Podcasts by Ask a Feminist
Ask a Feminist, a podcast from Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (http://signsjournal.org), features interviews with leading feminist thinkers on feminist issues raised by some aspect of current political life or social justice issue. This allows Signs to create an ongoing conversation between and among feminist scholars, media activists, and community leaders, enhancing the journal’s role as a transitive space, percolating in and between the space of intellectual production and activist engagement. Ask a Feminist is part of the Signs Feminist Public Intellectuals Project (http://signsjournal.org/feminist-public-intellectuals-project/).
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Reproduction in the Age of Epigenetics, a Conversation with Rene Almeling, Sarah Richardson, and Natali Valdez from 2022-04-19T16:40:06
Three esteemed feminist science-studies scholars—Sarah Richardson, Rene Almeling, and Natali Valdez—discuss reproduction in the age of epigenetics. They offer a critical appraisal of recent develop...
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Jennifer Fluri Discusses the Gender Politics of the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan with Sandra McEvoy from 2022-02-08T20:52:35
On this episode, Sandra McEvoy speaks to Jennifer Fluri about what the United States’s withdrawal from Afghanistan means for Afghan women and for the feminist movement in Afghanistan. Jennifer’s ex...
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Susan Stryker discusses Trans Studies, Trans Feminism, and a More Trans Future with V Varun Chaudhry from 2021-04-22T15:12:11
A conversation about the field of trans studies between V Varun Chaudhy and Susan Stryker. V is an assistant professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Brandeis and a member of the Sign...
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Patricia Williams Discusses Rage and Humor as an Act of Disobedience with Carla Kaplan and Durba Mitra from 2021-02-22T15:58:13
Patricia J. Williams, the renowned feminist theorist and legal scholar joins Carla Kaplan and Durba Mitra, two of the coeditors of the upcoming special issue of Signs on “Rage,” to talk about the m...
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Eesha Pandit and Paula Moya Discuss Activism and the Academy with Carla Kaplan and Suzanna Walters from 2019-12-18T02:16:44
Activist, writer, and advocate Eesha Pandit and professor of English Paula Moya discuss the relationship between feminist scholarship and feminist activism, and how feminist activists and scholars ...
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Byllye Avery Discusses the Past and Future of Reproductive Justice with Susan Reverby from 2019-11-12T16:02:54
Byllye Avery, cofounder of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, speaks to historian Susan Reverby about her activist work, beginning in the 1970s, to increase women’s access to abortion. She discus...
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Deborah Anker Discusses Gender and Asylum Law with Aziza Ahmed from 2019-08-14T13:12:13
How has feminism shaped US asylum law? Why and how is the Trump Administration trying to undo feminist gains? Hear asylum- and refugee-law expert Deborah Anker discuss the history and present of ge...
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Soraya Chemaly Discusses Feminist Rage, with Carla Kaplan and Durba Mitra from 2019-04-23T15:45:52
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Dolores Huerta and Rachel Rosenbloom Discuss Gender and Immigrant Rights from 2018-02-12T18:29:23
Renowned labor and immigrant-rights organizer Dolores Huerta speaks to Rachel Rosenbloom, professor of law at Northeastern University, about gender and immigrant rights. Huerta speaks about the #Me...
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Ask a Feminist: Michael Kimmel and Lisa Wade Discuss Toxic Masculinity from 2018-01-17T15:41:36
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A Conversation with Women’s March on Washington Co-Chair Tamika Mallory from 2017-04-25T19:40:14
Tamika Mallory, Co-Chair of the Women’s March on Washington, sat down at Northeastern University on February 28 with Signs Editor Suzanna Danuta Walters. They discuss the success of the January 21,...
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Ask a Feminist: A Conversation with Angela P. Harris on Gender and Gun Violence from 2016-12-07T16:08:57
For this edition of Ask a Feminist, Amy Farrell talks to Angela P. Harris—Distinguished Professor of Law, Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom of Equality, and Dir...
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