
Woman Up!
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 ProjectWoman 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

Woman Up! On Tour Margate - Liminal Gallery

Woman Up! On Tour - Friction Arts, Birmingham

Woman Up! On Tour - Quiet Down There, Brighton

Woman Up! On Tour - Artlink, Hull

Woman Up! On Tour - Sangini, Newcastle

Woman Up! On Tour - Lady Kitt at Newbridge Project, Newcastle

Woman Up! On Tour - Rogue Artists Studios -Laura Yuile & Anna FC Smith

Woman Up! On Tour - Manchester Art Gallery - Natasha Howes, Mary Griffiths and Susie MacMurray

Woman Up! On Tour Exeter - Mothers Who Make

A.M.M.A.A. - Supporting Mother Artists in India

Woman Up! Series 5 Episode 1 Spilt Milk & Michelle Gallagher

Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 8 - Pauline de Souza 'Talking Vulnerability, Diversity and Feminism'

Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 7 - Syowia Kyambi 'Embracing the Borderlessness of Space Holding'

Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 6 - Louise Ashcroft 'Tales from the Bird Hut Sperm Bank and Other Alternative Parenting Futures'
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Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 5 - Oleksandra Kushchenko and Anita Nemeth 'Art, Activism and Displacement'
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Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 4 - Hettie Judah 'How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and Other Parents)

Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 3 Frances Hatherley: On Class, the female grotesque and Sublime Dissension.

Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 2 - Sasha Kanster The Work of Ukrainian organisation 'Feminist Workshop'

Woman Up! Series 4 Episode 1 - Annya Sand 'WAAW London - Taking action to increase representation of women artists in galleries and institution'
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Woman Up! Series 3 Episode 9 - Leni Dothan 'Breaching the Contract'

Woman Up! Series 3 Episode 8 - Lauren Craig 'Social Media Shyness and Cultural Futurism'

Woman Up! Series 3 Episode 7: Felicity Allen - The Disoeuvre

Woman Up! Series 3 Episode 6 TAKEOVER'Stopping the Fucking Wheel' - Desperate Artwives takeover The Missing Mother Conference

Woman Up! Special Series 3 Episode 5 ‘An urgent response’ - Shira Richter: 'The conflict in the middle east, a Mothernist perspective'
