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How Actor Amber Tamblyn Created Her Own Role: Feminist Activist

How Actor Amber Tamblyn Created Her Own Role: Feminist Activist

FromInflection Point with Lauren Schiller


How Actor Amber Tamblyn Created Her Own Role: Feminist Activist

FromInflection Point with Lauren Schiller

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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Feb 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode we’ll hear how Amber Tamblyn went from being an actress to being an activist--defining her own role in the feminist movement--and how we can all play a role in leading change.  Amber's  book is called "Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution." It's part memoir, part manifesto, part call to action. We sat down together in San Francisco while she was in town as part of the release of her book in paperback.

Back in 2017, Amber wrote an OpEd for the NYTimes, called "I'm Done With Not Being Believed" in which she tells what happened when a well-known actor almost as old as her dad tried to pick her up when she was 16, and then called her a liar when she outed him on Twitter. This was before the Weinstein revelations, before the #MeToo movement caught fire and before Times Up, which Amber went on to co-found.


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Released:
Feb 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller is about how women rise up, social change and the quest for equality, featuring in-depth conversations with women taking charge and leading change. Every episode offers stories, inspiration and actions you can apply to your own life. Take action with our Toolkit episodes and uncover hidden sexism with our Feminist Detective segments. From KALW 91.7FM in San Francisco and PRX. inflectionpointradio.org