Monday, October 24, 2016 - Conflict Is Not Abuse

Queer feminist author and activist Sarah Schulman discusses her new book, CONFLICT IS NOT ABUSE: OVERSTATING HARM, COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND THE DUTY OF REPAIR.

In this captivating new work, the author of GENTRIFICATION OF THE MIND and SHIMMER connects the feminist anti-violence movement’s cooptation by the state, Canadian laws that criminalize HIV transmission, same-sex marriage and compensatory motherhood, shaming and shunning in personal relationships, and the Israeli assault on Gaza.

 

Sarah will be in conversation with Virgie Tovar of Radar Productions on Monday, October 24 at 6:30 pm at Alley Cat Books in San Francisco and will read from and discuss the book on Wednesday, October 26 at 7:00 pm at Laurel Bookstore in Oakland.

 

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Monday, December 7, 2015: AIDS Activism as a Model for Social Change

"We created a paradigm shift in many, many arenas." Sarah Schulman

In this segment we talk with Sarah Schulman, producer of the film United In Anger: A History of ACT UP, and with younger AIDS activist, Cyd Nova.  What lessons does ACT UP offer for young activists, and why was the AIDS movement so successful in changing US policy?

And why has this spectacularly successful movement been nearly forgotten?

Kate's complete interview with Sarah and Cyd can be found here. 23:57 min

Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min.

Also on today's show:
Racism and the Global Beauty Industry

Events:
December 10-17: Black Virgins Are Not For Hipsters
8 PM Thursdays
8:30 PM Saturdays
at The Marsh, 1062 Valencia St, SF or call 415-282-3055

June 24, 2013: Pinkwashing Apartheid and Dyke Disorders

"Pinkwashing," a term first used to refer to corporate profiteering off of breast cancer awareness, now has another meaning as well.  It describes the efforts of the Israeli government and its supporters to use progressive policies toward gay and trans citizens of Israel to build alliances with queer communities in the U.S. and Europe, and deflect criticism of its defiance of international law and repression of Palestinians - both citizens and non-citizens, queer and straight.

Lesbian activist, filmmaker and author Sarah Schulman's newest book is Israel/Palestine and the Queer International.  Schulman brought the concept of "pinkwashing" into the mainstream with an Op-Ed in the New York Times in 2011.

Lisa Dettmer talks with Sarah about pinkwashing and the personal journey which ended in her becoming a key spokesperson for the growing LGBT Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement targeting Israeli human rights violations.

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As controversy swirls around the newly released "DSM-5," which many say continues the tradition of overdiagnosing mental disorders, we speak with Mickey Eliason, Ph.Dyk, author of the Dyke Diagnostic Manual (ed. III, Revised).  Eliason sheds light on such little-known maladies as Femme Feline Fetish, Lesbian Fusion Disorder and U-Haul Syndrome.

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