Roar with Danielle Davies: Women, Culture & Impact

In this conversation about women in politics, Sarah Jakle shares a surprising stat: women win elections at the same rate as men. They just don’t run.

Sarah founded DemocraShe, which trains high school girls to become political leaders. We cover:

— Why it takes 7 to 9 asks to get a woman to run, and one for a man
— Why your brain reads rooms like Congress as unsafe

Also in this episode: Femme & Furious with Julia Rose Portela. Start with the Meet Cute playlist: https://linkly.link/2xyJp

About Sarah: https://www.democrashe.org | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-jakle-535617240/

About Roar: I’m Danielle Davies, host of Roar with Danielle Davies: Women, Culture & Impact. Deep conversations with women making an impact, about ambition, culture, and everything in between. New episodes every Tuesday, minis on Thursdays, spring and fall. Listen wherever you get podcasts.
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A quick takeaway from my conversation with Paulette Erato, host of La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree Latinas and founder of Latinas in Podcasting.

Paulette chooses her words carefully. She calls herself childfree, not childless, because she isn’t less of a person for not having kids. I couldn’t agree more.

Hear our full conversation in episode 504.

About us: Hi, I’m Danielle, host of Roar with Danielle Davies: Women, Culture & Impact. I write, talk, and podcast about women womening. Roar features conversations on women’s advocacy, women and culture, and the cultural impact of women who refuse to stay quiet. New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe to my newsletter: https://substack.com/@roarwithdanielledavies

This conversation is about reproductive rights from the other side: the choice not to become a mother at all.

Paulette Erato hosts La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree Latinas and founded Latinas in Podcasting. She calls herself childfree, not childless, because nothing is missing. Together, we talk about why that distinction matters, why the moms-versus-childfree divide is manufactured, and what has to change before women stop having to explain themselves.

In this conversation, we cover:

• Why 'childfree' and 'childless' aren't the same thing
• Trying to get a hysterectomy with no medical reason
• "El qué dirán" and the shame of what people will say
• Why the 'kids' convo should happen early in a relationship

Also in this episode: a trailer for Cultureful with Jess Lin.

About Paulette: Paulette Erato is the host of La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree Latinas and the founder of Latinas in Podcasting.

About us: Hi, I’m Danielle, host of Roar with Danielle Davies: Women, Culture & Impact. I write, talk, and podcast about women womening. Roar features conversations on women’s advocacy, women and culture, and the cultural impact of women who refuse to stay quiet. New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe to my newsletter: https://substack.com/@roarwithdanielledavies

A quick takeaway from my conversation with Amy Taylor-Kabbaz about one of the biggest women’s experiences we barely name: matrescence.

Matrescence is the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual change a woman goes through when she becomes a mother. It’s being studied as the equivalent of adolescence in its scope and depth. When a teenager is struggling, we say, “Of course. They’re in adolescence.” New moms deserve that same understanding.

Becoming a mom was the most spectacular thing that ever happened to me. It was also the most difficult. Having a word for it helps.

Listen to the full conversation with Amy here.

Roar with Danielle Davies is about women womening, about how culture shapes us and how we shape it right back.
Danielle Davies is a journalist, keynote speaker, and host of Roar.
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In this conversation, Amy Taylor-Kabbaz names one of the biggest female health challenges most women have never heard of: matrescence. It's the identity shift a woman goes through as she becomes a mother, as real and disorienting as adolescence.

Amy spent 15 years as a journalist and producer at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Then she became a mom and couldn't make sense of her own story. It's a conversation about identity, care, and women's autonomy.

In this conversation, we talk about:

- The day Amy finally heard the word matrescence, and why she pulled over to cry

- Why matrescence is the biggest endocrine event a human being can go through

- What the Lindsay Clancy case reveals about fragmented postpartum care

- Why mothers haven't been silent, and who hasn't been listening

About the guest:

Amy Taylor-Kabbaz is the author of Mama Rising and the founder of the Global Matrescence Foundation.

About the podcast: Roar with Danielle Davies is about women womening—navigating ambition, culture, and all the stuff in between—via deep convos with women making an impact. New episodes every Tuesday—with mini episodes each Thursdays—in the spring and the fall. Listen wherever you get podcasts.

Continue the conversation:Listen at www.listentoroar.com or wherever you get podcasts.