I also air a little bit of a never-before-heard interview with Roxanne where we talk about lessons from the second wave women's movement. And I share a few thoughts about Al Franken and John Conyers.
Many feminists are dismayed that the liberal and women justices voted with the majority to strike down the Massachusetts law requiring a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics. Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael agrees with the court on this one. She looks at the history of buffer zones and says they are not an effective way to protect reproductive rights. Find out why.
Hannah Arendt, the subject of a new film by Margarethe von Trotta, did not
consider herself a feminist and never wrote about the women's movement, although
she did write about other social movements of the sixties and seventies.
Nevertheless, generations of women have combed her work for feminist
implications. Why are feminists so fascinated with Arendt, and what does her
work bring to our understanding of feminism?
Kate Raphael discusses this
question with Linda Zerilli, Professor of Political Science and outgoing Director of the Center for the Study
of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago. Zerilli is the author of Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom, one of many books
interpreting Arendt's work through the lens of feminism.
41 years after the first issue of Ms hit newsstands, how close is the publishing industry to realizing gender neutrality? Not nearly close enough, say author Joy Castro and publisher Brooke Warner. Joy Castro is author of Hell or High Water, The Truth Book, and the forthcoming Nearer Home. Brooke Warner, formerly of Seal Press, is now publisher of She Writes Press. They spoke with Tara Dorabji.
Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, is the largest cultural event in the world. For the last four years, the festival has been met by protests over its partnership with the Israeli consulate, which is a featured copresenter and sponsor of several films each year. We hear from Zac Barghouti, a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement and a gay man born in Palestine, about the growing movement to oppose "pinkwashing," the Israeli government's marketing campaign aimed at international LGBT communities.
Lesbiana: A Parallel Revolution (Une Revolution Parallele)
Quebecois Filmmaker Myriam Fougère discusses her documentary, "Lesbiana," which explores "the rise and fall of the lesbian movement of the 1970s and 1980s. The film shows Tuesday, June 25 at the Castro Theater. Find out about tickets.
The month-long multidisciplinary arts festival has 5 visual art exhibitions and over 40 performance events at venues throughout the City. Artistic Director Pam Peniston runs it down. Schedule and ticket info.
Sean Dorsey and Shawna Virago, codirectors of Fresh Meat Productions, tell us about the Twelfth Annual Fresh Meat Festival, a three-day extravaganza featuring transgender and queer performers. This year's festival includes ten top-notch performers in dance, music, spoken word, humor and poetry. Get tickets.
