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.
Kate Raphael talks with Lebanese-American cartoonist Jennifer Camper and Syrian American activist Alia Ghabra about the relevation that the popular Syrian American lesbian blogger Amina Arraf was really a white heterosexual man. Then, Kellia Ramares asks the question “Why must we pay to live on the planet we’re born on?” She talks with Genevieve Vaughan, … Continued
As Same-Sex Marriage protection is extended in more and more states and captivates the attention of the media and the LGBT community, radical Queers are asking, Why is gay marriage the primary issue of the Gay Community and what effect does the funding and emphasis on Same Sex Marriage have on other crucial life and … Continued
Today we honor Juneteenth and Pride Month by featuring panel discussions on the criminalization of African American girls and on how art and activism are tied to the Queer Women of Color Film Festival. We close with updates from the Women’s Community Calendar.
Lisa Dettmer talks with author and psychotherapist Harriet Fraad about how the Great Recession is transforming gender roles within marriage; and Kate Raphael speaks with journalist Lauren Wolfe about a new report documenting rampant sexual violence against journalists. Plus the Women’s Calendar.
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.
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!
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.
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
