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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.
This week, we talk about breast activism through the realms of breast feeding, breast cancer and the fight to stop the practice of breast ironing in Cameron. We also speak with author, environmental activist and founder of a sustainable bed and breakfast in Wisconsin called Inn Serendipity, Lisa Kivirist. Sharon Sobotta hosts.
This week on Women’s Magazine: we discuss the new Syrian opposition coalition with Afraa Jalabi of the Syrian National Council and Mohja Kahf, Professor of Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Arkansas. And we’ll dissect gender roles on some of the hottest shows on television (Nashville, Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Girls) with … Continued
Mani Feniger talks with Ruthanne Shpiner about her book The Woman in the Photograph, which documents her quest to learn about her mother’s life in Europe after finding an old photo. And Kate Raphael talks with Valori George and Kathleen Russell about the strange case of Eva Ruiz Gomez and the corruption and bias in … Continued
Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Laureate Aung Sang Suu Kyi spoke last month at a town hall meeting in San Francisco, home to the largest Burmese community in the United States. Feminist blogger Courtney Martin talks about her book Do It Anyway, exploring the lives and motivations of eight young women activists. And Ariel Julia … Continued
Global Val of Mutiny Radio speaks with Patricia Belasama and Mona Lisa Wallace of California NOW, Stacy Malkin of the campaign for GMO labeling, Janet Weil of Code Pink and Christina Wallace of Freedom Socialist Party about California ballot propositions and the issues in the national election we are not hearing about.
Val Ibarrra, of Mutiny Radio’s Common Thread Collective, joins the Women’s Mag team. She talks with Nancy Kivette and Nancy Merritt from the Peace Alliance, who are lobbying for creation of a Department of Peace and for the Youth Promise Initiative. She also speaks with Monique Graves about Lauren’s House 4 Positive Change, which works … Continued
One year after the brutal police attack on thousands off Occupy Oakland protesters, what has the movement accomplish? Where is it now? Kate Raphael speaks with Laleh Behbehanian and Tory Becker. And Democrazy Now: Karinda Dobbins and Dhaya Lakshminaryanan on their pre-election comedy show.
Nayomi Munaweera, author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors, speaks to Tara Dorabji and Nono Girl from Apex Express about her book and the incidents that inspired it. Then we hear a speech given by Leslie Feinberg on the complex relationship between the Trans and Women’s Liberation Movements.
