Media and Culture

Episode 43: Professor Spring Cooper on the importance of sexual health and agency

Our guest today is Professor Spring Cooper, a social researcher with academic expertise in public health, health promotion, sexuality.  Professor Cooper’s PhD focused on the sexual health education implications of menstrual attitudes and knowledge among women of varying socio-economic status in the United States.  Her current research interests are in adolescent sexual health, adolescent and…

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Episode 41: en(gender)ed Reflections on healing from abuse

In this “Reflections” episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on the past six #SurvivorStories – Episode 30, with Anita Gera and the misuse of the Hague Convention to harm children, Episode 31, with “Caitlin” and the danger of shared parenting with an abuser, Episode 32, with Lana and her “Sophie’s Choice” to protect her daughter from…

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Episode 33: en(gender)ed Reflections on institutional sexism, misogyny and harassment–a look back with our guest, Michael

This is the fifth “Reflections” episode where I examine a series of interviews with my friend, Michael.  He joins me as we reflect back on episodes 25 (“Brock Turner for Prison” Facebook Group Founders on Rape Culture & #MeToo), 26 (Tammy Cho, Co-Founder of Better Brave on Workplace Harassment and Discrimination),  27 (Council Member Jennifer Gates on…

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Episode 29: en(gender)ed Reflections on the needs and impact of domestic violence on survivors and children–a look back with our guest, Michael

This is the fourth “Reflections” episode where I examine a series of interviews with my friend, Michael.  He joins me as we reflect back on episodes, 18 (Laura Fernandez of Sanctuary for Families on serving survivor needs and trauma from abuse) and 19 (Lisa Fischel-Wolovick on “Traumatic Divorce and Separation”),  20 (#SurvivorStories with Rosaura Torres Thomas…

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Episode 25: “Brock Turner for Prison” Facebook Group Founders on Rape Culture & #MeToo

On this episode of en(gender)ed, we have two guests, Maria Mayo and Nadia Dawisha, co-founders of the online group called “Brock Turner for Prison.”  Maria is a survivor of rape and domestic violence as well as a practicing attorney who proposed a class on “Sexual Violence and the Law” when she attended law school).  Nadia…

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