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FM March 28: Feminist Frequency / Campus Activists/ Reyna Grande

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:48:30 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen, Monique Meza, Celina Alvarez & Ariana Manov… Anita Sarkeesian - founder of the fabulous blog Feminist Frequency - talks cultural criticism in this ‘best of...

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March 15 on FM: History repeating itself?, War On Women & The Raincoats

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:05:54 +0000

This week Feminist Magazine is airing at a special time ~ Thursday March 15th at 3pm. And we’re continuing our unique take on the theme of Women’s History Month - with guests who are...

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March 7 on FM: Celebrating International Women’s Day!

admin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:51:29 +0000

What does International Women’s Day mean to you? This week on Feminist Magazine we celebrate and ‘interrogate’ this historic day for women! We talk to Emily Heroy of Gender Across...

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February 1 on FM: “Homefulness”/Decolonizers’ Guide/”Forgetting the Alamo”

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:16:52 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov & Celina Alvarez w/ Denise Zepeda We have the “Decolonizers’ Guide to a Humble Revolution” and wide-ranging visions for “homefulness” with “Tiny”, aka Lisa Gray-Garcia, ...

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January 25 on FM: “waitressing”, anti-rape arts project, Suzanne Lacy

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:34:02 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov, Monique Meza & Susan Kraker “HEY WAITRESS!” Documentarian Maya Gallus examines women, waitressing and the art of service in “Dish”. She serves up an illuminating...

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January 18 on FM: Teatro Chicana | Esther McCoy & Modernism

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:29:34 +0000

Hosted by Celina Alvarez & Christene Kings This week on Feminist Magazine……What happened at San Diego State University in the ‘70s when several Chicana activists and artists came together to have...

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January 11 on FM: Community Voices / Holding up Half the Sky

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:22:43 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen & Monique Meza : This week on Feminist Magazine… What happens when community voices ARE heard? We talk to Denise Bonitto and Antoniette Gomes - members of the...

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January 4 on FM: “Behind the Veil”/digital justice/elections

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:11:20 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov & Celina Alvarez w/ Denise Zepeda: Coming up on Feminist Magazine, what does all this presidential folderol (and the Iowa Caucus) mean for our feminist agenda? Dr....

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December 28 on FM: FEMINISM–PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

admin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:17:48 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov & Celina Alvarez WE’RE CONJUGATING FEMINISM –PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE with a stellar lineup of fierce feminists who’ll help us wrap up 2011 and move us...

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Dec 21 on FM: Throw like a Grrrl & “F’em!”

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:50:01 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen & Monique Meza: Here’s the sports camp you wish was around when you were in middle-school! We talk to GRRRL co-directors Elizabeth Labedz and Whitney Daleiden...

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December 7 on FM: Indigenous Women’s Sovereignty/ Growing Up Latina

feminist — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:32:55 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov, Celina Alvarez, Monique Meza ” We declare this a sovereign nation”. Regina Quetzal Quinones, as a part of the Indigenous People’s Committee, worked to...

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November 30 on FM: Feminism in the kaleidoscopic OCCUPY Movement

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:56:39 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov, Lynn Harris Ballen, Monique Meza WHERE DOES FEMINISM FIT into the kaleidoscopic shape-shifting Occupy movement? WHERE DOES THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT FIT into feminism? Sarah...

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Nov 23 on FM: Alice Bag, Men & Feminism

feminist — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:40:45 +0000

Hosted by Christene Kings, Susan Kraker, Denise Zepeda Wednesday on Feminist Magazine we talk with Alice Bag about her new book- Violence Girl, which chronicles the feminist punk experience and the...

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November 9th on FM: Feminist artists ‘Doin’ It In Public’ & Decolonizing Your Diet

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:15:45 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen, Christene Kings and Monique Meza We’re “Doin’ It In Public” & talking all about the Women’s Building feminist art exhibit at Otis...

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October 12 on FM: invisible black families, “herstory”, striking the match

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:09:42 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov, Celina Alvarez & Denise Zepeda It’s “all in the family” when UCLA sociologist Mignon R. Moore challenges multiple myopias regarding “Invisible Families: Gay Identities,...

