# Deirdre English
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deirdre english (born 1948) is the former editor of Mother Jones and author of numerous articles for national publications and television documentaries. She has taught at the State University of New York and currently teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, where she is a faculty mentor at the Center for the Study of the Working Family at the Graduate School of Sociology. English is co-author, with Barbara Ehrenreich, of For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice along with a number of pamphlets.
A Brief History of Setting Women on Fire
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This episode is about witch hunts, but not the Halloween kind. We’re talking about how early modern Europe went from relying on women healers and midwives for everything to torturing and killing them as witches, and how that panic helped clear the way for male-dominated, profession…
WHY Bonus - Alewives, Wortcunners & Witches - Oh My!
I was excited to use Halloween as an excuse to talk about Alewives and how they likely became the blueprint to the scary witch trope we know today. I share a bit of a medieval poem used to disparage a female brew master at the beginning just for fun but you can skip that and go to 4:12 for the podc…
PAUL ENGLISH LIVE #126 · Witches, Wise Women and the Hostile Takeover of Healing
Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.com
A lively, free‑wheeling show that starts with Valentine’s banter and studio shenanigans before settling into a wide‑ranging discussion on witches, wise women and the hostile takeover of folk medicine. We ex…
Abortion in San Francisco 1: A black market
Abortion was a booming business in San Francisco in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As in many parts of the country, women here sought ways to manage their lives and families, and doctors practiced often dubious procedures in an ever-changing legal landscape. In this episode, we start off with a…
Lessons From the Witch Persecutions
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No such thing as 'unskilled work': Barbara Ehrenreich's 'Nickel and Dimed' 25 years later
In her 2001 masterwork Nickel and Dimed, the late Barbara Ehrenreich went undercover to report on the daily realities working people in America face trying to get by on minimum-wage. After working as a housekeeper, a nursing aide, a home cleaner, a server, and more, Ehrenreich wrote that "The first…
No Such Thing as “Unskilled Work”: Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickel and Dimed” 25 Years Later
In her 2001 masterwork Nickel and Dimed, the late Barbara Ehrenreich went undercover to report on the daily realities working people in America face trying to get by on minimum-wage. After working as a housekeeper, a nursing aide, a home cleaner, a server, and more, Ehrenreich wrote that “The first…
Halloweentown — Must be the season of the witch wound
"Halloween is cool, nature boy. I mean, it's exciting, strange, and ancient." Marnie knows!
In this episode, I explore Halloweentown (1998) and its portrayal of the witch wound.
I talk about:
The history of the burning times
What the witch wound is
How the witch wound shows up in Halloweent…
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