KPFA Women's Magazine

February 6th: KPFA Pledge Drive. Support Women's Magazine

2012-02-08T18:29:00.000-08:00

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Yes, it's that time again. Hard to believe.

This Monday, February 6, Women's Magazine had our first fund drive special. It's very important, as always, that we make a good showing to ensure that we're able to continue bringing the voices of grassroots feminists and gender activists to our community airwaves.

Eryn and I put together a terrific Feminist SuperPack for this show, including speeches by Melissa Harris-Perry and Jane Fonda, and interviews with Michelle Wallace and Starhawk.

Please pledge your support for KPFA and Women's Magazine.

Thanks so much for all your past support and please give if you are able to keep feminism alive at KPFA.

Always,

Kate

Click here to listen to the show. 59:52 min

January 30th: Gay male sexual culture. Also men working to stop violence against women.

2012-02-05T13:23:00.000-08:00

Kate Raphael speaks with writer, Matthilda Bernstein Sycamore, about the new anthology, Why Are Faggots so Afraid of Faggots?, a critique of gay male sexual culture.

Then Preeti Mangala Shekar speaks to Jeff Bucholtz about his documentary film, A Way from Violence, about how men are taking responsibility for ending violence against women.

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January 23rd: The Current State of Reproductive Justice

2012-01-24T19:50:00.000-08:00

"The Choice is Yours!" from www.accesswhj.org

Reproductive freedom is not only about abortion but about women's health and access to a full reproductive life. States' legislatures continue attacks on women's reproductive rights. 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.

We also talk about Gov. Brown’s proposal to eliminate the California Commission on the Status of Women with Executive Director Beth McGovern.

Next we hear a panel on Fifty Years of the Pill in Australia – an Incomplete Revolution, tracing the history and impact of the contraceptive pill. This segment is brought to us by Women's International News Gathering Service/WINGS.

For Women's Calendar Events and to listen to the entire show click here.

January 9th: Remembering Yvette Hochberg, Occupy Movements International, and Nursing Moms Fight Back

2012-01-09T21:39:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Lenore Chinn for posting great photos of Yvette

It is with great sadness that we air this Women's Magazine in memory of Yvette Hochberg who died on January 8th. Yvette was a lesbian activist/feminist/internationalist with boundless energy. She produced the Women's Calendar for Women's Magazine since 2005. She will be greatly missed. Kate Raphael remembers her coproducer and fellow activist, along with professor Paola Bachetta and Global Fund for Women's Muadi Mukenge.

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Egyptian activist Shimaa Helmi talks about the Tahrir Square liberation movement in Egypt and her views on the Occupy Wall Street in the US.

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Keep up with Shimaa through her facebook page or read her blog.

Occupy SF and ally groups are gearing up for a day of action on Friday, January 20. In preparation, housing activists rallied at Bank of America in the Excelsior District last Saturday, while the LGBT labor group Pride at Work staged a flash mob at Wells Fargo in downtown.

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In November, employees at a Target store in Houston asked Michelle Hickman to stop breastfeeding her baby in the store. Hickman worked with Best for Babes to organize a national nurse-in to call Target out for violating the law by discriminating against nursing moms. Ingrid Daffner-Krasnow participated in the event at the Target store in Emeryville, where management is supportive of nursing mothers and their right to breastfeed.

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Listen to the full show in KPFA's archives.

December 19th: Textile Arts, Reproductive Technology, and Occupy Oakland

2011-12-20T21:02:00.000-08:00

Rocks and Rills, by Mary Walker Phillips
courtesy of San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

Join Kate Raphael in the streets to hear feminist voices from Occupy Oakland's West Coast Port Shutdown.

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Next listen to a fascinating conversation with textile artist and Howard University Prof. Karen Hampton about her work, the history of African American women's textiles, and the show Invisible Lineage at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles.

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We also hear a talk by Sujatha Jesudason, Executive Director of Generations Ahead, on sex selection, genetic technology and a more nuanced meaning of reproductive choice.

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To hear the entire show as aired on KPFA, click here.

Occupying Women: A New World or Patriarchy as Usual?

2011-11-29T13:53:00.000-08:00

How feminist is the Occupy movement?

Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael hosts a lively and entertaining discussion among Cyn, Kaitlyn and Frank of Occupy Oakland's Feminist And Queers Against Capitalism and Shaista Husain of Occupy Wall Street's Safer Spaces and Immigrant Justice Working Groups. We discuss whether large-scale consensus process is truly empowering for women, people of color and trans folks, how the encampments have dealt with

violence and harassment, and whether Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street deserves all the ink it's gotten. Plus thoughts on whether "the 99%" is inclusive or alienating, and what the future of Occupy might look like.

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On Saturday, December 3, join queer economic justice action groups for Occupy The Castro, 12:00 noon at Harvey Milk Plaza.

There will be a feminist bloc in Oakland for the West Coast Port Shutdown on December 12.

Also check out these great links for more on Occupying Feminism:

WINGS #31-11 Feminists Occupy Occupy. Length: 28:47 Women's issues cannot be an afterthought, women occupiers say.
Inspired by feminist underground radios in the 1983 film Born in Flames, three women of a newer generation start a podcast series. The premier edition looks at efforts to keep women's issues on the agenda of Occupy Wall Street and its satellite occupations. Hosts: Becca Wilkerson, Catherine Barbarits and Kathy Miriam. Guests: Lucinda Marshall from Feminist Peace Network, co-founder of the new blog Occupy Patriarchy; Sarah Slamen, feminist working on women's issues at Occupy Houston.

Occupy Patriarchy

Women Occupy

November 7th: Women's Magazine on Women Military Resisters

2011-11-08T10:56:00.000-08:00

Veterans Day Focus on Women Military Resisters

In our Veterans' Day show, we speak with Cindy Whitman-Bradley about the new book About Face: Military Resisters Turn Against War. She tells the stories of some of the women resisters interviewed in the book. 13:16 min.

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We also speak with Emily Yates of Iraq Veterans Against the War about her service and how she came to Iraq Veterans Against the War. She talks about what happens to women vets when they come home and how Operation Recovery is helping veterans. In this interview Emily also gives an update on Scott Olsen who was seriously injured by police at Occupy Oakland. 18:17 min.

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Demonstration of Iraq Veterans Against the War

To hear music by Nora Roman and listen to the entire show as broadcast on KPFA click here. 59:00 min.

October 10th: Support KPFA Women's Magazine

2011-10-10T17:37:00.000-07:00

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Today is your one and only chance to show your support for feminist/womanist centered programming on Listener-sponsored KPFA radio. Please pledge today between 1:00 and 2:00 pm by calling 1-800-439-5732 or pledging securely online at www.kpfa.org. If you can tune in, we'll be airing a lively interview I did with Abby Epstein, director of the films "The Business of Being Born" and "More Business of Being Born."

We will be offering great premiums: The Business of Being Born, an informative and entertaining DVD for a pledge of $75, and the book, Your Best Birth, for $60. For a pledge of $110 you can get both the DVD and the book.

Or if you would rather have another premium, I believe you can go to the website and choose your premium but if you give during that timeslot, it still credits to us and you can leave a comment saying you support women's magazine.

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Kate

This Week on Women's Magazine

2011-09-26T14:47:00.000-07:00

Michelle Bachmann claims vaccinating girls against the HPV virus causes brain damage and encourages twelve year olds to have sex. Progressive pundits say the vaccine is safe and prevents cervical cancer. Health writer Lucinda Marshall says the real issue is drug company influence on our public policy.

And, Muslim women speak about the impact of 9/11 on their lives, at a panel commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Twin Towers attack.

Plus music by Berkeley Women's Music Collective, and Pakistani Girl Band The Cheapmunks

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Muslim American Women Speak About 9/11

2011-09-26T14:12:00.000-07:00

Muslim women, and especially their dress, have become in many ways the symbols of 9/11. Yet we rarely hear the voices of Muslim women. In a panel held on September 11, 2011, five Muslim women speak about their personal experiences and the impact of the events of 2001 on their communities. The panel was organized by Friends of South Asia and held in San Francisco.

Speakers:

Veena Dubal, courtesy
Asian Law Caucus

Veena Dubal, civil rights activist and attorney, Asian Law Caucus, Staff Attorney, National Security & Civil Rights Program

Fariba Nawa, an award-winning Afghan-American journalist specializing in immigrant communities in the United States. She lived and reported from Afghanistan from 2002 to 2007, witness to the US-led war against the Taliban and al Qaeda. Her work has appeared in the Sunday Times of London, Newsday, Mother Jones, The Village Voice, The Christian Science Monitor, as well as radio reports for National Public Radio (NPR).

Roshni Rustomjee-Kerns, Professor Emerita, Sonoma State University. Roshni Rustomji-Kerns was born in India and educated in India, Pakistan, Lebanon, Mexico, and the United States. Her short stories have been included in the anthologies Our Feet Walk the Sky: Women of the South Asian Diaspora, Her Mother's Ashes and Other Stories, and Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map North America (1996). She is the coeditor of Blood into Ink: South Asian and Middle Eastern Women Write War (Westview, 1994).

Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson, Director of Research, War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, VA Palo Alto. Her current research is on trauma related changes in veterans and includes post deployment health complaints from recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Fariba Nawa says people always
tell her "You don't look Afghan"

Yasmin Qureshi, is a bay area human rights activist involved in social justice movements in South Asia and Palestine. She works with the Culture and Conflict Forum in the South Bay. Originally from India she continues to work with women artisans in Lucknow, Aligarh and Delhi, helping them with income generation schemes. Her articles have been published by CounterPunch, Z communication and electronic intifada.

Moderator:

Sharon Sobotta, Director, Women’s Resource Center, St Mary’s College, journalist, educator and world traveler. Her expertise is on documenting everyday struggles and societal impact of xenophobia, Islamophobia, racism and sexism. She’s the author of The Journey of Life: 100 Lessons from Around the World. Sharon is a reporter for Pacifica News and producer for Women’s Magazine.

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The HPV Vaccine Controversy - Follow the Money

2011-09-26T13:29:00.000-07:00

candidates at Republican debate, from Huffington Post

Feminist Health writer Lucinda Marshall says the real issue is drug company influence on our public policy. In this segment we look at the aggressive marketing campaign launched by Merck Corporation for its vaccine Gardasil, and how that may have influenced the process of its becoming so prevalent.
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Women's Magazine featured on WINGS

2011-09-19T20:11:00.000-07:00

We are very proud that WINGS, Women's International News Gathering Service, has rebroadcast our interview with author Kathleen Barry on "How Empathy Can Reshape Our Politics, Our Soldiers and Ourselves"

Kathleen Barry's 1st book Female Sexual Slavery started a global anti-trafficking movement. In an interview with Kate Raphael of KPFA Women's Magazine, Barry discusses her fifth book, which considers how normal empathy is suppressed in men for the purpose of making wars, and how women and men can work to change that.

See the program on the WINGS website

September 12th: Feminism After 9-11: Women Reflect on Ten Years of War

2011-09-15T11:48:00.000-07:00

http://p3books.com/redhighways

Are we in a "state of perpetual war?" How do we get the anti-war energy back and make ourselves heard? Kate Raphael talks with Rose Aguilar, host of Your Call on KALW and author of Red Highways: A Liberal's Journey Through the Heartland, and with Zeina Zaatari, regional director for Middle East and North Africa at Global Fund for Women. We discuss the legacy of 9-11 for women both here and in the areas targeted by the U.S. war on terror. 44:20 min.

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Succumbing to enormous pressure from the Jewish Federation and the Jewish Community Relations Council of the East bay, the Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA) in Oakland cancelled an exhibit of Palestinian children's art called "A Child’s View From Gaza." MOCHA and the Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) had been working together for several months to bring this exhibit to the Bay Area community. Tell MOCHA to show "A Child's View From Gaza." Call 510-465-8770, email at hello@mocha.org, or go to www.mecaforpeace.org

We also preview the dramas "Unveiled," now playing at Brava, and "Janaki: Daughter of the Dirt" opening September 16 at Mission Cultural Center. Click here to link to WINGS and listen to this segment. 30 min.

Go to KPFA: Women's Magazine to hear the Dixie Chicks, Buffy Sainte-Marie and listen to the entire show. 59:50 min.

August 29th: Girls in the Age of Facebook, and the Sex Shop Around the Corner

2011-08-30T19:33:00.000-07:00

Kate Raphael speaks with Dr. Leonard Sax about his book, Girls on the Edge: the four factors driving the new crisis for girls. They discuss the impact of technological and social changes on girls over the last 50 years. 37:39 min.

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If you think dildos are only for lesbians then you haven't heard about Feelmore 510. Eryn Mathewson interviews Nenna Joiner, owner of the new adult gallery, Feelmore 510 about why an adult store in Oakland, and what you can find there.

Click here to listen to entire show. 59 min.

