Latest Women’s issues Podcast Episodes
A Stark Conversation on Imposter Syndrome (and a Feminist Jesus) with Alani Bankhead
Stark Conversations - January 19, 2024 07:11 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn today's episode, I am talking to Alani Bankhead. Alani knows something about feminism because she has spent the last 20 years as a woman in a predominantly male profession, hunting spies, terrorists, and child sex traffickers. She was even assigned to be the senior bodyguard to a top Pentagon...
Stark Conversation about Common Sense Feminism with Sarah Pallet Part 2
Stark Conversations - December 06, 2023 07:11 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday, I am talking to the former Chair of New Zealand's Labour Women's Caucus, Sarah Pallett. Sarah reached out to me after she read an article I published in the HuffPost. When she introduced herself, I almost fell out of my chair. I had read about Sarah, I knew her name, and I knew she serve...
A Stark Conversation About Common Sense Feminism with Sarah Pallet, Part 1
Stark Conversations - December 01, 2023 07:11 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday, I am talking to the former Chair of New Zealand's Labour Women's Caucus, Sarah Pallett. Sarah reached out to me after she read an article I published in the HuffPost. When she introduced herself, I almost fell out of my chair. I had read about Sarah, I knew her name, and I knew she serve...
A Stark Conversation about Femmephobia with Samantha Martin
Stark Conversations - November 17, 2023 15:33 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, I am talking to Samantha Martin, founder of the Femmish organization. Samanatha uses research to bring awareness around femme phobia- the systematic devaluing of femininity that people engage in when they police feminine qualities in others. This is an excellent conversation abo...
(Rerelease) Let's Talk Again! A Stark Conversation About the Salem Witch Trials With Dr Wendy Lucas.
Stark Conversations - November 08, 2023 07:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsYes, October and Spooks have passed, but this conversation was too good to not visit again! Oh Friends, This episode is a good one. It conjures up women dancing around bonfires, chanting, mixing positions, invoking curses and being gagged, bound, and hung. The Salem Witch Trials. I wanted...
Stark Conversation with Dr. Treena Orchard- The Subjectivity of Safe
Stark Conversations - November 01, 2023 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsTrigger warning: Sexual and gender based violence Today, I am discussing a recent paper published by Dr. Treena Orchard that explores the subjectivity of safety on one college campus. According to Dr. Orchard's research: 20 to 43% of women and 3 to 29% of men attending American universities hav...
Stark Conversation with Jennifer Toon: The Devaluing of Women Within the Legal System
Stark Conversations - October 25, 2023 12:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday, on Stark Conversations, I discuss the devaluing of girls and women in the legal system with Jennifer Toon, the Project Director for Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance. A nonprofit led by formerly incarcerated women who envision a society where all women are spiritually, emotionally...
A Stark Conversation with Christine Morrison- How to NOT Sell Your Soul to the Beauty Industry
Stark Conversations - October 18, 2023 10:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday, I am talking with writer Christine Morrison. After working for Olay and Calvin Klein, Christine has become a writer with a mission and purpose to focus on fashion as it relates to our identity and well-being. She writes that she is "committed to exploring and exposing the grey areas that ...
Stark Conversations- Sexual Harassment Part 2
Stark Conversations - March 15, 2023 11:51 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHello Friends, In Part 2 of Sexual Harassment, I take you with me as I reclaim my walks on the beach. This episode is a series of recordings I took when I decided it was time for me to go back to where the harassment occurred. I attempted to be candid and genuine in my thoughts and emotions. This...
Stark Conversations- Sexual Harassment Part 1
Stark Conversations - March 10, 2023 07:11 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHello Friends, Trigger warning: this episode is about sexual harassment. This episode is a two-parter and a bit different than the others. This is just me talking about an incident of sexual harassment that occurred not too long ago that has left me with many thoughts, revelations, and emotio...
Stark Conversations with Z- Raising Strong Daughters
Stark Conversations - February 23, 2023 07:11 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHello Friends, Today I am re-releasing three conversations that I had two years ago with my daughter, Izzy. We recorded these conversations as a mini-podcast and released them on the Instagram account for my business Grace & Grit. However, I thought they were timely for this podcast. While att...
Stark Conversations with Maryam Montague- Project Soar Morocco
Stark Conversations - February 16, 2023 07:11 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHello friends and welcome back to another Stark Conversation. Today I am learning about a nonprofit in Morocco called Project Soar. It was founded by Maryam Montague. Maryam, a fierce feminist, shares with me how and why she started Project Soar. In doing so, she dives into the ways feminism has...
Stark Conversations The Four Waves of Feminism with Dr. Martha Rampton
Stark Conversations - February 09, 2023 07:11 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHello Friends, Welcome back! This episode is Part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Martha Rampton. Today we are talking about waves 3 and 4 of Feminism. In particular, we discuss how the 3rd wave deconstructed the words slut and whore while reclaiming feminine sexuality and beauty which significa...
Stark Conversations with Dr. Martha Rampton- The Four Waves of Feminism Part 1
Stark Conversations - February 02, 2023 07:11 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIf you are a history buff, then the next two episodes of Stark Conversations are for you. We are getting a lesson about the 4 waves of feminism with Dr. Martha Rampton! This episode is a two-parter because you simply can’t fit the history of feminism into an hour. In fact, we could barely fit i...
Stark Conversations With Dr. Wendy Lucas- The Salem Witch Trials
Stark Conversations - January 26, 2023 07:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOh Friends, This episode is a good one. It conjures up women dancing around bonfires, chanting, mixing positions, invoking curses and being gagged, bound, and hung. The Salem Witch Trials. I wanted to include this topic on Stark Conversations because this is the apex of women being accused...
