The feminist e-zine Her Circle (which focuses on women in the arts) profiled me this month in their UpClose feature. I am honored that Her Circle has used me as a vehicle to address the blurring of the art-science dualism. Thank you to Lauren Sardi for her work on this! Please check it out : http://www.hercircleezine.com/

Update on Super Abuse in America: Unfortunately the first hour was a disaster due to severe sound problems that could not be fixed on air. My sincere apologies to the guests in the first part of the program. We were able to get the problems resolved for the second hour. Here are those links:

An Intimate Converation about Rape and Recovery with Jennifer Majesky-Pike and Tish Rothenback (survivors affiliated with RAINN)

http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WsCg2PZ90

Resources for Sexual Assault Survivors with Shannon Lambert (Founder of Pandora’s Project) and Dr. Adrienne Trier-Bieniek (Sociology Professor)

http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WsCg2PZ90

Last night I had a wonderful conversation with Dr. Adrienne Trier-Bieniek about how women use music, and feminist music in particular, as a part of thier identity-building processes and as a way to heal from violence, dissatisfying relationships and other pain. We talked at length about Adrienne’s research with Tori Amos fans and larger issues about women and popular culture. You can listen to our interview here: http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WBJJlp990  I also highly recommend you check-out Adrienne’s website www.popculturefeminism.com in which Adrienne posts and comments on happenings in pop culture. For those interested in gender and pop culture it is a must-read website.

Last night I had a wonderful conversation with Dr. Cheryl Dellasega– the foremost expert of female-to-female behavior. I greatly enjoyed our chat. Cheryl’s body of work on female bullying (or more accurately “relational aggression”) is amazing and includes girls and women of all ages and within different contexts. Great tips and very empowering. Her books cover a wide range of topics and are extremely well written. If you have a teen girl in your life her series of teen novels are terrific. If you have a difficult relationship with a family member or extended family member or you’re trying to blend families her book Forced To Be Family is a must-read. You can listen to our interview here: http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/W6DhqwW90 For more information about Cheryl please visit her website www.cheryldellasega.com

Please check-out my podcast interview with Ted Bauer: covers a lot of ground (the art-science divide in academia, relationships and sexism in the media). http://ninetofiveworld.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/episode-no-16-patricia-leavy-authorsociologistpop-feminist/  Thanks for a great conversation, Ted!

I am delighted to announce the release of Diane Conrad’s book Athabasca’s Going Umanned: An Ethnodrama about Incarcerated Youth. This fictional play is based on years of original research with “at-risk” and incarcerated youth.  For more info visit here: https://www.sensepublishers.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=73&products_id=1401&osCsid=66cdc1392c327343dc4e754076ece5cc

Conrad cover

Happy to announce I have started hosting my own weekly radio show on PWRTalk radio. The show is called Low-Fat Love 101 and it is a program about relationships and identity. You can listen live Thursday nights 8-8:30EST at www.internetvoicesradio.com or you can visit my host webpage and listen to archived shows on demand. Here is a link to my introductory episode: http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/W1WS74s90  Please join me next week when I interview Dr. Cheryl Dellasega about her books on female bullying.

Thank you, Lillian Cauldwell from PWR Radio in Ann Arbor, MI for a wonderful half an hour interview about Low-Fat Love and relationships! Lillian– you are a wonderful interviewer and I greatly enjoyed our chat. You can listen to our interview here:
http://www.audioacrobat.com/sa/WNLDvbpv0

Check-out my article on a single gal’s guide to New Year’s Eve. http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20111207/WIRE/111209681?p=1&tc=pg

Double nomination: Thrilled to learn that both Low-Fat Love and Essentials of Transdisciplinary Research have been nominated for AERA’s Outstanding Qualitative Book Award. These books were true labors of love– my thanks to Sense Publishers and Left Coast Press.