OGRE: On Gender, Race, & Equality: Recent Episodes
Ashley Rose Johnson
Join Harvard student, Ashley Johnson, on an exploration of gender, race, and equality within Harvard College and general society. Each 15 to 20-minute episode will explore a new topic with a few Harvard-affiliated guests. Enjoy!
Exploring the ways that gender is navigated in Drag and Queer Communities with John Thomas Hernandez.
References:
NPR, How Drag Queens Have Sashayed Their Way Through History https://www.npr.org/2019/06/27/736320026/how-drag-queens-have-sashayed-their-way-through-history
Talking about a few myths and mysteries that surround periods including period sex, menopause, and PMS/PMDD!
References:
Can transgender women have a period? https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/can-trans-women-get-periods
Can You Get Pregnant if You Have Sex on Your Period? https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/sex-on-period#pregnancy-during-period
Season 2, Episode 1: Politics of Sex
How is sex presented in education, religion, and in the media? How does this affect us?
TW/CW: Mentions of sexual assault
References:
- NPR: How Battles Over Sex, Gender, And Sexual Orientation 'Fractured American Politics' with Host Terry Gross
- NY Times: Sex Education Based on Abstinence? There's a Real Absences of Evidence
SA Resources:
- National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
- https://www.rainn.org/
- https://www.nsvrc.org/
This episode explains why representation in the media is so important. You have to see it to be it!
This episode with D’mikal Walker illustrates the way that black families are depicted in the media as well as the harmful effects of stigma surrounding the black family structure. Towards the end Ashley and D’mikal explain The Talk which is a pivotal moment in every black person’s childhood.
This episodes dives into what racism is including topics like reverse racism, color blindness, and micro aggressions.