August 22nd: Film, Art and The Intersections Between Them

2011-08-22T18:16:00.000-07:00

Viola Davis stars as Abilene in "The Help"

Whether or not you loved The Help you'll appreciate this perspective on the movie based on Kathryn Stockett's novel. Eryn Matthewson speaks with Dr. Brittney Cooper and others about the controversial film, "The Help." Check out Dr. Cooper's blog or contact her.
Read more of what African American feminists have to say about "The Help".
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Preeti Shekar speaks with Aniruddhan Vasudevan about his upcoming show Brinhalla, part of the Queer Eye South Asian LGBT film and art fest. Vasudevan talks about his personal experience as a cross-dresser in traditional Indian dance and many aspects of sexuality and gender in Indian society both political and cultural. His performance will be at the Women's Building in San Francisco this weekend, August 28th at 5PM.

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Kate Raphael talks with Lynn Hershmann Leeson about her documentary, "!Women Art Revolution." Lynn has been filming women artist for four decades and her film features 65 Feminist artists from the 70's, 80's and 90's. Be sure to check out the interactive gallery. The film opens on August 26th in San Francisco.
Get MP3 or listen now. 17:39 min.

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August 1st: Women's Magazine Replays Freedom's Warrior: The Life and Times of Marilyn Buck

2011-08-01T13:58:00.000-07:00

It has been one year since Marilyn Buck's death. Women's Magazine honors her memory and reminds us how much she is still missed.

Click to hear the interview with Marilyn's friends and chosen family, fellow prisoners and lawyers.

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July 18: Reaping Inspiration from the Seeds of Desperation

2011-07-18T18:44:00.000-07:00

Taeva Scheffler of Prison Activist Resource Center talks about how women are organizing to support the California prisoners' hunger strike, now in its third week. 25 mins.

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Thanks to Movement Productions

We also speak with author and performer Conscious about her groundbreaking one-woman show based on her book Getting Unstuck: Homeless to Hollywood. Conscous will talk about her extraordinary career and the invisibility of male to female to female HIV transmission. Contact Conscious on Facebook

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July 11th: Women veterans use art to heal and Queer Women of Color Film festival Panelists speak about art and activism

2011-07-12T13:01:00.000-07:00

Today on our show, we hear from women veterans about how art can help them manage and cope with the impact of deployment. An exhibition at Shout, sponsored by Swords to Ploughshares ended June 30th but can be seen online. Two of the artists featured in interview are Vicki Hudson and Nicole Gim.

Later we revisit Queer Women of Color Film Festival and hear different perspectives on combining art and activism.

Also, Women's Events Calendar. 59:52 min.

Click here to listen to the entire show. 59:52 min.

July 4: Arab Lesbians Live! and "Beyond the Money Paradigm"

2011-07-04T16:02:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago, kidnapped Syrian American lesbian blogger Amina Arraf was unmasked as Tom MacMaster, a straight white guy from the U.S., now living in Scotland. Then, the blogger who first promoted and later helped expose him was found to be ... you got it, another straight guy, leading John Stewart to comment "It turns out, the lesbians we care most about in the world are dudes!"

We talk about the meaning of all this with Lebanese American cartoonist Jennifer Camper, who says "I always assumed men were pretending to be lesbians, and I always figured they would end up talking to each other." Turnabout is fair play, she says, so she created the blog hetwhiteboy where she, as an Arab lesbian, can pretend to be a white man pretending to be an Arab lesbian. Also joining us is Alia Ghabra, an actual Syrian American lesbian, who talks about what's really happening for LGBT folks in Syria, and what the support for Amina says about the Arab queer community. (cartoon at left (c) Jennifer Camper)

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To learn more about queers in the Arab world, check out these excellent sites:
Bint el Nas, online journal "designed to serve the needs and interests of women who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (including female-to-male and male-to-female trans* people in any state of transition), and who are identified ethnically or culturally with the Arab world"
Meem, a community of lesbian, bisexual, queer and questioning women and transgender people in Lebanon
Al Qaws for Gender and Sexual Diversity in Palestine
Aswat Palestinian Gay Women
Helem, Lebanese Protection for LGBTs

Jadaliyya, an independent ezine produced by Arab Studies Institute, a network of writers associated with the Arab Studies Journal
Now Lebanon, for up-to-date info about Arab Spring and political news from the Arab world

Listen to entire July 4 show, including "Beyond the Money Paradigm" from WINGS, and the Women's Community Calendar.

From WINGS: Beyond the Money Paradigm

2011-07-04T13:22:00.000-07:00

Kellia Ramares asks the question "Why must we pay to live on the planet we're born on?" She talks with three women who study how to meet human needs but bypass the capitalist framework.

Featured Speakers/Guests: Genevieve Vaughan, author of For-Giving: A Feminist Criticism of Exchange, and editor of Women and the Gift Economy; Janelle Orsi, co-director of the “sustainable economies law center” and producer of the video "Economy Sandwich"; Roxanne Meadows of The Venus Project, who envisions a future "resource-based economy.

Listen to the piece. Courtesy of Women's International News Gathering Service (WINGS).

June 27th: Beyond Gay Marriage

2011-06-27T17:20:00.000-07:00

This documentary includes the voices of:
Kenyon Farrow, Executive Director of Queers for Economic Justice
Brian Bassinger, Executive Director, Aids Housing Alliance of San Francisco
Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
Professor Lisa Duggan, NYU
Professor Dean Spade , Seattle University School of Law
Professor Priya Kandaswamy, University of Portland
and many more dynamic and articulate voices for LGBT liberation in the context of all liberation.

Don't miss "Beyond Gay Marriage".

"Beyond Gay Marriage" was produced as part of Queer Radical Voices. For other groundbreaking documentaries on queer issues you don't usually hear about, check out http://queerradio.blogspot.com/.

To learn more about people and groups who are building a queer liberation agenda, see http://www.beyondmarriage.org/.

To hear today's Women's Calendar Events listen to entire show.

June 20th: Women's Magazine honors Juneteenth and Pride Month with two very important broadcasts.

2011-06-23T11:31:00.000-07:00

This broadcast features two panel discussions held this year.

The first segment is a discussion on the criminalization of African American girls that took place at the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice in March with Rev. Dr. Toni Dunbar and Barry Krisberg.

The next segment's focus is how art and activism are tied to the Queer Women of Color Film Festival. It includes a panel with African-American writer Jewel Gomez and Chicana activist Olga Talamante. Get MP3. 1hr 32min.

We close with updates from the Women's Community Calendar. Click here to listen. 59:51 min.

June 13th: Why US women are rejecting marriage...And the unspoken risk of sexual violence against women journalist.

2011-06-13T18:18:00.000-07:00

Are US Women Rejecting Marriage? and Why? Dr. Harriet Fraad author of The Great Recession and Gender Marriage Transformation talks about the disentegration of marriage in the US from an economic viewpoint.

Listen or Get MP3 36:01 min.

Lauren Wolfe of the Committee to Protect Journalists talks about the risks of sexual violence international women journalists face. Some news agencies are considering giving them rape kits to take into field yet many women still refuse to talk about their encounters with sexual abuse and sexual violation. The entire report can be found at http://www.cpj.org/reports/2011/06/silencing-crime-sexual-violence-journalists.php

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June 6th: Interview with Zahra Noorbakhsh, writer/performer/comedian. And more!

2011-06-07T10:21:00.000-07:00

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. 59:52 min.

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The Strauss-Kahn Affair: International Feminists Call for Justice

2011-06-06T13:36:00.000-07:00

In this interview, French feminist Judith Ezekiel and Bay Area writer and activist Roxann Dunbar Ortiz talk about rape allegations against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and and how international feminists are organizing to counter media spin that puts the blame on the survivor. 19:05 min. Listen or Get MP3

African Organizations Speak Out in Support of Survivor

According to various sources, thé Senegalese Association of thé Legal Profession (l’Association des juristes sénégalaises [AJS]) and thé African Meeting for thé Defense of Human Rights (Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’homme [RADDHO] have issued a declaration supporting Nafissatou Diallo. In her declaration, Fatou Kiné Camara of the AJS, denounced "all strategies that consist in digging into the pas of the victim, trying to dirty her reputation or discredit her and thus to inverse the roles." Camara challenged African nations to see to it that the Nafissatous around the world no longer suffer such treatment in silence.

http://ubiznews.com/news/politique/item/614-les-réactions-de-juristes-africains-sur-laffaire-dsk
http://afriquehebdo.com/250521074-affaire-dsk-des-activistes-africains-soutiennent-nafissatou-diallo

Global Feminists' Petition Demanding Justice

We agree:

Rape is always about power and domination; it is sexualized violence.

Rape and sexual harassment of women are pervasive at all strata of society and in all corners of the globe. Women will never be fully free and able to enjoy equality with men until this ends. As feminists, we see the arrest of former International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges as an opportunity to increase public awareness and as a wake-up call to renew action against sexual violence, not only in the US where his arrest occurred and in France, where media and many public figures are portraying him as the victim, but around the world.

We join French feminists in saying that just as Strauss-Kahn is innocent until proven guilty, his accuser must also be respected and believed to be credible unless proven false. We commend her employer, Sofitel, and the action of the NYC Police for taking her complaint seriously. We call for feminists around the world to join with her union (New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council Local 6) in collecting funds for legal and daily expenses, as her work is now curbed and life circumstances vastly altered. Contributions can be sent to Judson Memorial Church (attention Women's Fund) 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012-1018, or online at https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=ab6736 (write “women’s fund” in the comments box).

We also share French feminist indignation at the deliberate and opportunistic confusion of seduction and sexual violence, from Strauss-Kahn's declaration that he "loves women," to the journalists and politicians who rally behind this "Great Seducer." It is outrageous that the allegation of attempted rape during the course of a housekeeper's work day raises issues about any woman's life story and sexual history. And portraying powerful Strauss-Kahn as "too civilized" to commit a violent crime plays upon colonial and racist stereotypes vis-à-vis an African immigrant woman.

We adamantly oppose all harassment, sexual violence and rape, and we know that when there is a large discrepancy between the power, the wealth and racial hierarchy of the parties involved, justice is even harder to come by. All rapists and harassers believe they are entitled, and often when they are part of the power elite they assume that influence will outweigh the legal protection and freedom from coercion all women should enjoy. Feminists around the world demand that justice be done.

Women of all countries, unite!
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May 30th: Women's Magazine talks to Kathleen Barry about war and violence against women. Also the Strauss-Kahn Affair: Let Justice Be Done.

2011-05-30T14:30:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day is a holiday dedicated to the men who gave their lives as soldiers for their country. Kathleen Barry, author of Unmaking War, Remaking Men talks to Kate Raphael about how socializing men to hold their own lives expendable promotes both violence against women and an endless war. 33:30 min.

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Plus we talk to French feminist Judith Ezekiel and local activist Roxann Dunbar Ortiz about the Strauss-Kahn rape case and its aftermath. 19:05 min.

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Click to hear the entire show including Women's Events Calendar for this week.

May 16th: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama on Lives Given to Struggle

2011-05-17T15:42:00.000-07:00

Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama - A Conversation on Life, Struggles & Liberation features conversations that span 13 years between two formidable women whose lives and political work remain at the epicenter of the most important civil rights struggles in the US. We talk with directors HLT Quan and CA Griffith. We will be offering the film as a premium with $100 donation. http://www.quadproductions.org/ 24 min.

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May 16 Special Fund Drive Show - Angela Davis and Yuri Kochiyama

2011-05-11T16:16:00.000-07:00

On Monday, May 16, we will offer the extraordinary film "Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis and Yuri Kochiyama: A Conversation on Life, Struggles and Liberation " as a thank you gift for your pledge to support Women's Magazine.

We'll play excerpts of this inspiring film that chronicles more than 50 years in the lives of two of the most influential radical women of our time. And we will present an interview with the directors of the film, HLT Quan and CA Griffith.

Don't forget to tune in at 1:00 pm on Monday, May 16 at 94.1 FM in the Bay Area or at http://www.kpfa.org/.

Help keep KPFA and Women's Magazine on the air!

April 11th: Criminalization of queers in U.S. & queers in the Egyptian uprising

2011-04-13T10:00:00.000-07:00

Kate Raphael interviews Kay Whitlock, Andrea Ritchie, and Joey Mogul authors of Queer (In)Justice The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States. Their new book examines the perpertration of violence against Queer people by police and other law enforcement agencies in the US.

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In the second part of today's show filmmaker Maher Sabry talks about his life as a Gay man in the Arab world, his film All My Life, the role of LGBT people in the Tahrir Square uprising in Egypt and more.

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Click this link to hear the entire show, including Women's Calendar. 59:48 min.

April 4th: Gay suicide and DJing and gender dynamics.

2011-04-08T14:44:00.000-07:00

Today we discuss suicide among gay teenagers and ways to address it with a Hayward High School student.

For more information check out gsanetwork and GLSEN.

Then we talk to the Sol Sistas - aka DJ Sol and Michelle - about the art of DJing and gender dynamics that accompany it.

We conclude with event updates on the Women's Community Calendar. 59:48 min

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March 21: Health risks to women and kids from Japan's nuclear accident; and a conversation with author-activist Margaret Randall

2011-03-21T14:55:00.000-07:00

Women and children are disproportionately susceptible to the dangers of radiation, but what are the dangers and which women are at risk? And how do we protect ourselves?

