1:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS
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
If you need a laugh Women’s Magazine is the place to be; we are featuring an hour of comedy. In the first half hour you’ll hear from a Trinidadian/Tobagan comic, Donna Haddad, who encourages us to speak more openly about the seldom-acknowledged vagina. You’ll also hear from what most consider the ultimate in women’s comedy: … Continued
Women's Magazine looks at women and homelessness. We talk to local film director Kerri Gawryn about her ground breaking film "Exposing Homelessness" a new documentary that features 3 former homeless women and depicts their experiences of being homeless through their own photography. And we talk to local spiritual healer Cheryl Dawson about her work with … Continued
This week on Women's Magazine, Feminist Roundtable on Health Care Reform and the Stupak Amendment. We analyze the health care debacle and the attack on women's rights with Lupe Rodriguez from ACCESS-Women's Health Rights Coalition, Serena Garcia from Sistersong Women of Color Health Collective and Marit Knudson from Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights. … Continued
