4 NOV 2021 · On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, guest host Pamela Shelden interviews  Pam Munter, author of https://www.amazon.com/Fading-Fame-Women-Certain-Hollywood/dp/1954351763.  Their conversation explores Pam’s book and its themes of the systemic misogyny that has dominated Hollywood throughout its history.  They also address how women on the screen, victimized in a variety of ways, from predatory men on casting couches, to the process of aging itself, continue to be victimized today and how we as viewers can recognize those patterns and stop the cycle. Pamela Shelden, a member of the Engendered Collective, holds a Ph.D. in English/American literature. She has taught both at the university level (including Brooklyn College, City University of New York) and the high school level (including Stuyvesant High School). Today, she continues teaching through her business, College Counseling and Tutoring Services (CATS), while also mentoring young people to advocate for issues, particularly those affecting the lives of women and children. Dr. Shelden also serves on the Board of the https://www.ncjw.org/, Peninsula Section, where she coordinates several advocacy programs, including a popular advocacy-focused film series.  During our conversation, both Pams referenced the following resources: - "Institutional discrimination" or sexism in media - Fading Fame women including Mary Pickford, Doris Day, and many more --- Thanks for tuning in to the en(gender)ed podcast! Be sure to check out our http://engendered.us/ and follow our blog on https://medium.com/engendered. Join our feminist https://www.engenderedcollective.org of survivors, advocates and allies! Consider donating because your https://engendered.us/support-the-show/ is what makes this work sustainable. Please also connect with us on https://twitter.com/engenderedpod, https://www.instagram.com/engenderedpodcast/ and https://www.facebook.com/engenderedpodcast/. Don’t forget to https://engendered.us/subscribe-to-podcast/ to the show!

28 OTT 2021 · On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, guest host Kerri Holt speaks with Lizzy Hershberger and Molly Maeve Eagan to discuss their book https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Blue-Curtains-Survival-Pursuit-ebook/dp/B0925CBPKZ.  Their conversation will explore Lizzy’s struggle to survive the abuse, support herself, marry and raise her own family, and seek justice.  Themes covered also include the role of religion and community in the survivor’s life, its role in shaping gender norms and expectations, with particular emphasis on enabling, excusing, or permitting men’s violence over women and the survivors’ healing from trauma.  Kerri Holt, a member of the Engendered Collective, is a Domestic Violence Victim Advocate for a community-based non-profit (and a Credentialed Advocate through NOVA (National Organization for Victim Assistance).)  Kerri answers calls on a 24/7 hotline with survivors and police with the goal of survivors attaining safety from a current or former partner.  She also provides survivor-centered advocacy in a non-crisis capacity through community prevention and education programming. During our conversation, Kerri, Lizzy and Molly referenced the following resources: - The grooming process - WIsconsin v. Yoder Supreme Court case - The work of Dr. Zuleka Henderson on trauma and healing --- Thanks for tuning in to the en(gender)ed podcast! Be sure to check out our http://engendered.us/ and follow our blog on https://medium.com/engendered. Join our feminist https://www.engenderedcollective.org of survivors, advocates and allies! Consider donating because your https://engendered.us/support-the-show/ is what makes this work sustainable. Please also connect with us on https://twitter.com/engenderedpod, https://www.instagram.com/engenderedpodcast/ and https://www.facebook.com/engenderedpodcast/. Don’t forget to https://engendered.us/subscribe-to-podcast/ to the show!