We talk with Dr. Helen Caldicott, the world's leading antinuclear advocate, along with Patrice Sutton of the UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, and Dr. Robert Gould, local president of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Don't miss Dr. Caldicott's analysis of how testosterone causes radiation. 20:49 min.

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Emiko Hirano of the New Japan Women's Association urges the US government to return the money the people of Japan pay to support US military bases in order to help rebuild Japan from the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami:

Dear our friends in the U.S. peace community,

This is Emiko HIRANO, international section head of the New Japan Women's Association (Shinfujin).

Thank you very much for solidarity, compassion and support you have been extending to us, in this most difficult time in our postwar history. You keep reminding us that we are not alone in enduring and recovering from the unprecedented tragedy.

President Barack Obama said in his statement on Thursday, "We will stand with the people of Japan as they contain this crisis, recover from this hardship, and rebuild their great nation." We are grateful that the president of our ally is ready to do whatever it can to help us out of this tragedy.

The New Japan Women's Association calls on our sisters and brothers, friends of the U.S. peace and just movement to ask your president to return the money he receives from the Japanese government, that is our taxpayers' money, to cover the 75 percent of the cost of the U.S. military stationing in Japan. We have over 130 U.S. military bases and facilities with about 40,000 personnel. The expenses for the maintaining the U.S. military in our country is called "sympathy budget," (host nation support in your media) because it covers far beyond the Japan's obligation under the Security Treaty; it includes the salaries of the Japanese employees working in the bases, as well as heating, electricity and water, and even dry-cleaning charges of military families. In 2010, the expenses totaled nearly 190 billion yen (about $1.6 billion), and Japan covers 50 percent of all the cost of U.S. military stationed around the world.

With the unprecedented scale of damage in Tohoku region, well-known for its fishery and agricultural products, and the possible radiation contamination, we need money for the rescue work and for assisting the people who barely survived to recover. In the long run, Japan will need more and more money not only for the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas but also for recovering from the economic and human losses we are facing as a whole nation. We cannot afford sustaining U.S. military bases and daily life of
the military families any more while we need money to help our fellow people living in sorrow, grief and fear to get back to their normal life as soon as possible, although life will not be the same as it used to be.

Please tell your president to show his support by saying that he kindly declines to receive the "sympathy budget." Please tell your congresswomen, congressmen and senators to present a resolution to this end.

Here in Japan, the New Japan Women's Association, urges the Japanese government to stop spending the Japanese people money for maintaining the U.S. military and to reallocate the budget for human need, with immediate focus on the assistance to the Tohoku population. We believe this will lead to the drastic cut in military spending to make our world safer for all and more sustainable.

HIRANO Emiko
International Section Head
New Japan Women's Association
5-10-20, Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0002 JAPAN
Phone: +81-3-3814-9141
Fax: +81-3-3814-9441
E-mail: s-intl@shinfujin.gr.jp / hiraemi@concerto.plala.or.jp
URL: http://www.shinfujin.gr.jp

And Kate Raphael has an extended conversation with author/activist Margaret Randall, whose 80 books include Sandino's Daughters: Women in the Nicaraguan Revolution, To Change the World: My Life in Cuba, and Hunger's Table: Women, Politics and Food. Randall talks about her life in Cuba and Nicaragua, the importance of second wave feminism, and women's participation in revolutionary movements. 29:26 min.

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March 14th: Women's Magazine: The Future of the San Francisco Dyke March; the Artistry of Meshell Ndegeocello

2011-03-16T11:28:00.000-07:00

Over 50,000 dykes and their friends attend the SF Dyke March and Rally every year. A one dollar donation from each person could more than finance this incredible event. Yet organizers still struggle to raise enough money. Listen to longtime organizers Mo Kalman, Happy Hyder, and Marcie Delgadillo describe the ins and outs of the San Francisco Dyke March. 19:07 min.

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MeShell has been nominated for ten Grammys and has performed with artists such as: the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Alanis Morrisette, John Cougar Melloncamp, Zap Mama, Talib Kweli and Chaka Khan. If you didn't get enough of Meshell this week when she performed Prince covers in the Bay Area hear more of her music and listen to Meshell open up about her life, her music, her philosophy, the challenges and benefits of being a Queer Muslim, and being known as the desired Baby Daddy to many Queer Women in the Bay Area.

Listen to the entire show to hear the music and interview with MeShell and many more Women's Calendar Events.

March 7th: Women Magazine wishes everyone a Happy International Women's Day and kicks off Women's History Month with today's show.

2011-03-07T20:56:00.000-08:00

Women's magazine examines women's role in the Palestinian struggle for liberation, with Diana Buttu, former advisor to the PLO negotiation team. 10:19 min.

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Filmmaker Maher Sabry, director of the acclaimed film Toul Omry (All My Life) talks about the participation of Egyptian queers in the Tahrir Square revolution. 7:05 min.

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Nell Myhand on the Mothers March Against Poverty, Criminalization and War coming up on Tuesday, March 8th. 11:24 min.

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To hear about many IWD events on the Women's Calendar, listen to the entire show.

February 14th: KPFA Winter Pledge Drive

2011-02-16T11:56:00.000-08:00

Help keep KPFA on the air. Donate now and don't forget to mention Women's Magazine. Thanks for listening!

February 7th: Today on Women's Magazine we celebrate Black History month by celebrating movements advocating for freedom and respect for oppressed communities.

2011-02-09T15:16:00.000-08:00

Preeti Mangala Shekar reports on International Solidarity Day in the Bay Area and Eryn Mathewson talks with Jean Denton-Thompson about her participation in the Freedom Rides and the American Civil Rights Movement.

Mugshot of Jean Denton Thompson on May 24, 1961 in Jackson, MS. Photo from Mississippi State Department of Archives and History's Sovereignty Commission Online

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January 31: Inside the Tunisian Uprising with filmmaker Kolthoum Bornaz; and Doulas: a New Resource for Women's Health

2011-01-31T13:49:00.000-08:00

Inside the Tunisian Uprising:

Malihe Razazan speaks with Tunisian filmmaker Kolthoum Bornaz about the current uprising as well as her film, The Other Half of the Sky.
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What's a Doula?

Kate Raphael talks to doulas Kathy Woo, Cindy Whitman-Bradley and Desiree Tamsky about this emerging area of women's health. For more information on how to find a doula or become one:

Doulas of North America (DONA)

San Francisco Doula Group

Natural Resources

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We also fill you in on the crisis at Lyon-Martin clinic and let you know about great events women in the coming week.Listen to the entire show

January 24th - When is a joke not just a joke?

2011-01-24T15:51:00.000-08:00

Right to left, top row: Teresa McBride [WMC Board Member], Charis Benjamin, Gloria Steinem [Co- Founder & Board Member], Katie Houser, Mimi Erickson- Clayton, Jodie Evans [WMC Board Chair]. Bottom Row: Yana Walton [VP of Communications], Molly Kiefer O’Donnell.

Did Media Images of Women Leaders Lead to Shooting of Gabrielle Giffords?
How does sexist media treatment of women candidates and leaders affect their ability to win and hold office? And did it have a role in the tragedy in Tuscon?
Interview with Yana Walton of Women's Media Center. Audio, 23:07

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Interview with Up and Coming Comic Karinda Dobbins

Since the days of Moms Mabley and Lucille Ball, women comedians have challenged taboos and stereotypes. Today, Karinda Dobbins is following in the footsteps of those women, along with lesbian pioneers Ellen De Generes, Wanda Sykes and Marga Gomez. Lisa Dettmer talks with Karinda about her work, her background and the challenges she faces. Audio, 14 mins.

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Also included in today's show:
Talk by Native American Winona LaDuke.
Music by the Indigo Girls and Shirley Horn.
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January 17th: Women's Magazine reports on women's rights in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth States. Also included is a talk by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

2011-01-24T14:54:00.000-08:00

Women's magazine presents a report by members of the Association for Women's Rights and Development about women's rights in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth States.

The second part of the show includes excerpts from a talk by feminist writer Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Spivak speaks about her book Situating Feminism.

Music breaks by Nelly Furtado and Climbing Poetry.
Women's Calendar.

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January 10, 2011: Challenging Sexism and Misogyny in Progressive Movements; Feminist View of Brazil's First Woman President

2011-01-11T17:25:00.000-08:00

Today we look at the damage that tolerating misogyny and gender violence does to progressive movements; and we find out what a Brazilian feminist has to say about President Dilma Rousseff, "The most powerful woman in the world." Plus "Budrus," an inspiring story of nonviolent resistance and women's leadership opens this week; and the women's community calendar has lots of great events.
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The allegations of sexual abuse against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be a wake-up call for the left. Why are misogyny and gender violence so often what's there for the taking when state forces are looking for a wedge to drive in progressive movements? Kate Raphael discusses how gender violence is tolerated and perpetuated by progressive movements, and what feminists can do to challenge them, with writer and community organizer Courtney Desiree Morris. Courtney is the author of the article, "Why Misogynists Make Great Informants," published last spring in make/shift. She is a doctoral candidate in the African Diaspora Program in Social Anthropology at the University of Texas.

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Last week, Dilma Rousseff was sworn in as Brazil's first woman president, and she's been called the most powerful woman in the world. What do Brazilian feminists expect from her? Cecilia Sardenberg, professor of Women's and Gender Studies at the Universidade Federal de Bahia in Salvador, Brazil, speaks with Kate Raphael.

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Twice Censored: Underreported Women's and Gender Issues of 2010

2011-01-03T14:18:00.000-08:00

The Project Censored List of Top 25 Censored Stories of 2009-2010 includes not one story related to a women's or gender issue. NOT ONE! Does that mean women's issues get lots of attention? We don't think so. Instead, it points to the masculinist bias of even the progressive media and media watchdogs.

So producer Kate Raphael has produced her own quite inexhaustive list of censored or underreported stories related to women and gender in the last year. See what you think. If you want to comment on one of her choices or suggest one of your own, please email us at kpfawomensmag@gmail.com.

Listen to the show, which also includes memorial tributes to Dorothy Height, Wilma Mankiller and Mary Daly.

The list below is not in ranked order, though Kate feels that Iraq does belong at the top.

-- The impact of 7 years of occupation on Iraqi women (Malihe Razazan of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa comments)

-- Sexual assault in the military hits epidemic proportion (includes excerpt of report by Scott Shafer of KQED TV)

-- New mammogram guidelines stir controversy (interview with Barbara Brenner of Breast Cancer Action)

-- Grassroots women's organizations are leading in the rebuilding of Haiti (interview with Yifat Suskind of Madre International [Malihe points out that Madre's website doesn't even mention Iraq!))

-- Pregnant women prisoners in California still face shackling, and thousands of abused women are still in prison for defending themselves (interview with Karen Shain of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children)

-- Victoire Ingebirre Umuhoza was the leading challenger to Rwandan president Paul Kagame, except instead of being allowed to run, she was imprisoned (Ann Garrison interviewed Ingebirre for WINGS)

-- Many women political prisoners in Iran are held in solitary confinement and without access to lawyers, families or medical care (interview with Malihe Razazan)

-- Global gatherings like the Cancun climate conference, the G20 and the U.S. Social Forum were covered from start to finish by progressive media, but several major international women's gatherings didn't even rate a headline. These included the 15 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action, the Global Maternal Health Conference and the third African Feminist Forum (interview with Nigerian feminist scholar Amina Mama).

-- Year of the Disabled Lesbian (interview with Laura Rifkin, founder of the Fabled Asp project)

-- Disabled women led the fight against cuts to In-Home Support Services and other social welfare programs, with ArnieVille, a tent city in Berkeley (Jean Stewart, Jan Santos and Hannah Jo Karpalo talk about the creative protest known as ArnieVille).

-- More bad news for women workers: Republicans in the Senate filibustered to block passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would have required employers to prove that wage disparities were job-related, not gender based.

-- Did you know there were women working on oil rigs and leading the clean up of the Gulf? Coastal Women for Change is one of a number of women's organizations that sprung into action when the Deepwater Horizon well blew up. (Merle Savage, general foreperson on the Exxon Valdez cleanup, begs President Obama to make BP give the Gulf cleanup crews respirators and tell them the truth about the risk.)

-- Same sex marriage and Don't Ask Don't Tell were all over the media, both mainstream and progressive, but where were the voices of queers who aren't interested in heteronormative marriage or seeing queers join the imperialist military? (Excerpt from the documentary "Beyond Gay Marriage" by Women's Magazine's Lisa Dettmer)

The Bad Sexual Politics of Julian Assange

2010-12-27T11:15:00.000-08:00

by Kate Raphael

When I heard that Julian Assange, founder/principal publisher of Wikileaks, was wanted for sexual assault, it was a “where is the nearest hole for me to crawl into” moment. It didn’t get better.

The debate between feminists Jaclyn Friedman and Naomi Wolf on Democracy Now! did not make me feel better; it made me feel worse. For those who missed it, Friedman, the author of Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape, argued that the case would “raise the bar for the women of Sweden and the women internationally for what we can expect from our justice systems.” I can’t see this case raising any bar except the ones in whatever prison they decide to send Julian Assange to.