A Stark Conversation on Feminist Theory with Dr. AnaLouise Keating
Stark Conversations - January 18, 2023 07:11 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsFriends, This episode is one where we get to be students of Dr. AnaLouise Keating as she helps us understand the kaleidoscope of views that make up Feminist Theory. Dr. AnaLouise Keating is a wealth of intellect. She is one of those and/both spirits. She lives in the in-between, the gray spac...
Stark Conversations with Jodi Bondi Norgaard- Feminism 101
Stark Conversations - January 11, 2023 06:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsYou know the moment when the vulnerability pays off? When you get the ask, and relief floods your system? That was the gift that Jodi Bondi Norgaard gave me. I have followed this feminist for years, quietly liking her posts, pursuing her website and admiring her work. Jodi says the things I am t...
Stark Conversations Trailer
Stark Conversations - December 31, 2022 06:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHello Friends! We are changing things up here and going in a different direction. We are still amplifying women's voices but taking things a little deeper by exploring the very movement that has given women back their power so that they can tell their stories and raise their voices, Feminism. Jo...
Beauty Conversations with Bops and Z- Let's Talk Fashion
Stark Conversations - December 21, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis is our last Beauty Conversations and, of course, we saved the best for last. In this episode, we discuss fashion, clothing sizes, and our bodies. Then at the end, I interview my sweet niece Maggie, who, although eight years old, maybe the wisest of us all! There is a trigger warning. This m...
Beauty Conversations with Bops and Z. Lets talk hair!
Stark Conversations - December 14, 2022 06:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWe are continuing our talk about beauty culture and my new book, Her Story: A Heartfelt and Hilarious Conversation About Why Beauty Milestones Should Be Options and Not Expectations. Today we are talking about hair. Why we choose the styles we do, how hair helps us express who we are and what ...
Beauty Conversations with Bops and Z- Makeup
Stark Conversations - November 10, 2022 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJoin the conversation as host Heather interviews her mother, Bops, and daughter, Z, about the beauty culture topics she writes about in her new book, Her Story- A Heartfelt and Hilarious Conversation About Why Beauty Milestones Are Options and Not Expectations. In today's episode, they discuss t...
A Mini- Podcast Series: Beauty Conversations with Bops and Z- An Introduction to Beauty Culture
Stark Conversations - November 03, 2022 17:13 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHello! I am taking a break from my regular podcast to do a bit of book promotion. I wrote a book, and it comes out on Friday, November 4th. It's called Her Story: a Heartfelt and Hilarious Conversation About Why Beauty Milestones Are OPTIONS and Not EXPECTATIONS! It's a guidebook for parents and ...
This is Marci, Nothing is Forever
Stark Conversations - July 29, 2022 03:38 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMeet Marcie Marie. A joyful, wise spirit whose honest stories and insights about her time in a Texas prison have taken TikTok by storm. Marci is blunt, authentic, and determined to use her story as a way to advocate for prison reform. Follow her @marcimarie114.
Jules and Stace, A Salty Perseverance (Part 2)
Stark Conversations - May 30, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJules Weldon and Stace Pierce are the Co-Presidents of O.M.E. Gear, an innovative outdoor gear company. They have won multiple awards and competitions, but their story lies beyond the company—it's one filled with entrepreneur angst, hardships, mistakes, misogyny, and triumph. These two inspirati...
Jules and Stace, A Salty Perseverance (Part 1)
Stark Conversations - May 22, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJules Weldon and Stace Pierce are the Co-Presidents of O.M.E. Gear, an innovative outdoor gear company. They have won multiple awards and competitions, but their story lies beyond the company—it's one filled with entrepreneur angst, hardships, mistakes, misogyny, and triumph. These two inspirati...
This is Heather, On the Other Side
Stark Conversations - May 12, 2022 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMay is Mental Health Awareness Month. Trigger warming. This episode is about mental illness and we talk about suicide. If you or somebody you know needs help please call the suicide prevention hotline at 800-273-8255. Heather Loeb is a mental health advocate and creator of Unruly Neurons, a bl...
This Is Esmé, Layers of a Mask
Stark Conversations - May 05, 2022 10:44 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsTrigger Warning- this episode deals with depression and suicide. If you are struggling and need help, please call the suicide hotline at 800-273-8255. Esmé Spock is a married mother of one. She is an animal rescue advocate who loves makeup, painting and horror films. She is a vegan but confesses ...
This is Celina
Stark Conversations - November 19, 2021 06:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsCelina is the type of woman who fights for the rights of others. She openly accepts that everyone comes with a story, baggage, and the desire to be heard. Celina is a criminal defense attorney who believes that everyone deserves someone in their corner. She shares with me her story of how she ca...
This is Tina
Stark Conversations - November 09, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis is Tina. She is a fun-spirited feminist that knows how to inspire and uplift. She is here is to change the conversation about victim-blaming and shaming, especially when women do it to each other! Tina is a Podcaster, Interviewer, NLP Practioner, and a Women Empowerment Coach. She got her P...
Anya For Short
Stark Conversations - October 24, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMeet Anastacia Olympia D Short, a drag queen and self-proclaimed goddess who desires to live her truth. Anastacia (aka Anya For Short) has autism and struggles with anxiety. She is bisexual, secretly dresses in drag, and still lives at home with very conservative parents. Anya wants desperately ...
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