A Woman's Place Ireland

Ep 13: WWWirl Talks Inequality in the Irish Music Industry

I sat down with Laetitia from WWW whose work involves creating community amongst marginalised genders working across the music industry in Ireland! We talk about the affects of the pandemic, how they align with global economic trends, what listeners and bands can do in order to help artists, politics and accountability!

 

For people who may not know what 'hegemony' is:

Definition of hegemony

1: preponderant influence or authority over others : DOMINATION battled for hegemony in Asia

2: the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group

 

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or IG @www_irl

 

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https://listen.dublindigitalradio.com/

 

You can also become a Patreon of DDR here:
https://www.patreon.com/dublindigitalradio

 

If you're a musician here is the Union Laetitia mentions on the show:

https://www.praxisunion.ie/join-the-union/

 

JOIN!

 

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Ep 12: Representation of women in film Pt 2-The Tropes

In this episode we talk you through the tropes of women in film and examples of them in film that sill exist today!

We talk about the Bechdel Test and what films fail or pass.

 

Listen to Part one of this episode before listening to this one to get a short history lesson of how women were pinnacle in developing film before the capitalists got their grubby paws on it 

Ep 11: Representation of women in Film (a history) Pt 1

In this the 11th episode of A Woman's Place, we talk about the history of women in cinema and we discover the very feminine roots of early moving pictures.

From producing to writing to starring in films women were at the front of the pack because corporate America hadn't yet discovered it's profitability.

 

Join us in part one!

Part two we discuss female tropes used to this day to pigeon hole women

 

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Ep 10: How Agoraphobia affects my life

In this episode Tina talks to Sky about agoraphobia and her experience of how it affects her life plus the steps she has taken to help her overcome the physical symptoms with things like exposure therapy. We have a chat about our upbringing, secondary school and how bullying may have played a part in developing agoraphobia.

We also discuss famous people with the condition such as Emily Dickinson and Emma Stone.

According to the Mayo Clinic:

"Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless or embarrassed. You fear an actual or anticipated situation, such as using public transportation, being in open or enclosed spaces, standing in line, or being in a crowd.

 

The anxiety is caused by fear that there's no easy way to escape or get help if the anxiety intensifies. Most people who have agoraphobia develop it after having one or more panic attacks, causing them to worry about having another attack and avoid the places where it may happen again."

Find out more here:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/agoraphobia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355987

 

 

Ep 9: The Irish gave the world these popular words and phrases

A bit of a fun one! 

We looked into commonly used Irish words and phrases that have made their way into the English language and we discuss the importance of language and perspective

 

Ep 8: What the Famine and CoronaVirus have in common

These things don't exist in a vacuum, disasters are created!

In this podcast Tina and Sorcha discuss what disasters ACTUALLY are. How they are made up of 'pre impact conditions' consisting of vulnerabilities and how our systems, like in Texas only last week, and people in charge leave us at high risk to disaster which is a combination of what is called a "Hazard Event" (think earthquake) and the vulnerabilities in a society and systems (think badly regulated buildings which collapse and kill people).

 

We go through the three waves/years of the COVID and FAMINE response and discuss the illusion of 'individual responsibility'.

 

We hope this is a podcast that will help you put a framework to this situation that allows you to conceptualise and talk about it in a concrete way, not just at the evil ghost of deregulation and neoliberal politics.

 

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Ep 7: Letters of Constance Markievicz Pt1: A Hare On the Run

In this special series of readings, Tina reads the letters of Constance Markievicz as she is on the run from the British in the 1920s in an effort to get to know the woman behind the icon.

 

Constance Markievicz was a suffragette, activist, socialist, and the first woman elected to the Westminster Parliament devoting her life to Ireland's freedom, the poor and women's rights. 

 

In April 1916 Markievicz took part in the Easter Rising, a republican insurrection in Dublin against British government in Ireland. 

In the letters we learn more about the woman, her perspective, views, loyalties and incredible sense of community as well as her own perception of herself as a hare 'on the run'

 

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Ep 6-Hair Cutting as a tool of Retribution in War

Welcome back!

We've been struggling through these last few weeks in Lockdown and therefore the Christmas break turned into a Christmas Hiatus. Almost as long as the Government is taking to respond properly to this pandemic.

 

This week we are chatting about Women in Warfare and specifically hair cutting as a tool of the Black and Tans AND of the IRA, where it gets it's roots and the kind of post-war labour women had to endure that has been written out of history.

 

Of course, Happy Imbolc, Brid's Day! Spring is here. We feel good 

Ep 5: That W*tch Cray- A History of Women's Mental Health

In this Episode of A Woman's Place we take a deep dive into a history of women's mental health, how women became witches and we uncover submissiveness as a survival strategy!

 

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Ep 4: The Economy begins at your Vagina (choosing motherhood...or not)

In the fourth episode of A Woman's Place we talk about the economics and cultural enforcement of motherhood and marriage. We discuss our own decisions regarding motherhood, why single mothers are still demonised and the virgin/whore complex that still plays out in Ireland today