Elana Porter and Helen Laurence talk to us about feminism and women's studies. Elana, a PhD Student in women's studies, talks about the "Intersectionality Feminism", considering race, sex, class, ability, and how those experiences overlap. Elana also talks about the relationship between environmental issues and women's issues.

Starting at 40:13, Helen Laurence, one of the founders of the Women and Gender studies at Umpqua Community Collage, talks about how equal rights for women helps all genders. Helen's specialty is eco-feminism: how the environment is treated reflects how women are treated. At 7 minutes into our conversation with Helen, a storm starts and we can hear the rain pounding on the roof of the yurt we are in, in case you wonder what that strange noise is.

For more information, Elana suggests:

Web sites: feministing.com; everydayfeminism.com.

Books: Intersectionality by Kimberle Crenshaw; Masters Tools by Audre Lorde.

Helen suggests these books:

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Refuge. An Unspoken Hunger by Terry Tempest Williams; Men Explain things to Me by Rebecca Solnit; Nature and Other Mothers by Brenda Peterson.