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First published in 1997, The Story of Jane recounts the evolution of Jane, the underground group in Chicago that performed abortion services before the procedure was legalized. An extraordinary history by one of its members, this is the first account of Jane's evolution, the conflicts within the group, and the impact its work had both on the women it helped and the members themselves.

She was a successful ad sales rep in Manhattan. He was a homeless 11-year-old panhandler on the street. He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But then something stopped her in her tracks, and she went back. And she continued to go back, again and again. They met up nearly every week for years and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spanned almost three decades.

So often the stories shared by trans people about their transition center on gender dysphoria: a feeling of deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a powerful catalyst for coming out or transitioning. But for many non-cisgender people, it's gender euphoria that pushes forward their transition: the joy the first time a parent calls them by their new chosen name, the first time they have the confidence to cut their hair short, the first time they truly embrace themself.

In 1996, an unprecedented decade-long courtroom battle was waged in Florida to help bring justice and hope to the family of a young boy born with no eyes after his mother was doused outside of a local u-pick farm by a chemical fungicide believed to have caused his birth defect and the birth defects of many other children. It was a battle that nearly everyone but attorney Jim Ferraro deemed unwinnable. After all, it involved one of the world's most powerful industrial giants.

Latinos have long influenced everything from electoral politics to popular culture‚ yet many people instinctively regard them as recent immigrants rather than a longstanding racial group. In Inventing Latinos‚ Laura Gomez illuminates the fascinating race-making‚ unmaking‚ and remaking of Latino identity that has spanned centuries‚ leaving a permanent imprint on how race operates in the United States today.

Held against her will and raped by her 38-year-old boss, 19-year-old Anna tries to make sense of her unbelievable situation. How did an innocent friendship with her boss turn into weeks of forced sex and the inability to leave her oppressor's side? Furthermore, what happens when weeks of rape result in a pregnancy? This true-life novel depicts a graphic and raw recounting of the unimaginable horrors of the Summer of 2010.

Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. As small children, they watched their grandfather become president; just 12 years later they stood by their father's side when he took the same oath. They spent their college years being trailed by the Secret Service and chased by the paparazzi, with every teenage mistake making national headlines. But the tabloids didn't tell the whole story of these two young women forging their own identities under extraordinary circumstances.

Abandoned in a library book-drop slot in the dead of winter, the small kitten who came to be known as Dewey Readmore Books miraculously endured the coldest night of the year. When librarian Vicki Myron found him in the morning, she wrapped him in her arms, gave him his first bath, and then introduced him to his new home: the library. Dewey charmed Spencer, Iowa’s library-goers, young and old, with his ability to know just which visitors needed a friend.

A beloved culinary historian's short takes on six famous women through the lens of food and cooking - what they ate and how their attitudes toward food offer surprising new insights into their lives. It's a lively and unpredictable array of women; what they have in common with one another (and us) is a powerful relationship with food.

Ever asked your kid, “how was school today” and they answer you with “not much”, or “I can’t remember”? You’ll know exactly what projects they’ve been working on when you listen to High School Stories: Broadcasting Student Brilliance. Students in the Gifted and Talented program at London Senior High School are hosting their very own podcast! Each student has recorded a podcast episode within the genre of “History of English”. They’ve completed their own research and written and recorded the content themselves. London Senior High School is devoted to keeping its ...

In the first-ever history of the world's female buccaneers, Pirate Women: the Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas tells the story of women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside - and sometimes in command of - their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a desire for freedom.

Soraya was just 15 when she was given the honor of presenting a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi, the "Guide", on a visit he was making to her school the following week. This one meeting, a presentation of flowers, a pat on the head from Gaddafi, changed Soraya’s life forever. Soon afterwards, she was summoned to Bab al-Azizia, Gaddafi’s palatial compound near Tripoli, where she joined a number of young women who were violently abused, raped and degraded by Gaddafi.

Grandparents (not just Laura) read stories about their childhoods that they want their grandchildren, and the world, to hear.

Why are creativity, art and culture so good for our health and wellbeing? What kinds of creative practice are good for us? What specific health issues can creativity help? How does creativity support our general health and wellbeing? How can people be creative in their everyday lives and at home? These are the kinds of questions that Laura Bailey explores in each episode with creative or health professionals, academics or people with lived experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Share the experiences of a small group of three experienced Ghost Hunters. Listen as they describe the locations they visit, the things they discovered and performance of the equipment they used. We describe a short history of each location for a thorough background. Next, we share the experience itself in a discussion format. We move on to our favorite tool for the current location. Finally we wrap up with our opinion of the quality and safety of the location.

Laura Schofield, founder of large-size shoe brand Otto + Ivy, chats to inspirational tall people about how their height has shaped their lives.

Diaspo is a podcast hosted by Henri, an immigrant and author of New Immigrant Playbook, and Laura, a first-generation American. On Diaspo, Henri and Laura have in-depth conversations with successful immigrants and first-generation citizens, who share their personal and professional stories on striving to fulfill their dreams and visions of success. Diaspo guests are from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America; and have various professional backgrounds from lawyer to artist; working for companies and organizations in the private and public sectors.

Colombian journalist Laura Dulce Romero was burnt out and considering quitting the trade. But a new style of reporting, Solutions Journalism, caught her attention: this method seeks to report news in a constructive way. In this six-part series, Laura puts the SoJo methodology – which can be summarised by the acronym WHOLE – to the test by interviewing practitioners about what SoJo offers by way of a solution to journalistic burnout, how it works, observations from those who use it, the limitations of the approach, and evidence that support its claims. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

A community of rock quarry miners in a village in Uttar Pradesh, India, gave their tiny cluster of thatched roofed houses the name Azad Nagar. Freedomville. But it hasn't always been identified by that auspicious moniker. The miners renamed their village in 2000, after they staged a revolt that overthrew the profit-driven landowners who held their families in debt bondage for generations. But the complex story of Freedomville, the murder that these revolutionaries nearly got away with, and the short-lived freedom its inhabitants created has never before been told until now.

Ghosts, stories, legends and unsolved mysteries. Join us in search of forgotten tales, lost souls, scary presences and benevolent creatures.Sometimes even familiar places can hide deep and obscure secrets.