The F Word

Locking up girls 'for their own good': How Canada criminalizes its young women

August 18, 2011
| How do girls end up in the justice system? Why are conditions set on girls for their bail or parole more punitive than for any other population? Ellie interviews Asia Czapska of Justice For Girls.

30:23 minutes (27.08 MB)
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The Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry

September 16, 2011
| The F Word takes a closer look at the Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry, featuring an interview with Native Women's Association of Canada president Jeannette Corbiere Lavell.

44:32 minutes (40.78 MB)
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Choice and childbirth

October 30, 2011
| The F Word explores modern birth and women's ability to make informed choices, featuring interviews with Katherine Don and Asheya Hennessey.

50:14 minutes (46 MB)
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Panel: 'The State Betrayal of Battered Women'

December 7, 2011
| A forum on violence against women took place on December 3, 2011, in memory of the Montreal Massacre. On this show, we air excerpts from a talk entitled "The State Betrayal of Battered Women."

37:53 minutes (34.68 MB)
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Occupy Valentine's Day!

February 14, 2012
| Feeling a little less than loving about Valentine's Day? The F Word talks to Samita Mukhopadhyay about the romantic industrial complex and looks at challenging dominant narratives around coupledom.

51:30 minutes (47.16 MB)
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Reflecting on violence against women, post-Shafia murder trial

February 22, 2012
| Farrah Khan, a counsellor and advocate at a violence against women legal clinic, explains the spectrum of violence against women and the repercussions of the media coverage of the Shafia trial.

28:17 minutes (25.9 MB)
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Utopia: Second annual Festival of Women in Digital Culture

March 6, 2012
| The F Word interviews Vicki Moulder, a PhD student at Simon Fraser University, and Jen Pearson, a Vancouver-based electronic artist, about Vancouver's Utopia Festival happening at W2 Media Cafe.

22:16 minutes (20.39 MB)
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Grounding focus in the midst of the Kony 2012 social media storm

March 13, 2012
| The F Word speaks with Juliane Okot Bitek, a woman who has been close to the conflict in Northern Uganda since 1986 and the president of the Acholi Community of British Columbia society.

22:32 minutes (20.63 MB)
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Breaking barriers since 1938: Interview with Barbara Howard

April 4, 2012
| The F Word speaks with Barbara Howard, soon to be 92-year-old former sprinter and B.C. Sports Hall of Fame inductee.

28:16 minutes (25.88 MB)
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Cop watch: Community activism to end police brutality

May 5, 2012
| The F Word discusses community resistance to police brutality, featuring footage from the International Day Against Police Brutality rally and interviews with Cop Watch organizers.

48:58 minutes (44.84 MB)