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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.
Eryn Matthewson presents an in-depth interview with poet, activist and scholar Nikki Giovanni. And Kate Raphael talks with filmmaker and comedian Lisa Geduldig about her intergenerational friendship with octogenarian Esther Weintraub.
This week on Women’s Magazine, threatened cuts to Social Security will disproportionately impact women. Kate Raphael talks with Kathie Piccagli of the Older Women’s League about this issue. And we hear part of a speech by Dave Zirin on women and sports given at the 2009 Socialism Conference in San Francisco. Plus a tribute to … Continued
A look at what some progressive Queer activists are doing in the US and in Germany. Recently at Berlin’s Gay Pride, racism inside LGBTQ movements was publically highlighted when Queer theorist Judith Butler refused an award by the Berlin Gay Pride organizers. Paola Bacchetta speaks with Jin Haritaworn, a trans member of the queer of … Continued
Yvette Hochberg brings us the voices of women from Arnieville, the three-week old tent city that is fighting to save home health services for seniors and disabled people. And Sharon Sobotta introduces us to five of the amazing women who auditioned to become the next Oprah. Plus we’ll bring you an update on the case … Continued
On this week's Women's Magazine, you'll hear about some delicious diversions to fill up those long summer nights. Kate Raphael talks with author & writing teacher Elaine Beale about her new work Another Life Altogether, and takes us to the set of the lesbian musical Left of Oz. And Sharon Sobotta meets extraordinary women writers … Continued
The Women's Magazine is an hour long radio program that airs on KPFA radio that presents and discusses women's lives and issues globally and locally from a radical multiracial feminist mujerist womanist perspective.
Women's Magazine continues our special LGBT Pride Programing. We will talk to lesbian feminist activist and writer Sara Shulman about her new book "Ties That Bind: Familial Homphobia and Its Consequence " a book that explains how it is that our families are often the real source of homophobia. And we will pay tribute to … Continued
Kate Raphael talks with queer activists from Palestine, Toronto and San Francisco about the Israeli government's efforts to win support from the lesbian/gay/bi/trans community during this Pride season. Simin Yahaghi talks with Iranian filmmaker Shirin Neshat about her spectacular new film, "Women Without Men," and Fabled Asp founder Laura Rifkin tells us why 2010 Is … Continued
LIsa Dettmer talks to Pamela Peniston, Executive Director of the Queer Cultural Center, about the upcoming Queer Arts Festival events, a festival that is one of the largest and most cutting edge LGBT arts festivals in the world with hundreds of films, performances and art shows in various venues in the Bay Area throughout … Continued
Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity has brought the issue of the food we eat and who has access to healthy food to our national attention. But here in the Bay Area, women have been creating grassroots solutions to the food security crisis in our cities for a number of years. On Women's Magazine, Rivian … Continued
