In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, Carly Crane
'15 interviews 27-year-old Caitlin O'Connell, site coordinator of the
Red River Women's Clinic, the only legal abortion provider in all of
North Dakota. Caitlin shares with us the challenges of facing
anti-abortion protestors and legislation, and how reproductive rights
intersect with other economic developments in the state.

Red River Women's Clinic

In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we interview
Caritas Doha of Sakhi for South Asian Women about her work to help young
women who immigrated to the U.S. as children apply for employment
authorization under a new program called DACA (Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals). Caritas explores the unique vulnerabilities
experienced by women and children who are undocumented immigrants and
survivors of violence.

Sakhi for South Asian Women

In this episode, we speak with Jade Foster, the creator
of The Revival Poetry Tour. The salon-style poetry tour aims to create a
community of queer women of color through the art of the spoken
word.

The Revival

In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we speak with
Miriam Zoila Pérez, one of the founders of The Doula Project and the
author of The Radical Doula Guide. She discusses her work supporting
individuals through pregnancy, birth, abortion, and miscarriage.

Radical Doulas

In the second half of our two-part series, we focus on
the story of Nilab Nusrat. Nilab is a 17-year-old Afghan woman who
survived her father’s self-immolation; lived in an Afghan prison; was
separated from her home and from her family; and is now working to 
improve the lives of women and children in Afghanistan.

Young Feminists Around the World: Part 2

In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we focus on
the idea of perfection. Barnard President Debora Spar, author of Wonder
Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection, sits down with
millennial feminist Jamia Wilson to discuss how the drive for perfection
affects young women.

Perfection

This month’s Dare to Use the F-Word is the first episode
in a two-part series on the work of millennial feminists active in
different areas of the globe. Our guests include youth mentor Mary
Mwende from Kenya, peace activist Meena Sharma from Nepal, and women's
rights activist Nini Chanturia from Georgia.

Young Feminists Around the World: Part 1

This episode of Dare to use the F-Word is all about food
activism in the South Bronx. BCRW's Pam Phillips interviews
Tanya Fields, founder of The BLK ProjeK, about her journey to transform
her community through food and feminism.

Food Activism

This month on Dare to Use the F-Word, we focus on media
representations of young women. We speak with Jamie Keiles of The
Seventeen Magazine Project and you'll hear Alexandra Cale offer a feminist analysis of 
Documented Instances of Public Eating.

Media and Image

In this special episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we
bring Julie Zeilinger (feminist blogger, author, and Barnard student)
together with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anna Quindlen to 
discuss the evolution of millennial feminism.

Millennial Feminism

This episode of Dare to Use The F-Word is all about the
One Billion Rising movement to end gender-based violence.  We have
stories and voices from the rising at Washington Square Park; you'll
hear an interview with the director of the Barnard-Columbia production
of The Vagina Monologues; and we have performance of an original
monologue about slut-shaming in the style of a slam
poem.

One Billion Rising

In our first episode of Dare to Use The F-Word, we focus
on street harassment. We have interviews and
conversations with Emily May from Hollaback!; Sydnie Mosley of The
Window Sex Project; and the creator of Catcalled, Sonia
Saraiya.

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