Women's Liberation Radio News

For WLRN's Five Year Anniversary, Jenna DiQuarto wrote us new theme music and Thistle sings harmonies! Stay tuned to WLRN's monthly podcast that comes out the first Thursday of every month right here on our Soundcloud page.

Tree Earth, a detransitioned lesbian feminist and homesteader from Appalachia, shares her journey of self-discovery and the importance of community support. She delves into the challenges faced by women in navigating gender identity and emphasizes the significance of female liberation. Listeners will find her insights on reconnecting with nature through homesteading particularly inspiring. The discussion also touches on the controversial role of the medical-industrial complex in gender identity, highlighting the personal struggles many face in their transition and detransition journeys.

In this interview from our June 2021 Edition podcast, WLRN's Mer talks with homesteader, female liberationist, and detransitioned woman, Tree Earth. Tree shares her story with Mer, talks about her experience from transitioning to detransitioning, and the big picture in all of this debate around gender. Stay tuned for WLRN's handcrafted podcasts the first Thursday of every month!

joey brite of Can I Get a Witness sat down with Kellie Jay Keen-Minshull, aka Posie Parker, and had a conversation that has not yet taken place online. She wanted to allow Kellie the kind of space to be able to tell the story of her trajectory from being someone who, although very interested in fairness and willing to engage in political discussions, had not yet woken up to the kind of men’s rights movement that had been worming its way into women’s communities across the western world years before. This conversation ended up covering several topics and hopefully will bring a fresh perspective to some viewers. https://www.standingforwomen.com/ https://www.sovereignwomencircle.com/ https://uncommongroundmedia.com/posie-parkers-graphic-protest-against-stonewall-policies/ Thanks for staying tuned to feminist community-powered radio, WLRN!

In this five-year anniversary edition of WLRN's monthly podcast, you'll hear blasts from the past coupled with celebratory shoutouts from feminist activists and WLRN aficionadas alike. First up, hear the world news as written and delivered by Emiliann Lorenzen before enjoying Thistle's original song, 'Michigan'. Then, listen for a series of memorable moments and clips from over the past five years. Hear an excerpt from our very first show with Elizabeth Hungerford talking about feticide law. Then, listen to WLRN volunteer Sara speak to Kara Dansky back in 2016 side-by-side with a clip of Kara speaking last month on Fox News. Then, hear Ruth Barrett talking with WLRN volunteer Elizabeth McKeown in 2016 about the release of the game-changing book, Female Erasure. Next, stay tuned for Julia Beck's interview with lesbian heavy metal rocker Otep Shamaya wherein they discuss the term 'TERF', a term Otep says she had never heard. Our final clip features an original poem, The Fall, from WLRN member, Emiliann Lorenzen. Stay tuned for the very end to hear commentary from Sekhmet SheOwl, WLRN's resident female separatist and lesbian feminist desert dweller. Cover design by the De-Programmer. Check out our merch page to join in the celebration and support feminist community-powered radio, WLRN. https://womensliberationradionews.com/merch/

WLRN got this lovely musical shout out from listener Lara Polangco Potter to help us celebrate five years in your ears of feminist powered radio, WLRN. Thank you, Lara! Portrait of Lara by Lindsay Platoshyn.

In 2014, Thistle Pettersen interviewed Sheila Jeffreys on community radio station WORT, 89.9 FM via the Access Hour. She wrote this song for the occasion that WLRN now plays at the end of each monthly podcast.

Pennsylvania listener Tracye Bennis-Sine called in to give WLRN a five-year anniversary shout-out to help us celebrate. Thank you, Tracye! If you'd like to join her in airing your voice in WLRN's Five-Year Anniversary Podcast dropping May 6th, send your shout-out as an MP3 to wlrnewscontact@gmail.com by May 4th to be considered. Below is the original call-out for celebratory remarks. Cheers! Do you love the DIY nature of what WLRN has done over the past five years in your ears as YOUR feminist community-powered radio station in the Femisphere? We were one of the first news outlets to publicly be critical of transgender politics and ideology back in 2016. We haven't missed ONE MONTH for five years of collective collaboration to put together our news show. Each month, we talk with top feminist activists and scholars from around the world, promote women's music, report on the world news, and offer up Totally Excellent Radical Feminist commentary. Whatever it is about WLRN that you love and appreciate, you can help us to celebrate our anniversary by sending us an MP3 file of your voice describing what you like about WLRN, what it has meant for you in your life and your good wishes for us to continue broadcasting into the future. Just send us your 1-3 minute five-year anniversary shout-out in MP3 form to wlrnewscontact@gmail.com and we'll include it in our Five Year Anniversary Edition next month and also on our NEW WEBSITE coming to an internet near you! Thanks for staying tuned to TERF Radio, WLRN! Thanks for tuning in to feminist community-powered radio, WLRN.

In this herstoric podcast you will hear Jenna DiQuarto's new WLRN theme music right before Sekhmet SheOwl delivers the greeting and then hands off the baton to Emiliann Lorenzen with WLRN's world news segment. Next, enjoy 'Respect' by Aretha Franklin before hearing a musical collage of women's voices Thistle captured at the 'TERF' hotel while staying in DC for the Women Picket DC event on March 8th, International Women's Day. Thanks to Jennifer, Kat, Annie, Lindsay Platoshyn, Isabella Malbin, Charlie Rae, Heather Scalzi and, Jennifer Thomas for speaking to WLRN at the hotel. After that, stay tuned for Jenna DiQuarto's presentation of the speakers and excerpts of their speeches at the event. Kara Dansky, Stephanie Gifford, Suzanne Vierling, and Courtney Catearth Piper all gave a formal address to the crowd gathered in front of the Washington Monument and to the world. Finally, hear Thistle's commentary reflecting on the event and featuring the Adult Human Female chant by Lara Polangco Potter. Thistle paints a colorful picture of the women who gathered on March 8th to close out the show. Thanks for listening to WLRN, YOUR community-powered radio station in the Femisphere. WLRN is celebrating five years in your ears next month! Stay tuned for our brand new website designed by Anonymous featuring WLRN five year anniversary merch designed by Natasha Petrov and KC Walker. We are proud to be part of and to serve the radical and lesbian feminist community. Be in touch by emailing wlrnewscontact@gmail.com. Photo of Joy Hope taken by Linday Platoshyn.

In this 59th edition of WLRN's monthly handcrafted podcast, hear Emiliann Lorenzen deliver the world news before enjoying the song "Girls" by Girl in Red. Stay tuned next for Mer Safina's interview with lesbian feminist scholar and activist, Sheila Jeffreys. Jeffreys talks about the social construction of our sexuality and what that means for women under patriarchy. Finally, don't miss Sekhmet SheOwl's powerful commentary on the topic, encouraging women to closely examine the ways in which our sexuality is used to reinforce male power. Thanks for tuning in to WLRN, community-powered radio collectively created for our sisters worldwide.