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The Waves: Incompetent Cervix - The Misogynist History Behind Naming The Female Body
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The Waves: Incompetent Cervix - The Misogynist History Behind Naming The Female Body
FromSlate Culture
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44 minutes
Released:
Sep 21, 2023
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Podcast episode
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On this week’s episode of The Waves, Host Kat Chow welcomes back author and science journalist Rachel E. Gross to talk about the misogynist origins of many names and diagnoses in the female reproductive system. Gross is the author of Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage and the New York Times column Body Language.
In Slate Plus: Rachel E. Gross’s thoughts on the documentary Every Body about intersex people
If you liked this episode, check out: The Vagina et Al., an interview with Rachel E. Gross and Slate’s Shannon Palus about Gross’s book Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry and Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.
Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now at slate.com/thewavesplus.
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In Slate Plus: Rachel E. Gross’s thoughts on the documentary Every Body about intersex people
If you liked this episode, check out: The Vagina et Al., an interview with Rachel E. Gross and Slate’s Shannon Palus about Gross’s book Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry and Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.
Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now at slate.com/thewavesplus.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Sep 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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