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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.
Kate talks with Bonnie Burton about Crafting With Feminism. Learn how to make tampons buddies with sequins, Ruth Bader Ginsburg finger puppets and huggable uterus pillows just in time for the holidays. Plus riffs on pop culture. Sharon Sobotta talks with playwright AJ Baker about ENTANGLEMENT, a play about a play about the quantum mechanics … Continued
Reproductive and women’s health rights are certain to be under attack under a Trump/Pence White House and Republican controlled Congress. As Republicans have come to dominate state houses across the country, California remains a bright spot, but many women still are unable to access the wide range of services that exist. ACCESS Women’s Health Justice … Continued
Right wing campaigns like Donald Trumps are not new and have been occurring throughout Europe. In 2015 Poland elected a right wing government that like Trump campaigned on an anti immigrant and anti feminist agenda as well as an anti- neo- liberalism and anti-globalism agenda. Then on October 3rd thousands of Polish women walked out … Continued
What does the Republican sweep mean for Palestine? Human rights lawyer, scholar and activist Noura Erekat discusses how the bipartisan consensus in favor of Israel’s permanent military supremacy in the Middle East could be disrupted and the broader implications of a potential turn towards fascism in the U.S. Noura will be speaking in Oakland on Thursday, … Continued
Journalist Rose Aguilar with new stories from the encampment at Standing Rock, and Elaine Showalter discusses the fascinating career of poet and feminist activist Julia Ward Howe. Living into her nineties, from the slavery era into the twentieth century, Howe penned the most famous war anthem of all time before becoming a feminist advocate for … Continued
Report from Standing Rock – Bay Area Native American journalist Rose Aguilar joins us by phone from near the Standing Rock encampment. Rose arrived in North Dakota on Friday, one day after water protectors were violently evicted from the Highway 1806 camp, where they were attempting to block construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline. Rose reports … Continued
Sarah Schulman discusses her new book, CONFLICT IS NOT ABUSE: OVERSTATING HARM, COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND THE DUTY OF REPAIR. In this captivating new work, the author of GENTRIFICATION OF THE MIND and SHIMMER connects the feminist anti-violence movement’s cooptation by the state, Canadian laws that criminalize HIV transmission, same-sex marriage and compensatory motherhood, shaming and shunning … Continued
Today on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine we listen to a recent conversation recorded at the Impact Hub Oakland with feminist historian and cultural critic Lata Mani and filmmaker Nicolás Grandi, who are the co-directors of the inspiring new film “The Poetics of Fragility.” Ashara Ekundayo hosts a conversation with the filmmakers and activist and scholar … Continued
Kate Schatz, author of Rad Women Worldwide and Rad American Women A-Z, and Tara Dorabji, contributor to Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion, discuss their work. We also talk with Marilyn Langlois of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund about the situation following Hurricane Matthew and how to help.
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
