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In this "Reflections" episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on episodes on the criminal justice system - Episode 47: Dorchen Leidholdt on incarcerated women and survivors of gender-based violence, Episode 48: Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox of Women Count USA on femicide as a national crisis, Episode 49: Rachel Louise Snyder on "No Visible Bruises" and domestic violence as intimate partner terrorism, and Episode 50: Richie Reseda on teaching feminism to reduce recidivism.

Teri and Michael co-host the en(gender)ed reflections episodes which serve to help curate a series of past episodes, usually around a specific theme. We hope these episodes help listeners coming in at that point of the podcast identify particular episodes and themes that they may want to explore. During our reflection, we talked about these additional resources:

• The United Nations Study on Global Homicides: Gender-Related Killings of Women & Girls
• Myths and actual rates of false reporting in sexual violence cases and the original research paper from a 10-year study by David Lisak et al.
• Ibram Kendi's reflections on systemic racism and his book, Stamped from the Beginning
• Here is information on the ERA and CEDAW
• The effects of aging on recidivism amongst federal offenders

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On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Leta Hong Fincher, journalist, scholar and author of the books, Leftover Women and Betraying Big Brother. Through these books, Leta chronicles the ways in which China's post economic reforms of the 1990s led to a state drive to incentivize marriage and its subsequent awakening of China's urban, educated women. We speak with Leta about the struggles the Feminist Five and other leading Chinese activists have faced in "betraying Big Brother" and why and how the rise of a Chinese feminist consciousness is important to other feminist movements, from #MeToo to workers rights to leveraging the power of women's anger to building solidarity across borders.

During our conversation, Leta and I referenced the following resources:

• The Feminist Five
• The University of Hong Kong's study of censorship on WeChat
• The Kim Lee divorce case--"American Woman Gives Domestic Abuse a Face, A Voice, in China"
• How China's Anti-Domestic Violence Law is failing survivors
• Adrienne Maree Brown's Pleasure Activism the need in resistance movements and joy as a form of resistance

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Our guest today is Damien Mander, an anti-poaching activist and founder of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF), a direct action law enforcement organization bringing military solutions to conservation. As a former Australian Royal Navy Clearance Diver and Special Operations military sniper, Damien advocated the use of military equipment and tactics for the purpose of protecting animals from poaching.

After learning about poaching in Southern Africa and the criminal networks that used military equipment to poach for profit, Damien was convinced that his specialized military skills, personal finances, and experience could contribute significantly to wildlife protection and conservation. Using his life savings, Damien founded the IAPF in 2009 and founded the Akashinga or "The Brave Ones," an all female anti-poaching unit.

We speak with Damien about his work at IAPF and how the Akashinga program offers an alternative approach to the militarized paradigm of "fortress conservation" which defends colonial boundaries between nature and humans. Damien believes that empowering women can be the single biggest force for positive change in the world today.

During our conversation, Damien and I referenced the following resources:

• Kruger National Park, home to one-third of the world's rhinos
• The US Army Rangers training female Rangers
• The concept of the "white savior" and Damien's views on it as it pertains to his work
• The concept of ecofeminism and the book, Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth
• The need for us to support a plant-based movement as part of our conservation efforts
• Exploring the concept by Audre Lorde, Can the Master's Tools Destroy the Master's House?
• A National Geographic story in June 2019 featuring the IAPF and the Akashinga

After the conversation, Damien shared with me his interest in learning more about feminism, ecofeminism, and how he downloaded the book, "Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth in response to my inquiry. Damien admitted he didn't know the definition of feminism and considered himself a feminist ally after we shared the definition.

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This episode of the en(gender)ed podcast was taped live at the NYU College of Global Public Health in association with the Community Preparedness and Response Group at NYU and is the first in our series of international feminism.

