Patricia Leavy

Magazine Story

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:50:38 +0000

Thank you to West Valley Magazine for running a story about Low-Fat Love and my larger message to women about self-esteem and living without settling. I was honored to see that LFL made the cover of the magazine. A special thank you to Michelle Arana for our interview and her work on the piece. You can view the electronic version here (LFL is featured on page 7):

http://www.wvmonline.com/2012/02/03/west-valley-magazine-february-2012/

International Women’s Day

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:49:20 +0000

Thank you to BNY Mellon for inviting me to participate in a wonderful event in NYC in honor of International Women’s Day. The event was titled “Powering Success through Diversity and Inclusion: Celebrating International Women’s Day” and was organized by WIN (the company’s Women’s Initiative Network). Jane Sherburne, CEO Gerald Hassell and Karen Peetze all made important opening remarks. I was profoundly honored to speak to 500 guests on a panel along with Rosie Rios (Treasurer of the United States), Vanessa Weaver, PhD (Founder and CEO of Allignment Strategies, Inc.) and Luanna Zurlo (Founder and President of Worldfund). These women are remarkable and I learned so much from them. During our panel I was asked how gender bias impacts women’s identity development and what kinds of gender bias I see in media reporting. I also greatly enjoyed the question and answer session and the personal conversations I had with attendants. Thank you to all who participated and took the time to reflect on important issues pertaining to gender inequality. Here is a picture of me with our Treasurer, Rosie Rios (a remarkable and gracious person).

Here is a picture of me with the entire panel and BNY Mellon execs. I was honored to be a part of this event.

E-Zine Profile

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:17:44 +0000

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/

Super Abuse

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:34:08 +0000

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

Dr. Adrienne Trier-Bieniek

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:57:09 +0000

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.

Dr. Cheryl Dellasega

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:33:46 +0000

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

Podcast

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:52:16 +0000

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!

Social Fictions New Book

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:42:56 +0000

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

Blog Post: Radio Show

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:22:37 +0000

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.

Radio Interview

admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:32:50 +0000

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