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Oct 5 on FM: Women Voting, Dating, and Girls Rocking!

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:51:20 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen, Christene Kings and Monique Meza We hear from filmmakers Martha Wheelock & Jane Guthrie about their historic film ““California Women Win the Vote!”...

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September 28 on FM: Women of Color/ sexuality/ misrepresentation/ abuse/ resistance

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:49:42 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Susan Kraker : Dr. Maythee Rojas, Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Cal State Long Beach and Audrey Silvestre & Tani Ikeda from the ImMEDIAte...

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Sept 21 on FM: Shelby Knox, Change.org & Viva La Feminista!

admin — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:05:15 +0000

Hosted by Celina Alvarez & Christene Kings Shelby Knox - organizer, speaker and writer - joins the show to talk about the Change.org campaign to remove Facebook pages that promote violence...

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Sept 14 on FM: Women & Trees, Women & Jobs, book/movie giveaways!

admin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:32:18 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen & Monique Meza Can trees, women and tree people really save the Planet? We hear from best-selling author Jean Shinoda Bolen about her new book: “Like A...

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September 7 on FM: domestic workers rights, “Hoarding” & “Smart Girls”

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:00:42 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Celina Alvarez: Unfair labor practices inside our own homes? Aquilina Soriano, Executive Director of the Pilipino Workers Center reminds us what’s at stake and brings...

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August 31 on FM: The Moral Underground/ economic subversion

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:28:58 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Lynn Harris Ballen Are you ready to commit economic civil disobedience? What does it take for you to bend or break the rules –or even the law –to help other people...

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Aug 17th on FM: An Eco-feminist extravaganza! ‘Bag it’ film + Eco Voices

feminist — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:06:48 +0000

Hosted by Celina Alvarez, Christene Kings & Susan Kraker Join us for an Eco-feminist special program… Is your life too plastic? Suzan Beraza director of the award-winning documetary...

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Aug 10 on FM: a Long Walk Home, Beauty Culture & ‘Stealing Angel’

admin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:17:19 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen & Alicia Fry Can art expose the outrage of sexual violence while inspiring social change through community empowerment? Salamishah & Scheherazade Tillett join us...

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August 3 on FM: organizing against fear, grassroots theatre

feminist — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:47:27 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Celina Alvarez Professors Dionne Espinoza and Susana Gallardo discuss Chicana/Latina and Native American Women organizing against fear and terror. They will be previewing...

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July 27 on FM: Driving & Bus Riders Union

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:16:41 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov & Susan Kraker In the aftermath of the much-hyped “Carmaggedon”, what makes bus riding a feminist issue? Can car-privileged Angelenos quit driving when we come to the...

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July 20 on FM: ‘Miss Danger’ street art, Room to Read + Feminist Teacher

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:05:46 +0000

Hosted by Celina Alvarez and Christene Kings What is street art and how has it evolved? Rachel Joelson, co-owner of LAB ART Los Angeles and KH No.7, artist and curator of “Miss Danger on the Loose” ...

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July 13 on FM: Feminist Summer Camp | Latina Reproductive Justice | Top Secret Rosies

admin — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:35:03 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen & Alicia Fry It’s time for Feminist Summer Camp! We hear all about it - the only feminist immersion program in the country and an activist bootcamp for college...

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July 6 on FM: Haitian myths/ dismantling the cradle to prison pipeline/ from harem to feminist sex activist

admin — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:17:09 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov, Celina Alvarez & Susan Kraker Is Haiti really a “heart of darkness dystopia” –where women live dehumanized, fearful lives of suffering and despair? Haitian immigrant,...

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June 29 on FM: Subversive Feminist Fiction from Granta

admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:30:42 +0000

Granta Summer Issue 115 - The F Word http://www.granta.com/Magazine/115 How about some delicious summer reading?! Hosts Ariana Manov & Lynn Harris Ballen cover the latest issue of Granta - the...

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June 8 on FM: Suppressed histories / Hey, Boo / Mujeres on the Mic

admin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:36:30 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen and Alicia Fry: We hear from artist, writer, and scholar Max Dashu – founder of the Suppressed Histories Archives - about her grassroots discoveries of women’s...

