Latest Feminist health Podcast Episodes
Reflecting on Mirror and a Flashlight
Mirror and a Flashlight - April 14, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsTo 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 ep...
Listening to the Body
Mirror and a Flashlight - March 24, 2021 16:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIn 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 ...
Integrative Health as Feminist Care
Mirror and a Flashlight - March 12, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsWhat 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 In...
A Path to Pregnancy
Mirror and a Flashlight - February 26, 2021 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsCWHC’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...
Becoming Trans Inclusive: Steps and Missteps
Mirror and a Flashlight - February 03, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings“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 membe...
Why Do We Have To Learn This?
Mirror and a Flashlight - January 13, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsHow 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...
Counseling, A Vulnerable Practice
Mirror and a Flashlight - December 23, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsWhat 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 Counselin...
Model of Care
Mirror and a Flashlight - December 09, 2020 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsOur 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...
Mirror and a Flashlight: Trailer
Mirror and a Flashlight - November 18, 2020 21:13 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsWelcome 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...
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