Womens Magazine – August 14, 2017
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.
Playwright and poet Cherrie Moraga, co-editor of the class feminist of color book, This Bridge Called My Back, discusses her new play, THE MATHEMATICS OF LOVE, with Lisa Dettmer. In a time-traveling re-encounter with a 16th century female slave-turned-slaveholder, a Mexican woman in the early stages of Alzheimers is forced to concede a radically revised … Continued
Kate Raphael, host of Women’s Magazine and author of two mysteries set in Palestine, talks with crime & suspense writers Judith (JL) Newton (Oink! A Food for Thought Mystery), Amy S. Peele (Cut! A medical mystery) and Jennifer Dwight (The Tolling of Mercedes Bell). All four authors use the crime/mystery genre to explore themes of … Continued
Two amazing women’s rights activits; Heather Booth and Neesa Medina
On Monday July 24th on KPFA’s Women’s Magazine we talk to two amazing and influential women’s rights activist who unfortunately you probably have never heard of. First Kate Raphael talks to Lilly Rivlin and Heather Booth about the new documentary called “Heather Booth: Changing the World” which tells the story of one of the most influential … Continued
Womens Magazine – July 17, 2017
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Fida Jiryis, a Palestinian from the Galilee, now living in Ramallah, discusses the experience of returning from exile to live inside Israel’s borders, the differences between writing in English and Arabic, and why she chose to write a women’s fiction book with a Canadian non-Palestinian protagonist. Fida is one of the contributors to the best-selling … Continued
Womens Magazine – July 3, 2017: En-gendered Opinions — or Excuse Me are You a Girl or a Boy? (Part 1)
Today’s show presents a creative, multi-voiced exploration of the many facets of gender in today’s world. How much has changed and how much remains the same. Part 2 of today’s program will air on August 14th. Produced by Queer in Your Ear Productions’ Emily Charles and Mary Salome, graduates of the KPFA Affirmative Action training … Continued
Disability, the body and capitalism with Aurora Levins Morales
Today on KPFA’s Women’s Magazine we talk to writer, artist, historian, chronic illness survivor and revolutionary activist and healer Aurora Levins Morales about her work and her life. Aurora has fought against chronic illness and toxicity of 21st century Capitalism for decades and continues to tell stories with medicinal powers to shift our consciousness and … Continued
Rainbow is a consultant, trainer, and mediator working with groups and individuals to heal what divides us. She learned much about human needs and interactions working in early childhood education for 36 years. Growing up as a fat child and as an adult walking in this world as a fat lesbian who does not alter … Continued
Womens Magazine – June 12, 2017: Marginalized Women Workers Organize!
We focus on some of the most challenged workers in today’s workforce: domestic workers and young women of color. At one end of the age spectrum, we talk to members of La Colectiva de Mujeres, the San Francisco Women’s Collective, part of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, about their Aging With Dignity campaign. The campaign … Continued