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Women’s Magazine – December 2, 2013

What makes a writer feminist, and what makes feminists writers? Gayle Greene, author of The Poetics of Change: The Fiction of Doris Lessing discusses one of the iconic women writers of the twentieth century, who sometimes rejected the label of feminist, but inspired a generation of feminist readers and writers. And authors Dorothy Allison and … Continued


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Women’s Magazine – November 25, 2013

We speak with science fiction author and blogger Kameron Hurley, author of God’s War, Rapture and Infidel; and playwright Mona Mansour, whose play “Urge For Going,” the second in a trilogy, tells the story of Palestinian refugees in a Lebanese camp.  And in honor of Thanksgiving, we hear excerpts of speeches by Arundathi Roy and … Continued


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Women’s Magazine – November 11, 2013

Eating disorders are not only a teenage problem. Up to 4% of women over 50 struggle with anorexia, binge eating, bulimia or another type of eating disorder, and only 1 in 10 of those who suffer from these conditions seek treatment for them. Though people with eating disorders feel shame, they are medical conditions with … Continued


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Womens Magazine – November 4, 2013

We hear from Indian feminist activist Kavita Krishnan, secretary of the All India Progressive Women’s Association, a group that organizes poor women workers against feudal violence and state repression against women. We hear the talk she gave at UC Berkeley this September called Women Want Freedom — Shifting the Terms of the Debate which is … Continued


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Women’s Magazine – October 28, 2013

Author Eileen Pollack, one of the first women to get a BS in Physics from Yale, looks at why thirty-five years later, there are still so few US women in science.  Iranian American playwright Torange Yeghezarian discusses her play “444 Days”, in which a former American hostage and one of his captors meet again twenty-five … Continued