Womens Magazine – July 29, 2019
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
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This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Police and Corps out of Pride; Women led resistance in Western Sahara
Today on Women’s Magazine we look at the resistance to the mainstreaming of Pride events in San Francisco and nationally. We talk to Mary Sue from Gay Shame and artist and activist Alex I.Unn about the demonstration at SF Pride this year against the presence of police and large corporations and the resistance nationally , … Continued
Womens Magazine – July 15, 2019 – The Space Between Us
Women’s Magazine host Jovelyn Richards of the Space Between Us talks to Ashara Ekundayo owner of Ashara Ekundayo Gallery between the space between art galleries and women in particular Black womxn* and femmes. The gallery is located in the Uptown/KONO Arts District in Oakland, CA at 480 23rd Street. *womxn is an inclusive term that invites Black … Continued
Womens Magazine – July 8, 2019 – Whose Image Is Our Body Image?
This week on Women’s Magazine we explore the racial, cultural, economic and emotional roots of our obsession with thin bodies. Sabrina Strings, professor of Sociology at University of California, Irvine (and UC Berkeley alum), in her book Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, brings a new lens to an old problem. … Continued
Womens Magazine – July 1, 2019
We talk about how women are coping with an escalation of government-sponsored violence in Haiti, and a political crisis we hear little about but which has been going on for over a year. Judith Mirkinson, president of the SF Bay Chapter of the National Lawyers’ Guild and the Comfort Women Justice Coalition and Leslie Mullin, long-time member … Continued
Today on Women’s Magazine on the 50th anniversary of Stonewall and as we approach the upcoming Pride parades and Marches we will listen to a previously presented documentary Beyond Gay Marriage: The Assimilation of the Radical Queer Movement, which looks at how the campaign for gay marriage was symptomatic of a move away from the … Continued
On today’s show Jovelyn Richards interviews Lisa Geduldig, standup comedian and comedy show producer and Sabreen Ali, writer and children’s book author. Jovelyn and Lisa discuss comedy, laughter, cultural diversity and how laughter fills the space between us. Don’t miss Lisa’s newest show this month, Pride Comedy Night featuring Marga Gomez and more. There will be two … Continued
Womens Magazine – June 10, 2019 – Preparing for Post-Roe America; Marie Harrison Fought for Her People; Previewing This Year’s Queer Film Fest
This week on KPFA Women’s Magazine, we speak with Robin Marty, author of Handbook for a Post-Roe America about what we should be doing to prepare for the end of Roe. Robin says we should look at it as an opportunity to build a stronger movement and improve access to all health care options for … Continued
Womens Magazine – June 3, 2019 – Women and the Blues
Memphis Minnie KPFA Women’s Magazine presents an hour of Black women’s music and history featuring Minnie Memphis, Josephine Baker and more. Today’s show is hosted by Safi wa Nairobi. Listen now (59:50 min) and stay tuned for a special guest interview with Jenny Scheinman who will be appearing tonight, June 4th at the Freight and Salvage.
Womens Magazine – May 20, 2019 – Fund Drive: The Stonewall Era – Before, During and After
“The Hairpin Drop Heard Round the World” Jovelyn Richards host of The Space Between Us features the amazing Stonewall retrospective that Corinne Smith and others pulled together from Pacifica archival tape. Listen to the voices of people who were at the Stonewall 70 years ago when the bar was raided by a group of cops called the Moral Squad. … Continued