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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.
On today’s show, we hear the words and wisdom of veteran activists, Grace Lee Boggs and Angela Davis. In the first half of the show, Grace Lee Boggs reflects on her life, revolution, and her new book – The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism in the 21st Century. In the second half of the show, … Continued
Lisa Dettmer remembers lesbian ecofeminist and animal rights activist and author Marti Kheel. Kate Raphael talks with Sahar Francis, director of the Palestinian prisoner support group Addameer, about the case of hunger striking political prisoner Hana Shalabi, whose detention was a focus of International Women’s Day in Palestine. And we talk with Loubna Qatami of … Continued
In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we rebroadcast two interviews done by Kate Raphael. She discusses the history of International Women’s Day and the importance of Internationalist Feminism with Bay Area activists, Aileen Clarke Hernandez and Judith Mirkinson. Kate also speaks with professor and author, Michelle Wallace, about race, gender, and … Continued
Eryn Matthewson speaks with Lateefah Simon, MacArthur fellow for her work on civil rights and women’s empowerment; Kate Raphael interviews Zainab al Khawaja, leading Bahraini human rights activist; and Saria Idana talks about her solo show exploring the Israel/Palestine issue, “Homeless in Homeland.”
Kate Raphael speaks with writer, Matthilda Bernstein Sycamore, about the new anthology, Why Are Faggots so Afraid of Faggots? Then Preeti Mangala Shekar speaks to Jeff Bucholtz about his documentary film, A Way from Violence.
We mark the 39th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade with reproductive justice activists Ana Rodriguez of Access Women’s Health Justice and Belle Taylor-McGhee of Trust Black Women, and we hear a panel on Fifty Years of the Pill in Australia – an Incomplete Revolution, tracing the history and impact of the contraceptive pill. We also … Continued
Women’s Magazine acknowledges and honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and what would have been his 83rd birthday, by honoring people who continue to work peace and justice. Lisa Dettmer and Preeti Mangala Shekar reflect on lessons learned from Yvette Hochburg’s death. They also speak with Yvette’s niece, Lara Withrob, about the care and … Continued
