racism

Episode 153: Rafia Zakaria on her book “Against White Feminism”

On this episode of en(gender)ed, guest host Roman James interviews feminist lawyer, human rights activist, political philosopher, columnist and author, Rafia Zakaria about her newly released book, Against White Feminism, Notes on Disruption.  Roman speaks with Rafia about the historic domination of the feminist lexicon by upper middle class white women, the de-centering of Black…

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Episode 139: Kenya Hunt on her book, “Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic”

On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Kenya Hunt, award-winning writer, and author of her new book, an essay collection, entitled Girl, Gurl, Grrrl:  On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic.  Our conversation explores the lives of Black women and cultural differences within the Black community, the trials…

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This Father’s Day, Make Time to Have “The Talk” with Your Daughters (And, with your Sons)

For the past several weeks since the death of George Floyd, I’ve been trying to hold the space of compassion and empathy with hope and action. Time and time again, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how broad the range of responses have been to supporting #BlackLivesMatter, from both my personal and professional network, and how…

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Episode 106: en(gender)ed Reflections Anniversary Episode

In this “Reflections” episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on two years and 100 episodes of en(gender)ed–a feminist podcast, a domestic violence and domestic abuse podcast, and a gender-based violence podcast.  We look back on what we’ve learned, what questions remain, and how we’d like to get there.

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