Naomi Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth and the lesser known but more relevant Fire With Fire, countered that when Assange started having sex with someone while she was asleep after repeatedly refusing to use a condom, “it seems to me that when you say, ‘OK, you better not have HIV,’ he said, ‘Of course not.’ Quote, ‘She couldn’t be bothered to tell him one more time because she had been going on about the condom all night.’ To me, that—I mean, if I was making love with a woman, if I was—you know, if I was a lesbian making love with a woman and we had that conversation, I would keep making love with her, because we had had a discussion about it and reached a conclusion.”

If that is Naomi Wolf’s idea of a positive sexual encounter, I’m just glad she’s not a lesbian.

I have little doubt that whatever else did or did not happen, these women did not get the idea to make criminal complaints against Assange by themselves. But the problem I have is that the women in this situation are props. Depending on your world view, either Assange is a persecuted hero or he is a sexual predator. The likelihood that he is both a persecuted hero and a sexual abuser doesn’t seem to come up. Both of these young women were supporters of Wikileaks and probably had a liberal amount of hero worship for Assange. If he took advantage of that admiration to coerce them to do what he wanted in bed, that doesn’t make him much different from Mike Tyson or Ben Roethlisberger.

When do we get to talk about the tendency of men in progressive movements (just like those in every other kind of movement) to treat the women they work with as lesser beings and sex objects?

In the few weeks before the Assange arrest thrust this issue into our national conversations, I happened to read about two incidents that occurred some years earlier.

The first concerned an allegation of domestic violence against the best known member of the revolutionary “youth” group STORM (Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement), which was active in the Bay Area in the mid 1990s. This was an incident I knew about at the time, because a couple women I knew from Women Against Rape were asked by STORM to help investigate it. My recollection is that they left the group in the aftermath, feeling that they were being used as window-dressing to give legitimacy to the group and its process. Last month, I happened to run across something that STORM had written about this incident, which I had never read before. The conclusion of their investigation was that the incident had not happened, that the woman involved had made up the accusation as part of some kind of COINTELPRO – CounterIntelligence Program to discredit a revolutionary man of color. Again, I don’t know what happened. What struck me about the reflection, written some years after the incident was resolved (in STORM’s mind), was that they never considered the possibility of multiple truths, that the woman involved actually experienced violence at the same time that the man had no awareness of having committed it. I personally witnessed that man being physically aggressive and threatening toward women I knew, when they disagreed with him during an action, and he refused to be held accountable after that incident, so I am predisposed to believe that he was capable of similar aggression toward a woman he was involved with and would be unlikely to cop to it.

The other piece I was reading had to do with our own radio station, KPFA. Sadly, this station has a long history of bad gender dynamics and accusations of violence against men who are revered by portions of the left. We are currently mired in a terrible political crisis brought on by a huge financial deficit, and in that context a lot of old muck is getting raked up, including some related to two men accused of sexual harassment. One is an on-air personality with whom I personally am usually on the same side politically. This man, who is white, has been accused of harassment by a string of women. Most recently, a friend of mine won an enormous settlement of her claim against him and the station, which is one of the many reasons KPFA and Pacifica are in such financial trouble. The other was a former station manager who was accused of sexually harassing a stream of women. Other men jumped to his defense, saying that he was being targeted because of racism (he was African American), notwithstanding that nearly all of the women who accused him were women of color. The word “COINTELPRO” was again invoked.

A close friend of mine is an incredible organizer and has been instrumental in forming or sustaining a number of progressive organizations over the years. Like most of us whose lives center around movement work, he usually gets involved with women he meets doing political work. And for some reason (guess), when he stops being involved with them, they always end up feeling like they have to leave the organization. At one point, an ex-girlfriend accused him of sexual harassment. The organization was bitterly divided over the question of whether he was guilty or the woman was just an embittered reject. I don’t remember how that situation was resolved, but I do remember what a mutual friend said about it: “It probably wasn’t legally harassment, but he definitely has bad sexual politics.”

I suspect that every movement woman who ever dated men has had an experience like the ones described in the Assange police reports. When I was younger I had two encounters with male friends in the movement who wanted to have sex with me. I wanted to be close and cuddle with them, but not to have sex. They knew I was a lesbian. I kept saying I didn’t want to have sex and they kept insisting, and eventually I gave in. I would not say that I was raped. I didn’t feel afraid of them. If they still lived in this area, I would probably still be friendly with them. Even if I were the kind of person who thought of calling the police as an option, I would not have considered calling the police on them. Nevertheless, I know that what they did was coercive sex and was not okay.

A long time ago, a friend of mine was date raped by someone she had been going out with, who was in the same political group she was in. Some of the women in the group were dismissive of her accusation, saying, "If she was raped, I've been raped 100 times." One of the woman's male friends said that he felt uncomfortable judging this man because he had committed rapes when he was in a fraternity in college. It was very hard for this woman to remain in that organization, which was pretty much the only radical direct action group in town at that time. Fortunately, the group as a whole came together and forced the man to take responsibility for his action. They kicked him out of their full meetings, but the men's group continued to work with him and discuss what had happened. I don't know if he ever got it, and the group didn't last that much longer after that, but that was an example of a system for community justice that other progressive groups could emulate.

The women involved in the Assange case should not be letting themselves be used by the forces that want to put him away for creating a place for people to leak information. They should not be looking to the criminal “justice” system to remedy bad treatment by a man they believed in and trusted. But progressive people, especially people who call themselves feminists, should not be defending his behavior. We need to defend the rights of whistleblowers, the rights of journalists and the public’s right to know. We also need to defend the right of women to say no to sex, even with people they have had sex with before and plan to have it with again. Refusing to use a condom is a serious violation of a person’s right to safety, and if a man doesn’t want to have sex with a condom and a woman wants him to wear one, then he has no right to nag at her or coerce her to change her mind. He certainly has no right to initiate unprotected sex with her while she is sleeping, in the hope, presumably, that she’ll be too out of it to protest.

We must figure out how to hold all our political heroes, male and female, accountable for their bad sexual politics. When do we get started on that?

reposted from Kate's blog, Democracy Sometimes

Alert: Financial crisis at Pacifica and KPFA

2010-12-09T09:00:00.000-08:00

Dear friends,

You all know about the crisis at KPFA. What you may not know is that the crisis is not only at our station. Partly because KPFA has not been paying its share of Pacifica's expenses, partly because Pacifica has had to hire lawyers to defend against lawsuits from laid-off KPFA staff, and doubtless for a lot of other reasons, Free Speech Radio News has announced that they will have to cease production on December 20 if they do not raise $40,000 by then. FSRN is without a doubt, the most unique thing on Pacifica's airwaves. It was created after the 1999 crisis and is a source of news NO ONE ELSE covers from all over the world. So the first thing I am asking you do is go to FSRN and give whatever you can. And send this announcement to everyone you know immediately.

The second thing I'm asking you to do is donate to support KPFA. We will be starting a one-week fund drive next Monday, and we need to raise at least $250,000. This fund drive is being organized very last minute because of the chaos at the station, and many of the paid staff will not be doing that much to help (and may in fact be trying to sabotage it). Some people are definitely hoping that the station goes under, to prove that it cannot survive except by doing everything their way. But we cannot allow that to happen. We may think that it can't happen, because we have always survived in the past. But a lot of institutions that are bigger and stronger than Pacifica have gone under in the last couple years. Remember Wells Fargo? Washington Mutual? They had Bank of America and Chase to buy them out. If Pacifica gets bought out, it will be by someone like Clear Channel.

Women's Magazine is not doing a fund drive show because we just didn't have time to get it together, but we are still begging you to give anything and everything you can to save our station. If you give online, you can leave a comment saying that you value Women's Magazine, and mention the other shows that are important to you. People really need to see that it's not only the Morning Show that can raise money or that listeners care about. You don't need to wait for the fund drive to start. You don't even need to listen to it, though of course there will be some great programming. Go to KPFA.org today and click on "donate".

Please circulate this to everyone you know and ask them not to forget, not to put it off, but do it today.

Thanks!
Kate for Women's Magazine

December 6th: Women and gender in Iranian theater. Race to Nowhere film about education in the US.

2010-12-07T13:42:00.000-08:00

Kate Raphael speaks with Vicki Abeles, producer of the film Race to Nowhere, about challenging the achievement culture in education; and Simin Yahaghi interviews Torange Yeghiazarian artistic director of Golden Thread Productions.

Torange Yeghiazarian visited Iran and talks about women and gender in theater in contemporary Iran. 27:52

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Is testing in our schools really all it is chalked up to be? Vicki Abeles talks about her new film Race to Nowhere that argues how emphasis on achievement is hurting kids. 22:50

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November 29th: More on 16 Days of Action Against Gender Violence. Plus interview with Noomi Rapace.

2010-11-30T11:02:00.000-08:00

Radhika Balakrishnan

Preeti Mangala Shekar talks with Radhika Balakrishnan, director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership, about the 16 Days of Action Against GenderViolence and this year's focus on militarism. 21:09

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Andie Smith, cofounder of INCITE Women of Color Against Violence, on how heteropatriarchy keeps white supremacy and colonialism in place. 8:46

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The previous segment was excerpted from NPR's Making Contact. To hear the entire program follow the links below:

On New Ground: Liberating Gender & Sexuality

It’s a well-worn path in human history. Non-traditional and marginalized communities attacked for their lifestyles and their individual choices… whether it’s based on sexual identity, gender or the quest for collective empowerment. So how do we challenge and overcome gender and sexual oppression? 28:59

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From WBAI New York Women's Collective:
Prairie Miller in conversation with Noomi Rapace, star of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

We're proud to showcase work from sister station WBAI:
KPFA Pacifica Sister To Sister Station Network With WBAI Radio
Feminist Radio and Beyond

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Connecting the Dots: Feminism, Community Media, Spirituality and Eliminating Violence Against Women

2010-11-22T14:54:00.000-08:00

16 Days of Action Against Violence Against Women and Girls

Nina Serrano speaks with MamaCoAtl, coordinator and founder of San Francisco's yearly observance of the United Nations Day to End Violence against Women and Girls. MamaCoAtl sings an original song as part of this breathtaking interview. 11:03
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Events scheduled during 16 Days of Action to End Violence:

Tuesday 11/23 - noon - Rally at San Francisco City Hall

Thursday 11/25 - sunrise - Earth Healing Ceremony on Alcatraz Island

Saturday 11/27 - 5 PM - Rompiendo Cadenas/Breaking the Chains, Healing Workshop and Concert, Dance Mission Theatre, 3316 24th Street, San Francisco

Friday 12/10 - 5:15-6:15 - Women in Black - Silent vigil at Market and Montgomery, San Francisco
- 7 PM - Closing Ceremony, Songs for a New Beginning, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco

Mary Ratcliffe: Strengthening Our Communities Through Community Media

Mary and her husband, Willie Ratcliffe, took over the San Francisco Bay View in 1992 and have built it into the nation's largest circulation Black newspaper. In this interview with Kate Raphael, Mary talks about her history as president of the unusual National Organization for Women chapter in Fairbanks, Alaska, a hilarious encounter with Betty Friedan, how women won the right to work on the pipeline, and what she and her husband have tried to do with the Bay View. As a long-time racial and media justice activist, she also shares her views on the past and current crises at KPFA and Pacifica and how we can put the community back into community media. 35:13
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November 15 on Women's Magazine: Another View of the Crisis at KPFA and Pacifica

2010-11-14T12:02:00.000-08:00

The KPFA community is reeling from last week's announcement that most of the staff of the popular Morning Show had been laid off. Charges of union busting and heavy-handed national control of local stations have been a drumbeat on KPFA's airwaves since. What is the truth? Were the layoffs done by seniority or not? What was the process of communicating and negotiating with the union? What is the history of unionization and professionalization at Pacifica, and how can we value both paid and unpaid workers?

Kate and Preeti are joined in studio by Pacifica Executive Director Arlene Engelhardt, attorney and former board member Carol Spooner and Maria Gelardin, one of the founders of KPFA's Women's Department in the 1980s and producer of TUC Radio. They discuss the history and roots of conflicts and power struggles at Pacifica, the process and reasons for the recent layoff, and the historical relationships between paid and unpaid staff. We also discuss how this community radio station can best meet the needs of the many diverse communities it is intended to serve.

Then, Lisa Dettmer speaks with CUNY economist Stephanie Luce about how women's unpaid labor has historically been devalued in the U.S. economy.

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(Note: Our conversation with Arlene, Carol and Maria was prerecorded and edited for time. We will make the full discussion available here soon.)

For more information about the struggle for KPFA and Pacifica:
http://www.sfbayview.com/
http://www.supportkpfa.org/
http://www.kpfaworker.org/
CWA contract

Laid off Morning Show host Brian Edwards-Tiekert wrote an email (shown at left; click on the image to enlarge) to acting Program Director Sasha Lilley suggesting various syndicated shows to replace our locally produced Women's Magazine.

Now Brian is one of the leading spokespeople for the unionized staff, whose website proclaims that one of their demands is:

"PRESERVE LOCAL PROGRAMMING. Stop all attempts to replace community-driven programs with syndicated content."

