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Episode 125: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Trailer – What is Coercive Control?

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  This month, we’ve been featuring stories by survivors and hosting community conversations about domestic violence with members from the Engendered Collective.  In two weeks, Americans will be going to polls to decide who they want to lead this country.  If you’ve been paying attention to how our leaders are…

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This Country Doesn’t Really Care About Children

To do so, we must first care about women I’ve not been watching the confirmation hearings because I’ve had my share of it back in the 1990s when I was first exposed to the double excoriation of Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas hearings, where Senate Republicans weaponized both race and gender against her to secure…

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Episode 124: #SurvivorStories Series with Shia Joyner on childhood domestic violence and stopping generational trauma

On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast #SurvivorStories series, our guest is Shia Joyner, a survivor of childhood domestic violence and coercive control as an adult.  Shia joins us today to explore the ways in which witnessing childhood abuse has shaped her perceptions about love, informed her relationships, and impacted her own experience of domestic…

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Episode 123: #SurvivorStories Series with Angie Rivers on sexism and misogyny in law enforcement

On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast #SurvivorStories series, our guest is Angie Rivers, a police officer who is suing the Waterloo Regional Police service for systemic gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment by male members, senior officers and management of the Service.  We speak with Angie today about what it means to be a woman…

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Episode 122: #SurvivorStories Series with Nanette Chezum on officer-involved domestic violence

On this episode of the en(gender)ed #SurvivorStories series, we speak with Nanette Chezum, a survivor of officer involved domestic violence or domestic abuse with a police officer.  We speak with Nanette about her experience as a survivor, the response from law enforcement, and how her experience was both informed and enabled by a culture of…

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