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In this "Reflections" episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on two years and 100 episodes of en(gender)ed--a feminist podcast, a domestic violence and domestic abuse podcast, and a gender-based violence podcast. We look back on what we've learned, what questions remain, and how we'd like to get there.

During our conversation, Michael and I touched upon the following resources in our conversation:

• Leta Hong Fincher article on "How China's Authoritarianism Rise is Fueled By Sexism"
• Our interview with Jess Hill about her book, See What You Made Me Do and intimate partner violence as personal terrorism
• Our #SurvivorStories episode with Kathy Picard
• Why Black Women (and women in general) are still an afterthought in police violence
• A Timeline of Events that Led to the 2020 'Fed Up'-rising
• Hasan Minhaj Patriot Act story on Amazon
• The 'shadow' pandemic of violence against women and girls
• Our interview with former prosecutor, Nazir Afzal, on targeting sexism and misogyny as a way to prevent gender-based violence
• The high rates of domestic violence among law enforcement
• The influence of "rape culture" on policing and their responses to sexual assaults
• The Netflix series, Unbelievable, which depicts rape culture through the eyes of victims
• Missing and murdered Indigenous women
• Missing black women and girls

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On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Jen Senko, an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose documentaries focus on socio-political themes with the intent of inspiring discussion and fomenting change, most notably, The Brainwashing of My Dad, which tracks the disturbing rise of right-wing media. We speak with Jen today about her films, her activism, disinformation tactics used by conservative media outlets, and why and how a free press and educated populace is an essential component of a functioning democracy.

During our conversation, Jen and I referenced the following resources and topics:

• How her father's increasing obsession with right-wing media and Fox News inspired her to make the film
• The research of Kathleen Taylor, author of the book, Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control
• Albert Biderman's "Chart of Coercion" which was discussed in our interview with Jess Hill about her book, See What You Made Me Do
• The influence of Rush Limbaugh on Jen's father's behavior and thoughts towards women
• Fox News' use of the term "fair and balanced" to portray itself as fact-based and objective and legitimate journalism
• Edward Bernays' reframing of bad things as good as an advertising tactic to sell products, such as calling cigarettes "torches of freedom"
• How Trump uses brainwashing techniques like those described in the film as depicted in the book The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control, by Steven Hassan
• Dave and Erin Ninehouser's work to help reclaim America's brain from media manipulators and agenda-driven demagogues through their organization, Hear Yourself Think
• The importance of media literacy, a free press, and citizen demand for media accountability to our democracy
• The significance of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in opening up the path towards media oligarchies

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This past week has been a very emotionally painful time for our country. We stand with my sisters and brothers on the front lines fighting for change, who are risking their lives daily to create a better world for all of us. As an intersectional feminist, I want to raise awareness of the interlocking systems of oppression that continue to be used to dominate, subjugate, and harm women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, and anyone deemed less than or less valued than able-bodied, cis-gendered white men.

We are podcasters united to condemn the tragic murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and many many others at the hands of police. This is a continuation of the systemic racism pervasive in our country since its inception and we are committed to standing against racism in all its forms.

We believe that to be silent is to be complicit.

We believe that Black lives matter.

We believe that Black lives are more important than property.

We believe that we have a responsibility to use our platforms to speak out against this injustice whenever and wherever we are witness to it.

In creating digital media we have built audiences that return week after week to hear our voices and we will use our voices to speak against anti-blackness and police brutality, and we encourage our audiences to be educated, engaged, and to take action.

Here are three ways podcasters and content creators can participate:

1. If you'd like to help, donate to any of the following:

   1. George Floyd Memorial Fund

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   5. Black Lives Matter

   6. Minneapolis NAACP Branch

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Please continue to listen, share, and discuss our podcast episodes. You can make a difference by learning how our systems, practices, and policies uphold male entitlement and privilege and normalizes and validates men's power over women, and its variations like men's power over other men, white women's power over people of color, and so on. Join and/or donate to our Engendered Collective community of survivors, advocates and pro-feminist allies to use your knowledge to make positive change.

