference on The Medicalization of Sex, organized by the Simon Fraser

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#03-22 Birthkeepers Midwives’ care empowers birthing mothers in remote communities and disaster zones

In September 2021, Ibu Robin Lim addressed a Maternal Gift Economy Rising Salon via Zoom from Indonesia. We share excerpts

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#49-21 Food Sovereignty … A grassroots movement in India

The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of “productivity” at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability,

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#47-21 Raging Grannies Sing On … Raising a Ruckus for Good, 35 Years and Counting

In 1987, the Raging Granny movement was born in Victoria BC. Two of their earliest members and many other Raging

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#44-21 What’s Love? … a linguistic and biochemical analysis

Playwright Carolyn Gage performing one of her Sermons for a Lesbian Tent Revival. This one is relevant for everyone. First

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#41-21 Cutting the Cut … The slow work of ending female genital mutilation

From 1951 to 2022, the task of ending this widespread harmful practice is perhaps only halfway done. Heroines of the

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#36-21 bell hooks … on feminism, race, violence and dealing with rage

The world-famous Black author and thinker known as bell hooks passed away on December 15, 2021, at age 69. From

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