Womens Magazine
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.
Women’s Magazine – Feminists respond to AFRICOM; and rising to the challenge of breast cancer.
We speak with Nigerian feminist scholar Amina Mama about the growing pan-African feminism and its response to AFRICOM; and we hear about how one woman and her daughter dealt with the challenge of breast cancer. Plus a few words about the corporate campaign against breast cancer and the Women’s Community Calendar.
Women’s Magazine – October 4, 2010
Epcerpts of the award-winning film, “Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House.” This delightful documentary follows the lives of Ruth Berman and Connie Kurtz. The two met in 1959 as heterosexual married neighbors in Brooklyn and 15 years later, left their husbands for one another. The lifelong partners overcame both internal and external homophobia … Continued
Women’s Magazine – September 27, 2010
This Monday Women’s Magazine featured an interview with the award winning filmmaker Simone Bitton director of “Rachel” the newly released and deeply moving investigatory documentary that examines the death of peace activist and International Solidarity Movement (ISM) member Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003. We … Continued
Women’s Magazine – September 6, 2010
Listen to a reflective interview with Sunaina Maira, Professor of Asian American Studies at UC Davis, on her recent return from a year in Pakistan. Sunaina discusses the situation of the Pakistani left, women’s rights and the politics of aid relief against the backdrop of the recent disastrous floods in the country; and as part … Continued
Women’s Magazine – Equality Only With Justice and Peace
As we mark Women’s Equality Day, we ask what it means to seek equality in the context of a society deeply rooted in inequality. Cynthia Enloe talks with Christine Ahn about how militarism depends on women’s participation; and the founders of the radical magazine make/shift talk with Kate Raphael about their project of inspiring and … Continued
Women’s Magazine – August 23, 2010
Simin Yahaghi interviews professor Minoo Moallem, author of a groundbreaking book on feminism in Iran. Lisa Dettmer talks with lesbian author, activist and scholar Sarah Schulman about homophobia in families and its relationship to the demand for same-sex marriage. And we pay tribute to the great jazz singer Abbey Lincoln and feature some of her … Continued
Women’s Magazine – August 16, 2010
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.