Thank you.

On the episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Jenna Spinelle, one of the hosts of the Democracy Works Podcast, produced by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University. Democracy Works is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.

We speak to Jenna today about how the media and democracy have been impacted by COVID-19, why it's important to support a free press now more than ever, and what Democracy Works Podcast and the network is doing to help spread credible information and get to the root of the infodemic.

During our conversation, Jenna and I referenced the following resources and topics:

• The importance of the census and primaries to a free and fair election process
• The Democracy Works podcast episode on the Census and COVID-19
• The use of Census data for reapportionment, redistricting, and gerrymandering
• The controversy behind whether or not to add a "citizenship question" on the Census
• Civic Power by Sabeel Rahman and its exploration of whether we have had a successful multi-ethnic democracy
• What are the structural, institutional components of a democracy?
• Voting by mail and its history in the military
• The Democracy Works podcast interview with Charles Stewart of MIT
• The myth of voter fraud
• What "epistemic polarization" is and how it is impacting our democratic institutions
• The Democracy Works podcast interview with Frances Lee about polarization in Congress
• The Flipside newsletter and the AllSides website-two resources to present the left and right on a particular news item
• Lewis Raven Wallace's The View From Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity
• The role of social media platforms in ensuring journalistic integrity, such as the Facebook Journalism Project

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On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Jen Kamel, CEO & Founder of VBAC Facts, a platform that helps perinatal professionals and cesarean parents achieve clarity on vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) through her educational courses, online membership, continuing education trainings, and consulting services. We speak with Jen today about what the COVID-19 pandemic means for expectant mothers in terms of pregnancy and labor choices and outcomes.

During our conversation, Jen and I referenced the following resources and topics:

• The COVID-19 guidance offered by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
• The services and resources available at The International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
• A checklist of what expectant mothers should consider in preparing for VBAC during COVID

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On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Nazir Afzal, former Chief Crown Prosecutor for NW England, former Director in London, and former Chief Executive of the country's Police & Crime Commissioners. Nazir has prosecuted some of the most high profile cases in the country and advised on many other and led nationally on several legal topics including Violence against Women & Girls, child sexual abuse, and honour based violence. He is also National Adviser on Gender Based Violence to the Welsh Government. Nazir shares some poignant and compelling stories of his work in his recent book, The Prosecutor, which chronicles his 24 year career. We also speak with Nazir today about the impact of COVID-19 or the coronavirus on increasing instances of gender-based violence and policy, procedural, or other reforms that he offers for abuser accountability and increasing victim safety and security.

During our conversation, Nazir and I referenced the following resources and topics:

• The personal toll the coronavirus has had on Nazir's own family, through his brother's death
• Domestic violence as "domestic terrorism"or "gender terrorism"
• Britain's recent commitment to increase funding to address domestic violence and sex trafficking increases due to COVID-19
• The idea that victims should stay put instead of being forced to leave their homes and have abusers leave instead
• Joan Smith's book, Home Grown
• How misogyny and hate is learned behavior
• The role of unconscious bias in shaping people's attitudes and actions
• Nazir's role in bringing down the Rochdale child sex abuse ring
• Victim-blaming and rape culture
• BBC's depiction of the Rochdale case in its TV show, Three Girls
• The Netflix show, Unbelievable, about rape culture

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On this #SurvivorStories series en(gender)ed podcast episode, our guest is Nicole Lee, a survivor, social worker, and disability rights advocate. Nicole lived with her abuser husband for 10 years until 2014, when she left him. We speak with Nicole today about her experience as a rape and coercive control survivor, how her disability increased her vulnerability and reliance on her abuser for caretaking, and what other survivors with disabilities can do to help craft and navigate a path out of abuse while minimizing risk of harm. Throughout our conversation, we ask Nicole to share #abusertactics, #signsofabuse, and #upstandertips.

