It's a BLAST! A Constellation of Experiences in a Post Roe v. Wade World

This podcast explores the rhetoric that is often used when describing feminism and feminists on a college campus and through peers. The rhetoric is based on preconceived notions and long standing stereotypes, used to silence, muzzle, and confine feminism. The podcast uses
newspapers from a student publication and conversations to see if there is a difference over time with the rhetoric. How does it impact one’s ability to self-identify? What does using phrases such as, feminist are manhaters, feminist are lesbians, do? Throughout this podcast these questions are
posed and answered.

The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Summer Ambient Piano by Rafael Krux
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/5504-summer-ambient-piano
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://www.orchestralis.net/

Have you ever wondered what a conversation would look like between two famous French feminists ? This is what you will hear in this podcast, a conversation I imagine between Simone de Beauvoir et Gisèle Halimi, two feminists who marked history but who were forgotten by people. In this podcast, you are going to learn more about them, and their ideas, but you will also learn about the tools that we can still use nowadays to protest.

Have you ever thought of lawns as anything more than just a lawn? Have you ever considered that lawns could be a symbol of western traditional values? Shift is a queer ecofeminist podcast that analyzes western obsessions with lawns and draws connections to sexism and heternormativity. Shift features interviews with Hobart and William Smith grounds manager Drew Rojek and community member and business owner Jim Norwalk in discussions all about lawns!

This is the second episode of Julia Cilano’s mini-podcast, We Are Less Bound, within It’s a Blast! In this episode, called “Interview with a Fearless Sister,” we’ll be hearing a conversation with Abigail Byrne, a trans woman, a History and International Relations double major and German minor, and an all-around fantastic person to talk to. We’ll be talking about Abby’s experience seeking gender-affirming care, the accessibility of gender-affirming care around the world, and the complicated, often hard, and often joyous reality of being queer. You won’t want to miss this engaging and thought-provoking conversation between friends! This episode contains (half-censored) explicit language as well as reference to medical neglect and eugenics.

This is the first episode of Julia Cilano’s mini-podcast, We Are Less Bound, within It’s a Blast! In this episode, called “Dream Our Missing Friends Forward,” we’ll be starting our conversation about gender-affirming care by diving into its history and accessibility. We’ll be defining what gender-affirming care is, understanding what medical professionals and medical guidelines think gender-affirming care is, looking at what laws protect and forbid it within the United States, and how laws treat gender-affirming care globally. I hope that you tune in and “Dream Our Missing Friends Forward!” This episode contains (half-censored) explicit language as well as reference to medical neglect and eugenics.