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Jun 4, 2018 • 1h 2min

WLRN Music Hour #18: Dance Party with DJ Phoenixx

This month on your Women's Liberation Music Hour, DJ Phoenixx presents songs for your very own Dance Party that include some of her favorite dance music. Being a fan of funk (it's not easy to find female/Feminist funk bands, by the way!), she also likes dancing to Disco. It is hard to find Disco songs that are not misogynist and/or steeped in a male love interest when sung by female artists. Phoenixx did find a couple that she is comfortable offering to us in this context of women's liberation. For Phoenixx, it's important to us as Radical Feminists to just dance out the layers and layers of anger, frustration and sadness to music that moves our bodies. So, hopefully in this next hour, you will find your body moving to the dance-able rhythms. Song List: (with introduction) Sisters are doin' it for themselves Eurythmics featuring Aretha Franklin Amazon Like Rock Staceyann Chin Rise Again Amazon wimmin/Judith Casselberry Sisters in Struggle Lesbians on Ecstacy Amazonas De La tierra Mayra Casales Leaping Lesbians Sue Fink, Joelyn Grippo Ain't No Backin Up Now Isis Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross Got to Be Real Cheryl Lynn I'm Every Woman/Respect Aretha Franklin You Gotta Believe The Pointer Sisters Think Twice Henrik Schwarz Remix of The Detroit Experiment Shaman Weavers Dance Carolyn Hillyer Check out this link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pjJEtA3Br4
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May 22, 2018 • 9min

Renée Gerlich as interviewed by Radio New Zealand about breast binding

New Zealand feminist Renée Gerlich sent WLRN her copy of this interview. She did it on request for Radio New Zealand - before being told it couldn't broadcast, because it had "simply dropped out of the system". Listen carefully to how the interviewer asks Renée questions and how she responds to them to understand why it is likely this interview was censored. WLRN is committed to giving a platform to women who are silenced and marginalized by other media which is why it is an honor to post this interview. You can also read the transcript on Renée's blog here: https://reneejg.net/2018/05/14/rnz-censored/ And visit Renée's petition against Givealittle's breast binding campaign here: https://www.change.org/p/givealittle-end-campaigns-funding-the-mutilation-of-indigenous-people Photo of breast ironing by Getty Images.
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May 21, 2018 • 1h 5min

"For the Moon" with DJ Phoenixx -- WLRN Music Hour 17

Song List: Background- Moon Chant Aco Takenaka Born of Water Lindie Lila Calling The Moon Dar Williams The Moon Was Blue Cris Williamson Many Sister Moons Carolyn Hillyer Moon's Lament Layne Redmond Talking Drums Ariel Kalma Drumming Circle Professor Trance and The Energisers Think Twice (Henrik Schwarz Remix) The Detroit Experiment Rattlesnakes Emancipator Lihkahusat/Entranced Mari Boine By Night Ayla Nereo Bledsung Live at Kuumbwa Polly Wood This week I have composed a love letter, of sorts, to The Moon with music selected to reflect my feelings toward her steady companionship in my life. I hope you will enjoy this flow of waxing and waning Female lunar energy! Also, just a reminder, I'll be waning my music hour production to one per month this summer starting next month on June 4th. Thanks again for your gyn/affection, support and appreciation!
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May 7, 2018 • 1h 1min

WLRN Music Hour #16: Pat & Judy with DJ Phoenixx

This week's music hour features the poetry of Pat Parker and Judy Grahn on their 1976 Olivia record, Where Would I Be Without You. Hope you enjoy hearing this treasure of Lesbian Feminist spoken word for the first time or the ten thousandth! "Side one" with Judy Grahn: A History of Lesbianism if you lose your lover in the place where The Marilyn Monroe Poem The Common Woman II. Ella III. Nadine IV. Carol V. Detroit Annie VII. Vera She Who parting on the left the woman in 3 pieces one She Who Increases the many minnows A Geology Lesson the enemies of She Who She Who Continues the most blonde woman the woman in 3 pieces three foam on the rim i am the wall the woman whose head is on fire Plainsong: from an older woman to and younger woman "Side two" with Pat Parker: From cavities of bones When I was a child Fuller Brush Day You can't be sure of anything these days Tour America! In English Lit Brother Have you ever tried to hide? Don't let the fascists speak Pit Stop my lover is a woman Poem to Ann #2 Let me come to you naked For Willyce A Small Contradiction For Straight Folks Who Don't Mind Gays But Wish They Weren't So Blatant Womanslaughter Bonnie Morris links I refer to in the introduction: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-should-we-archive-soundtrack-1970s-feminism-180968637/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/12/22/disappearing_lesbians_and_the_need_to_preserve_dyke_culture.htm l http://www.bonniejmorris.com/
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May 3, 2018 • 1h 20min

