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Woman Up!

Amy Dignam and Susan Merrick

WomanUp! podcast speaks to and about artists, academics, writers and activists, midwives, carers and more all (m)others and all womxn. Those challenging ideas and ideals, questioning assumptions and provoking social change.

Originally created under the Desperate Artwives collective, Woman Up! is a podcast dedicated to creating a living archive of these people and this work, that anyone can access. We find those trying to change current structures founded on biases that have to do with gender, caring responsibilities, race, and the integration of the private and the public space. We have conversations about lived experiences, achievements, and aspirations and we will share campaigns and awareness around crucial intersectional struggles and subjects.

Series 4 included 6 episodes produced in partnership with the innovative Procreate Project

Woman Up! is produced by Artists Amy Dignam and Susan Merrick

Special thanks:

Althea Greenan and The Women’s Art Library at Goldsmiths College for providing us space and equipment to record for S1 and S2 as well as support for the project;

Rosemary Schonfeld and OVA for the use of their track Early in the Evening, and to the Women’s Liberation Music Archive for storing such inspirational music that we can then find!

Mike Dignam for remixing the track

Episodes
Woman Up! On Tour Tate Britain 'Women In Revolt' - Rosy Martin December 31, 2023
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Woman Up! On Tour Margate - Liminal Gallery December 23, 2023
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Woman Up! On Tour - Friction Arts, Birmingham November 03, 2023
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Woman Up! On Tour - Quiet Down There, Brighton September 15, 2023
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Woman Up! On Tour - Artlink, HullSeptember 01, 2023
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Woman Up! On Tour - Sangini, NewcastleAugust 26, 2023
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Woman Up! On Tour - Lady Kitt at Newbridge Project, Newcastle August 18, 2023
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Woman Up! On Tour - Rogue Artists Studios -Laura Yuile & Anna FC SmithAugust 11, 2023
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Woman Up! On Tour - Manchester Art Gallery - Natasha Howes, Mary Griffiths and Susie MacMurray August 04, 2023
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Woman Up! On Tour Exeter - Mothers Who MakeJune 05, 2023
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A.M.M.A.A. - Supporting Mother Artists in India April 13, 2023
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Woman Up! Series 5 Episode 1 Spilt Milk & Michelle Gallagher February 27, 2023
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Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 8 - Pauline de Souza 'Talking Vulnerability, Diversity and Feminism'December 31, 2022
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Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 7 - Syowia Kyambi 'Embracing the Borderlessness of Space Holding'December 11, 2022
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Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 6 - Louise Ashcroft 'Tales from the Bird Hut Sperm Bank and Other Alternative Parenting Futures'August 30, 2022
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Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 5 - Oleksandra Kushchenko and Anita Nemeth 'Art, Activism and Displacement' July 31, 2022
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Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 4 - Hettie Judah 'How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and Other Parents)June 27, 2022
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Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 3 Frances Hatherley: On Class, the female grotesque and Sublime Dissension.May 23, 2022
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Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 2 - Sasha Kanster The Work of Ukrainian organisation 'Feminist Workshop'April 30, 2022
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Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 1 - Annya Sand 'WAAW London - Taking action to increase representation of women artists in galleries and institution'March 08, 2022
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Woman Up! Series 3 Episode 9 - Leni Dothan 'Breaching the Contract' November 07, 2021
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Woman Up! Series 3 Episode 8 - Lauren Craig 'Social Media Shyness and Cultural Futurism'October 06, 2021
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Woman Up! Series 3 Episode 7: Felicity Allen - The Disoeuvre July 27, 2021
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Woman Up! Series 3 Episode 6 TAKEOVER'Stopping the Fucking Wheel' - Desperate Artwives takeover The Missing Mother ConferenceJune 01, 2021
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Woman Up! Special Series 3 Episode 5 ‘An urgent response’ - Shira Richter: 'The conflict in the middle east, a Mothernist perspective'May 13, 2021
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