This podcast is about the issue of Comfort Women who were sex slaves used by the Japanese Imperial Army notably during World War II. Throughout our episodes, we will discuss the difficult path for recognition, as survivors try to navigate between silence, amnesia and stigmatisation. We hope that you will enjoy our podcast as much as we enjoyed making it, and that you will learn interesting things about this too unknown issue.
These are all 6 episodes of our podcast I Can Speak, in case you just want to listen to everything in one sitting :)
11 Dec 2020
Episode 6 - Comfort Women in arts
In this episode, we explore the way Comfort Women are represented in arts, particularly on screen. We notably use and analyse a striking short film called « Herstory » which assess this issue. We assess how narration and fiction can depict trauma, as well as the Comfort Women legacy. Hope you will enjoy!
11 Dec 2020
Episode 5 - War and sex crimes
In this very heavy episode, we explore the use of sex as a war weapon. We use the example of the Bosnian War and the Rwanda Genocide to show that this issue is, unfortunately, not new at all and is still very present to this day. We hope that you will find it interesting and instructive.
11 Dec 2020
Episode 4 - San Francisco statue
In this episode, we talk about a specific monument that was made to honour the Comfort Women in San Francisco. We explore the role of statues in the reparation process. We hope you will like it!
11 Dec 2020
Episode 3 - Redress Movement
In this episode, we talk about the Redress Movement that tries to get reparations and recognition for the Comfort Women. We will look at the different reactions between Asia and the Western World, especially the US. We hope that you will enjoy this one!
11 Dec 2020
Episode 2 - Historical context
In this section, we tell you a bit about the context in which the Comfort Women system was born, and the terrible conditions these women had to endure. This is a heavy topic, but we hope you will still find it interesting.
11 Dec 2020
Episode 1 - Introduction
This episode is a quick introduction to our podcast I Can Speak. In this, we tell you about the different episodes and the reasons why we chose to talk about this particular topic. Enjoy!
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