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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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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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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Redefining beauty by putting health first

May 23, 2012
| Lindsay Kite of Beauty Redefined speaks with The F Word about misleading women's fitness advertising, body-shaming, and whether being fit is entirely about how you look.

25:17 minutes (23.14 MB)