This week, Alana (https://womanasriot.com/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "The Book of Vashti" and "Women's Rage," and gender equality.

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Links to topics we touched on:1. An explanation about the Talmud and Midrash: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Talmud2. Book of Esther: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Book-of-Esther3. How violence in media affects behavior: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/201801/violent-media-and-aggressive-behavior-in-children and https://www.apa.org/action/resources/research-in-action/protect4. Michelle Wolf talking about being a woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbJB1TDg8lo5. John Oliver on the consequences of China’s One-Child policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE_ccFHjL_w6. Bride trafficking to China: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/world/asia/china-bride-trafficking.html7. First Interracial Kiss on TV: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fifty-years-ago-star-trek-aired-tvs-first-interracial-kiss-180970204/

Photo by Alana Hayes.

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