Rachel talks with Dr. Daniel Jacobson López, a Postdoc at the University of Pittsburgh who's work is centered on enhancing and developing trauma-informed, culturally-relevant and evidenced-based health care services for gay male sexual assault survivors of color. Dr. Jacobson López is also the first Latino PhD graduate from Pitt's School of Social Work and the first Chair of Diversity and Inclusion for Pitt's Postdoc Association. They discuss Danny’s experience being a part of a Zoom call with Latinx scholars that was "zoombombed" by a white supremacist. Danny shares about his research around the experiences of gay male sexual assault survivors of color and how racism and homophobia intersect in the ways these folks do or don't receive care and support in healthcare settings.

*This episode is marked explicit for discussion of sexual assault.*

Host: Rachel Vinciguerra

Guest: Dr. Daniel Jacobson López

Show Notes

Danny's Bio: https://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/home/directory/daniel-jacobson

Pittsburgh Action Against Rape: https://paar.net/

RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/

Anti-Defamation League: https://www.adl.org/

To report a zoom bombing incident or hate crime: ic3.gov

Get Connected

Danny's Email: [email protected]

Danny's Twitter: @danjlopez8

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Rachel talks with Jam Hammond, a social justice advocate living in Pittsburgh working with the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations and Sisters PGH and a transman. They discuss the new Netflix documentary Disclosure which is the first documentary film of its kind to document trans representation in film and television from the perspective of transpeople. Jam shares his own experiences watching film and television covered in the documentary and the paradox of increased representation and increased violence that the documentary explores as well as some of the challenging intersections feminism has had in media with trans inclusion. 

*This episode is marked explicit for some discussion of sexual intercourse in the films and television shows presented in Disclosure.*

Host: Rachel Vinciguerra

Guest: Jam Hammond

Show Notes

Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations: https://pittsburghpa.gov/chr/

Disclosure Film: http://www.disclosurethemovie.com/about

Sisters PGH: https://www.sisterspgh.org/

Gender Awareness in Pittsburgh Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVS43UjYH_M

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Rachel talks with Megan Cook, an emergency medicine resident at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Megan shares about her work as a doctor during COVID-19 and the tension between truth and hope that all doctors manage. They discuss Megan’s experiences in the emergency room with COVID patients and how she personally manages the complexity of this time both as a resident and in her personal life.

Host: Rachel Vinciguerra

Guest: Megan Cook

Show Notes

TIMES “TV Doctors’ Confusing Rule in the Coronavirus Pandemic” https://time.com/5828108/tv-doctors-coronavirus/

NYT “Black Coronavirus Patients End Up in Hospitals More Often, Study Finds” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/health/coronavirus-black-patients.html

UN Women. “COVID-19: Emerging Gender Data and Why It Matters.” https://data.unwomen.org/resources/covid-19-emerging-gender-data-and-why-it-matters

Unlocking Us. "Brene Brown on Comparative Suffering" 

In Shock by Rana Awdish

This American Life. "The Reprieve."

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Rachel talks with Rukmini Poddar, a NYC-based artist, designer, and illustrator, about her watercolor artwork illustrating emotions. Rukmini talks about her work at the intersection of emotional wellness and creative storytelling. They discuss Rukmini’s recent piece on paradoxes called “Holding Opposites” during COVID-19 that has reached tens of thousands in the last couple of weeks and how creativity can be healing and connecting when we are dealing with emotional tension and duality.

Host: Rachel Vinciguerra

Guest: Rukmini Poddar

Show Notes

Rukmini's Website: https://dearruksi.com/

Rukmini's Instagram Pages: @rockinruksi @dearruksi

Richard Rohr's Falling Upward: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9963483-falling-upward

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Rachel talks with Laurel Chiapetta about how COVID-19 has had the effect of both inducing very real anxiety and turmoil for many, while simultaneously slowing us down and quieting the noise. Laurel shares about the difficult decision to close her physical yoga studio space and they discuss their experiences of both and how they have connected in new ways to their yoga practices during the requirement to stay at home during this pandemic and the impact that this situation has had on yoga studios, instructors, and in-home practices.

Host: Rachel Vinciguerra

Guest: Laurel Chiapetta

Show Notes

Get Connected with Laurel at Yoga U PGH: https://www.yogaupgh.com/ and Pittsburgh Yoga Council 

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Rachel talks with Priyanka Srinivasa about social media and how it can be both connective and isolating especially during the time of COVID-19. They discuss examples of both isolation and connection and how they navigate this dichotomy. They discuss authenticity on social media, selfies, and how they promote their own healthy use of social media platforms.

Host: Rachel Vinciguerra

Guest: Priyanka Srinivasa

Show Notes

Social Network Sites and Well-Being (2019) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0963721417730833

The FOMO is Real: How Social Media Increases Depression and Loneliness (2018) https://www.healthline.com/health-news/social-media-use-increases-depression-and-loneliness

Facebook's Red Notifications: Obsessive, Addictive Tiny Red Dots: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rewired-the-psychology-technology/201803/obsessiveaddictive-tiny-red-dots Facebook Beta-Tests Controls that Turn off Those Angry Red Dots https://www.engadget.com/2019-06-25-facebook-red-notification-badges-toggle-menu.html

Gen Z and Feminism: How Social Media Has Reshaped Feminism (2018) https://www.cfr.org/blog/how-social-media-has-reshaped-feminism (Pri's reference to a Plan International study was from an InterAction conference in 2019)

Social Media Use and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (2019): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904786/

Teens and Their Experiences on Social Media (2018): https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/11/28/teens-and-their-experiences-on-social-media/

Get Connected Pri’s Instagram: @world.before.her, #IWillGoOut https://www.facebook.com/iwillgoout/

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Rachel talks with Carrie Thompson about the Bible and its paradoxes through the words of Rachel Held Evans in her final book “Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again.” They discuss how the Bible can be specific and universal, how it has been used for exclusion and inclusion, and the ways it exists and has been read as both feminist and non-feminist.

Host: Rachel Vinciguerra 

Guest: Carrie Thompson

Show Notes

"Inspired" by Rachel Held Evans: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36576151-inspired

Rachel Held Evans Obituary in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/us/rachel-held-evans.html

Get Connected Carrie's Pitt Law: Pittsburgh Legal Income Sharing Fund (PLISF) plisf.org 

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Host: Rachel Vinciguerra

In this brief intro, Rachel explains what prompted the idea for this podcast from both personal experience and noticing what has been happening in our communities, our society, and the media around cancel culture and how we negotiate learning about sexual assault allegations for societal figures.

Show Notes/Links

Michael Jackson's life showed us the journey from abused to abuser

How to Discuss Kobe Bryant's Rape Case After Tragic Death

Babe.net's Aziz Ansari Story and the controversy around it explained

Myth's Obscure Voodoo, Source of Comfort in Haiti

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Rachel talks with her childhood friend Juliet about what it has meant to her to be attached to two places: Massachusetts, where she was born, and California, where she has lived for the past eight years. They discuss place identity and the different ways our relationships, rituals, and connections to those places shape who we are and how we understand ourselves and the world. 

Host: Rachel Vinciguerra

Guest: Juliet Montrone

Show Notes 

People, Place, Space (digital resource/book)

There, There by Tommy Orange (novel)

Home by Warsan Shire (poem)

Hello Neighbor (Pittsburgh nonprofit)

Get Connected

Juliet’s Twitter: @jmontrone 

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Website: rachelvinciguerra.com