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The F Word explores various issues and debates within feminism as well as looking at politics, media, culture, trends, and music through a feminist lens. The F Word radio show is produced and hosted by members of The F Word Media Collective, a feminist group based in Vancouver, B.C. For more on The F Word, please visit: www.feminisms.org
The F Word
The F Word

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)
The F Word
The F Word

Is nude protest revolutionary?

May 8, 2012
| Some women claim that going nude is a revolutionary act while feminists argue that it merely perpetuates ideas as women as sex objects

36:47 minutes (33.68 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

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)
The F Word
The F Word

The invisible man: Reflections on the Bedford case

April 10, 2012
| Janine Benedet, associate professor with the UBC Faculty of Law, reflects on the Bedford case and looks at what has been left out of the conversation around prostitution in Canada.

50:03 minutes (45.83 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

The F Word: Familial Sexual Abuse

March 26, 2012
| Ariana Barer and Nicole Deagan, along with guest Leigh Malone, discuss the social climate around sexual abuse, silence and shame, the phenomenon of mother-blaming, and the role of feminism in healing.

36:43 minutes (50.42 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

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)
The F Word
The F Word

Bedford v. Canada decision: An interview with Hilla Kerner

March 26, 2012
| Meghan Murphy speaks with Hilla Kerner of Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter about the Bedford v. Canada decision and what it means.

4:47 minutes (4.38 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Abortion and reproductive rights -- still under attack

March 19, 2012
| Laura Wood speaks with Barbara Hestrin about recent political challenges to women's reproductive rights and Nicole Deagan talks with an abortion counsellor about working in an abortion clinic.

36:46 minutes (67.34 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

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)
The F Word
The F Word

Women making movies: The 7th annual Women in Film and Television festival

March 9, 2012
| The 7th annual Women in Film and Television festival highlights the achievements of women's filmmaking. Festival director Roslyn Muir speaks with the F Word.

16:46 minutes (15.35 MB)
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