A Feminist Halloween! Stories. The Werewolf, by Angela Carter

by Fay Godwin,photograph,1976

Read the transcript of the Carter story and find my handout with language questions and another story, about the ORAL story Angela Carter took into account for writing “The Werewolf” (unfortunately known as… Red Riding Hood, the patriarchal version of “The Grandmother’s Tale”!)

This post is new, from one posted in 2019 that was not working for some mysterious reason. 

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Books. Unbowed, by Wangari Maathai (ch 4, NYC)

Check out the Unbowed webpage on the TP website

Nota: marzo 2025: hemos tenido que crear este post de nuevo del original del 2019 porque aparecía con error y no se podía escuchar, no sabemos por qué.

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Stories. Ogichidaakweg. The Women’s Warrior Society, by Winona LaDuke

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Go to the downloadable workshop that includes this story: mujerpalabra.net > Clases y talleres > Tres Talleres de lucha noviolenta, ADNV y autodefensa en culturas de violencia-prevalencia, con “Ogichidaakweg” / Workshop 1 in Workshops on Nonviolent Struggle, NVDA and self-defence in cultures of violence-prevalence. Direct link: https://www.mujerpalabra.net/clasesytalleres/talleresluchanoviolenta/

FAQ UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Listen to questions answered by the United Nations on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Download the document (2 pdf pages)

Go to the Talking People page on English-speaking Indigenous American People(s)

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Dates. Indigenous Human Rights

Listen to my reading of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (13 September 2007). Sit back! It’s half an hour!

Download the document (32 pdf pages)

Go to the Talking People page on English-speaking Indigenous American People(s)

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Dates. Feminist Feb 14. V-Day!

Read transcript

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Stories/Dates. The Mirabals & Nov 25 + Pron. Pasts!

Listen to this adaptation of an original advanced text on the Mirabal Sisters to the pre-intermediate level. It’s a mediation project by A2 (pre-intermediate students). I’ve recorded it to help them with the second part, and with the pronunciation of the pasts in the active and the passive!

Read the transcript!

More on the Mirabals coming up soon…

Our love and respect to the Mirabals and people like them!

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Poems. Emily Dickinson & Why Read Poetry

Read the poems on the Literature page on the Talking People website

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One of the poems in the podcast episode!

Stories. The Tale of the Voice, by Emma Donoghue

Go to Emma Donoghue’s page on Talking People and download a 10-page activity to work on the language in the amazing story.

Emma Donoghue, writer

Here’s the audio. I hope you enjoy it!

A warm thank you to Ms Donoghue for replying to my language questions. I’m sharing her answer with you all (see learning pack)!

Happy March 8. Celebrating Feminism! <3

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Valentina Quintero, Journalist & Environmental Activist

Read the transcript here.

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The Talking People Podcast