Best of Design Matters: Anita Hill

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Arts, Design

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Thirty years ago, Anita Hill became a household name when she told the world about her experience with sexual harassment in the workplace. Today, she joins to talk about her extraordinary life and new book, “Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.”

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:07.6	This archival episode of Design Matters originally came out in December of 2021.
0:13.2	I think now we are at this point where we've never been before in terms of awareness of
0:19.0	the behaviors that are literally killing folks because of their identity.
0:29.8	From the Ted Audio Collective this is Design Matters with Debbie Milman.
0:34.4	For 17 years Debbie Milman has been talking with designers and other creative people about
0:41.0	what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working
0:45.3	on.
0:46.3	On this episode Anita Hill talks about what it will take to finally address sexual violence
0:51.7	in our society.
0:53.3	The leadership at this point if they are not taking robust measures are part of the problem.
1:04.2	30 years ago Anita Hill became a household name and a hero for many women when she told
1:10.0	the world about how Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her at work.
1:16.7	In the years since she has had a fruitful career as a law professor and as an author.
1:22.5	The latest book is resonating with a lot of people just as her testimony in front of
1:26.8	the Senate did in 1991.
1:30.0	The book is titled Believing Our 30 Year Journey to End Gender Violence and we are going
1:36.6	to talk about that and her extraordinary life here today.
1:41.2	Professor Anita Hill, welcome to Design Matters.
1:43.2	Oh it's a pleasure to be with you.
1:46.1	Anita is it true that the DC chapter of the Women's Club, The Wing, has a phone booth
1:52.7	dedicated to you in their space?
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