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03.15.25 - 8:00pm

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Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism – Kristen Ghodsee In this conversation Upstream has invited on Kristen Ghodsee, author of Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence to explore how capitalism shapes not just sex, but relationships, care, and much of the life of people who identify as … Continued

03.15.25 - 7:00pm

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The average adult in the US uses somewhere around 12 personal care products a day, with women typically using more than men. Those products can expose us to more than a hundred chemicals on a daily basis, some of which come with serious health risks. These risks are not-borne equally. Black women, in particular bear … Continued

03.15.25 - 6:00pm

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Sharon Sobotta sits down with women who’ve experienced homelessness and with women who’ve made it their life’s work. In the spirit of Audre Lorde’s quote—there’s no such thing as a single issue story because we do not live single issue lives, the women bravely share the intersectionality of their struggles.  

03.15.25 - 5:00pm

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Women are the fastest growing population of incarcerated people in the United States today. The rate of growth for female imprisonment has been twice has high as that of men since 1980, with the incarcerated population growing nearly 600% in the last 45 years. For this International Women’s Day special we bring you the voices … Continued

03.15.25 - 4:00pm

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Jazz without Patriarchy- an hour of Black Jazz women’s music with Dr Angela Wellman. Inspired by the motto of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice at the Berklee School of Music, this hour of “Jazz without Patriarchy” music curated by Jazz musician Dr Angela Wellman, features some of the under-celebrated and under-recognized Black … Continued