From Skirts To Scrubs

one of the best analyses of La Llorona I’ve heard since first reading it in high school Spanish class! this show always makes me reflect and think critically & in this episode specifically think critically about how we tell complex stories about women. this episode provoked two thoughts - I love how feminists rewrote the story so that Maria left her cheating husband and took her children with her. The original telling definitely reminds me of traditional patriarchal approaches to child raising in which a single woman (whether that’s from divorce initiated by the husband, etc) was considered unfit to raise children alone bc she would be emotionally unstable. That line of thinking drove divorce law for so long and kept women powerless in the institution of marriage - A bit tangential but it also made me reflect on Toni Morrison’s beloved. In that story we feel that a mother killing her child is an act of mercy because she does so to prevent her child from living the horrors of slavery. For an act that at face value is so, as you said, unforgiving, to be made into an act of mercy positions slavery as one of the most evil acts of humankind (and rightfully so) anyways LOVE love love this podcast!

Very informative and engaging! Feels like a great mix of personal conversation and professional discussion. I also love the range of topics under the “women in medicine” umbrella! Keep up the great work Alesha and Charlotte

Very informative and engaging! Feels like a great mix of personal conversation and professional discussion. I also love the range of topics under the “women in medicine” umbrella! Keep up the great work Alesha and Charlotte

The latest episode about abortion is so well done! Your professionalism guided your audience through the history and practice of the subject. Keep it up!