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June 1 on FM: Slutwalking/ White Privilege/ Tackle Football/ Lesbian in Guyana

admin — Mon, 30 May 2011 05:54:25 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov & Celina Alvarez: We’ll talk “Slutwalking” with Meghan Murphy - from The F Word Media Collective - and Katie Landers - an organizer of Slutwalk Los Angeles. Is the...

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May 18 on FM: It’s a Feminist Foodie Giveaway!

admin — Sun, 15 May 2011 15:27:33 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen, Ariana Manov and Christene Kings It’s a feast for the mind, heart and ear! From farms to community gardens to restaurants, women are taking food back into our...

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FM April 27: Sisterhood City, Deliver This! & Where is your Line?

admin — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:02:30 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen and Alicia Fry. How did the politics, history, and geography of Southern California make it the perfect place for the genesis of a rich tradition in feminist art? Hear...

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FM April 20: New Racism in Academia, Rethinking Genesis, Feminism & Migration

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:28:32 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Christene Kings. Pioneer feminist theologian Dr. Rosemary Radford Ruether takes a bound-to-be-controversial “Fresh look at Genesis: A world of Hope Beyond the Barriers of...

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FM April 13: Work It! & Chicana Feminisms

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:26:59 +0000

Hosted by Christene Kings and Lynn Harris Ballen. We’re Working It! The biggest stars of the day - from Katy Perry, Nikki Minaj, Lady Gaga, to Adam Lambert - play in the brightest lights with...

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FM April 6: Clowns Without Borders & Sex Ed with Julia Sweeney

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:04:10 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Celina Alvarez. What do clowns and elephants have to do with a Guatamalan who was raised Mexican? Writer, performer and teacher Sayda Trujillo describes her national and...

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FM March 30: PCC Feminists/Gender & Justice / Emma’s Revolution

admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:18:13 +0000

Hosted by: Lynn Harris Ballen and Celina Alvarez. Hear highlights from the Feminist Coming Out Day event, recorded live at Pasadena City College with community panelists and a student audience. Then,...

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FM March 23: ‘Strange Stirring’/‘No Excuses’/‘Trio’/‘Fry Bread Queen’

admin — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:38:50 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Susan Kraker: It’s A Strange Stirring when feminist historian Stephanie Coontz describes where Betty Friedan of The Feminine Mystique got it right –and wrong...

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FM March 16: Feminist Frequency, WAM! the media & Mujeres de Maiz

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:46:35 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen, Celina Alvarez and Alicia Fry. Anita Sarkeesian - founder of the fabulous blog Feminist Frequency - talks cultural criticism & her web series of video commentaries...

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FM March 9: Media Justice, African-American Sister Days & Intl. Womens Day

admin — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:02:12 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Christene Kings. We’ll talk control, media justice, self-determination and movement building with Andrea Quijada –a Xicana, queer, media literacy activist focusing on...

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FM Feb 16: Visionary bell hooks - a special program!

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:30:11 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov, Lynn Harris Ballen and Christene Kings. Join us for our Visionary bell hooks Special on Feminist Magazine. We want to turn you on — newbies and long-time supporters...

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Feb 9 on FM: Hollaback in SoCal, Pioneers in Pecos & Jasmine Mans dares hiphop Barbies

admin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:38:39 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen and Celina Alvarez. It’s time to reclaim the streets and hollaback! Hollaback is an international movement to end street harassment and the Hollaback SoCal site has...

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Feb 2 on FM: South Sudan gives birth, Athena Film Fest, “The Heavens Weep”

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:14:50 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov, Lynn Harris Ballen and Celina Alvarez. Can they deliver? African women are birthing a “new” state in South Sudan, after laboring for decades for their basic human and civil...

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Jan 26 on FM: Interrupting Colonialism & Yes Means Yes

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:48:51 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen and Ariana Manov. Joining us is Gina Athena Ulysse, Associate professor in the departments of anthropology, African American Studies and feminist, gender, and sexuality...

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Jan 19 on FM: SPEAK OUT! Drummers, Chicana activist mothers & LA Young Feminists

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:17:03 +0000

Hosted by: Lynn Harris Ballen, Celina Alvarez, and Christene Kings. What’s important for young LA feminists to talk about? Hear from Young Feminists Speak Out: Los Angeles panelists: Morgane...

