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Women’s Magazine – June 6, 2011

Malihe Razzazan talks to Zahra Noorbakhsh about her one woman comedy show, Maria M. Oppett and Renee Camilla tell us about KPFA’s First Voices Media Program, and we replay Kate Raphael’s interview about the alleged rape involving IMF head, Dominique Strauss-Kahn . Yvette Hochberg closes us out with the Women’s Community Calendar.


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Women’s Magazine – April 25, 2011

Veronica Faisant speaks with Asian American artist and curator, Cynthia Tom, about her upcoming exhibit, A Place of Her Own. Then Shuka Kalantari interviews Abjeez band members, Melody and Safoura Safavi. We close with updates from the Women’s Community Calendar. Stay Tuned!


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Womens Magazine – April 11, 2011

Kate Raphael  talks with the authors of a new book on criminalization of LGBT people in the United States, and you will  hear from filmmaker Maher Sabry about the role of LGBT people in the Tahrir Square uprising in Egypt.  Plus the Women’s Calendar. You can hear it online at www.kpfa.org/womensmagazine


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Womens Magazine – April 4, 2011

Today we discuss suicide among gay teenagers and ways to address it with a Hayward High School student.  Then we talk to the Sol Sistas – aka DJ Sol and Michelle – about the art of DJing and gender dynamics that accompany it.  We conclude with event updates on the Women’s Community Calendar.  Tune in!


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Women’s Magazine – March 21, 2011

Women and children are disproportionately susceptible to the dangers of radiation, but what are the dangers and which women are at risk?  And how do we protect ourselves?We talk with Dr. Helen Caldicott, the world’s leading antinuclear advocate, along with Patrice Sutton of the UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Enrivonment, and Dr. Robert … Continued


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Women’s Magazine – March 14, 2011

The financial difficulties threatening  the future of the largest lesbian cultural event, the San Francisco Dyke March.  And we talk to the amazing artist Meshell Ndegeocello, one of the first African American queer musicians to make it to the mainstream.  MeShell has been nominated for ten Grammys and has performed with artists such as: the … Continued


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Women’s Magazine – March 7, 2011

Women’s History Month Kicks Off on Women’s Magazine with: Women’s role in the Palestinian struggle for liberation, with Diana Buttu, former advisor to the PLO negotiation team; filmmaker Maher Sabry on LGBT participation in the Tahrir Square revolution; and Nell Myhand on the Mothers March Against Poverty, Criminalization and War coming up on Tuesday.  Plus … Continued