The justification for taking Women's Magazine off air was that we were not "professional" enough and our programs were not high quality. In our show today, Maria Gelardin raises the question: shouldn't the role of paid staff be to help unpaid programmers get our quality up to standards?

Monday, November 1 Freedom's Warrior: The Life and Times of Marilyn Buck

2010-11-01T15:56:00.000-07:00

Women's Magazine presents a special hour-long documentary of the extraordinary life of the late political prisoner and freedom fighter Marilyn Buck.

Using interviews with Marilyn's friends, chosen family, fellow prisoners and lawyers, as well as clips from her own films, poetry and interviews with her, the piece asks the question, "What is the meaning of a life dedicated to resistance?"

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A Bay Area memorial will be held November 7 from 4-7:30 at the First Unitarian Church at 685 14th Street in Oakland.

In New York City a memorial will be held Saturday November 13, 4:30-10:30 at the Shabazz Center, 3940 Broadway, Manhattan, followed by dinner and the Freedom Dance for political prisoners.

See Marilyn Buck's website for more information about these events and her life.

Special thanks to all who participated in this documentary especially Marilyn's co-defendents and former political prisoners Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans, and her lawyer Soffiyah Elijah. Also to those who provided the footage of Assata Shakur and the old San Francisco Newsreel films.

All rights reserved. You must contact KPFA Women's Magazine for permission to rebroadcast any parts of this program.

October 25th: Migration Poetry, Feminist Peacemaker Legends, and honoring UNSCR 1325.

2010-10-27T08:57:00.000-07:00

We speak with internationally acclaimed poet, performer, and activist - Shailja Patel - about her poetry and new book, Migritude. Historian Louise Knight talks about legendary feminist peacemaker - Jane Addams - as part of a 10 anniversary celebration of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. And of course, we bring you the Women's Community Calendar.

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Who Were the Witches: A Halloween Special

2010-10-18T14:00:00.000-07:00

Halloween is more than trick-or-treating and jack o'lanterns. Every year at Halloween, thousands gather in Kezar Pavilion to celebrate the Samhain, or Witches' New Year, in a huge ritual known as the Spiral Dance.

Today Kate Raphael spends the hour with Starhawk, best-selling author of The Spiral Dance, The Fifth Sacred Thing and The Last Wild Witch. They talk about the origins and history of the new feminist religious tradition known as neopaganism. Starhawk also talks about her work doing Earth Activist Trainings, anti-capitalist organizing and her evolution as a supporter of Palestininian liberation.

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October 11th: Breast Cancer Awareness Month and an interview with Amina Mama

2010-10-12T12:32:00.000-07:00

This week on Women's Magazine, 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.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - A Critique and a Story

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, or more accurately Corporate Breast Cancer Promotion Month. A few thoughts, and an inspiring story. Audio 16:38

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Susie Miller-Reed was a single mother and a self-described workaholic when she was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago. The journey through cancer brought Susie and her daughter Reema al-Zaban closer to each other, and led Reema to create a powerful photo exhibit. Sharon Sobotta reports for KPFA Women's Magazine.

Feminists Respond to AFRICOM: An interview with Amina Mama

Preeti Shekar interviews Nigerian feminist scholar Amina Mama, chair of Gender and Women's Studies at U.C. Davis and Global Fund for Women's Africa programs. Audio 34:05

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How is AFRICOM, the U.S. Central Command for Africa, contributing to militarization on the African continent? What other trends are increasing militarism on the continent, and how are feminists responding? Scholar/activist Amina Mama discusses the evolution of a pan-African feminism, much of it in the African diaspora, and also how it links to feminist and anti-capitalist movements in other areas such as Haiti.

"All of us have within us the means to join the dots," she challenges both northern and Southern feminists.

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September 13th: Women's magazine features the work of WINGS and the KPFA Apprentice Program

2010-09-14T10:14:00.000-07:00

Women's magazine features the work of WINGS (Women's International News Gathering Service),interview with Rwandan political leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza and Irene Florez talks with KPFA apprentice Taishi and speeches from Global Women at the US Social Forum in Detroit.

Interview with Rwandan political leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza.

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Umuhoza is the leader of Rwanda's FDU-Inkingi Party and of the United Forces Coalition. She was considered the leading challenger to Paul Kagame in the recent election. She has been subjected to arrest and persecution, as have other parties' leaders. In this interview with journalist Ann Garrison, she talks about her struggles and her vision for the country.

Would you like to be on the radio? Do you feel your community's stories are not being heard? KPFA's apprenticeship program might be for you. Audio, 6:22.

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KPFA's apprenticeship program is designed to increase the participation of women and people of color, and especially women of color, in community media. Find out how you can get involved and learn great skills in this interview with apprentice Taishi by Irene Florez.

The Women's International News Gathering Service is an all-woman independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world. In our last segment, we'll hear excerpts from a panel called Global Women at the US Social Forum in Detroit in 2010. In this panel, U.S. women activists discuss the usefulness in their work of international conventions on women's and human rights, some of which have been ratified by this country and some of which have not. Audio, 28:49.

The panelists are Erica Swanson of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Cindy Domingo, Co-Chair, US Women & Cuba Collaboration and Laura Roskos, Co-President of the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom. Jan Strout is the moderator.

The Global Women panel at the U.S. Social Forum was taped by Lisa Rudman of the National Radio Project's Women's Desk and edited for the Women's International News Gathering Service by Frieda Werden.

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August 30th: Women's Magazine - Equality Only With Justice and Peace

2010-09-02T09:24:00.000-07:00

August 30th. 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 representing playful resistance and alternatives to systematic oppression.

Cynthia Enloe: Women Must Defeat the Militarizers

Why and how is the Defense Department targeting mothers? How are women drafted as champions of military solutions to social problems? Audio 24:59

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Cynthia Enloe, author of thirteen books including Nimmo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War, speaks with Christine Ahn of the Global Fund for Women. They discuss how militarism is promoted through the creation of values and beliefs, and how women in particular are the targets of messaging crafted by the militarizers.

Jessica Hoffman and Daria Yudacufski are the editors of make/shift, a magazine which "embraces the multiple and shifting identities of feminist communities." Audio: 23:13

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According to its mission statement, make/shift "creates and documents contemporary feminist culture and action by publishing journalism, critical analysis, and visual and text art. Made by an editorial collective committed to antiracist, transnational, and queer perspectives...."

Kate Raphael of KPFA Radio Women's Magazine talks with editors Daria and Jessica about their vision, their practice, and how they see the complex set of issues which comprise the many feminisms they seek to represent.

In this interview, you can learn how to create your own feminist periodical, or at least where to find one that will surely challenge, educate and entertain you.

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August 23rd: Women's Magazine examines Islam and women in Iran, families and homophobia as a pathology and a tribute to Abbey Lincoln

2010-08-24T10:20:00.000-07:00

Minoo Moallem, professor of Women's and Gender Studies at U.C. Berkeley, challenges the mainstream stereotypical representation of Islam and Muslims as backward, fanatical, and premodern by showing how Islamic nationalism and fundamentalism are by-products of modernity. Using magazines, novels, and films, she offers a feminist transnational analysis of contemporary Iranian culture that questions dominant binaries of modern and traditional, West and East, secular and religious, and civilized and barbaric.

In this interview with Iranian American Simin Yahaghi, Moallem explains that veiling, like other signifiers of national and cultural identities, needs to be understood in the context of both Iran's own nation-building traditions and Orientalism and colonial attitudes toward Islam and feminism. She discusses how the Iranian women's movement has navigated complex identities, and calls on us to challenge both religious and secular forms of absolutism
Simin Yahaghi talks with Minoo Moallem, author of the book Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister: The Politics of Patriarchy in Iran. Audio, 22:39
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Well-known lesbian author and activist Sarah Schulman speaks with Lisa Dettmer about the possibility of recognizing homophobia in families as a pathology, rather than pathologizing gay people. They also discuss the relationship between familial homophobia and the demand for same-sex marriage.

Interview with Sarah Schulman, author of Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences. Audio: 16:16

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Singer, songwriter, actress and civil rights activist Abbey Lincoln died last week at the age of 80. She was best known for her collaboration with Max Roach on the Freedom Now Suites in 1960, but she also wrote the song "Caged Bird" which inspired the title of Maya Angelou's . This piece includes short selections of Lincoln's powerful music and an interview with KPFA's Gabrielle Wilson.

A tribute to jazz songstress Abbey Lincoln, with interview by Gabrielle Wilson. Audio: 11:43

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August 9th: Women's Magazine remembers Marilyn Buck. Also on today's show: Women and Social Security, Gay marriage and women in sports.

2010-08-09T16:57:00.000-07:00

Soffiya Elijah, Marilyn Buck, and Alejandro Molina

Tribute to Political Prisoner, Activist and Writer Marilyn Buck. Kate Raphael of Women's Magazine remembers her friend Marilyn Buck, a political prisoner for over 25 years, who died on August 3, shortly after her release (see obituary). This brief tribute presents an overview of Marilyn's life and work, with a special emphasis on her commitment to feminism. Includes the voices of Marilyn Buck, Gemma Mirkinson, Walter Turner, and poet Sonia Sanchez. 10:25

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Women Must Save Social Security

Kathie Piccagli of the Older Women's League talks with Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael. 16:17

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Why is Social Security under attack? What is the truth about who pays for it and who gets it, and how can we make sure it will be there for us when we need it? Kathie Piccagli of the Older Women's League answers these questions and more, as we approach the 75th birthday of this popular program.

For more information about saving social security and the 75th birthday party on Saturday, August 14th, call 415-215-7575 or visit Older Women's League.

Last week, for the first time in U.S. History, a federal judge struck down a ban on same-sex marriage. To hear comedian Wanda Sykes hilarious commentary on the subject go to "listen to the entire show" link below. Also included is a piece that we broadcast for the first time a year ago on gender roles in sports. It's from a speech by Dave Zirin at last year's Socialism Conference in San Francisco. Leading the segment is a song by singer/songwriter Meg Christian, Ode to a Gym Teacher (1974).

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July 19th: A look at what progressive queer activist are doing in Germany and the US

2010-07-30T16:40:00.000-07:00

On Women's Magazine on KPFA radio this Monday July 19th we look an event at Berlin’s Gay Pride during which racism inside LGBTQ movements was publicly 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 color anti-racism group SUSPECT, about racism in German LGBTQ movements and the larger society. 19:20 min.

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On July 19th on KPFA radio's Women's Magazine Lisa Dettmer talked to Caitlin Breedlove from SONG about a new progressive Queer coalition that developed out of the recent US Social Forum. This coalition is is attempting to create a new national LGBT coalition with a new agenda that addresses the needs of vulnerable LGBTQ communities and the structural causes of queer oppression. 22:00 min.

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Monday, July 12: Visit Arnieville, a tent city in Berkeley. Travel to Atlanta to see who's not on the Oprah Network.

2010-07-12T16:57:00.000-07:00

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 for the new Oprah network. Plus we'll bring you an update on the case of Caster Semenya, the South African runner forced to undergo gender testing, and hear shocking testimony about sexual assault against women activists at the G20 protests in Toronto. All that plus the women's calendar.

Arnieville on Adalaide Ave.

Jean Stewart, Jan Santos and Hannah Jo Karpalo, three of the activists behind the tent city in Berkeley that is fighting to save In Home Supportive Services, talk about the issues and the encampment in this lively discussion. 19:13

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Women's Magazine correspondent Sharon Sobotta went to the Oprah auditions in Atlanta, Georgia. In this inspiring collage, she brings us the voices of some of the extraordinary women she met there. Sharon spoke to five women, including two deaf women, Esmeralda Willamson-Noble, the mother of a young man who jumped off of a building in New York, and Heidi Kirshner, an oil painter about their dreams, their challenges and of course, what they hope to share on the Oprah Network. Then Sharon discovers Healthful Essence, a Carribean vegan restaurant and interviews the owner/chef, Princess Dixon. 24:20

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Monday, July 5: That's Entertainment!

2010-07-05T14:10:00.000-07:00

Summer time is play time. 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 at the New York Book Fair.

Another Life Altogether: An Interview with author and writer Elaine Beale.

Elaine Beale is a local girl made good. Born and raised in northern England, Elaine has lived in Oakland for over twenty years. In 2007 she won the prestigious Poets & Writers California Exchange contest, and out of that, sold her first literary novel, Another Life Altogether. Another Life was released early this year to rave reviews, and was picked as one of the ten books to watch for in March 2010 by Oprah Magazine. Kate Raphael of Women's Magazine talks with Elaine about the craft of writing, her new book and her role as a teacher. 20:31

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Sharon Sobotta talks with Kris Carr and Karen Morgan, two extraordinary women who turned diagnoses with rare diseases into a passion for healthy food. Carr is the author of Crazy Sexy Cancer, and her new release, Crazy Sexy Diet, about the diet that helped her beat a rare sarcoma. Morgan is founder of Blackbird Bakery, the first gourmet gluten-free online bake shop. Her first book will be published this fall by Chronicle Books. 14:08

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Left of Oz: A Great Lesbian Romp

Feminist remakes of classic fairy tales are all the rage these days, and as any gay person can tell you, there's nothing more classic than the Wizard of Oz. "Left of Oz," now playing at the Ashby Stage in Berkeley (tickets $25), is a lesbian reworking of one of the best known and loved movies of the twentieth century. It's written and directed by singer-songwriter Stephanie Reif, and stars Sarah Mosby as the wide-eyed Dorothy, who follows her dream to San Francisco. In this clip, Kate Raphael takes us to the set of Left of Oz, and talks with writer-director Stephanie Reif. 14:49

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June 28 - A Brief History of Queers: Iran and U.S.