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Jan 12 on FM: The power of emotional and media literacy for your mind, body, and soul.

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:13:37 +0000

Hosted by Alicia Fry, Susan Kraker and Melissa Chiprin. We will dialogue with Leila Steinberg, founder of Alternative Intervention Models (AIM), an educational system transformed at its core to...

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Jan 5 on FM: “Is Feminism Still for Everybody?”

admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:11:57 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov, Celina Alvarez and Lynn Harris Ballen. This Wednesday on “Feminist Magazine”, we’re thrilled to bring you visionary feminist theorist and cultural critic, bell hooks, who...

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Dec 29 on FM: Resolutions for an Empowering Activist Feminist New Year

admin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:23:46 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov, Celina Alvarez, Susan Kraker, and Christene Kings Help us make our resolutions for an empowering, and beyond empowering, an ACTIVIST FEMINIST NEW YEAR. After a quickie...

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Dec 22 on FM: A Bead, a TV show, a piece of Art - small inspirations for women making big changes!

admin — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:17:25 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen and Celina Alvarez How can watching one TV show impact your life forever? Author Lisa Shannon will tell us how her life changed from one day to the next with the click...

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Dec 15 on FM: Smart Feminist Commentators & Restaurant Giveaways

admin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:59:39 +0000

Hosted by Susan Kraker, Lynn Harris Ballen, and Christene Kings Where can you find MSNBC/Rachel Maddow Show commentator Melissa Harris Perry, Rebecca Traister of Salon.com…. plus Grit...

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Nov 24 on FM: Lakota Traditions with Autum Two Bulls; Filmmaking with ImMEDIAte Justice; Latina Theater in the OC

admin — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:49:10 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Melissa Chiprin Joining us is Autumn Two Bulls- born on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1981 – a direct descendent of Chief Smoke, original chief to the Teton Wan Lakota,...

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Nov 10 on FM: Grace Slick, ‘The Rainbow Is Enuf’ & Teens Talk passion

admin — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:03:17 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Susan Kraker Produced by Ariana Manov and Lynn Harris Ballen A CONVERGENCE OF ART AND POLITICS – without sacrificing one for the other! This week on Feminist Magazine,...

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Nov 3 on FM - Election ‘Morning After’ w/Laura Flanders/GRITtv; Betsy Reed/The Nation & Nwamaka Agbo

admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:00:06 +0000

Hosted by Melissa Chiprin and Susan Kraker with Leilani Albano This week on FM, host Melissa Chiprin asks: When all is said and done, and ‘a lot’ has been said but, what has been done? California...

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Oct 27 on FM: Pre-Election Special!

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:19:59 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen and Melissa Chiprin You may already be tired of all those election ads on TV and in the mail… but you know you can count on Feminist Magazine to bring you the...

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Oct 13 on FM: Men having their say on Feminist Magazine

admin — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:30:50 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Melissa Chiprin This rare edition of Feminist Magazine is NOT FOR MEN ONLY – it’s for ALL of us who want to work together for gender justice and a transformed world. We’re...

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Sept 29 on FM: WOC Reproductive Justice & ‘tiny town’

admin — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:07:40 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Susan Kraker with Celina Alvarez We’re calling for “doing collectively what we cannot do individually”. Loretta June Ross, a co-founder and the National Coordinator of...

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Sept 22 on FM: UN Resolution 1325, Women’s Spa Day & Sexological Bodywork

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:55:46 +0000

Hosted by Jennifer DeClue and Melissa Chiprin October 2010 marks ten years since the passage of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. Joining us is Lucinda Marshall the...

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Sept 15 on FM: Hip Hop Gender Stereotypes, Pole-Climbing & ButchVoices.LA

admin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:44:05 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Susan Kraker with Jennifer DeClue Featuring three inspiringly defiant women: the provocative Dr. Dianne Bartlow “Defying Gender Stereotypes and Racial Norms: Naming...