Seth Shelden is an attorney, and law professor, an activist, and a performer. He also currently is the United Nations Liaison for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, and Seth was in Oslo to be part of the momentous honor. ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize for its work in drawing attention to the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and for advancing a new treaty prohibiting such weapons. Seth is here with us today to speak about his journey as a scholar and activist, his work as ICAN's United Nations Liaison, and what we can do to help build an awareness and join the movement to promote nuclear disarmament in the United States. We will also ask about his observations on gender justice in the humanitarian sector.

During our interview, Seth and I referenced the following resources:

• John Hershey's book, Hiroshima which is available online for free via the New Yorker
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School's March for our Lives
• David Coleman of the College Board and his opinion that computer science and the US Constitution are two recommended languages for college and life success
• Seth's Fulbright scholarship work and the story of the 1,000 paper cranes
• The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
• The United States withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
• The culture of sexual misconduct in the international aid community
• Feminist voices in the gender and disarmament community: Carol Cohn, Felicity Hill, Ray Acheson, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
• How to support the Nuclear Ban

Following our interview, there is a bonus segment of Q&A with audience participants.

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In celebration of en(gender)ed one year anniversary, we are releasing this bonus episode where we ask former guests and other friends of the show, "What Does Freedom Mean to You?" Take a listen for a road map on how we can get there.

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In this "Reflections" episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on episodes on body literacy - Episode 42: Amanda Laird on menstrual equity as a human right, Episode 43: Professor Spring Cooper on the importance of sexual health and agency, , Episode 44: Georgie Barden on fertility literacy as a form of reproductive choice and freedom, and Episode 45: Nicole Perry on being a feminist therapist.

Teri and Michael co-host the en(gender)ed reflections episodes which serve to help curate a series of past episodes, usually around a specific theme. We hope these episodes help listeners coming in at that point of the podcast identify particular episodes and themes that they may want to explore. During our reflection, we talked about these additional resources:

• A menstrual cup called the Diva Cup
• What is Toxic Shock Syndrome?
• Information on the gender health gap (which we mistakenly refer to as the gender "care" gap in this episode)
• Information on the race gap in healthcare
• Information on the maternal healthcare crisis facing black women
• How sexual agency is important for your health
• Our interview with Tom Digby about the construction of masculinity and his book, Love and War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance
• Supreme Court case overturning precedent, foreshadowing future decisions, potentially, on Roe v. Wade
• The lack of accountability over custody evaluators

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On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Richie Reseda, also known as Richard Edmond-Vargas, an artist, activist, and entrepreneur. Richie was formerly incarcerated and his experiences were featured in the CNN documentary, The Feminist on Cellblock Y. In the film, Richie is depicted using the texts of black feminist, bell hooks, to lead group lessons on patriarchy and toxic masculinity. Richie's work came out of a collaboration with Charles Berry which started in 2013 to educate other incarcerated men and launched in February 2014 under the name, "Success Stories." We speak to Richie today about his experiences developing the curriculum, its success, and the Success Stories non-profit that he founded which has secured partial funding from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to support this work towards establishing a national presence in reducing recidivism.

During our conversation, Richie and I reference the following resources:

• Mark-Anthony Johnson and Patrisse Cullors, Richie's mentors
• An example of bail reform that failed a victim of domestic violence
• The impact of criminal justice reform in Cook County, Chicago in domestic violence cases
• Restorative Justice and its applicability in domestic violence cases
• Criminalization of Coercive Control in NYS and the Victim's Voice Survey
• Project Nia in NYC

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On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Rachel Louise Snyder, an Associate Professor of Literature at American University and the author of Fugitive Denim, What We've Lost is Nothing and the recently released, No Visible Bruises.

We speak with Rachel today about her book and experience as a journalist and her coverage of the people, practices, and policies that are deftly portrayed in No Visible Bruises, shining a light on the epidemic of domestic violence and the ways in which our systems have failed to protect victims and survivors. Through her stories of victims, perpetrators, law enforcement, advocates, Rachel's book debunks the myths that surround domestic violence and conveys an urgency for us as individuals and as a society to reframe how we view and respond to these acts of personal terrorism.

