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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.
Lisa Dettmer talks to writers Roqayah Chamseddine about the Bourgeois Feminst’s who criticize women for not supporting the election of Hilary Clinton and to Bobby London, who in her article “When White Men Rape” looks at the double standard afforded David Bowie and other white celebrities who rape. And Lisa Marie Rollins talks to Helen … 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.
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
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
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
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