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Sept 8 on FM: Honoring Haitian Feminists & the Play ‘Faking It’

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:42:26 +0000

Hosted by Susan Kraker and Melissa Chiprin We will have a conversation with Miriam Peniche and Gabriela Lopez de Dennis about their new play Faking It, about One woman’s journey through loss,...

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Sept 1 on FM: Medicina of las Xicanas, Punkera Organizing & ‘Cleaning House’

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:07:40 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Lynn Harris Ballen Following our Feminist Analysis of the News, we’ll have Las Ramonas, the amazing, funny and powerful multi-media Xicana trio. Marisol Torres, Marlene...

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Aug 25 on FM: From Magazines to Documentaries-Shifting Paradigms

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:23:16 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen and Melissa Chiprin We talk with Sheila Sampath - Editorial and Art Director of Shameless magazine - a fierce grassroots magazine for teens, published in Canada. A...

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Aug 18 on FM: On-Air “Party”

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:58:18 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Lynn Harris Ballen We’re celebrating feminist radio and you –our listeners! Grab a drink- or your favorite coffee — and join our on-air party –with lots of current ...

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Aug 11 on FM: The Grassroots Artist & Punk Rock’s ‘Frontier’ Woman

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:22:25 +0000

Hosted by Christene Kings and Melissa Chiprin Dialogue with- Kristy Lovich, artist, poet, and cultural worker –about her upcoming Scholarship Fundraiser & Solo Show- her work attempts to name the...

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Aug 4 on FM: News, De-troubling Teens, ‘Digging’, Femmes

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:25:13 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Lynn Harris Ballen This Wednesday we’ll be Digging Up the Dirt with poetry and perversion featuring Chicana lesbian playwright, poet and essayist Cherrie Moraga and...

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July 28 on FM: Abortion Battle on ‘12th & Delaware’, Poet Cynthia Gonzalaz & Artist Timoi

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:35:37 +0000

HHosted by Leilani Albano and Melissa Chiprin Oscar-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady dialogue about their documentary 12th & Delaware. This compelling film puts viewers on the...

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July 21 on FM: Women’s Rights at Seneca Falls, ‘Opinionated’ Women & ReelGrrls

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:27:20 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen and Susan Kraker July 19th is the anniversary of the 1848 first national Convention for Womens Rights! We celebrate with Louise Vance, director of the documentary film...

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July 14 on FM: Disrupting and Exposing Dis-information Art & Music

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:16:33 +0000

Hosted by Christene Kings and Melissa Chiprin Christene and Melissa will peel back the layers of Dis-information at Peel Here political sticker and paste up forum’s Brace Your Self with Rosanna...

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July 7 on FM: Politics of (Feminist) Theater

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:48:05 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Lynn Harris Ballen All the world’s a stage –but in Los Angeles, does small theatre even matter? Are relevance, popularity and economic survival mutually exclusive? And...

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June 2 on FM: Modern Slavery / Films / Communist Revolution / Jerusalem

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:51:48 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Celina Alvarez There are 27 million slaves in the world today –and the slave trade is thriving right here in Los Angeles. We’ll explore this horrifying reality and plant ...

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May 26 on FM: So. Central Farmers-Farmchella & Michelle Huneven Author of ‘Blame’

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:08:33 +0000

Hosted by Josy Catoggio and Melissa Chiprin Joining us is Xochitl Lujan -Mother, Educator, Community Organizer and South Central Farmer Community Supported Agriculture Cooperative Member. We will...

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May 12 on FM: Girls Play Ball, HollaBack at Harrassers & Arroyo Museums Celebrate Women

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:00:26 +0000

Hosted by Christene Kings, Celina Alvarez and Lynn Harris Ballen Just in time for baseball season…12 year old Chelsea Baker will bring us up to speed with her 70mph fastball and knuckleball...

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May 5th on FM: Lonely in Tucson, Rasquache & on/off the streets

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:49:36 +0000

Hosted by Celina Alvarez and Josy Catoggio It’s feeling kinda lonely in Tucson, Arizona where performance artist Denise Uyehara calls for action on public funding for the arts and how her focus on...

