Domestic Violence

Episode 59: #SurvivorStories series with “Ashley” on the dangers of technology–cyberstalking and surveillance

On this #SurvivorStories series episode, our guest is “Ashley” a survivor of intimate partner violence and coercive control and a protective mom.  Ashley is here to speak with us today about the dangers of technology in domestic violence. In particular, Ashley believes that her husband, from whom she is currently separated, had been cyberstalking her…

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Episode 56: en(gender)ed Reflections on the criminal justice system

In this “Reflections” episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on episodes on the criminal justice system – Episode 47: Dorchen Leidholdt on incarcerated women and survivors of gender-based violence, Episode 48: Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox of Women Count USA on femicide as a national crisis, Episode 49: Rachel Louise Snyder on “No Visible Bruises” and domestic violence…

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Episode 55: Leta Hong Fincher on Chinese feminists and their importance to #MeToo and international women’s rights

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Leta Hong Fincher, journalist, scholar and author of the books, Leftover Women and Betraying Big Brother.  Through these books, Leta chronicles the ways in which China’s post economic reforms of the 1990s led to a state drive to incentivize marriage and its subsequent awakening of China’s urban,…

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Episode 49: Rachel Louise Snyder on “No Visible Bruises” and domestic violence as intimate partner terrorism

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Rachel Louise Snyder, an Associate Professor of Literature at American University and the author of Fugitive Denim, What We’ve Lost is Nothing and the recently released, No Visible Bruises. We speak with Rachel today about her book and experience as a journalist and her coverage of the…

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Episode 48: Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox of Women Count USA on femicide as a national crisis

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox, a domestic violence survivor, activist and educator. Dawn has been working as a registered nurse for 23 years and runs Women Count USA, a national database that compiles data on femicides in the United States.  Dawn began this project in 2017 out of her…

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