One hour before Tuesdayâs Presidential Debate, my phone started pinging with texts in anticipation. It didnât take long before these exchanges started making me feel anxious and agitatedâââthe same feeling of dread that I get when I know I will be seeing my abuserâââduring one of his visits with our son or the night before…
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It was such a delight to discover that en(gender)ed appeared on not one, but two best podcast recommendations list this week! Feminist, sustainability, and environmental justice organization, WEN, recommended en(gender)ed as a “COVID-19 top podcast“ along with other familiar sister podcasts, including Amanda Laird’s Heavy Flow Podcast. We did a podcast swap back in 2018…
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On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Dr. Jessica Taylor, founder and owner of VictimFocus, an organization providing research, consultancy, and thought leadership in forensic psychology, feminism, and mental health. We speak with Jessica today about her book, Why Women Are Blamed for Everything, which covers the psychology of victim-blaming and self blame…
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On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Caitlin Myer, author of Wiving: A Memoir of Loving Then Leaving the Patriarchy. We speak to Caitlin today about her experience growing up Mormon, leaving the church, and the role of religion, gender, and sex on shaping her own experience of womanhood. Our conversation also…
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On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Lisa Fischel-Wolovick, an attorney who has represented battered women for almost thirty years. She is also the author of numerous publications including her recent book: Traumatic Divorce and Separation: The Impact of Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse in Custody and Divorce, just recently published by Oxford Univ. Press, this…
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