21 OTT 2021 · On this episode of en(gender)ed, guest host Roman James interviews feminist lawyer, human rights activist, political philosopher, columnist and author, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafia_Zakaria about her newly released book, https://www.amazon.com/Against-White-Feminism-Notes-Disruption/dp/1324006617.  Roman speaks with Rafia about the historic domination of the feminist lexicon by upper middle-class white women, the de-centering of Black and Brown voices, and the role that patriarchy plays in perpetuating white supremacist, capitalist, imperialist feminism which often subjugates the very populations it asserts to be empowering. Roman James is mama to the most wonderful, generous, and intelligent light being she ever met. Additionally, she serves as an activist and resistor of the violence imposed on women and children in the archaic American family court system having been radicalized by the institutional betrayal of the legal system. Her purpose is to thrive in her self-possession, rise above the systemic failures and leave everyone she comes in contact with better off for having met her.    During our conversation, Roman and Rafia referenced the following resources: - Rafia’s journey to becoming a feminist. - Rafia’s perspective on women being tasked to be disrupters. - 1893 World’s Fair’s showcase of the “White City” and the exclusion of Black people and communities - The controversy behind ESPN reporter Maria Taylor and Rachel Nicols - The double standard and racism behind “culturally-coded crimes” --- Thanks for tuning in to the en(gender)ed podcast! Be sure to check out our http://engendered.us/ and follow our blog on https://medium.com/engendered. Join our feminist https://www.engenderedcollective.org of survivors, advocates and allies! Consider donating because your https://engendered.us/support-the-show/ is what makes this work sustainable. Please also connect with us on https://twitter.com/engenderedpod, https://www.instagram.com/engenderedpodcast/ and https://www.facebook.com/engenderedpodcast/. Don’t forget to https://engendered.us/subscribe-to-podcast/ to the show!

14 OTT 2021 · On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Dr. Karen WIlliams, a psychiatrist based in Australia, with an interest In PTSD and cPTSD , social justice and public health. Karen is the Founder of https://davtw.org/, a group of 700 plus doctors from across Australia and New Zealand committed to combating domestic abuse against women, in all of its forms.  We speak with Karen today about her work, her organization’s mission, and its advocacy to reform the health care system including lobbying the government to provide better, evidence-based support for the domestic violence sector and coordinating with other advocacy groups in the child welfare, education, and/or legal sectors. During our conversation, Karen and I referenced the following resources: - How Karen came to found Doctors Against Violence Towards Women - The gendered difference in how society and the medical industry treats men with trauma versus women with trauma - The pathologization of women’s trauma - The Dirty John Netflix series - The abuser disinformation tactic of “PAS” or responding to victims’ claims of abuse by counterclaiming “Parental Alienation” - The lack of regulation of forensic evaluators not just in Australia, but all over the English-speaking world (Listen to our interview with https://engendered.us/episode-7-nancy-s-erickson-on-court-appointed-evaluators-and-mental-health-assessments/ for more on this crisis) --- Thanks for tuning in to the en(gender)ed podcast! Be sure to check out our http://engendered.us/ and follow our blog on https://medium.com/engendered. Join our feminist https://www.engenderedcollective.org of survivors, advocates and allies! Consider donating because your https://engendered.us/support-the-show/ is what makes this work sustainable. Please also connect with us on https://twitter.com/engenderedpod, https://www.instagram.com/engenderedpodcast/ and https://www.facebook.com/engenderedpodcast/. Don’t forget to https://engendered.us/subscribe-to-podcast/ to the show!

7 OTT 2021 · On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Roz Davidson, Director of https://tppc.org.uk/ and a National Consultant and Trainer in the UK implementing "https://avaproject.org.uk/coda/" a 12-week therapeutic program for women and children recovering from domestic abuse which focuses on providing skills to the Mother to support the child, and addresses self-blame, attachment, what abuse is, and emotional regulation across themed sessions.  We speak with Roz today about coercive control, its signs, impact, and what she and other advocates in Britain are doing to ensure that domestic abuse is taken seriously and perpetrators are held to account.  Roz is currently enrolled in a program to receive her Masters in Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence at Goldsmiths University. During our conversation, Roz and I referenced the following resources: - Roz Davidson’s interview https://engendered.us/episode-133-domestic-violence-awareness-month-community-conversation-on-domestic-abuse-and-child-abuse/ - How Roz uses “CODA” to help children exposed to domestic abuse by addressing their behavior instead of the cause. - Britain’s “Domestic Abuse Bill” - Safety planning - Objectives of the CODA program - The “https://youtu.be/gFwZF2YeDEI” PSA and training tool on coercive control of children Roz served as an advisor on - The “Freedome” Program, “Caring Dads” Programs - Domestic abuse is and as coercive control and intimate partner terrorism - Timekeeper’s https://www.mondaycampaigns.org/destress-monday/unwind-monday-5-4-3-2-1-grounding-technique#:~:text=That's%20where%20the%205-4,the%20way%20of%20your%20progress.” techniques and trauma-informed content --- Thanks for tuning in to the en(gender)ed podcast! Be sure to check out our http://engendered.us/ and follow our blog on https://medium.com/engendered. Join our feminist https://www.engenderedcollective.org of survivors, advocates and allies! Consider donating because your https://engendered.us/support-the-show/ is what makes this work sustainable. Please also connect with us on https://twitter.com/engenderedpod, https://www.instagram.com/engenderedpodcast/ and https://www.facebook.com/engenderedpodcast/. Don’t forget to https://engendered.us/subscribe-to-podcast/ to the show!

