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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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#01-22 Mary Daly Meets 3rd Wave … one of the last interviews of the late time traveler, theologian and radical feminist pirate

Mary Daly published her final book in 2006, 4 years before her death. Mara Williams (DJ Cariad), a programmer at

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#52-21Model Matriarchy … The Iroquois system has lasted hundreds of years

Barbara Alice Mann describes the inner workings of a long-established North American matriarchal society, where women lead the arrangement of

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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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#38-21 Conflict Is Not Abuse … Mistaking discomfort for violence is an error of our times

Lesbian novelist and nonfiction writer Sarah Schulman speaks in Vancouver about her book Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community

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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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#30-21 Rape and Resistance in Bangladesh … Lessons learned from Canada

In 2020, massive public demonstrations led the government of Bangladesh to raise the maximum penalty for rape; but these university

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#19-21 When Abortion Was Illegal … (and may soon be again in the USA)

Adapted from the documentary film When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories.  Updated to August 22, 2021.  Featured: Dorothy Fadiman (narrator and

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