Dare to Use the F-Word

In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, Carly Crane

'15 interviews 27-year-old Caitlin O'Connell, site coordinator of the

Red River Women's Clinic, the only legal abortion provider in all of

North Dakota. Caitlin shares with us the challenges of facing

anti-abortion protestors and legislation, and how reproductive rights

intersect with other economic developments in the state.

In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we interview

Caritas Doha of Sakhi for South Asian Women about her work to help young

women who immigrated to the U.S. as children apply for employment

authorization under a new program called DACA (Deferred Action for

Childhood Arrivals). Caritas explores the unique vulnerabilities

experienced by women and children who are undocumented immigrants and

survivors of violence.

In this episode, we speak with Jade Foster, the creator

of The Revival Poetry Tour. The salon-style poetry tour aims to create a

community of queer women of color through the art of the spoken

word.

In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we speak with

Miriam Zoila Pérez, one of the founders of The Doula Project and the

author of The Radical Doula Guide. She discusses her work supporting

individuals through pregnancy, birth, abortion, and miscarriage.

In the second half of our two-part series, we focus on

the story of Nilab Nusrat. Nilab is a 17-year-old Afghan woman who

survived her father’s self-immolation; lived in an Afghan prison; was

separated from her home and from her family; and is now working to

improve the lives of women and children in Afghanistan.

In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we focus on

the idea of perfection. Barnard President Debora Spar, author of Wonder

Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection, sits down with

millennial feminist Jamia Wilson to discuss how the drive for perfection

affects young women.

This month’s Dare to Use the F-Word is the first episode

in a two-part series on the work of millennial feminists active in

different areas of the globe. Our guests include youth mentor Mary

Mwende from Kenya, peace activist Meena Sharma from Nepal, and women's

rights activist Nini Chanturia from Georgia.

This episode of Dare to use the F-Word is all about food

activism in the South Bronx. BCRW's Pam Phillips interviews

Tanya Fields, founder of The BLK ProjeK, about her journey to transform

her community through food and feminism.

This month on Dare to Use the F-Word, we focus on media

representations of young women. We speak with Jamie Keiles of The

Seventeen Magazine Project and you'll hear Alexandra Cale offer a feminist analysis of

Documented Instances of Public Eating.

In this special episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we

bring Julie Zeilinger (feminist blogger, author, and Barnard student)

together with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anna Quindlen to

discuss the evolution of millennial feminism.