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PODCAST: Prof Kathleen Lowrey didn’t hide her views on gender identity ideology, and was punished for it
June 16, 2020 06:46 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Kathleen Lowrey, who was dismissed from her position as associate chair of undergraduate programs for the department of anthropology at the University of Alberta due to her views on gender identity and sex.
PODCAST: Stella Perrett on why free speech and satire should matter to feminists
May 21, 2020 04:55 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBStella Perrett was a political cartoonist for the UK’s only socialist daily newspaper, The Morning Star, from 2015 to 2020. She had published cartoons criticizing capitalism, the police, Brexit, the American president, and more. It wasn’t until Stella drew a cartoon called “Endgame,” commenting on the impact of potential changes to the Gender Recognition Act…
PODCAST: Surrogacy — A human rights violation
May 11, 2020 08:20In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Renate Klein about the harms of surrogacy.
PODCAST: Renate Klein on the harms of surrogacy
May 11, 2020 08:20In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Renate Klein about the harms of surrogacy.
PODCAST: Women as ‘breeders’ — Renate Klein on the harms of surrogacy
May 11, 2020 08:20 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Renate Klein about the harms of surrogacy.
PODCAST: A global feminist perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic is needed
April 30, 2020 07:08 - 52 minutes - 49.7 MBThe COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone. But imagine if you were impoverished, a migrant, or living in close quarters with no way to socially isolate. What if you were a prostituted woman? A domestic worker? What if you were trapped in an abusive relationship, with nowhere to go? How have the pandemic and…
PODCAST: Michelle Mara on the truth about the decriminalized sex trade in New Zealand
April 14, 2020 02:28 - 1 ByteIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Michelle Mara about the effect of decriminalizing prostitution in New Zealand.
PODCAST: Indian filmmaker Vaishnavi Sundar made a film about sexual harassment, then got cancelled by liberal feminists
March 25, 2020 05:30 - 44.2 MBLast month, a scheduled screening of Vaishnavi Sundar’s film, But What Was She Wearing? was abruptly cancelled. Vaishnavi was told, a week before the screening, that the event was cancelled because of her “transphobic” views. This was in reference, she discovered, to some tweets she had posted about gender identity politics online, including questioning whether…
PODCAST: Authorities ignored the girls being exploited by grooming gangs in Northern England; Julie Bindel didn’t
January 29, 2020 09:38 - 36 MBMedia, the police, and social workers knew girls were being exploited by Pakistani grooming gangs in Northern England, given drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, and food, then sold to grown men. Authorities ignored the story, but Julie Bindel reported on it.
PODCAST: Carol Downer revolutionized the women’s health movement, and refuses to quit, decades later
January 24, 2020 22:01 - 58.1 MBIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Carol Downer, a pioneer of the women's liberation movement, putting women's health in women's hands.
PODCAST: Toxic Beauty — an interview with Phyllis Ellis
December 17, 2019 08:16 - 40.4 MBIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Phyllis Ellis, director of "Toxic Beauty," a documentary looking at the impact of toxic chemicals in beauty and personal care products.
PODCAST: We Can’t Consent To This — Fiona Mackenzie’s campaign to challenge the ‘sex gone wrong’ defence
October 24, 2019 08:22 - 27.6 MBIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Fiona Mackenzie, the woman behind We Can't Consent To This — a campaign tracking accounts of women murdered due to supposed "sex gone wrong."
PODCAST: Dr. Jen Gunter is busting myths about women’s bodies and health
October 03, 2019 05:27 - 37.5 MBIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Dr. Jen Gunter about common myths surrounding women's bodies and her new book, The Vagina Bible.
PODCAST: Coercive control is a key aspect of abusive relationships, but still misunderstood
September 21, 2019 22:38 - 49.3 MBIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with the director and producer of "Jennifer, 42," a feature length animated documentary about a victim of coercive control.
PODCAST: Mary Kate Fain has found a woman-centered solution to Twitter censorship in Spinster
August 14, 2019 07:44 - 28.3 MBMassive social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have come under criticism, of late, for censorship, as well as for failing to support women’s interests. Recently, Twitter has taken to suspending users for criticizing gender identity ideology and for discussing basic biological facts about men and women. We do not have a public social media…
PODCAST: Caroline Criado Perez on how living in a world made for men hurts women
July 04, 2019 07:31 - 58.9 MBIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Caroline Criado Perez about the dangers of data bias in a world designed for men.
PODCAST: Deborah Cameron on feminism — the idea, the theory, and the political movement
June 13, 2019 05:55 - 37.4 MBMeghan Murphy speaks with Deborah Cameron about her new book, "Feminism: A Brief Introduction to the Ideas, Debates, and Politics of the Movement."
PODCAST: What is ’emotional labour’ and why are women sick of doing it all themselves?
May 03, 2019 23:04 - 25.3 MBWe often talk about women’s unpaid labour — the work women do in the home, in terms of child rearing, cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping, and so on and so forth, that not only is uncompensated, but is, too often, unappreciated. Not only do many women today go to work outside the home, for a paycheque,…
PODCAST: Lesbians at ground zero — Angela C. Wild on gender identity ideology and lesbian autonomy
April 11, 2019 23:09 - 22.9 MBMeghan Murphy speaks with Angela C. Wild of #GetTheLOut about her new report about the impact of trans ideology on lesbians.
PODCAST: Dagny of The Pique Resilience Project on detransitioning
March 26, 2019 07:23 - 44.3 MBIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Dagny, a founder of The Pique Resilience Project, about her experience transitioning, then detransitioning.