2010-06-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

Wrapping up our Pride Month coverage, Women's Magazine takes a look at the historical and current realities for LGBT in Iran, with gender studies professor Sima Shakhsari; we also look back at the last quarter century of lesbian organizing and activism in the U.S. with lesbian cultural icon Elana Dykewomon.

Since Iranian President Ahmadinejad famously said "There are no homosexuals in Iran," in a speech at Columbia, opponents of the Iranian government have worked hard to put and keep the situation of Iranian LGBT people in the front of our consciousness. But we seldom hear the voices of Iranian queers themselves, who have a more nuanced and complex reality than that portrayed in the Western media. Simin Yahaghi talks with Dr. Sima Shakhsari, professor of Ethnic and Gender Studies at U.C. Berkeley. 26 mins.

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For more info on queers in Iran and other parts of SouthWest Asian and the Middle East:
Interview with Hazhir, Iranian queer activist, in Cheraq, the journal of Iranian queers
Bint el Nas (Arab Lesbian Network)
al Bab (an open door to the Arab world)

Kate Raphael talks with lesbian feminist author and cultural worker Elana Dykewomon, whose novel RiverFingerWoman was the first book ever advertised in the New York Times as a "lesbian book." Elana discusses her own history and the history of radical lesbian activism and literature. 25 mins.

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Palestinian and North American women and Israel's courtship of Pride celebrations, Fabled Asp oral history project, and Iranian filmmaker Shirin Neshat

2010-06-14T18:49:00.000-07:00

June 14th on Women's Magazine, 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 the Year for Honoring Disabled Lesbians.

The state of Israel has been courting the international gay community, promoting itself as the only gay-friendly democracy in the Middle East. But queer activists in Palestine, as well as in the U.S. and Canada, say this "pinkwashing" won't wash. Natalie Koury-Towe of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (Toronto), Carla Schick of Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (SF Bay Area) and Ghadir of Aswat-Palestinian Gay Women (Palestine). Audio 25 mins.

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Kate Raphael talks with Laura Rifkin and Marion Abdullah of Fabled Asp, an oral history and archiving project preserving the stories of fabulous disabled lesbian activists. Audio 5 mins.

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Simin Yahaghi talks with Iranian filmmaker Shirin Neshat about her new film, Women Without Men. This stunning debut film shows how the liberation of Iranian women parallels the liberation of Iran. Audio 18 mins.

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Lisa Marie Rollins talks about her new show "Ungrateful Daughter"

2010-06-13T01:30:00.000-07:00

Lisa Marie Rollins is interviewed about her new solo performance "Ungrateful Daughter : One Black Girl’s Story of Being Adopted into a White Family. . .
that aren’t Celebrities" which is playing this weekend in San Francisco. She tells us what it is like to be brought up a black girl in white family presenting a complicated and hilarious story. Lisa Marie Rollins is an activist, artist and scholar and also the founder of AFAAD the first international nonprofit that provides connection and support for adult adoptees of the African diasporic adoption and foster care community . You can get more information about her organization at http://adopteesofcolor.org/

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June 7 Show: Queer Arts Festival

2010-06-13T01:26:00.000-07:00

We interviewed Pamela Peniston Executive Director of the Queer Arts Festival Director who talked about the history of the festival and some of the wonderful diverse events at this years Queer Arts festival that runs throughout the month of June at various venues in the Bay Area and Fuifuilupe Nimeitolu from from OLO - One Love Oceania's Sisters Rising a lesbian Pacific Islander group that will have a performance on June 9th at the Garage as Part of the Queer Arts Festival which is exploring the intersection of womanhood, Queerness, family and Pacific Islander diasopric activism . The Queer Arts Festival is one of the cutting edge festivals in the world which to date has presented more than 400 different events feature over 1,000 different arts. The theme this year is making history a theme that is re-imagined in its over 30 different performances, films, spoken word and readings on subject as varied as The Queer rebels of the Harlem Renaissance to films and art shows about the lesbian Aids activists of the 1990's.
You can get more information about the festival at http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/.

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Untold Stories: Catholic and Palestinian Women Are Making Change - Monday, May 3, 2010

2010-05-03T15:52:00.000-07:00

The Other Vatican Sex Scandal, and What Women Are Doing About It
We've heard a lot about sex abuse in the Catholic church recently, but nearly all of it has focused on abuse of boys. Are women and girls not abused in the church? And what about the courageous church women who are organizing to expose and stop it? Angela Bonavoglia, author of Good Catholic Girls: How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church, talks with Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael. 14:55

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When Gandhi Is a Woman

"Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?" ask commentators from Bono to innumerable New York Times reporters. One possible answer is that she's a 15-year-old girl in a village called Budrus. The new film Budrus documents the nonviolent resistance waged by that village since 2003, and the pivotal role played by young women. Kate Raphael of KPFA Women's Magazine talks with Ronit Avni, one of the producers of this powerful and engaging film. Audio, 17:47

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Flower in her Hair

Nina Serrano interviews Ethiopian American singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero. This rich discussion also incorporates three full songs from Meklit's beautiful new CD, "On a Day Like This," just released from Porto Franco Records. If you enjoy the music, you can buy the full album and more on her website. Download or Listen:

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April 19, 2010 - Palestine, Cambodia and Sexual Assault Awareness Month

2010-04-19T14:00:00.000-07:00

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Mu Sochua is one of the leading human rights and gender activists in Cambodia. She was a member of Parliament and minister of women's affairs, before resigning her government posts to protest political corruption. Following this courageous move, she was prosecuted for "defaming" the prime minister. She was sentenced to a fine but has refused to pay it and says she will go to jail to bring attention to the human rights issues in her country. Preeti Shekar talks with Sochua, whose appeal has now been taken up by the Cambodian Supreme Court.

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Mornings in Jenin, by Susan Abulhawa, is the story of one Palestinian family over four generations. The story begins with the Abulheja family at their home in the village of Ein Hod), near Haifa. In 1948, the family is forced from their ancestral home and goes to live in a refugee camp in Jenin. Susan Abulhawa is the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, an NGO that builds playgrounds for Palestinian children in the occupied territories and refugee camps elsewhere. Mornings in Jenin marks her first major fiction publication. Malihe Razzazan spoke with Susan about how she tells the story of Palestine in her debut novel.

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Readings will be:
Wednesday, April 21, A Great Good Place for Books, Montclair, 7:00 PM
Thursday, April 22, San Jose State University Engineering Auditorium, 7:00 PM
Friday, April 23, Resource Center for Non Violence (RCNV), Santa Cruz, 7:00 PM
Saturday, April 24, Middle East Children's Alliance Office, Berkeley, 2:00 PM
Saturday, April 24, Arab American Cultural Center (AACC), San Jose, 7:30 PM
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In observation of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Kate Raphael checks in with Janelle White, Executive Director of San Francisco Women Against Rape about their work on rape prevention and supporting survivors, and the upcoming Walk Against Rape. Walk Against Rape, a community empowerment event, takes place Saturday, April 24, beginning at 10:00 p.m. at Justin Hermann Plaza and culminating in a festival in Dolores Park at 1:30 p.m.
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April 12: Celebrating (Revolutionary) Secretaries Day - The Raises Not Roses Tradition

2010-04-12T19:02:00.000-07:00

Administrative Professionals Week is now just a time for bosses to take their secretaries to lunch, but at one time it was an occasion for Raises Not Roses marches and rallies. Kate Raphael talks about that more radical time, and some of the gains that have been made through clerical worker organizing over the years, with Linda Blum, author of Between Feminism and Labor: the Significance of the Movement for Comparable Worth, and professor of sociology at Northeastern University. 24:08

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Workers at Hastings College of Law have recently told the administration that a majority of them have signed cards authorizing AFSCME Local 3299 to represent them. But the administration has so far not respected them enough even to respond. Kate Raphael of KPFA Women's Magazine talks with Jolynn Jones and Cecilia Moreira, Hastings workers and leaders of the campaign for union recognition. See below for how to support this campaign. 19:30

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April 5: Focus on Cancer Prevention and Treatment for Women

2010-04-05T18:41:00.000-07:00

Late last year, the Preventive Services Task Force stunned the country with a report on the advisability and effectiveness of standard breast cancer prevention techniques. Eryn Matthewson of Women's Magazine interviewed Barbara Brenner, founder of Breast Cancer Action, about how she views the task force's advice.

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Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable diseases there is, yet 300,000 Global South women die each year for lack of simple treatments. Preeti Mangala Shekar talks to Dr. Kay Taylor of Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer, who is working to remedy this disparity in women's health care.

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March 29 - Historic Women's Convergences

2010-03-29T19:23:00.000-07:00

Lisa Dettmer talks to feminist activist and scholar Judith Ezekiel about the herstory of International Women's Day, which was reactivated in the 1960's by Laura X right here in Berkeley, and about why it is important to maintain IWD celebrations, and prevent its observance from being co-opted. Ezekiel is the author of Feminism in the Heartland.

And this month also marks the 15th anniversary of the historic UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. That gathering put a women's rights agenda on center stage. Preeti Shekar talks to Charlotte Bunch about the importance of the Beijing Conference and the U.N. in fostering women's human rights. Bunch is a pioneering feminist and is one of the foremost advocates of the inclusion of gender and sexual orientation on global human rights agendas.

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March 22: Much Misunderstood Religions

2010-03-22T12:04:00.000-07:00

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For thirty years, Starhawk has been one of the most influential voices in the development of women's earth-based spirituality. Her classic text The Spiral Dance has been continuously in print for 30 years and has been translated into 11 languages. Starhawk is also the author of ten other books and a teacher of magical activism. She sits down with Women's Magazine Kate Raphael for a wide-ranging discussion about how magical activism grew up in the context of the women's movement, her own beliefs, and how she became involved in the movement for Palestinian liberation. Learn more about neopaganism and the Spiral Dance.
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You're not alone if you've ever wondered what Muslims really believe and practice! Fortunately, in her new book, The Muslim Next Door: the Qur'an, the Media, and that Veil Thing, author Sumbul Ali-Karamali, a Stanford - educated mom and corporate lawyer with degrees in Islamic law and English, invites you inside for a candid, witty, and surprisingly down-to-earth conversation about Muslim life in America. Sumbul Ali-Karamali spoke with Gabrielle Wilson about this groundbreaking book.
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Haitian Women in the Forefront and Suppressed Women's Histories

2010-03-15T13:16:00.000-07:00

As Haiti disappears from our TV screens and our attention returns to
domestic issues, the people of Haiti are now in even greater peril as
the rains begin threatening a public health disaster. But the people
of Haiti are not just standing in the rain waiting to be rescued. They
are organizing, both in the U.S. and in Haiti, where over 50 grassroots groups met in Port Au Prince to demand input into the future of Haitian reconstruction, and the issues of women and children are front and center.
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 Beverly Bell, editor of "Walking on Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance," about the grass roots movements organizing in
Haiti and creating a new paradigm for Haiti's future. Beverly is the coordinator of the organization Other Worlds Are Possible.

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Kate Raphael talks with Max Dashu, founder of the Suppr essed Histories Archives, about her 40 years of groundbreaking work on women’s power and contributions to many cultures. Orthodox history says men have always dominated women, but Max Dashu says otherwise. Hear about the evidence she has unearthed over the last 40 years.

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February 15 show: Destroying Afghanistan; and Using Music to Teach Black History

2010-02-15T13:24:00.000-08:00

Malihe Razzazan interviews Afghan feminist activist Orzala Ashraf Nemat about the U.S. and NATO attack on the Taliban in Helmand Province in Afghanistan, the largest escalation since the invasion in 2001, what women have to say about this major attack and its effect on women. Download clip or Listen here:

And Kate Raphael talks to the amazing and versatile local African American musician Mary Watkins, about her recent opera, Dark River, which documents the life of Civil Rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Download or Listen

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February 1 Show: Human Rights Are Gender Rights from Haiti to the Super Bowl

2010-02-02T13:34:00.000-08:00

Today on our show, we look at how human and gender rights workers are supporting grassroots earthquake relief in Haiti; and we talk about the controversy surrounding the Focus on the Family commercial to be aired during the Super Bowl. Plus a moving tribute to feminist theologian Mary Daly.