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Apr 28 on FM: Feminist Psychologist Catherine Edelmann & Congressional Candidate Lois Herr

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:25:43 +0000

Hosted by Josy Catoggio Josy talks with Feminist Psychologist Dr. Catherine Edelmann, author of /FROM PERSEPHONE TO ATHENA: Patriarchal Oppression of the Feminine Psyche/. Dr. Cat theorizes that...

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Apr 21 on FM: Girls on The Wall, Native American Women’s Outreach & Feminist Intersections

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:31:34 +0000

Hosted by Lynn H. Ballen and Celina Alvarez The teenage girls of Warrenville Prison get a shot at redemption in a most unlikely form - a musical based on their lives. We hear from filmmaker Heather...

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Apr 14 on FM: DTLA Youth Center, RevolutionGirlStyle, Jane Hamsher & Healthcare

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:52:58 +0000

Hosted by Melissa Chiprin and Christene Kings Associate Director & Co-founder, Vanessa Acuna, of the new Downtown Los Angeles Youth & Culture Center which provides cultural, environmental,...

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April 7 on FM: ‘Wealth’ vs. $; Homophobia; ‘Blind Spots’

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:16:23 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov, Lynn Harris Ballen, and Celina Alvarez Latoya Peterson from Racialicious gives us her take on why “wealth is a feminist issue”, how wealth –-differentiated from “money”...

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Mar 31 on FM: Take Back the Night, WeHo Women’s Conference & ImMEDIAte Justice

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:28:12 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Lynn Harris Ballen Exciting student-organized feminist events are happening at Cal State Northridge! From “Take Back The Night” rallies to self-defense training ……Shira...

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March 24 on FM: ‘Manifesta’, ‘Domination Is Abomination’ & 40 Days of Prayer for Juarez

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:02:03 +0000

Hosted by Josy Catoggio and Melissa Chiprin We will have a conversation with Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards about their tenth anniversary edition of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the...

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Mar 17 on FM: Join Women On The Bridge, TeAda New Performance & ‘The Real Girls Guide’

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:47:33 +0000

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen and Celina Alvarez Hear all about ‘Join Women On The Bridge’ - one of the many International Women’s Day events - when we celebrated… and yes, we...

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Mar 10 on FM: New Narratives for Haiti & A Prayer for Juarez

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:13:29 +0000

Hosted by Melissa Chiprin and Christene Kings In an interview on February 10, Associate Professor of Anthropology, African-American Studies and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan...

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Mar 3 on FM: Antidote for Compassion Fatigue, Xicana/Latina LiveArtShow, ‘Broads’

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:00:43 +0000

Hosted by Ariana Manov and Celina Alvarez with support from Jojo Blondal “Are you compassion fatigued? Burned out? Think you can’t stand one more litany of injustices?” Well, hold on! Across the...

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Jan 20 on FM: Girls Helping Girls, Local Kids in Harmony & Sarah Schulman on ‘Ties That Bind’

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Hosted by Celina Alvarez and Lynn H. Ballen What kind of difference can just one high-school girl make in the lives of thousands of girls and women around the world? A surge of empowerment will hit...

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Jan 13 on FM: Military Women ‘Outside the Wire’ & Music from Sheila Nicholls

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Hosted by Melissa Chiprin We will continue a recent dialogue which aired December 23 with filmmaker Amanda Spain. Spain has focused her energies into social issue documentaries. Her latest project...

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Jan 6 on FM: Chicana Feminisms, Road-tripping with Girldrive & ‘Palestine, New Mexico’

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Hosted by Ariana Manov , Lynn Harris Ballen, and Celina Alvarez We’re reclaiming the “F” word in a far ranging exploration of power and privilege, rejecting standard binaries of race, ethnicity,...

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Dec 23 on FM: Women after Combat, Afghani Women & ‘Women who Kill’

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Hosted by Josy Catoggio and Melissa Chiprin We will have a conversation with filmmaker Amanda Spain who has focused her energies into social issue documentaries. Her latest project was producing the...

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Dec 9 on FM: Afghan Women at Risk, Rock Critics & Top 10 Female Artists of ‘09

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Hosted by Christene Kings and Melissa Chiprin Joining us is rock critic Nikki Darling and music writer Solvej Schou. Listen in and explore with us the history of feminist rock critics, female music...

