Dare to Use the F-Word Barnard Center for Research on Women and Barnard College Communications

In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, Carly Crane
'15 interviews 27-year-old Caitlin O'Connell, site coordinator of the
Red River Women's Clinic, the only legal abortion provider in all of
North Dakota. Caitlin shares with us the challenges of facing
anti-abortion protestors and legislation, and how reproductive rights
intersect with other economic developments in the state.

In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we interview
Caritas Doha of Sakhi for South Asian Women about her work to help young
women who immigrated to the U.S. as children apply for employment
authorization under a new program called DACA (Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals). Caritas explores the unique vulnerabilities
experienced by women and children who are undocumented immigrants and
survivors of violence.

In this episode, we speak with Jade Foster, the creator
of The Revival Poetry Tour. The salon-style poetry tour aims to create a
community of queer women of color through the art of the spoken
word.

In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we speak with
Miriam Zoila Pérez, one of the founders of The Doula Project and the
author of The Radical Doula Guide. She discusses her work supporting
individuals through pregnancy, birth, abortion, and miscarriage.

In the second half of our two-part series, we focus on
the story of Nilab Nusrat. Nilab is a 17-year-old Afghan woman who
survived her father’s self-immolation; lived in an Afghan prison; was
separated from her home and from her family; and is now working to
improve the lives of women and children in Afghanistan.

In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we focus on
the idea of perfection. Barnard President Debora Spar, author of Wonder
Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection, sits down with
millennial feminist Jamia Wilson to discuss how the drive for perfection
affects young women.