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Haiti: Human Rights, Gender Rights and Humanitarian Aid

Rivian Berlin of Women's Magazine speaks with Yfat Susskind, Director of MADRE, about the crisis in Haiti. MADRE began its work in Central America during the 1980s, working with local women's groups to counter U.S. policy of intervention in the region. It has been active in Haiti for many years and was one of the first organizations to mobilize effective aid after the devastating earthquake. 20:58
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CBS: Pull the Ad

Destiny Lopez of ACCESS Women's Health Rights Coalition talks with KPFA Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael about the Focus on the Family ad to run during the Super Bowl. Women's groups have organized to pressure CBS to pull the ad. (Join the campaign) 16:25
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Radical feminist theologian Mary Daly, who died last month at age 81, transformed the language in which we critique patriarchy. In this short clip (copyright, Pacifica Archives, permission required for rebroadcast), she reads from her Wickedary, a reimagining of the English language based on feminist principles.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Women's Magazine 2010

2010-01-18T12:18:00.000-08:00

Photo: "We Came to America" (1997) by Faith Ringgold ©

Listen to today's show, including music by Mahalia Jackson and the Neville Brothers, the Women's Calendar, on KPFA's archive.

Earthquake in Haiti: Not a Natural Disaster

Laura Flynn, editor of Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization by Jean-Bertrand Aristide, speaks with Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael about the aftermath of the earthquake and the political challenges for Haiti. Laura is also former international policy director of the Aristide Foundation for Democracy. 14:29
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What you can do to help Haiti:
Haiti Action Committee/Haiti Emergency Relief Fund
MADRE: Women Hardest Hit in Disasters

License to Kill?
Last week the judge in the trial of Scott Roeder, who killed Dr. George Tiller in Kansas, ruled that Roeder can introduce a justifiable homicide defense to argue for a conviction for voluntary manslaughter. Kathy Spillar of the Feminist Majority says this decision may lead to more murders of doctors who provide abortion services. Audio 5:58
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The Long Tradition of Black Feminism
Did Black feminism arise from the civil rights movement of the 1960s? Which women got to speak at the 1963 March on Washington? How new is the controversy over the movie "Precious"? What's the value of women's studies? Feminist scholar and professor Michele Wallace discusses these issues and more with KPFA Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael. 14:53
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Where Is the Affordable Housing
One year after the hope-filled inauguration of President Obama, what has changed for Bay Area homeless? Is affordable housing more available? What can we do to stop the threatened cuts to General Assistance? Janney Castillo of BOSS, Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency, speaks with two women who are trying to navigate the process of moving from shelter to housing. Audio 15:45
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Homelessness Ends with a Home: Housing Not Handcuffs, Take Action January 20

Beyond Gay Marriage - Special Documentary Premiere

2010-01-12T11:05:00.000-08:00

This special one-hour broadcast is a documentary offering a radical Queers critique of the Gay Marriage movement and how it is driving a more assimiliationist gay politics. It is 40 years since the Stonewall rebellion generated the birth of the gay liberation movement, but the gay movement today is a far different movement than the radical politics of the 1960’s. While many have assumed that gay marriage is important to most Queers, this documentary challenges that myth and shows how the emphasis on gay marriage is part of the loss of a radical Queer critique. We discuss how we got to where we are and what kind of political work radical Queers are dong. You will hear the voices of many radical queers and academics sharing their perspective on what a radical Queer movement and politics could be.

This documentary includes the voices of:
Kenyon Farrow, Executive Director of Queers for Economic Justice
Brian Bassinger, Executive Director, Aids Housing Alliance of San Francisco
Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
Professor Lisa Duggan, NYU
Professor Dean Spade , Seattle University School of Law
Professor Priya Kandaswamy, University of Portland
and many more dynamic and articulate voices for LGBT liberation in the context of all liberation.

Don't miss "Beyond Gay Marriage".

"Beyond Gay Marriage" was produced as part of Queer Radical Voices. For other groundbreaking documentaries on queer issues you don't usually hear about, check out http://queerradio.blogspot.com/.

To learn more about people and groups who are building a queer liberation agenda, see http://www.beyondmarriage.org/.

Feminist Roundtable on Health Care Reform and Abortion Rights

2009-12-20T19:36:00.000-08:00

Kate Raphael sits down with Lupe Rodriguez, Policy Director of ACCESS Women's Rights Coalition, Serena Garcia, Communications Coordinator of Sistersong: Women of Color Health Collective, and Marit Knutson, member of Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights, to analyze the process and outcome of the health reform discussions in Congress.
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Then we hear an excerpt of a talk given by Professor Andrea (Andie) Smith, author of Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide, and Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances. Andie is a cofounder of INCITE: Women of Color Against Violence. This talk was given at Critical Resistance 10, a conference on opposing the prison industrial complex, held last fall in Oakland. In this excerpt, Andie explains how heteropatriarchy and settler colonialism are entwined, how the nonprofit industrial complex keeps us from making revolution, and why the Christian right attracts so many more people than the U.S. left. Download clip or listen here

We also remember Hilda Roberts, the last surviving nurse from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which supported the Democratic forces in Spain in the 1930s, and a stalwart of Berkeley Women In Black against Israeli occupation. download or listen:

This show also showcases music by Blame Sally and Metropolitan Klezmer. Hear all that, plus Jovelyn's World and the Women's Community Calendar, by downloading the entire show here (available after 2:00 p.m. on December 21, 2009).

Climate Change Is a Feminist Issue; Dying for Health Rights; and More Real Talk with Kiki & Miz Chris

2009-12-14T12:41:00.000-08:00

Today's packed show on Women's Magazine:

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Dying for Health Rights: Over 100 people died-in at the San Francisco Ferry Building on Saturday, December 5, to protest the Stupak Amendment and demand quality health care for all. The Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights (BACORR) teamed up with a broad coalition of single payer advocates including Direct Action for Single Payer and Raging Grannies to say "Shame on Nancy Pelosi" for allowing right-wing Democrats to dictate health policies she knows are wrong.
Rivian Berlin reports from the die-in. Download or listen here.

"Climate Change Hits Women Hardest, So Where Are the Feminist Voices?"
That's the question asked by Anushay Hossain, gender policy analyst and founder/editor of Anushay's Point. According to a UN Report released in advance of the Copenhagen talks on climate change, women are the most likely to be impacted by by climate change. They are losing their homes, forced to flee with their children, losing their livelihoods and increasingly vulnerable to sex trafficking and other dangerous forms of survival. So why hasn't this gender aspect of the crisis made its way onto the agenda for Copenhagen? Because feminist groups haven't made enough noise, says Anushay.
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Get the Gender and Climate Change Toolkit, "Climate Change Connections" from WEDO (Women's Environmental Development Organization). Lots more information and actions are available at http://gendercc.net/.

Kiki & Miz Chris Return with Real Talk. Today they focus on the music industry and talk with two lesbians of color who are making their way in the male-dominated world of hip-hop. Don't miss their lively conversations with Felice Archbold of Fresh Vibe Media and Femcee Mack Mistress.

Remembering Pearl Harbour: A Woman’s Perspective

2009-12-08T18:30:00.000-08:00

Sixty-eight years ago, Pearl Harbour naval base on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, was bombed. Over the years, several film and documentary have been produced. Many stories have been presented. However, few stories of the role of women have been shared. Today, Women’s Magazine has some of those stories, like that of Lena Jamison, a California woman who was recorded two days after the bombing. by John Lomax of the Library of Congress, in Dallas, TX. Other stories include that of Ruth Baird Shaw, as well as journalist Cornelia Fort, a Pearl Harbour survivor.

Plus "Grandmother's Wisdom Way," marks the 16 Days of action for United Nations- mandated Campaign for the Elimination of Violence towards Women and girls. Listen to this extraordinary compilation of poetry, history and song, produced by Yevtte Hochberg and Nina Serrano. Featuring poet, musician and healer, MamaCoAtl, Alameda poet laureate Mary Rudge, radio host and musician/poet Avotcja and independent scholar Max Dashu.

Hosted by Jovelyn Richards and produced by Safi wa Nairobi.

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Remembering Andrea Lewis

2009-11-23T14:53:00.001-08:00

Today on Women's Magazine, we aired a tribute to our sister and colleague, Andrea Lewis.

Included was an extraordinary interview with Andrea by Women's Mag producer, Lisa Dettmer, in which Andrea reflects on how she came to feminism, her perspective on lesbian feminism, and admits that her favorite album in her youth was Carole King's Tapestry. (And those of you who are old enough will know that means you'll be hearing "You've Got a Friend" and "Natural Woman.")

Also clips from some of Andrea's interviews and shows, and reflections from coworkers and friends.

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Wome's Magazine - Andrea Lewis: Feminist Extraordinaire. - November 23, 2009 at 1:00pm

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Letter to Andrea from Women's Magazine's Preeti Shekar:

Dear Andrea

I am so shocked you are no more. Many of us will feel shocked for a long time. How can we not? We lost in you a precious and amazing person. A voice meant for radio. A voice that energized, educated and enlightened so many of us.

I met you in 2006 when I was a news journalist and activist learning the ropes of radio production. I started listening to the morning show and like so many of your listeners, your voice, your energy, and radiance endeared me to the show. I tuned into the morning show regularly. When you left for the Stanford fellowship, like a lot of your regular listeners, I sorely missed your voice on KPFA. A year later when you returned to take charge of Sunday sedition, I began listening to it – once again more for you and very soon, it was also because of all the terrific guests and issues you brought to the show.

Dear Andrea I am sad that we never had lunch like we kept planning to. I remember when I pitched show ideas on South Asian issues that I work on, you used to write back saying, I think you should do it for the Sunday show, and I am glad to help you work on it. Thank you for being such a generous soul. I regret I didn’t get to work with you and learn from you more directly.

Your signature laughter, your gentle but firm style of dealing with an annoying guest – all of it was just so you. I loved how you enabled good discussions on radio, and how you broke down complex issues so well. As a younger woman of color delving into radio, I listened to you – literally! I loved how you wove in your left politics strategically, like a clever chess move, not the clichéd angry black woman calling out racism that maybe necessary and feels so right but sometimes just shuts down conversations and doesn’t let us on the progressive left build allies across differences.

You wore your politics with such impeccable style, broke stereotypes of how one could talk about issues of race, class, gender and sexuality and my most important lesson that I will always remember you for: humor. Listening to you on air was a reminder to those of us on the left to stop taking ourselves so seriously. Your booming laughter, be it on airwaves or across the KPFA hallways, was a nudge to us serious lefties that change can be done with laughter mixed with some love.

Like so many people, I am grateful to have known you. You are indeed a ray of sunshine lent to us too briefly. But we sure are glad we had the sun of your laughter ringing through our ears for years.

Love,

Preeti

A memorial for andrea will be held Tuesday evening, November 24 from 6:00-9:00 p.m., at the First Unitarian Church in Oakland, 685 14th St.

November 9, 2009: Rape and Militarism

2009-11-09T13:12:00.000-08:00

Today we look at the intimate connection between rape and war. As the wars our country is embroiled in escalate, so does sexual violence at home.

In our first segment, Kate Raphael brings us voices from the Peace March held in Richmond on Saturday, November 7. The peace march was organized by rape survivors and brought people together from Richmond and throughout the Bay Area to empower and support one another.

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In our second segment, we hear a talk by Zoya, a 28-year-old leader of the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan. She calls for immediate withdrawal of foreign troops, but also calls on the United States to disarm the warlords it previously armed.

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Monday, November 2 Show: New Directions for NOW and Real Talk with Kiki & Miz Chris

2009-11-01T13:05:00.001-08:00

Monday on Women's Magazine, Terry O'neill, new president of the National Organization for Women, shares her vision for building the grassroots movement to win the Equal Rights Amendment, welfare rights and single-payer health care for all women.

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Think you know what NOW is about? You might really be surprised! Check out all the great stuff on their blog, Say It Sister!.

And don't miss the premiere episode of Real Talk with Kiki & Miz Chris, a groundbreaking exploration of living as lesbians of color in the East Bay, with DJ Olga T and spoken word artist Ramona Webb. Monday at 1 pm on KPFA or online anytime at kpfawomensmag.blogspot.com. Produced by Kate Raphael with Kiki Poe and Christine de la Rosa.

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Peace March in Richmond Responds to Homecoming Rape

2009-11-01T13:04:00.001-08:00

A Peace March will be held in Richmond this Saturday
November 7, 11:00 a.m.
Richmond High School, 1250 23rd St, Richmond, CA (get directions)
For more info malupresents@gmail.com

Richmond girl raped outside homecoming dance
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Richmond

Richmond girl raped: A 15-year-old Richmond girl who had left the homecoming dance was hospitalized in stable condition after being assaulted and allegedly raped by several men on the Richmond High School grounds, police said.

Police received several reports shortly before midnight Saturday and when officers arrived at the high school several men ran away. One was caught.

The 19-year-old Richmond man was in the county jail in Richmond on rape charges, said Richmond Police Sgt. Bisa French. She would not release his name, saying they were trying to get more information from him and police were concerned that if his name were known he might be more reluctant to talk.

The girl was unconscious and flown by helicopter to a hospital.

French said police believe the girl was raped by several men an they are looking for "at least" four males.

"She left the dance at some point and that's when this occurred," French said.

She said the girl apparently knew at least one of her assailants.

Mike Taugher

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Disability and Breast Cancer Awareness

2009-10-31T11:50:00.000-07:00

Today, Women's Magazine spotlights women living with breast cancer.

