Women's Liberation Radio News

On December 15th, 2020, Thistle sat down with Political Cartoonist from the UK, Stella Perrett, to talk about her new book called "2020 -- The Year We All Were Cancelled!" The book is a collection of Stella's best political cartoons from the year and synopses of cases of people or ideas that were "cancelled" due to expressing views that are not mainstream. To buy Ms. Perrett's book, please click on this link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/2020... In this interview, you'll hear Stella talk about her personal story of being let go by the Morning Star communist newspaper after she published a cartoon that expressed concern about transgender ideology. You will also hear Stella and Thistle tease out the differences between free speech and hate speech and conclude that much of the censoring of women's voices has to do with misogyny, and not just with the suppression of free speech. There are many moments during the interview that Stella expresses her undying support for true free speech and the value of political cartooning, an art form that is threatened by the heightened "wokeness" of the press we are seeing as the rise of transgenderism continues. To see Stella's new cartoons on a weekly basis, please follow this link: http://www.uncancelled.co.uk/ Stella's website is here: http://www.spanglefish.com/stellaillu... WLRN is proud to support "cancelled" artists as we go into 2021. If you like what you're hearing and would like to become a listener sponsor, please click on the donate button on our wordpress site. https://wlrnmedia.wordpress.com/

Last week, I spoke via Skype with Silvia Carrasco, professor of Social Anthropology at Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Professor Carrasco is currently working on early school leaving and social integration of migrant and refugee children to Europe and on the penetration of neoliberal ideology in education and its impact on coeducation. As a feminist activist, she is co-founder of Feministes de Catalunya, a radical feminist organization that is part of the Spanish Confluencia Movimiento Feminista. http://movimientofeminista.org/ In this interview, I spoke with Silvia about her feminist activist work with the newly formed umbrella organization of almost 60 feminist groups uniting under the heading of "Confluencia" or "Coming Together." My hope is that American listeners will gain in understanding the possibility and political power of uniting behind key feminist principles for the common good. We are stronger together as a political force for change. Thank you to the Spanish women who are modeling for the world a way to bring all of us together to fight patriarchy and win. To hear women in Confluencia talk about their movement at their launch on November 10th, click on this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeG2lOzgiKo and then go to configuración (settings)-go to traducción (translation)-choose language, to have English subtitles provided.

Last month, I took a tour of Moonwise Herbs and then sat down to talk with Linda Conroy on her land in southern Wisconsin where she teaches classes and holds women's herbal apprenticeship programs. The focus of our discussion was on the many animals Linda co-habits with on the land and maintains relationships with throughout the seasons. Our conversation culminates with Linda describing a recent ceremony she and other women took part in to bring death to some drakes (male ducks) for the many reasons Linda talks about in the interview. Hear this eloquent wise woman speak about the interconnection of all beings in the webs of life we live and create, and how women in particular, benefit and give benefit when it comes to our relationships with animals. ~ Thistle

Welcome to our monthly podcast for December 2020! First up, hear Emiliann Lorenzen deliver WLRN's world news segment followed by a clip of Jonna Jinton from Sweden, singing a traditional herding song to bring cows and goats in from pasture. Next, hear Thistle's interview with Falcon River, lesbian feminist homesteader in the State of Michigan. Falcon wanted to make sure women know she is on Facebook and always interested in hearing from sisters looking for sisterhood and community. She also wanted us to share this link to her feminist spiritual group, https://www.circleofaradia.org/4/index.htm. After the interview with Falcon about the animals she grew up with and the horses she currently lives with in Michigan, hear feminist herbalist Linda Conroy talk about the animals she lives with on her land in Southern Wisconsin. To learn more about Linda's work, visit https://moonwiseherbs.com/. Finally, enjoy WLRN commentary from April Neault and Sekhmet SheOwl on the topic before the team at WLRN signs off. WLRN is completely volunteer powered and listener sponsored so please like and share widely. Consider a donation to the cause of feminist community powered radio by visiting our wordpress site, https://wlrnmedia.wordpress.com/, and clicking on the donate button. Thanks for staying tuned to WLRN!

