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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.
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
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
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
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
We talk to Nanette Braun from the UN Women about the plans for the 2015 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against on November 25th. through December 10th . On the 60th year anniversary of the Montgomery Boycotts, we talk to Professor Jeanne Theoharis, about her book “The Rebellious Life of Mrs Rosa Parks” … Continued
First, Sharon Sobotta talks with Kumu Hina, subject of an award-winning PBS documentary, about gender and sexuality in native Hawaiian culture. Then Nina Serrano interviews Women’s Magazine producer and Palestine solidarity activist Kate Raphael about her debut novel, Murder Under the Bridge. Finally, singer/songwriter Bonnie Lockhart, founder of the activist singing troupe Occupella and climate justice organizer, sings … Continued
In 2008 artist Maya Gonzalez talks to U.C Berkeley Professor Laura E Perez about her 2007 book “Chicana Art: The Politics of Spiritual and Aesthetic Alterities.” One of the only books of its kind dedicated to Chicana feminist artists, Perez looks at over 40 local and national artists who challenge biased notions of gender, sexuality … Continued
Palestinian feminist educators discuss the current crisis and its historical context. First, from Jerusalem, we speak with Nadera Shalhoub Kevorkian, professor of criminology at the Hebrew University, and a member of the Jerusalemite Women’s Coalition. The coalition issued a call for protection to the international community last week. Then, Rabab Abdulhadi, professor of Ethnic Studies … Continued
Over the last year uprisings against police violence have erupted around the U.S. spearheaded by victims of violence and their families and the newly organized Black Lives Matter, an organization lead almost entirely by Black women. Internationally women of color are also organizing against state violence. And this October 31st women of color in France … Continued
Women’s Magazine talks with Adrienne Lauby, host and producer of Pushing Limits on KPFA, about her work with Homeless Action in Sonoma County. Adrienne was recently honored for her activism by the Sonoma County Task Force for the Homeless. We talk about gender dynamics in homeless communities and about creative solutions to the exploding housing … Continued
