Mirror and a Flashlight
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsWhat can we learn from the Feminist Health Movement? What does radical care and education sound like now? Mirror and a Flashlight explores the history, stories, and practices of Chicago Women’s Health Center, a feminist collective that has been evolving and transforming for decades.
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Reflecting on Mirror and a Flashlight
April 14, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBTo celebrate the conclusion of the first season of Mirror and a Flashlight, community members and the podcast team gathered for a virtual event reflecting on the surprises, inspirations, and challenges of making this podcast and sharing the stories of Chicago Women’s Health Center. This bonus episode brings listeners a recording of the panel discussion featuring our producer Ariel Mejia, Collective member and podcast collaborator Terri Kapsalis, and Staff members Leslie Fiedler and Scout Bra...
Listening to the Body
March 24, 2021 16:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this final episode of the season, Mirror and a Flashlight brings listeners a story that exemplifies CWHC’s integrative approach to health care and shows what is possible when the entire individual is considered and engaged along the winding road of healing. Chiara Francesca generously shares how, since 2009, she has collaborated with her providers across programs, and what this approach has meant for her health and her ability to show up for herself and others. Learn more about Chicago W...
Integrative Health as Feminist Care
March 12, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBWhat does integrative health mean, and how is it part of feminist care? What are the barriers to accessing - and providing - a wider range of frameworks and resources for healing? In this episode of Mirror and a Flashlight, we talk with Clinical Services Director, Leslie Fiedler, about CWHC’s Integrative Health Program (IHP). Learn about how this program is advancing CWHC’s model of care by ensuring the clients have access to a range of healing options, including acupuncture, Pelvic Floor Th...
A Path to Pregnancy
February 26, 2021 12:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBCWHC’s Alternative Insemination (AI) Program was the first in the midwest specifically designed to provide a path to pregnancy for folx who didn’t have access to sperm. In this episode, Mirror and a Flashlight explores the past and present of this groundbreaking program. First, we talk to Terri Kapsalis and Sandy McNabb, two early members of the program, about how CWHC shifted the landscape of parenthood for queer people seeking pregnancies. Then, we’ll meet Noshaba Bhatti, the current AI P...
Becoming Trans Inclusive: Steps and Missteps
February 03, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB“If you look at any women's organization that started in the 70s, and still is around today, each one of them has their story of how they - if they - made the transition to be trans inclusive.” In this episode of Mirror and a Flashlight, we’ll hear from Jess and Jubi, two former Collective members, Terri, a Collective member we heard from back in episode one, and Riley, a community member, all of whom were instrumental in helping CWHC work to become a trans inclusive organization. We’ll hear...
Why Do We Have To Learn This?
January 13, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBHow do you know a relationship is healthy? Why does our body have to change? What do you do about sadness due to a crush? CWHC’s Outreach and Education (OE) Program has been around for over 30 years and now provides comprehensive sexual health education to over 3,500 young people across Chicago every year. In this episode, we hear from Scout, Megan, and Clare, health educators at CWHC. Listen as they share how the OE Program amplifies CWHC’s education-focused model beyond its clinic into cl...
Counseling, A Vulnerable Practice
December 23, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBWhat is a feminist relational approach to therapy? How does CWHC’s team of staff counselors, volunteers, and interns keep our model of care at the heart of the Counseling program? And what does it look like to work towards de-medicalizing mental health? Since its start in 1989, CWHC’s Counseling program has recognized the impact that systems of oppression have on an individual. This recognition has set the program apart and continues to shape how our counselors approach their work. Join us...
Model of Care
December 09, 2020 12:00 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBOur premiere episode begins with Chicago Women’s Health Center’s roots in the feminist health movement of the 1960s. Terri Kapsalis, author and long-time CWHC Collective Member, describes the clinic’s model of care, its historic context, and how it remains at the heart of our work 45-years later. How does CWHC continue to create a place for clients to receive health care that’s actually about care and not profit? What is the historic foundation for CWHC’s approach and why is this approach a...
Mirror and a Flashlight: Trailer
November 18, 2020 21:13 - 2 minutes - 2.49 MBWelcome to the trailer for Mirror and a Flashlight, a podcast that explores the history, stories, and practices of Chicago Women’s Health Center, a feminist collective that has been evolving and transforming for decades. What can we learn from the Feminist Health Movement? What does radical care and education sound like now? Episodes will drop in December 2020. Follow us: Our website Facebook Instagram Support our work with a donation here.