PODCAST: Why sex-segregated sport matters
March 13, 2019 01:42 - 51.3 MBMeghan Murphy speaks with Linda Blade, President of Athletics Alberta, coach, and former heptathlete, about the need for sex-segregated sport.
PODCAST: On International Women’s Day, Indigenous and Women of Colour Rise
March 05, 2019 03:03 - 24 MBOn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Suzanne Jay and Saba Malik, organizers of the upcoming International Women's Day event, Indigenous Women and Women of Colour Rise.
PODCAST: Kathleen Stock and Natasha Chart discuss the issue of feminists ‘allying with the right’
February 22, 2019 06:46 - 52.9 MBMeghan Murphy speaks with Kathleen Stock and Natasha Chart about the contentious question of whether feminists should engage with or work with right wing individuals or groups.
PODCAST: Why are we still pretending porn is harmless?
February 08, 2019 04:33 - 39.1 MBMeghan Murphy speaks with Rebecca Whisnant about the harms of porn and why those of us who challenge it are dismissed so readily.
PODCAST: Posie Parker — Standing for Women
January 24, 2019 23:28 - 52.4 MBMeghan Murphy speaks with Posie Parker about feminism, her campaign group, Standing for Women, and the upcoming week of activism she organized to challenge the silencing of women on social media, #womenstandup
PODCAST: Phyllis Chesler remains steadfast in being ‘politically incorrect’
December 15, 2018 04:34 - 50.3 MBPhyllis Chesler is a best-selling author, a longtime feminist activist, and a retired psychotherapist. She has organized political, legal, religious, and human rights campaigns across the world. Yet she, like so many other second wave feminists, is being erased by mainstream media, academia, and third wave feminism. The author of 18 books and a central…
PODCAST: Nicole Jardim on hormone health and how to understand your cycle
November 13, 2018 04:06 - 52 MBIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Nicole Jardim — "The Period Girl" — about how understanding hormones and your menstrual cycle can change your life.
PODCAST: Dawn Wilcox is counting women murdered by men in the United States, and the results are grim
October 13, 2018 03:33 - 26.5 MBMeghan Murphy speaks with Dawn Wilcox, founder of Women Count USA, a national database and femicide census of all women and girls murdered by men in the United States.
PODCAST: The Pussy Church of Modern Witchcraft is coming soon to a town near you
August 29, 2018 08:30 - 20 MBMeghan Murphy speaks with Sister Dandelion about the Pussy Church of Modern Witchcraft and the controversy surrounding it.
PODCAST: What does the Trump administration’s refugee policy mean for women and how can Canada help?
June 27, 2018 20:16 - 26.7 MBMeghan Murphy speaks with Jaymie Heilman and Maria Walker about the impact of Trump's refugee policies on Central American women.
PODCAST: Canada’s Divorce Act may be changing — how will women be impacted?
June 05, 2018 06:02 - 44.9 MBIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Susan Boyd about the Liberal's proposed changes to Canada's Divorce Act, and how those changes might impact women.
PODCAST: Serah Gazali on escaping Saudi Arabia, the guardianship system, and how Saudi women are fighting back
May 15, 2018 00:13Meghan Murphy speaks with Serah Gazali, who escaped Saudi Arabia a decade ago.
PODCAST: Why sex matters in law
April 11, 2018 07:39In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Andrea Orwoll about the history of — and ongoing need for — women-centered language in law.
PODCAST: Heather Brunskell-Evans wants to talk about the idea of ‘trans kids’
March 19, 2018 06:30Heather Brunskell-Evans was the National Spokesperson for the Women’s Equality Party Policy on Ending Sexual Violence until she started asking critical questions about "trans kids." In this episode, Meghan Murphy talks to her about her perspective and the response from the Party.
PODCAST: What can humans learn from female-centric animal societies?
February 27, 2018 00:32We often point to nature in order to defend our own behaviour and patterns in human society. People will defend everything from violence, to rape, to male dominance by pointing to animal behaviour. But maybe…
PODCAST: ‘Good, giving, and game’ — how sex advice and sex therapy perpetuate rape culture
January 20, 2018 09:08In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Dr Meagan Tyler about the ways sex therapy and sex advice teach women to meet male desire, regardless of the cost.
PODCAST: What happens when your husband decides he’s a woman?
January 12, 2018 08:15In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Shannon Thrace, a woman whose husband came out as transgender after 14 years together.
PODCAST: Hillary McBride on body image, eating disorders, and feminist therapy
November 28, 2017 03:33In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Hillary McBride about her new book, "Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image: Learning to Love Ourselves as We Are," as well as about flawed approaches to eating disorders, loving your body under patriarchy, and what a feminist approach to therapy looks like.
PODCAST: Daisy Kler on the way racism and misogyny play out in Canada to doubly harm women
November 09, 2017 20:34In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Daisy Kler, a longtime anti-male violence activist in Vancouver, about the reality of racism and male violence in Canada.
PODCAST: Eleanor Pam remembers the late, great, Kate Millett
September 20, 2017 06:30Meghan Murphy speaks with Eleanor Pam about renowned feminist and author of "Sexual Politics," Kate Millett.
PODCAST: Ninotchka Rosca on intersectionality, the Philippine women’s movement, and the future of feminism
August 24, 2017 08:58In this episode, I speak with Ninotchka Rosca, an incredibly accomplished activist and writer from the Phillippines. She is the author of six books, including two bestselling novels — The State of War and Twice…