Women's Summer Gatherings: WLRN's 25th Edition

Summertime is coming soon, and that means festival season is almost here! Our 25th edition podcast features interviews with the founders of three such events: Michigan Framily Reunion, https://www.michiganframilyreunion.com/ Ohio Lesbian Festival, https://www.facebook.com/OhioWomynsFestival/ and Cinema Systers. https://www.cinemasysters.com/ WLRN would like to welcome our newest member, Maya, who provides headlines for this month. In addition, thanks to Jenna for giving us a complete rundown of over a dozen women's gatherings happening this season. Musical selections include August Moon by Nedra Johnson and Summertime Fling by KD Lang. Thistle and Julia finish up the hour with twin commentaries reflecting on the sacredness and importance of womyn's space. Thanks for stopping by!
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Apr 25, 2018 • 60min

The Sounds of MichFest 2015: A Radio Documentary on the 40th and Final Fest

Thanks to Anonymous, WLRN was able to recover this documentary that aired on October 26th, 2015 from the studios of Madison community radio station WORT 89.9 FM. Shortly after the airing of this documentary, Thistle Pettersen was banned from the radio station due to complaints from trans activists that she engages in "hateful bigotry." In contrast, the documentary is not about hate at all, but rather highlights and amplifies the thousands of women and their voices that came together every year for forty years on the Land. Enjoy this Labor of Love -- especially as we enter a new round of festivals this third season after MichFest ended.
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Apr 22, 2018 • 59min

November 3rd 2014 Interview with Sheila Jeffreys, Elizabeth Hungerford and Jane Doe

Thanks to Anonymous for sending WLRN this sound file from 2014 when Thistle Pettersen interviewed Sheila Jeffreys, Elizabeth Hungerford and Jane Doe on the Access Hour at Madison's community radio station WORT 89.9 FM. The lead-up to this show and the aftermath were notable since trans activists and advocates complained to the station that this show was "trans misogynistic" and full of "hate speech."
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Apr 16, 2018 • 1h 10min

Extended Interview: Maria Klemperer-Johnson of Hammerstone Carpentry and School for Women

In this interview, WLRN producer Jenna talks with Maria Klemperer-Johnson, founder of Hammerstone Carpentry and School for Women. Having grown up with a woodworking father and grandfather, Maria found her way back to carpentry after going to college for computer science, and later starting a PhD program in geology. She talks about the the empowerment of being physical; using your body to create; knowing your strengths and limits. Being part of a small percentage of wimmin in the trades, and specifically carpentry, she has a unique perspective on the way we work, the baggage associated with being a woman doing "men's work", and the limits we place on ourselves. Ms. Klemperer-Johnson also spent time is Puerto Rico in March of 2018, holding construction workshops for local residents, and doing crucial renovations on one home that had been without a roof since hurricane Maria. Working with her team of women, and the recovery group Rogues on Roofs, Maria made extensive repairs - and also important connections - and is planning her return to the Island to continue this necessary work. http://hammerstoneschool.com/ https://www.gofundme.com/Hammerstone-In-Puerto-Rico
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Apr 16, 2018 • 1h 4min

WLRN Music Hour #15: Emotional Creatures with DJ Phoenixx

Recently, I've been inspired by hearing 17 year old Emma Gonzalez speak against gun violence. Her confident, passionate and intelligent speeches are so moving to me. I've also been remembering the fires of myself at that age which were made impotent by hetero reality. This week I invite you to join me and the music for a journey of female friendship and reclamation of the fires of those adolescent years of being 'Emotional Creatures" (term borrowed from a young woman interviewed by Eve Ensler). Here are some links to Emma: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/emma-gonzalez-stoneman-douglas-survivor-makes-righteous-speech-10100848 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u46HzTGVQhg Playlist: in background: Ane Brun Headphone Silence 3000 Miles Tracy Chapman Sisters of Avalon Cyndi Lauper Tuuli Hedningarna Drunk Inna Zhelannaya Sistory Ubaka Hill Body Hair Anne Seale F**kin Perfect Pink I'll Stand by You The Pretenders Awaken to your Power Sheila Chandra
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Apr 8, 2018 • 55min

WLRN extended interview with the owners of Bloodroot

WLRN's Julia Beck traveled to Bloodroot Vegetarian Restaurant and Feminist Bookstore in Bridgeport Connecticut in March of 2018. Surrounded by the laughter and ambient sounds of women listening live to this interview, Selma Miriam and Noel Furie tell the story of how they came to be business owners and also share their own personal stories as feminist women and lesbians. http://www.bloodroot.com/

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