11 episodes
Thread the Needle Thread the Needle
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Where feminist ideals meet the realities of women’s lives. Thread the Needle is a podcast that uses storytelling and research to explore the messages women receive about their bodies, relationships, careers, and place in society.
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Divorce & What It Means to Choose Yourself
Calling all divorcees & divorce curious! Going through a divorce is a decidedly sucky process. While still taboo, the dreaded D word is extremely common—in the U.S., about 1 million women file for divorce every year. Interestingly, throughout US history, women have initiated the majority of divorces in hetero unions. But the reasons women jump ship have changed. In this episode, we’ll explore a core similarity many women describe within their marriages today—self abandonment—and how, in many cases, divorce is the only way to reclaim themselves.
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The Only Black Man in Town
2020 will go down in history as a year of racial reckoning. Reporting from Iowa, just a few hours’ drive from Minneapolis where George Floyd was killed by the police in May, host Donna Cleveland grapples with the state of racism in the Midwest. While Midwesterners are known for being neighborly, with slogans like Iowa Nice, it turns out that flyover country harbors a history of racist policies and practices, the legacy of which we’re still living with today. The result is that racial inequality in the Midwest is greater than anywhere else in the country, even the South. This episode explores what it’s really like to live in the Midwest if you’re a person of color, how we got here, and what we can do about it.
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Lies About Growing Old
Does the thought of growing old fill you with dread? If so, have you thought about why? In episode 6 of Thread the Needle, discover what the internal experience of old age is really like. The closer you look at the research, the more contradictions you’ll find.
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Ijeoma Oluo on Dismantling Systemic Racism - from Inflection Point
Listen to a conversation between Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race, and Lauren Schiller of Inflection Point on the dangers of white feminism and what actions we can take to dismantle systemic racism.
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Lyz Lenz Says Your Anger Is Not a Problem
Raised evangelical Christian, feminist writer Lyz Lenz grew up believing her anger made her bad. In the fifth episode of Thread the Needle, find out what happens when Lyz starts listening to her feelings. Along the way, discover the dark underbelly of repressed rage.
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Bonus Episode: It's Not a Phase
Often the questions people ask about the LGBTQ community betray underlying negative beliefs. In today’s bonus episode, Host Donna Cleveland revisits episode 2, which centered around the suicide of a 14-year-old transgender boy in her hometown of Fairfield, Iowa. She invites Clinical Social Worker Dr. Damon Constantinides to the show to explain what the gender affirmative model is, why you shouldn’t ask if gender dysphoria is a phase, and how to be a true ally to trans youth.
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