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AUTOSTRADDLE | “To L and Back”
Carmen joined Autostraddle CEO and Editor-in-Chief Riese Bernard and filmmaker and showrunner Carly Usdin to recap “The L Word” on this week’s episode of “To L And Back.”
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RECAP: Carmen On-Stage and On-Screen at the 2019 National Sexual Assault Conference
Last week, over 1,700 advocates, practitioners and public figures working to end sexual violence came together in Philadelphia—now re-dubbed “the city of consensual brotherly love”—to forge a new path forward in their movement. Carmen sat down with dozens of them to find out what needs to come next.
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BITCH MEDIA | Popaganda: Puff, Puff, Progress
Carmen talked to a slew of “puffragettes” fighting to end the drug war, foster a more equitable cannabis industry, and forge a feminist future in weed.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Q&A with “Roll Red Roll” Filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman
I interviewed feminist documentary filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman about her latest film for Ms.
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BITCH MEDIA | Popaganda: Feminism Beyond Burnout
I talked to feminist activists and academics about the challenges of building a sustainable movement for gender equality.
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BITCH MEDIA | Popaganda: Let’s Talk about (Talking About) Sex
I talked to sex educators, sex-positive feminists, and writers covering sex about the language of desire, how language shapes rape culture, and how we can build a better sexicon.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Inside the Jane Club’s New Orleans Essence Festival Pop-Up
Earlier this month, the Essence Festival made space for a whole lot of Black Girl Magic in New Orleans—and Carmen talked to the women who brought the Los Angeles-based Jane Club to the city for a space custom-built for VIPs and distinguished guests.
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BITCH MEDIA | Popaganda: 20 Years of Girl Power
In the first episode of Popaganda’s “Heat” season, I looked back on the impact of the Spice Girls—and examined whether the ’90s promises of girl power had ever come to pass.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Stories from the What Women Want Campaign
“As you get older,” the award-winning author told Carmen at a Hilton Foundation event, “you’re looking at your bag of fucks to give, and it’s empty, so you just say what she would say.”
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MS. MAGAZINE | Q&A with Documentary Filmmaker Greta Schiller
It’s been 50 years since the Stonewall Riots and 35 years since Schiller’s documentary about LGBTQ life before them. She talked to Carmen about what happened before “Before Stonewall”—and what lessons she has carried with her since.
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