Infinite Women

Dr Georgia Munro-Cook, a Research Fellow in the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Unit at Griffith University here in Australia, joins us to talk about her work around women, sport and disability. Georgia is also the author of Building the WNBA: From "Dunking Divas" to Political Leaders and a wheelchair basketball player, member of the Australian Gliders Wheelchair Basketball team and captain of Australia's National Wheelchair Basketball team at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

Dr Elizabeth DeWolfe is a Professor of History and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at the University of New England and Author of Alias Agnes: The Notorious Tale of a Gilded Age Spy. In this episode, she tells us the story of two women and a scandalous trial.Read the transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Beth-DeWolfe-on-Jane-Armstrong-Tucker-and-Madeleine-Pollard-transcript.pdf

Dr Lauren Jae Gutterman, Chair of the American Studies Department at the University of Texas at Austin, joins us to talk about the subject of her book, Her Neighbor's Wife: A History of Lesbian Desire Within Marriage.

Dr Samantha Schulz, an Associate Professor of the Sociology of Education at The University of Adelaide to discuss how the manosphere is radicalizing young men and boys, and how this is playing out in classrooms at both the school and university level. Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Samantha-Schulz-on-the-manosphere-in-the-classroom-transcript.pdf

Dr. Carrie Gibson, who studies the history of the Caribbean and is the author of two books, Empire’s Crossroads: a history of the Caribbean from Columbus to the present day, and El Norte: the epic and forgotten story of Hispanic North America. She joins us to talk about the women involved in slave revolts in the Caribbean - who were they, what do we know about them, why don’t we know more and, as always, what are the biases that shaped the way their stories are, or are not, told.More about Carrie's work and books: carriegibson.co.ukRead the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Carrie-Gibson-on-women-of-Caribbean-slave-revolts-transcript.pdf

Serene Bennett Williams, high school civics teacher and co-founder of Women's History in High School, tells us about Catholic nuns as activists. Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Serene-Bennett-Williams-on-activist-nuns-transcript.pdfRead more from Serene about Marjorie Tuite and Margaret Traxler on the Infinite Women site.

Simeran Maxwell, Associate Curator of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Australia, joins us to talk about Australian designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, and the French modern artist who inspired them, Sonia Delaunay. The three women’s work is on display now at the NGA in an eponymous exhibition that will be on into 2026: nga.gov.au/exhibitions/know-my-name-kee-jackson-delaunay/Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Simeran-Maxwell-on-Linda-Jackson-Jenny-Kee-and-Sonia-Delaunay-transcript.pdf

Dr Beth Linker, author of Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America, joins us to talk about the “strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America.” Get the book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691235493/slouchRead the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Robyn-Spencer-Antoine-on-Patricia-Murphy-Robinson-transcript-3.pdf

Dr Robyn Spencer-Antoine, a historian and author of The Revolution has Come: Black Power, Gender and the Black Panther Party, to discuss radical leftist Black activist Patricia Murphy Robinson and the intersections of nurturing and radicalism.Get the book: https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-revolution-has-comeRead the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Robyn-Spencer-Antoine-on-Patricia-Murphy-Robinson-transcript-3.pdf

Dr. Elizabeth Mahony, a research scientist at CSIRO, joins us to talk about Australian pioneering radio astronomer Ruby Payne-Scott, and the gendered barriers that ended her career.Read more about Payne-Scott on the Infinite Women site: https://www.infinite-women.com/women/ruby-payne-scott/Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Elizabeth-Mahony-on-Ruby-Payne-Scott-transcript.pdf