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This week on Women's Magazine, strategies for preventing breast and cervical cancers. Eryn Matthewson talks with Dr. Barbara Brenner, founder and Executive Director of Breast Cancer Action, about the new mammography guidelines in this country. And Preeti Shekar interviews Dr. Kay Taylor of Prevention International about a transnational perspective on prevention of cervical cancer. After … Continued
Two interviews about conventions and marches that are important to keeping women's issues on the front burner. Lisa Dettmer will talk to feminist activist and scholar Judith Ezekiel about the herstory of International Women's Day which was reactivated in the 1960's by Laura X right here in Berkeley, and about why it is important to … Continued
This Monday, Women's Magazine features a conversation with Starhawk, renowned women's spirituality teacher, author and activist. Kate Raphael talks with Starhawk about the reinvention of goddess worship in the context of the women's movement, her new children's book The Last Wild Witch, and the recent Gaza Freedom March. Also, Gabrielle Wilson interviews Sumbul Ali-Karamali, author … Continued
As the rains begin in Haiti and public health disaster is threatened Lisa Dettmer talks to well known Haitian American author Edwidge Danticat about how the Haitian American community is responding to the Earth quake in Haiti and with Beverely Bell, editor of " Walking on Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance" and … Continued
Portions of a recent conversation with author, activist and playwright Eve Ensler and we will be offering a recording of this event along her new book "I am an Emotional Creature" as a premium. Eve Ensler is the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues, and has won major recognitions for her artistic and anti-violence work. … Continued
Updates from Haiti about how women's groups have mobilized to address the needs of Haitian women and girls – find out about the feminist solidarity camp. How are women getting access to non-traditional jobs?: A peek into new findings by the Institute of Women's Policy Research and the women's community calendar.
This week on Women's Magazine, feminist scholar Michele Wallace, author of Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman, on the tradition of Black feminism and the civil rights movement; Laura Flynn on situation in Haiti; Janney Castillo on the struggle for affordable housing; Kathy Spillar on the trial of the assassin of Dr. George … Continued
This Monday January 11th at 1 PM KPFA Radio's Women's Magazine will feature a special one hour documentary Beyond Gay Marriage; a documentary that provides a radical Queers critique of the Gay Marriage movement and the move toward a more assimiliationist and less radical gay politics. It is 40 years since the Stonewall rebellion that … Continued