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Dec 2 on FM: Fat Lib, A New Way of Life & ‘Tree’

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Hosted by Ariana Manov and Lynn Harris Ballen with Jojo Blondal We’re flying in the face of the “obesity epidemic” alarmists and declaring: “Fat people, you have nothing to...

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Nov 25 on FM: Jesse Bliss’ ‘Tree of Fire’, Armenia in Jeopardy & ‘No Thanks/No Giving’

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Hosted by Leilani Albano, Abelina Galustian, and Melissa Chiprin We will be talking with Jesse Bliss about her One night only! Unique, site-specific reading of her new play, “Tree of Fire”. Inspired...

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Nov 18 on FM: ‘Dancing with Butterflies’, Veteran Service Women & Campus Feminists

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Hosted by Celina Alvarez and Lynn H. Ballen Celina and Lynn will be talking to author Reyna Grande about her latest book “Dancing with Butterflies”. Plus, following up on Veteran’s Day, we’ll hear...

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Nov 11 on FM: The Sacred Feminine & Humane Immigrant Rights

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Hosted by Christene Kings and Melissa Chiprin Meet body worker and birth Doula - Pati Garcia. A body worker trained in Shiatsu, Cranio-Sacral, Pregnancy, Women’s Sacred Anatomy, and birth...

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Nov 4 on FM: The Genius of Girls & a ‘Precious’ Story

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Hosted by Ariana Manov and Josy Catoggio with Jojo Blondal Dr. Patti Feuereisen speaks out for the genius of sexually abused ”Invisible Girls”, and gives us a graduate level crash course...

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Oct 28 on FM: Wisdom of Ancestors & a Guide to the Future

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Hosted by Josy Catoggio Feminist Magazine celebrates Halloween, Day of the Dead, and All Souls Day by bringing you the wisdom of the past and a guide to the future! Join hostwitch Josy Catoggio as...

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Oct 21 on FM: Smokejumpers, Pasadena Latinas & Women Building California

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Hosted by Celina Alvarez and Lynn Harris Ballen Things will heat up all over the airwaves as we hear the smokin’ story of Gerrit Craig, telling us about her unique career and experiences as a...

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Oct 14 on FM: Stop Police Brutality, Blog with Fbomb & Save Domestic Violence Shelters

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Hosted by Christene Kings and Melissa Chiprin We will have a conversation about October 22 Coalition 14th Annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization...

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Sept 9 on FM: The Prison Industrial Complex Exposed & Nejma Shea

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Hosted by Christene Kings and Melissa Chiprin As Obama continues to state there is no torture in America, our guests bear witness to the daily torture within the prison industrial complex. We will...

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Sept 2 on FM: Women in Afghanistan, Women in Armenia & ‘A Woman’s Journey of Spirit’

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Hosted by Josy Catoggio and Melissa Chiprin Melissa Chiprin will be dialoguing with Fahima Vorgetts Board member and Director of Funds of Women for Afghan Women (WAW) an organization of Afghan and...

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Aug 26 on FM: Women’s ‘Rashi’s Daughters’ & ‘Making It Legal’

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Hosted by Josy Catoggio and Melissa Chiprin We will celebrate Women’s Equality Day with Radical Women L.A’s Yuisa Gimeno. President of the L.A. chapter Gimeno will be dialoguing about their...

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Aug 19 on FM: ‘One Tough Nun’, Latinas Taking Charge & Theatre From the Ground Up

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Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen and Celina Alvarez Join us as we talk to ‘one tough nun’ - Sister Mary Scullion of Philadelphia - about how her work with homeless and low income folk landed her on TIME...

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Aug 12 on FM: ‘Girl’s Guide to Rocking’, Casita Del Pueblo Art Gallery & Juarez Femicides

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Hosted by Christene Kings and Melissa Chiprin Meet an obsessive music lover who’s spent her life playing, performing, publicizing, and writing about rock ‘n’ roll, Jessica Hopper. ...

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Aug 5 on FM: Corporations Sexualize Children & Technology Masquerades As Magic

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Hosted by Josy Catoggio Joining Josy is Jean Kilbourne Ed.D co author with Diane Levin Ph.D of, So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood And What Parents Can Do To Protect Their Kids. Levin...

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