Woman Uncaged
In these unfiltered, unedited conversations, Linda Katz and Laura Gates-Lupton get real about what it means to live full, joyous, and meaningful lives in a culture that continues to silence, shrink, and sideline women.
Laura and Linda call out the ways patriarchy disguises systemic problems as personal failings, and they refuse to let women carry that lie alone. They question, illuminate, and lay bare the forces that shape women’s lives, while lifting up the possibility of something different.
With candor, humor, and plenty of personal stories, they invite women to stop hating themselves, reclaim their power, and opt out of the narratives that were never theirs to begin with.
Woman Uncaged
We are over the invisibility of women
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Welcome to episode 22 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast!
We discuss:
- Recent examples of the invisibility of women
- How women's invisibility impacts our physical wellness
- How patriarchy attempts to control women in myriad ways, including the how a bill was blocked that would protect access to contraception
- How certain people's opinions DO matter more depending on the issue
- Women and the medical system (the mystery of menopause, the success of female surgeons, and more!)
- The invisible and unconscious bias against women
- A hidden perk of being invisible to the patriarchal gaze
- The invitation to step into greater assertiveness as we age and why this can be so difficult
- How we are taught to be disempowered
- The stripping away of choice is a stripping away of power
Resources Mentioned:
Article by Lyz Lenz: https://lyz.substack.com/p/axis-of-snivel
And some actual info on the representation of women's issues in health research funding: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/underfunding-research-female-health-leaves-huge-money-mesk%C3%B3-md-phd/
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~Linda's book: Homecoming: One Woman's Story of Dismantling Her Inner Cage and Freeing Her Wild Feminine Soul
~Laura's Monday Money Missives: https://goodwithmoney.substack.com/
~Linda's Wild Woman in the Burbs: https://lindasewalliuskatz.substack.com/
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