During our conversation, Rachel and I reference the following resources:

• Suzanne Dubus' work on high risk teams
• Mass shootings are domestic violence and the example of Charles Whitman in his University of Texas massacre
• Mildred Muhammad, wife of DC sniper and her work on ending domestic violence
• The work of Rebecca Solnit and of Rebecca Traister in describing our culture of sexism and misogyny
• Nieman Foundation's work on media coverage of domestic violence
• Level Up's work on producing journalistic standards for reporting on domestic violence
• Equal Press's work on media accountability in reporting on gender-based violence
• Andre Dubus' Townie: A Memoir
• Rachel's NYT OpEd titled, "We Prosecute Murder Without the Victim's Help. Why Not Domestic Violence?" and her review of the Crawford v. Washington Supreme Court case
• Voisine v. United States and the role of intent in prosecuting domestic violence cases
• Casey Gwinn
• Ibram Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
• The documentaries about the construction of gender identity in men: "The Mask You Live In" and "The Feminist in Cellblock Y"
• Peg Hacskaylo on the Survivor Resilience Fund program idea
• Natalia Otero's DC Safe program for victims

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On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox, a domestic violence survivor, activist and educator. Dawn has been working as a registered nurse for 23 years and runs Women Count USA, a national database that compiles data on femicides in the United States. Dawn began this project in 2017 out of her home in Plano, Texas, and has collected more than 2,500 names over the past 2 years. Our conversation with Dawn will cover the urgency of femicide and violence against women as not only a national crisis, but an international one, and the ways in which the criminal justice, healthcare, and social welfare systems in our country continue to fail survivors of intimate partner violence and their children and communities. Dawn will also share with us her thoughts for how her work can be used to inform changes in the ways in which the media and law enforcement can better respond to intimate partner violence in our country. You can email Dawn with news story links at [email protected].

During our conversation, Dawn and I reference the following resources:

• The 2018 United Nations Global Study on Homicide: Gender-related Killing of Women and Girls
• Domestic violence expert, Julie Owens' work
• Melissa Jeltsen's article on the underestimated risk of strangulation
• How we can prosecute domestic violence even without the testimony of the victim
• Pilot programs in NYC focused on "fixing the abuser"
• Our interview with Kathleen Russell of the Center for Judicial Excellence's Child Murder Map
• The high rates of domestic violence in law enforcement families
• Level Up's work on producing journalistic standards for reporting on domestic violence
• Equal Press's work on media accountability in reporting on gender-based violence

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Today's guest is Dorchen Leidholdt, the Legal Director of the NYC domestic violence agency, Sanctuary for Families. In her main role, Dorchen heads the agency's legal services for survivors of gender-based violence, including providing support for obtaining orders of protection, immigration, sex trafficking.

In addition to this important work, Dorchen also leads the "Incarcerated Gender Violence Survivors Initiative" a collaboration among legal and social service agencies, law firms, advocacy groups, former judges and incarcerated survivors committed to assisting survivors of gender-based incarceration in NYS. Our conversation will focus on this Initiative and the systemic context of the criminal justice system, its policies and practices that exact a heavy toll on victims and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, and its intersection with gender, race, class and disability. If you know of an incarcerated survivor of gender violence who needs representation, please contact Dorchen at [email protected].

During our conversation, Dorchen and I reference the following resources:

• Statistics from the ACLU on Female Incarceration
• Sarah Buel's documentary Defending Our Lives
• Matter of Rossakis v New York State Bd. of Parole and the role the case had in initiating Sanctuary for Families' work with incarcerated gender violence survivors
• Sarah Bennett clemency campaign for Linda White
• The COMPAS test and its use in assessing probation risk
• Federal Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) requires termination of parental rights when children have been in foster care for 15 of the most recent 22 months

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