Monday, September 12, 2016: Changing Our Concept of Masculinity

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The Violent Construction of Masculinity

This Monday, September 12, Women's Magazine features two cutting-edge documentaries by men challenging masculine violence by examining how our cultural construction of masculinity pressures boys and men to be aggressive and suppress any feelings but anger.  No one exemplifies this more than Donald Trump, says Thomas Keith, in his new film, THE EMPATHY GAP: Masculinity and the Courage to Change.  Keith gives a nuanced reading of the interplay between racist and sexist stereotyping in U.S. popular culture and offers evidence-based solutions. 

Educator Jackson Katz points out that "Gender" issues are considered "women's issues," just as "race" is assumed to be a problem about people of color and "sexual orientation" is only discussed in relation to LGB people. "It's as if people of the dominant culture have no race, gender or sexual orientation," he says.  In “TOUGH GUISE 2,” he proposes a radically different approach to gender violence, foregrounding and challenging the ways that boys are taught to be men.

Kate Raphael and Lisa Dettmer present excerpts from and discuss these powerful documentaries.

Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min

Monday, July 4, 2016: Cynthia Enloe on gender and militarism

Militarism, Feminism and Nationalism

Now listen to part of an interview with Cynthia Enloe, perhaps the foremost U.S. scholar on gender and militarism.  Enloe is the author of many books including Does Khaki Become You? The Militarization of Women's Lives, Bananas, Beaches, and Bases, and Globalization and Militarism: Feminists Make the Link.  As the Pentagon announces that it is now open to transgender soldiers, we discuss the role of the military in enforcing cultural ideals of masculinity and how the integration of women into units has - and has not - challenged that.

The interview with Enloe was aired on May 27, 2013. Click to listen now. 24:13 min.

Freedom from Fat Shame! A Reading + Discussion
North Branch, 1170 The Alameda
Saturday July 2nd
7:00pm-9:00pm
Virgie Tovar has assembled a group of incisive writers and activists for an evening of body liberation with readings and personal stories. Let their words smash your feelings of fat-shame and help you foster acceptance in yourself and celebrate diversity your community!  Featuring comic artist Casey Gilly, Co-Managing Editor for Everyday Feminism Jezebel Delilah X, poet Baruch Porras-Hernandez, burlesque performer Irene McCalphin, and Dr. Kjerstin Gruys, author of Mirror, Mirror off the Wall.



Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min.

Also on today's show:

Chivvis Moore discusses her new memoir

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