Womens Magazine

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


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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


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Womens Magazine – June 5, 2017

We talk with organizer, writer and freedom dreamer Alicia Garza, one of the founders of the #Black Lives Matter network. .Alicia is also Special Projects Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, the nation’s leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in the United States. And Giovanna Capone discusses the … Continued


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Restorative Justice

Today  we look at the practice of Restorative Justice and how that practice of justice based on healing provides an alternative to the punitive systems we have in our society today. Unlike the punitive system of justice we have Restorative Justice focuses on healing and transforming the wounds of victims, offenders and communities caused by … Continued


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Womens Magazine – May 8, 2017

We talk with Bo (Rita D.) Brown, who spent eight years in prison for her work as part of the revolutionary George Jackson Brigade.  A white working-class butch from rural Oregon, Brown was known as the “Gentleman Bank Robber,” for a number of years in Seattle.  Brown talks about coming out, becoming politicized and her … Continued


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Womens Magazine – May 1, 2017 – Hope and Dissent Through Writing and Action

L.A. Kauffman talks about the history of radical action in the U.S. beginning May Day 1971, when an audacious collection of radical announced that “If the government won’t stop the war, we’ll stop the government.”  The extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten action in Washington, D.C. leads into a discussion of movements from the anti-nuclear power protests of the 1970s and … Continued