The cycle of placation and safety

Host Kimberlé Crenshaw is joined by award-winning radio host Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead and playwright and feminist activist V (formerly Eve Ensler), author of The Apology. Together they discuss the 2026 NCAA Women's Final Four game, where coach Geno Auriemma aggressively confronted Coach Don Staley after she led her team to victory against his.

They discuss the mysogynoir of this moment, the insufficient apologies that followed, and what genuine accountability requires.

Music by Blue Dot Sessions.

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