Monday, January 1, 2018: Special Guest Eryn Mathewson

Next up special guest Eryn Mathewson, former producer of Women's Magazine and now director of ESPN's Rhoden Fellows Initiative, shares insights from the world of sports journalism and reflects on the continuing importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

https://theundefeated.com/features/figure-skating-in-detroit-is-aiming-to-change-the-color-of-the-sport/

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Also on today's show:
Laugh In the New Year

Monday, November 20, 2017: The Space Between Us, Hosted by: Jovelyn D. Richards

As the stories of sexual exploitation, power, under the umbrella of patriarchal rein continues in the media Joyce Bulifant known for television roles as: Marie, wife of Gavin MacLeod on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", the Disney musical "Airplane" and "The Happiest Millionaire" as well the "The Match Game" shares her personal story.  In her Memoir titled: My Four Hollywood Husbands, give us a up and close personal examination of her journey in the most influential industry in American.

In the second half of The Space Between Us, Jovelyn speaks with Oakland boxer Rae Black. Rae shared her beliefs and journey as a female boxer and her thoughts regarding how women live in their bodies trained by society to live "As If" its TKO.





Jovelyn closes the show with an interview with Bianca sharing the story of her family in Puerto Rico and the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Help the Sandra Torres family at https://www.youcaring.com/sandratorresfamily-977288. Check out Sandra's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/babyandchildrenart. Contact Bianca at Bianca@lapena.org

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Monday, July 4, 2016: Remembering Pat Summitt

Today's program begins with a tribute to Pat Summitt.

Pat Summitt talks to her players during a team practice March 2004. www.charlotteobserver.com

Kate Raphael offers a brief tribute to trailblazing basketball coach Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in the sport's history.

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Also on today's show:
Chivvis Moore discusses her new memoir
Cynthia Enloe on gender and militarism

Monday August 24th, 2015: Sex Testing and Gender Policing in Sports

"There is no single thing in the body that can be objectively used to sort all males from all females." Rebecca Jordan-Young

Rebecca Jordan-Young, Tow Associate Professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College and author of Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences joins Kate Raphael to discuss gender policing and sex testing in sports.

A recent ruling by the International Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case of sprinter Dutee Chand suspended the practice of "hyperandrogenism regulation" by the International Association of Athletics Federations.  Where did this type of sex testing come from, and what does the ruling mean for the future of women's sports? Are we heading to gender neutral sports? What counts as unfair and disproportionate?

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Also on today's show:
Theo E.J. Wilson, In Defense of Black Women

August 13, 2012. The ugly side of gymnastics & figure skating; Persecuting Pussy Riot

http://artinfo.com/news/story/820033/the-history-of-pussy-riot-from-activist-art-origins-to-the-dramatic-trial-and-final-sentence

Feminists in Chains: Pussy Riot vs the Kremlin.

Kate Raphael talks to journalist with Sydney Brownstone about the case against feminist Punk Band, Pussy Riot who were sentenced to two years in prison "for offending the faithful of the Orthodox Church by performing a crude anti-Putin song near the altar of a Moscow cathedral last February." More about Pussy Riot and other important events at the Mother Jones website:  http://www.motherjones.com/

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Elite Women Gymnastics and Figure Skating. 

Eryn Mathewson speaks with author and Media Advisor, Joan Ryan about her book, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnastics and the current state of elite women's athletics.

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

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.

Listen to entire show, including music by Toshi Reagon and Mamina and poetry by Suheir Hammad and Janet Stickmon, on the KPFA archive.

(Photo: copyright Zanmi Lasante, Partners in Health)

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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Monday, September 14 - Feminists Resisting Militarism

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, August 10: Women In Sports

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.