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On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Laura Ramirez, the Program Coordinator at Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW). In that role and as a member of Af3irm, a transnational feminist organization, Laura speaks to us today about the ways in which health care policy and, in particular, COVID-19 or the coronavirus impacts human and sex trafficking, prostitution and pornography.. We will explore the ways in which the global demand for prostitution puts women and girls at particularly high risk of harm and exacerbates systemic gender disparities in income, wealth, mobility, and health outcomes.

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

• The difference between "sex trafficking" and "human trafficking" and the definition offered by the Palermo Protocol
• Sex trafficking as a gendered crime given that over 90% of global victims are women and girls
• "Sex work" and labor rights
• NYC's proposed bill to decriminalize prostitution
• The difference between legalization or decriminalization of prostitution and the Equality or Nordic Model
• The work that New Yorkers for the Equality Model is doing to oppose the decriminalization bill
• The impact of COVID-19 on the prostitution industry across the world
• How the Nordic model has shifted the shame from those prostituted to the buyers as a deterrent to prostitution
• Pornhub's offer of free premium porn as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and mask donation
• How coronavirus porn is going viral
• The recently passed "Child Parent Security Act" in NYS which legalizes commercial surrogacy
• NYC's "Sex Worker's Pop-Up" that is sponsored by the Open Society Foundations

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

• Healthcare officials' consideration to recommend broader use of face masks
• The shortage of the masks in the United States
• How domestic violence incidents have increased since and enabled by the lockdown
• A United Nations' 2018 study on how the home is the most dangerous place for women titled "Global Study on Homicide"
• The connection between male unemployment and increased rates of domestic violence
• How abusers are weaponizing he coronavirus to further interfere with the relationship between protective mother and child--a typical #abusertactic
• The #abusertactic of "parental alienation" or "parental alienation syndrome (PAS)" to discredit claims of abuse and Joan Meier's research on how courts punish mothers for reporting abuse
• Increased independent and Democratic support for Trump despite his bungling of the COVID-19 crisis
• Behind the numbers of Trump's approval rating
• How Trump is touting the use of a non-CDC tested and approved drug, Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug, to treat coronavirus, and how an Arizona man died self-medicating with a form of the drug
• Trump's misogynistic attacks on women leading the charge to help their companies or states in response to the coronavius
• How a Texas official believes that the elderly should and want to die from COVID-19 in order to save the economy
• How the media was mischaracterizing Democrats' opposition to stimulus bill components that favored corporations over individuals as obstructionist

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On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest Ettienne Percy, the founder of 90Something Magnolia, a social enterprise which brings together the intersection of fashion, sustainability and creative entrepreneurship. We speak with Ettienne today about how he envisions his platform to be a tool for aspiring creatives to collaborate and to incorporate creative reuse ideas and practices into their business model. This episode is co-produced with 90Something Magnolia.

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

• The concept of "creative entrepreuneurship"
• How 90Something Magnolia is incorporating upcycling and sustainability into its production process and business model
• Ettienne's repetoire of entrepreneurial "power tools"

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On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Aditi Mayer, the creative behind ADIMAY, a sustainable fashion blog exploring the ties between style, sustainability, and social justice. We speak with Aditi today about her work to decolonize fashion and to encourage conscious living so that consumers can make safer, more ethical, and sustainable choices.

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

• What Aditi means by "decolonizing fashion"
• How supply chains of fashion today mirror colonial trade routes
• The disproportionate impact fashion manufacturing has on women
• Workers organizing in Los Angeles through the Garment Worker Center
• The hashtag campaign #WhoMadeMyClothes
• The impact of influencer culture on consumer sustainable fashion choices
• The concept of "circularity" in regenerative aesthetics
• What to look for when purchasing eco-friendly garments and products
• What it means to be an Oeko-Tex certified product
• How do you know when you are engaging in "cultural appropriation"

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On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Julie Raskin, Executive Director for the Foundation for New York's Strongest, the official non-profit partner of the NYC Department of Sanitation. We speak with Julie today about her work leading NYC's efforts to reduce waste and promote zero waste through the organization's co-hosting of ReFashion Week, its promotion of sustainable brands and products, and its advancement of policies and practices that help us build a cleaner and greener city.

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

• The Foundation's efforts reducing food waste and to send zero waste to landfills through initiatives such as the NYC Food Waste Fair
• The role of Donate NYC to help achieve zero waste and its app for city
• The Department of Sanitation's efforts to build a Sanitation museum and the "Treasures in the Trash" collection
• The Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island
• The Department of Sanitation's partnership with Housing Works called "Refashion Bins"
• NYC's recent single use plastic ban
• The Foundation's partnership with Parley for the Oceans
• Fashion designer Heron Preston's collaboration with the NYC Department of Sanitation
• The Ellen MacArthur Foundation's #WearNext campaign to make fashion circular
• The work the Center for Health Equity in NYC is doing to advance racial equity and social justice

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On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Majorie Lau, a veteran beauty industry executive and co-founder of Marlo Hydroponic Skincare, the first skincare product to be grown hydroponically. Our conversation with Marjorie explores the ways in which Marlo Hydroponic Skincare offers a different choice for skincare that is rooted in and celebrates natural beauty, the message she hopes Marlo can convey to girls and women, and the importance of connecting consumer choice with sustainability.

