Womens Magazine – February 1, 2016
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.
Two segments look at the experience of “women of a certain age” in a culture obsessed with eternal youth. Lily Iona McKenzie joins me to talk about her rich journey from high school dropout and teenage mom in Alberta to author, writing teacher and labor leader in San Francisco, with forays into longshore work, waitressing … Continued
How Black Women Led Birth of N.O.W. Daisy Bates speaks during the Aug. 23, 1963, March on Washington. Bates, mentor to the Little Rock Nine, was the only woman to speak at the event 50 years ago in which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. Source Times Record: … Continued
Womens Magazine – January 11, 2016
This Monday january 11th lisa dettmer talks to feminist film scholar Professor Hilary Radner, author of “Neo-Feminist Cinema; Girly Films, Chick Flicks and Consumer Culture” and co-editor of “Feminism at the Movies, Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema ” about the rise of what she calls the neo feminist film. Beginning with the release of … Continued
Womens Magazine – January 4, 2016 – The Radical Passions of Marie Equi
Marie Equi was a doctor, an open lesbian, an abortion provider, a suffragist and an outspoken labor activist in early twentieth century Oregon. She was called “one of the most dangerous anarchists” in the country and went to prison for her opposition to World War I. Why is Equi so much less known than her friends and … Continued
Womens Magazine – December 28, 2015
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Womens Magazine – December 21, 2015
The United Nations recently sent a team of experts to the US to look at the state of women’s rights. They described the inequities they found as shocking and in several key respects far worse than other developed countries, worse even than in some developing countries. We talk with Frances Raday, a member of that … Continued
Womens Magazine – December 14, 2015
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Women’s Magazine – December 7, 2015 – Racism and the Global Beauty Industry; AIDS Activism as a Model for Social Change
Meeta Rani Jha joins us to discuss her new book, The Global Beauty Industry: Colorism, Racism and the National Body. Also, we talk with Sarah Schulman, producer of the film United In Anger: A History of ACT UP, and with younger AIDS activist, Cyd Nova. What lessons does ACT UP offer for young activists, and … Continued
Womens Magazine – November 30, 2015 – 28 Ways of Looking at Hillary Clinton; Between Iran and US
First up, we talk with Joanne Cronrath Bamberger, editor of Love Her, Love Her Not: The HIllary Paradox. In the anthology, 28 women present analysis and views of HRC, her candidacy and her meaning for US women. Bamberger is an entrepreneurial journalist, award-winning writer, and attorney, is the publisher and editor in chief of The … Continued