On June 23, pop star Britney Spears appeared before a judge in Los Angeles to request that her conservatorship, which she has been living under since 2008, be terminated. In an impassioned 24-minute testimony, she described a harrowing thirteen years of abuse, forced labor, and lack of autonomy under the guardianship of her father, Jamie […]
Think Like A Breadwinner
Although nearly half of working women in the United States are now their household’s main breadwinner, the majority of women still aren’t raised to think like breadwinners. That is the premise behind the new book “Think Like a Breadwinner: A Wealth Building Manifesto for Women Who Want to Earn More and Worry Less” by author […]
How ‘Feminist’ Foreign Policy Could Change the World
In 2020, the World Economic Forum published its latest assessment of the Global Gender Gap. The report, which looks at education, income, political representation and health disparities, came to the grim conclusion that, although progress has been made, no -one alive today will see global gender equity in their lifetimes. In their rankings of 153 […]
Why Women Should Be Leading This Country
With election season in full swing, today we’re focusing on women running for public office with Erin Forrest, executive director of Emerge Wisconsin. She and Ali cover topics like how identity affects perspective, the misclassification of economic issues like healthcare, education, and childcare as “women’s issues” in government, women’s experience of sexism in public office, […]
How Society is Shaped by Male Entitlement
In the wake of the budding #MeToo movement in 2017, feminist philosopher Kate Manne published her timely and critically-acclaimed debut about misogyny, Down Girl. She’s back this year with a new book, Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women. Today, we host Kate Manne on the show for a conversation about male entitlement and how it affects […]
A Hidden History of 1990s Feminism
In the summer of 1998, Time magazine asked, “Is Feminism Dead?” In reality, it was very much alive. On the margins of mainstream media coverage, lesbians, women of color, and international coalitions were paving the way for 21st-century feminism, including the 2017 Women’s March and the #MeToo movement. On today’s show, guest host Nan Enstad explores […]
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