WLRN's Thistle Pettersen sat down with author and Bright Antenna Records music exec, Tiffanie DeBartolo, this week via Skype. They discussed the October 2020 release of Tiffanie's latest novel, Sorrow. In the interview Thistle explores the character development of DeBartolo's main male character and female character in the novel, asking questions from a feminist point-of-view. DeBartolo discusses her way of writing and character development that emphasizes an organic growth to the process without taking her characters out of the context of the story. Her technique is rooted in the psyches of characters who live in a particular place and time, connected intimately with their surroundings in romantic, musical and artistic ways. Enjoy the interview and the song Pink Rabbits at the end by The National. To give the listener a heads up, it is a male voice in this featured song played at the end of the interview. Since this song was related to the novel, we made a rare exception to our policy of airing only women's voices. Thanks for tuning in to WLRN, your feminist community powered radio station. Learn more about Tiffanie DeBartolo here: https://www.tiffaniedebartolo.com/

In this episode, they discuss the feminist analysis of Christianity, including reflections on the stories of Lilith and Eve, a sound collage poem from 1987, and an interview about Christian upbringing and transgenderism. They also dive into why women are drawn to Christianity and its impact on the feminist movement.

In this podcast, they discuss the upcoming US presidential elections, featuring insights from experts and activists. Topics include the presidential tickets, interviews with feminist professor Cynthia Enloe and Georgia Green Party Treasurer Denice Traina, grassroots democracy, and commentary on US politics and voting.

In this interview with Jeanna Hoch, mother of children enrolled in the Denver Public Schools, you will hear Ms. Hoch talk about how the Denver Public Schools board responded to her letter expressing concern about the compelled speech, bullying and confusion children are being subjected to due to transgender ideology being widely accepted and put into school policies. To get in touch with Jeanna you can find her on Twitter, Facebook or email her at jeannahoch@gmail.com. It's time to get organized against the onslaught of compelled speech in the public schools and in the public town square! Thanks for staying tuned to YOUR feminist community powered grassroots media, WLRN.

Venice Allan is a mother, jewelry maker and women's rights campaigner with the UK based organization Standing for Women. She spoke with Thistle about the August 30th confrontation between Black Lives Matter protesters and women at Speakers' Corner who had been speaking out about transgender ideology and gender self-id politics. The two groups were made up of primarily women who spoke passionately and expressively with one another in what appeared to be rather negative and nasty encounters from the vantage point of those watching the videos online. But as you will hear in Ms. Allan's account, the tradition at Speakers' Corner is to have heated and lively discussions in a place "like none other I've ever been in" that allows for open, public debate. For Venice, this indeed happened on August 30th, and despite the aftermath and backlash the confrontation has received since then, she is optimistic about how the confrontation impacted both sides in overall positive ways. Thanks for tuning in to feminist community powered radio, WLRN. Please listen, like and share widely as we rely on our listeners to distribute our work.

This month we tackle the topic of women in the Black Lives Matter movement with an interview with black radical feminist, Tracy Neal, from Detroit and commentary from WLRN's Dani Whitaker. In addition to exploring this topic, we'd like to welcome our newest member, Emiliann Lorenzen, who wrote and delivers our world news segment for this month of September. Featured song: Four Women by Nina Simone. Because there were technical difficulties with the interview, we have created a transcript for you to read to make sure you catch every word of Ms. Neal's interview. A big THANK YOU to WLRN's Jenna DiQuarto for offering to transcribe the interview so quickly for us to share with you. You can find it on our Wordpress site under the posting of this podcast. https://wlrnmedia.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/edition-53-women-in-the-blm-movement/ Thanks for staying tuned to feminist powered community radio, WLRN.