Womens Magazine
1:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
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.
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!
Women’s Magazine – April 18, 2011
Today we take a look at Ashley Judd’s new memoir and her apology to the rap & hip hop world and why women are so involved in recent Protests in Yemen. Then we talk to local harpist – Destiny Muhammad and hear updates from the Women’s Community Calender.
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
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!
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
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
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