Mixed Month

The Hard History of Gynecology and Why it Matters

This podcast aims to take a deeper look at the racist and sexist history of gynecology and obstetrics in order to call for much needed overhaul of the still racist practices used today. These blaring issues are highlighted as to validate AFAB patients, particularly people of color, mistrust of the medical community. It is my hope that with this knowledge people are empowered and able to advocate for care that acknowledges and aims to correct the generational trauma caused by the racist history that we discuss. Savannah and Sahra are both medics at the Berkeley Free Clinic and are speaking from their training and work experience.

The Illusion of the American College Experience

Sahra and Nicole touch on the so-called "American college experience," as well as tips and tricks on applying to college, and especially how to pay for it. Tune in if you're looking to attend college soon, and want advice from people with the not-so-typical college application process experience.

Living in the Master’s House: Displacement, Exposure, and Confinement in the United States

This podcast will explore ways that shelter and space have been racialized, commodified, and systemically denied throughout the history of the United States. We will investigate the politics of housing segregation as it is enacted through settler-colonial dispossession, redlining, gentrification, exposure to environmental hazards, and disparate access to necessary resources such as food and water. Cited books: The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein Extreme Cities by Ashley Dawson A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki Slave Patrols by Sally Hadden Other recommended reading: Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur Lectures on Liberation by Angela Davis. For more about the history of housing segregation in the Bay Area specifically, the Haas study “Roots, Race, and Place,” available online, is a good place to start. Links to donate to the orgs we mentioned: People’s Breakfast Oakland - Venmo @Peoples-Programs California St. Collective - Venmo @CalStCollective Moms 4 Housing - https://moms4housing.org [https://moms4housing.org/] Sogorea Te’ Land Trust - https://sogoreate-landtrust.org [https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/]

Using Nonviolent Communication (NVC) as a Vehicle for Understanding Gender DIversity & Reproductive Justice

In this podcast, you will hear from Kayla Hurd, a local community member who is also a pre-med student interested in exploring sexual health through a non-heteronormative & non-binary lense. They will be offering their perspective as a two-spirited person on the topics of gender diversity and reproductive justice. Listen to this podcast to learn about how non-violent communication is a crucial factor in understanding the nuances of these interesting topics.

Militantly Mixed, Saige's Perspective

Militantly Mixed is a podcast about race and identity from the Mixed Race perspective. Every week, Sharmane Fury speaks with a different person of Mixed Race/ Multi-Ethnic heritage to discuss their own Mixed experience. This episode features Saige Simien, a Co-Retention Director at Mixed@Berkeley! Thanks for listening.