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

• The concept of "sustainable beauty"
• The iconic hiring of RuPaul to be the face of MAC
• Why the Victoria's Secret fashion show was cancelled
• How Marlo's as a product--its ingredients, its packaging, its partnerships, all further the company's sustainability goals

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On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Lynn Power, the CEO of Masami, a vegan, cruelty-free, and botanically hydrated hair products company. Prior to founding Masami, Lynn worked as an advertising executive and played a leading role in the launch of such brands as Clinique's Even Better and L'Oreal's Clinical. We speak with Lynn today about her experience as former CEO of J. Walter Thompson's NY office in the wake of #metoo and the company's own sexual discrimination law suit, the role of the advertising industry in shaping consumer opinions and behaviors, and her subsequent decision to disrupt he beauty industry through her new venture with Masami.

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

• Lynn's experience helming J. Walter Thompson's (JWT) New York office and leading the organization through its own #MeToo crisis
• Other #MeToo moments in the advertising industry
• The role the advertising industry has in shaping definitions of femininity and masculinity and gender relations
• Study results showing gender bias in the advertising industry (from the JWT partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media) and the importance of having female role models on screen
• Moira Donegan's "Media Men" list
• "Diet Madison Avenue" anonymous Instagram account
• Our interviews with BetterBrave and #NotMe, both possible solutions to the issue of work place misconduct, harassment, and/or discrimination
• How the Masami Institute is working to preserve the ocean ecosystem
• Rhianna's refusal to perform at Superbowl Halftime in support of Colin Kaepernick
• The Netflix documentary, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez

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On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Erika Geraerts,a former executive at Frank Body who started her own brand, Fluff, two years ago. We speak with Erika today about her journey as a founder and beauty brand iconoclast, Fluff, an ethical beauty brand based in Melbourne, the state of the beauty industry, and the ways in which beauty, lifestyle, consumption intersect to shape women's views of ourselves, our bodies, and impact our relationships.

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

• The role of family 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
• The stereotypical housewife archetype of June Cleaver in Leave It to Beaver (whom Teri mistakenly referred to as "Betty Cleaver")
• The impact of Kim Kardashian on girls, beauty, self-image, etc.
• The Medium post about a mom who pretended she was an 11 year-old girl and what she learned in the process

This episode was sponsored by Masami, the ultimate in botanically hydrated hair. You can find Masami online at lovemasami.com and share your hair @lovemasamihair on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter.

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In this "Reflections" episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on episodes on patriarchy and masculinity: Episode 84: Cleo Stiller on her book "Modern Manhood: Conversations About the Complicated World of Being a Good Man Today," Episode 85: Jonathan Custodio on gender, masculinity, and listening to the en(gender)ed podcast, Episode 86: Jess Hill on her book "See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse", and Episode 87: Edgar Villaneuva on Decolonizing Wealth.

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

• The concept of the "friend zone"
• The Moth episode with Jerry Mitchell and his decades long work investigating Civil Rights era killings by KKK member Byron de la Beckwith
• The similarities between Albert Biderman's "Chart of Coercion" used against Korean War POWs and Chinese authoritarian state tactics described in my interview with Leta Hong Fincher
• Ferraro and Johnson's list of six ways women rationalize their abuse and justify staying in abusive relationships
• The model of "women's police stations" as an effective intervention in the global south against domestic violence
• My conversation with Richie Reseda on "Teaching Feminism to Reduce Recidivism" and how the concept of "restorative justice" is not appropriate in domestic violence cases, but is nevertheless used, and Jess Hill's example of a different form of "restorative justice" through the Northpoint, NC "focused deterrence" model that actually centered abuser accountability and survivor safety
• How money can buy a voice as in the example of former Mayor Bloomberg possibly qualifying for the next Democratic debates

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On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Edgar Villanueva, a globally-recognized expert on social justice philanthropy. Edgar currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Native Americans in Philanthropy and is a Board Member of the Andrus Family Fund, a national foundation that works to improve outcomes for vulnerable youth. We speak with Edgar today about his work and the ideas in his book, "Decolonizing Wealth," which offers a vision of philanthropy and wealth creation and accumulation through the lens of social justice and racial equity.

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

• Audre Lorde's concept that the "Master's Tools Will Not Dismantle the Master's House" and if they can
• The Indigenous, Lakota concept of "All My Relations" or "Mitakuye Oyasin"
• My interview with CV Harquail about her book, "Feminism: A Key Idea for Business and Society"
• Edgar's suggested policy proposals for the philanthropic sector to address historical racial and gender inequality
• The Equal Rights Amendment
• Melinda Gates' Pivotal Ventures which is focused on gender equality
• Kate Manne's "Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny" book and its ideas about empathy and humanity with respect to sexist behavior

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