Outspoken! / Franc-parler!: Recent Episodes
Contours Journal
Outspoken! is a podcast by Contours Journal, a project based at the McGill Faculty of Law. Reflecting on both personal experiences and collective struggles, students and alumnae whose work aligns with the journal’s mandate offer their honest perspectives on gender justice.
Franc-parler! est un balado du Journal Contours, un projet basé à la Faculté de droit de McGill. Réfléchissant tant à leurs expériences personnelles qu’aux luttes collectives, des étudiant·e·s et alumnae dont le travail s’aligne avec le mandat du journal offrent leurs perspectives honnêtes sur la justice de genre.
Dans ce troisième et dernier épisode de la saison, Mey Chiali (elle), gestionnaire junior de Contours, s’entretient avec Laura Doyle Péan (iel), étudiant·e à la Faculté de droit de McGill, poète et auteur·trice de Cœur yoyo. Lors de leur conversation, Laura partage ses points de vue sur les efforts d'inclusion de la Faculté, l’euphorie autour de l’identité trans, le pouvoir libérateur de la poésie et de la vulnérabilité, et comment rester créatif·ve tout en étudiant le droit.
In the second and final part of her series, Attou continues her discussion with our four guests, focusing on the tension between inclusion and exclusion as it relates to Contours’ revised mandate. Should we be defining ourselves based on who we are including, or excluding? Charlotte-Anne, Erin, Raphael, and Sejeong weigh in and speak to the need for women-centered spaces and the role of the journal in the Faculty and beyond. To close out this fruitful two-part series, we hear from our guests (in true vox pop fashion!) what gender justice means to them.
In this inaugural episode of Outspoken!, listeners are treated to a vox pop segment in which McGill Faculty of Law students answer the question, “What does gender justice mean to you?” Contours Head French Editor and Podcast Committee Chair Attou Mamat (she/her) then leads past and current Contours editors Charlotte-Anne Malischewski (she/her), Erin Moores (she/her), Raphael Schmieder-Gropen (they/them), and Sejeong Park (she/her) into the first part of a rich discussion on the journal’s mandate. Together, they delve into the role of language in gender advocacy and the law, and the wider implications of Contours’ mandate on how we understand gender justice in the context of the Faculty, the legal profession, and society at large.