In the first half hour you'll hear a documentary on Grace Paley, poet, writer, activist and social critic who died of breast cancer at age 84. Paley's short stories, which were rich with everyday dialogue, often chronicled the lives of women—generally Jewish New Yorkers. The Grace Paley documentary includes a contrast with young poet Ra Goddess. The documentary is produced by Reggie Johnson, with co-production by Deepa Fernandes and Matt Rogers.

In the second half of the show, we'll share a portion of a documentary about breast cancer from an African American perspective.

And, of course, you'll hear Jovelyn's World and the weekly calendar of events. The stories of African American women living with breast cancer comes from WABE's program Journey to Wellness. Today's show is hosted by Jovelyn Richards, the calendar compiled by Yvette Hochberg, and produced by Safi wa Nairobi.

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Monday, September 14 - Feminists Resisting Militarism

2009-09-14T13:02:00.000-07:00

This week on Women's Magazine: Feminists Resisting Militarism

We feature an interview by Margaret Thompson of Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE) with Daisy Flores, a young organizer/activist with the Honduran group Feminists in Resistance. Feminists in Resistance has been in the forefront of the nonviolent street protests which have raged throughout Honduras since the overthrow of president Manuel Zelaya by the military and Roberto Micheletti.

Listen to the interview on FIRE's website.

Kate Raphael talks with Zanne Joi of the women's peace group Code Pink about their campaign to Ground the Drones. Unmanned drones controlled from Creech Air Base in Nevada carry out lethal attacks on civilians in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Plus an update on the case of South African track star Caster Semenya, who was forced to undergo a battery of "gender verification" tests after winning the 800 meters at the World Championships in Germany. Last week, newspapers leaked the results of the tests, which ostensibly show that Caster is intersex.

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Monday, Sept. 7: Women Changing the World Through Art

2009-09-07T09:36:00.000-07:00

Today on Women's Magazine, we celebrate Labor Day by speaking with some of our cultural workers, women who are changing the world through their art.

Listen to entire show, including great music by Mack Mistress and Eliza Gilkison and Jovelyn's World, as well as the downloadable segments below.

Journalist Carol Harvey interviews artist Christine Hanlon about her work on homelessness and poverty, and the upcoming Coalition on Homelessness art auction. Produced by Yvette Hochberg. Download

Kate Raphael speaks with Carolina de Robertis, author of the new novel The Invisible Mountain, a sprawling multigenerational story of Uruguay, through the eyes of women. Download

And Kiki Poe and Christine de la Rosa tell us about Bliss Weekend: an oasis for Women of Color weekend in Palm Springs.

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First Military Coup of 21st Century Reverses Honduran Women's Gains in Human Rights

2009-09-02T21:03:00.001-07:00

By Margaret Thompson
FIRE – Feminist International Radio Endeavour/Radio Internacional Feminista

August 24, 2009 - Tegucigalpa, Honduras – The military coup d’état in Honduras on June 28th has seriously eroded democratic institutions and hard-fought gains in women’s human rights and human rights in general. Setbacks include the takeover and militarization of the National Institute of Women (INAM) by the defacto coup administration, the suspension of 25 people including 18 women from their jobs at INAM, and violent repression by security forces of feminists who were protesting in front of the ministry, ordered by the defacto appointed Minister of Women.

Furthermore, as violence against women rises, the number of formal complaints filed with police has dropped to zero.

According to Gilda Rivera, director of CEM-H (Women’s Studies Center of Honduras), the coup resulted in the devastation and militarization of democratic institutions such as the National Institute for Women (INAM), which was established in 1998 based on international agreements made in 1995 with the UN Fourth World Conference on Women.

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August 24: Women's Magazine Presents Black August Commemoration

2009-08-19T19:03:00.001-07:00

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According to Mumia Abu Jamal, August--in both historic and contemporary African American history--is a month of meaning, a month of repression. So today you will hear a commentary on the significance of Black August. You will also hear stories of resistance, both individually as well as collectively, from people like Angela Davis, Kathleen Cleaver and Asata Shakur. Additionally, you will hear stories of repression and rebellion as we present part two of the Black August Commemoration, originally produced by Black Panther veteran and revolutionary journalist, Kiilu Nyasha. This Black August Commemoration focuses on the life of freedom fighters and revolutionaries, including Soledad Brothers like George Jackson. We have music from Nina Simone, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Billy Taylor and Steel Pulse, as well as Jovelyn’s World and the weekly calendar of events. Hear it this Monday on Women's Magazine at 1pm on KPFA, 94.1FM and online at www.kpfa.org. Hosted by Jovelyn Richards and produced by Safi wa Nairobi.

Monday, August 10: Women In Sports

2009-08-10T14:35:00.000-07:00

We look at the state of affairs for women athletes, with a special focus on entrenched homophobia and transphobia in U.S. women's sports. We'll hear excerpts from talks by David Zirin, author of People's History of Sports in the United States and the popular blog, Edge of Sports, and Elizabeth Terzakis, Instructor at Canada College, as well as speak with one of the producers of the extraordinary film "Training Rules" on homophobia in women's college basketball. Plus Jovelyn's World and more.

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Women's Magazine - Women In Sports - August 10, 2009 at 1:00pm

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Training Rules: Homophobia in Women's College Basketball
An Interview with Filmmaker Fawn Yacker (check out their great website, www.trainingrules.com, for lots more info on discrimination against lesbians in women's sports)
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Lesbian Soccer Star Raped and Murdered in South Africa: Read/watch BBC reporting on the rape and murder of Eudy Simelane. Reports allege that this is part of a pattern of so-called "corrective rape" targeting lesbians. We will be looking further at this issue in future shows.

August 3, 2009 Show: The Impact of Race in Arts and Politics

2009-08-05T12:44:00.000-07:00

Long before Beyonce, before Mariah Carey, before Halle Berry, singer, actor and author Eartha Kitt was struggling with racial identity. We've got that story, plus a discussion between La Raza Centro Legal Executive Director Anamaria Loya and Kate Raphael about the racial impact of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings. Plus Jovelyn's World and the Women's Community Calendar.

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Women's Magazine - The Impact of Race in Arts and Politics - August 3, 2009 at 1:00pm
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Learn more about Eartha Kitt.

Raised amidst the farm workers’ struggles in Indio, California, Anamaria Loya forged an early commitment to social justice. Her parents, both civil rights activists and retired educators, dedicate their lives towards addressing the inequities in the fields and in the educational system – a struggle that Anamaria and her two sisters, Patricia and Katherine, continue. Anamaria worked with the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights before becoming the first woman Executive Director of La Raza Centro Legal, a community-based legal organization dedicated to empowering Latino, immigrant and low-income communities of San Francisco.

Download or Listen to this interview with Anamaria Loya on the appointment and confirmation process of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Coming Up Next Week: Women In Sports

The Best Thing I've Read on the Sotomayor Hearings

2009-07-20T16:48:00.000-07:00

They Got Some ’Splainin’ to Do

By FRANK RICH

AS political theater, the Sonia Sotomayor hearings tanked faster than the 2008 Fred Thompson presidential campaign. They boasted no drama to rival the Clarence-Anita slapdown, the Bork hissy fits or the tearful exodus of Samuel Alito’s wife. There was rarely a moment to match even the high point of the Senate’s previous grilling of Sotomayor — in 1997, when she was elevated to the Second Circuit. It was then that Senator John Ashcroft of Missouri previewed the brand of white male legal wisdom that would soon become his hallmark at the Bush Justice Department. “Do you believe there’s a constitutional right to homosexual conduct by prisoners?” he asked. (She aced it: “No, sir.”)

Yet the Sotomayor show was still rich in historical significance. Someday we may regard it as we do those final, frozen tableaus of Pompeii. It offered a vivid snapshot of what Washington looked like when clueless ancien-régime conservatives were feebly clinging to their last levers of power, blissfully oblivious to the new America that was crashing down on their heads and reducing their antics to a sideshow as ridiculous as it was obsolescent.

The hearings were pure “Alice in Wonderland.” Reality was turned upside down. Southern senators who relate every question to race, ethnicity and gender just assumed that their unreconstructed obsessions are America’s and that the country would find them riveting. Instead the country yawned. The Sotomayor questioners also assumed a Hispanic woman, simply for being a Hispanic woman, could be portrayed as The Other and patronized like a greenhorn unfamiliar with How We Do Things Around Here. The senators seemed to have no idea they were describing themselves when they tried to caricature Sotomayor as an overemotional, biased ideologue.

At least they didn’t refer to “Maria Sotomayor” as had Mike Huckabee, whose sole knowledge of Latinos apparently derives from “West Side Story.” But when Tom Coburn of Oklahoma merrily joked to Sotomayor that “You’ll have lots of ’splainin’ to do,” it clearly didn’t occur to him that such mindless condescension helps explain why the fastest-growing demographic group in the nation is bolting his party.

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Even on the Supreme Court, Women Have Trouble Being Heard

2009-07-08T16:16:00.000-07:00

A quote from today's extraordinary interview with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the New York Times:

Q: You are said to have very warm relationships with your colleagues. And so I was surprised to read a comment you made in an interview in May with Joan Biskupic of USA Today. You said that when you were a young lawyer, your voice was often ignored, and then a male colleague would repeat a point you’d made, and other people would be alert to it. And then you said this still happens now at conference.

JUSTICE GINSBURG: Not often. It was a routine thing [in the past] that I would say something and it would just pass, and then somebody else would say almost the same thing and people noticed. I think the idea in the 1950s and ’60s was that if it was a woman’s voice, you could tune out, because she wasn’t going to say anything significant. There’s much less of that.But it still exists, and it’s not a special experience that I’ve had. I’ve talked to other women in high places, and they've had the same experience.

Q: I wonder if that would change if there were more women who were part of the mix on the court?

JUSTICE GINSBURG: I think it undoubtedly would. You can imagine in Canada, where McLachlin is the chief, I think they must have a different way of hearing a woman’s voice if she is the leader.

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July 6, 2005 Show - India, Cambodia and Feminist Spirituality

2009-07-05T21:07:00.001-07:00

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This week on Women's Magazine, we talk with Roke Chaudry, member of the South Asian Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Trans group Trikone, about the historic ruling decriminalizing homosexuality in India.

Also, an interview with Kris Steinnes, founder of Women of Wisdom, about her new book Women of Wisdom: Empowering the Dreams and Spirit of Women and their successful campaign to promote women's spirituality on Amazon.com.

And, Preeti speaks with Cambodian feminist Member of Parliament Mu Sochua, who has been targeted by her government with criminal prosecution because of the feminist policies she has promoted.

This Week: Continuing Coverage of Women in Iran

2009-06-28T22:07:00.000-07:00

This week on Women's Magazine, we continue our coverage of the struggle of women in Iran. We will talk with York University Sociologist, Haideh Moghissi about the Iranian women’s struggle for Equality in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, the challenges they have faced and the strategies they have devised to reform the discriminatory laws against women. And we will talk to Malihe Razazan of KPFA’s voices of the Middle East and North Africa about women’s roles in the ongoing mass protests challenging the outcome of June 12th presidential election that handed president Ahmadinejad a second term.

Plus Jovelyn's World, the Women's Community Calendar and information about the upcoming LSB election.

Women's Magazine - June 29, 2009 at 1:00pm

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Also, remember that July 15 is the last day to become a member of KPFA in order to vote in the upcoming board elections, which is important to keep Women's Magazine and other diverse voices on the air. If you made a pledge in the last fund drive, be sure to pay at least $25 of it before July 15.

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Interview with Malihe Razazan on the situation and the women's movement in Iran:

This Week: The Iranian Women's Movement and the State of Abortion Rights in the US

2009-06-22T17:59:00.000-07:00

Women's Magazine speaks with feminist anthropologist, Sima Shakhsari about the popular uprising in Iran and how it relates to the growing feminist movement in that country. We also discuss the rise of the anti-abortion movement with feminist writer and activist, Jennifer Baumgardner.

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Jennifer Baumgardner on abortion rights movement and its opposition:

Sima Shakhsari on the Iranian women's movement and the current crisis in Iran:

This week on WM - Spotlight on Poverty

2009-06-13T23:14:00.000-07:00

The Queerness of Class, a documentary about perceptions and realities of class and income in the gay and lesbian communities. Plus voices from the struggle to save welfare and health care in California, including Anna Kelleher, manager of the Community Jobs Project at Goodwill Industries, and Barbara Lopez of La Voz Latina.

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Women's Magazine - The Queerness of Class - June 15, 2009 at 1:00pm

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Governor Proposes to eliminate CalWORKS: An Interview with Anna Kelleher, Manager of the Community Jobs Program at Goodwill Industries (6 mins)

Thousands Protest Mayor's Proposed Budget Cuts in San Francisco: audio collage (6:30)

** Tuesday, June 23 **
HUGE DIRECT ACTION IN SAN FRANCISCO!
SAVE THE STATE BUDGET
Meet at 12 NOON at Civic Center Park
(Grove & Larkin Streets, in front of City Hall)
From there we'll march to the Governor's office.
For info: contact Jessica Lehman, Community Organizer
Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL)
(510) 881-5743 x5937
jessica.lehman@cril-online.org