Dare to Use the F-Word

Dare to Use the F-Word episodes:

• June 23, 2014Red River Women's Clinic

  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.

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• May 09, 2014Sakhi for South Asian Women

  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.

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• March 20, 2014The Revival

  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.

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• February 03, 2014Radical Doulas

  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.

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• December 04, 2013Young Feminists Around the World: Part 2

  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.

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• October 30, 2013Perfection

  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.

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• September 30, 2013Young Feminists Around the World: Part 1

  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.

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• September 03, 2013Food Activism

  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.

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• July 31, 2013Media and Image

  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.

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• June 04, 2013Millennial Feminism

  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.

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