30 SET 2021 · Greetings Podcast listeners…I’m your host, Teri Yuan. You’ve probably been wondering why the podcast has been on pause for the past several months.  Well, rather unexpectedly, I had to deal with some personal stuff and more importantly, members of the https://www.engenderedcollective.org rallied to organize and plan the first https://theccc.international.  We will be launching tomorrow this all virtual two-day event that will feature luminaries from around the world, from a variety of sectors ranging from health and medicine, academia, law, advocacy, and government, to name a few.  This conference was entirely conceived and executed by our tireless members and our awesome intern, Abbie.  There is still time to sign up.  If you can’t make all the sessions, register anyway and access the recordings later.  We will also be publishing the sessions as future podcast episodes.  Use the code “PODCAST2021” when you check out to get a 40% discount.  In the meantime, we are working with a great intern, Linda, to help us launch our podcast episodes.  If there are any listeners out there who want to volunteer to edit the podcast and help us keep to a regular publishing schedule, please reach out to me at https://gmail.com. Stay tuned for a whole bunch of new episodes and guest hosts interviews coming out soon.  In the meantime, see you at the conference!

22 APR 2021 · In this "Reflections" episode Part 2, Teri and Michael reflect back on episodes in the "Mirrors and Windows" theme: Episode 141: Sonya Renee Taylor on “The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love,” Episode 142: #SurvivorStories Series with Karen Gosbee on her memoir, “A Perfect Nightmare:  My Glittering Marriage and How It Almost Cost Me My Life,” and Episode 144: Hillary Levey Friedman on her book, “Here She Is:  The Complicated Reign of The Beauty Pageant in America.”

11 MAR 2021 · 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 and tribulations of being a mother, especially a mother to Black children, and the meaning of #BlackGirlMagic and what it really stands for.  I

4 MAR 2021 · On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Caitlin Garvey, author of The Mourning Report, a memoir of her “grief journey” interviewing six people involved in her mother’s dying process.  Through these conversations, Caitlin learns about memory, reflections, and the ways in which our experiences are interpreted and filtered through others' eyes.  We also explore the themes of freedom, agency, and authenticity.

4 MAR 2021 · We are back from our hiatus and hope your year is off to a good start.  During our break, we’ve been thinking, resting, recuperating, and taking a much needed time off from the non-stop chaos of the past four and a half years.  To kick off our podcast in 2021, we are excited to bring you a series of episodes focused on the theme “mirrors and windows.”  Throughout the year, we will be exploring timely topics around the intersection of sex, gender, race, and its cultural, social, and political implications.  If you’d like an opportunity to engage in deeper conversations and strengthen your feminist practice, please join us in the Engendered Collective, our community of survivors, advocates and pro-feminist allies.  If you would like to volunteer to help us manage our social media engagement, our podcast, and/or our advocacy work, please reach out and email us at engenderedpodcast@gmail.com.  As always, we appreciate listener feedback and welcome your suggestions for ideas, guests, and events or celebrations for us to share.  With that, let’s get to the first episode in our series. --- Thanks for tuning in to the en(gender)ed podcast! Be sure to check out our en(gender)ed site and follow our blog on Medium. Join our feminist community of survivors, advocates and allies! Consider donating because your support is what makes this work sustainable. Please also connect with us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show!