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Episode 126: #SurvivorStories Series with “Courtney” on family court as a enabler of child sexual abuse

**Trigger Warning:  This episode discusses child sexual abuse and symptoms of it.** On this #SurvivorStories series episode, our guest is “Courtney,” a survivor of domestic and institutional abuse.  Courtney speaks to us about her experience navigating the family court, child welfare, medical and mental health systems, as a protective mom of a son who was…

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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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Episode 16: en(gender)ed Reflections on the “Family Court” series–a look back with our guest, Michael

Greetings en(gender)ed listeners: This is the second “Reflections” episode where I examine a series of interviews with my friend, Michael.  He joins me as we reflect back on episodes, 7 (Nancy S. Erickson), 9 (Joan Meier), 10 (Barry Goldstein), 11 (Kathleen Russell), the first set of episodes on the first family court crisis.  Michael and…

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