During our conversation, Nicole and I referenced the following resources and topics:

• Australia's former law of "provocation" which blamed victims for causing their own assault and murder
• How abusers weaponize the criminal justice system against survivors in order to gain an advantage and discredit abuse by creating a false equivalence
• Nicole's own process of healing

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On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Martin Hultman, Associate Professor in Science, Technology and Environmental Studies at the Department of Technology Management & Economics at Chalmers University in Sweden. Martin's research focuses on the influence of extremist views such as sexism and far-right nationalism on climate change denial. His latest book with Paul M. Pulé, Ecological Masculinities, chronicles the political landscape that has shaped the industrial breadwinner and eco-modern archetypes of masculinity, both fueled by misogyny, and their proposed ecological masculinity as a response that centers science, fact, and reason and a respect for nature. Our conversation with Martin will explore ways in which a response to addressing our climate crisis and, in particular, the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, will require that we, as a society, address how we socialize boys and men if we are to save ourselves and our planet from mutual and guaranteed destruction.

During our conversation, Martin and I referenced the following resources and topics:

• The difference between the different archetypes of masculinity including "the industrial breadwinner," the "ecomodern male" and the "conservative white male effect" and its impact on climate change denial
• An explanation of "incels" or a type of masculinity and group of men who call themselves "involuntary celibate"
• How Martin's work fits into the "ecofeminism" conversation
• The work of environmental historians like Carolyn Merchant and her book, The Death of Nature
• The definition of "hegemonic masculinity" and its role in climate change denial
• Our interview with Laura Ramirez on prostitution and approaches to reduce or prevent harm that parallel our approach to fossil fuel emissions and climate change
• How female climate activists are often the target of verbal and physical attacks and threats
• The groundbreaking book, Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson and threats and attacks directed toward her after the book's publishing
• The influence of young climate activists like Greta Thunberg and the efforts to discredit and disempower her
• The relevance of Swedish laws on sexual consent and its impact on climate activism through the "rights of nature" movement

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In this "Reflections" episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on episodes on beauty, fashion, and lifestyle: Episode 89: Erika Geraerts on beauty and how It's All Fluff, Episode 90: Lynn Power on managing #MeToo as a former advertising executive and disrupting the beauty industry with Masami hair products, Episode 91: Marjorie Lau on Marlo Hydroponic Skincare, beauty, and sustainability, Episode 92: Julie Raskin of the Foundation for New York's Strongest on zero waste and building a cleaner, greener NYC, Episode 93: Aditi Mayer on sustainability and decolonizing fashion, and Episode 94: Ettienne Percy of 90Something Magnolia, on building a sustainable fashion brand.

During our conversation, Michael and I touched upon the following resources in our conversation:

• The role of the media and culture in shaping girls' and women's views of themselves and their relationship to the beauty industry
• The documentary film, "Miss Representation" by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, that explores how mainstream media and culture contribute to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power in America
• Our interview with Susan Basterfield and Gina Stevens-Rembe from the Enspiral Network
• The relevance of the term "decolonize" to our podocast, political ideology, and movement building
• Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act episode on fast fashion
• The TV show, The Good Place
• How important bees are to human survival and what would happen if they went extinct

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On this #SurvivorStories series episode, our guest is "Carol." a protective mom of two young boys. Carol shares with us her struggles as a parent during a pandemic and how her efforts to keep her children safe are compromised by her ex-husband. During our conversation, "Carol" shares with us examples of #abusertactics used by her ex-husband that inhibit her ability to make safe choices for her children and for herself and some #upstandertips on how we, as a society, can use this awareness to do better.

During our conversation, Carol and I referenced the following resources and topics:

• The NYT article by Megan Twohey on how COVID-19 is affecting custody arrangements
• Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor's book, She Said, on the Harvey Weinstein #MeToo takedown
• Teri's response to Megan's article on Twitter
• How coercive control manifests in family court decisions for survivors and their children
• The Queens mom, Jessica Chan, who sent her kids to her parents so they could be safe while she worked on the frontlines
• The recent Wisconsin primary election and the latest challenge to the Supreme Court's decision about absentee ballots
• Voter disenfranchisement as "coercive control"

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