This is WLRN's four year anniversary edition! First up, hear Danielle Whitaker introduce the topic for this month's podcast: women's rights in the Green Party USA and in particular, what is happening to the Georgia Green Party because they decided to sign onto the Declaration for Women's Sex-based Rights. https://www.womensdeclaration.com/ Next, hear WLRN's Dana Vitalosova deliver our world news segment right before the song "Tell it Like it Is" by Tracy Chapman. Following the news, hear an excerpt of an interview Thistle did with Georgia Green Party Co-Chair, Denice Traina and then another excerpt with former Green Party member and candidate, Elaine Mastromatteo, pictured in our cover image for this month. Both women talk about their involvement in the Green Party and comment on the status of women's rights. Next, enjoy the song "Sleep to Dream" by Fiona Apple. Finally, don't miss WLRN's Sekhmet SheOwl's scathing commentary on the state of American electoral politics in general as it relates to women, and the particular situation facing the Georgia Green Party. To sign the Declaration on Women's Sex-based Rights go to: https://www.womensdeclaration.com/. To sign the statement and join the Dialogue Not Expulsion Caucus to support the Georgia Green Party go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3NBNll6DU4VBnWyMhofVZpl2hQiqzpF1K9LRVk5mNbHcVSg/viewform?fbclid=IwAR26Iefym7vUjrE8zaZHVHdz1JDzLagW9woo4W1KBhGVFAIGpki32OIakB4 CORRECTION: Denice Traina contacted us to tell us she was mistaken about Winona LaDuke still being a member of the Green Party. LaDuke ran with Ralph Nader as a Green in 2000 but has not since been a Green. Thank you for staying tuned to feminist community powered radio WLRN! If you'd like to donate to help keep us airborne, please visit our wordpress site and click on the donate button. https://wlrnmedia.wordpress.com/

Peggy Luhrs is a lesbian feminist and social justice activist from Burlington, Vermont. She recently cancelled a public library discussion scheduled by the group Gender Critical Vermont, due to condemnation and threats by trans activists. She was a key mover and shaker of the early LGB movement in Burlington, is a member of the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) and also produces the monthly program Feminist Media Review for the Center for Media & Democracy. Thistle interviewed Ms. Luhrs via skype on April 10, 2020 to ask her about her experiences in her hometown fighting off defamation and attacks by local trans activists. In this interview, you will hear Ms. Luhrs' detailed account of being escorted out by police at an event held by the Peace & Justice Center of Vermont. https://www.pjcvt.org/who-we-are/#board Video coverage of Ms. Luhrs' encounters at the event is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDuO1cwTg5M&feature=youtu.be WLRN is proud to highlight the work of lesbian feminist activists like Peggy. Her story is compelling yet becoming far too common in today's trans agenda dominated world. For more information about Peggy's activist career see https://www.vermontwoman.com/articles/2019/0919-DW/06-lesbianfeminism/luhrs-pride.html.

Tally's Lullaby Karen Marie Garrett Waiting Karen Marie Garrett Galweyo--We Call You Carolyn Hillyer Track 3 Jennifer Kriesberg Bird Calls The Nones Ancestor Song Carolyn Hillyer Calling All Angels KD Lang and Jane Siberry Light of My Light Ferron Shipwreck Chris Pureka The Whole World is Burning Jennifer Berezan My, My Ferron You are not alone Mavis Staples Love Throw a Line Patty Griffin My Love Is Alive Anastacia Best of My Love The Emotions I'll Be Your Shelter Taylor Dayne You Gotta Believe The Pointer Sisters Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross Oooh Child Beth Orton Make Sacred Space Shawn Carol Holding Space Crysy Matthews If it wasn't for the women Alix Dobkin Face the Music Meg Christian Track 1 Invocations to Free Women Ruth Barrett Rise Above Your Raising Diona Devincenzi Welcome back, sisters, to another hour of women’s music. I hope you are well and finding ways to stay centered and soothed wherever you are on this troubled planet. I’m Tamia Phoenixx, your DJ, and this time, in these times of the COVID19 pandemic, when so many of us are isolated at home or at least 6 feet from one another, I wanted to offer a tether to one another and to Spirit through an extended hour of womens liberation music. As Radical Feminists we have varying concepts about the Female Divine in our lives, some notion that gives us a sense of being connected to something bigger. My friend Sandy calls the divine, Dyke Energy. Other friends name Her, Goddess, SheWho, The Mystery, She Source, The Mother of Us All, She of 10000 Names.... Whatever name you give the Light of your Light, as Ferron would say, in this next hour and a half, I hope the music I’ve selected might invoke your particular connection to the spiritual fuel of Female Power.

Venice Allan is a woman’s rights campaigner who set up a series of talks on gender identity ideology, We Need To Talk, in 2017. She now works with Posie Parker at Standing For Women, a campaign to maintain the dictionary definition of ‘woman’ as an adult, human female. Thistle spoke with Venice last week via skype to get her thoughts on the current British feminist movement and what women are up to in the UK when it comes to women's rights.

In our April 2020 edition, hear timely world news as written and delivered by WLRN's Dana Vitalosova after Jenna's warm greeting to all of our listeners in this time of the virus outbreak. The focus of this show is on British feminists discussing their initiation and involvement in the women's movement, but our guests also talk about the virus outbreak and how it is possibly impacting the ways we think about ourselves, society and how we organize. Venice Allan is a woman’s rights campaigner who set up a series of talks on gender identity ideology, We Need To Talk, in 2017. She now works with Posie Parker at Standing For Women, a campaign to maintain the dictionary definition of ‘woman’ as an adult, human female. Thistle spoke with Venice via skype last week to hear about Venice's work in the UK and to get her take on the current British feminist movement. She speaks in great detail about the last event she helped organize before the lock down called "Women Say on Women's Day" at the historic Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, London for international women's day on March 8th. After the interview with Venice, the listener is treated to a delightful three-way conversation Thistle had with young British feminists Naomi Bridges and Katy Worely of the Manchester based Make More Noise collective. DJ, activist and all round loud mouth DJ Lippy (AKA Katy Worley) is an accidental feminist who stumbled into the Gender Wars after one too many Twitter bans. She has used her experience as a club promoter to put on a series of events called "the elephant in the room" She also works with Naomi on the podcast series called Suffragette City Radio. Naomi is a committed feminist and armchair provocateur, interested in why what is happening is happening. When not running a mouthy blog, podcast and events with DJ Lippy she enjoys making armchair music. Cover design for this month's podcast is by our newest WLRN member, Kat Walker. Thank you Kat for your contribution! Photo credit goes to Marcia Matthews. Featured music in the podcast was recommended by Katy and Naomi and is Shay D with "Set Her Free" and Au Pairs with "It's Obvious."

Vaishnavi Sundar is an independent filmmaker, feminist, writer, and women's rights activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Vaishnavi is known for her work in the field of cinema and activism involving an interplay of feminism and filmmaking. She has written, directed, and produced all her films under her own production company, Lime Soda Films. She is also the founder of Women Making Films, a community known for its effort to break the glass ceiling within the fraternity of domestic and world cinema. To watch her latest film, follow this link: gum.co/bwwsw and read the blog about how your support will help. https://medium.com/@vaishax/heres-how-you-can-watch-but-what-was-she-wearing-9d8a562bfad4 Thistle caught up with Ms. Sundar via skype on March 11th to talk with her about her recent de-platforming by trans activists crying "transphobia." Ms. Sundar worked for three years to produce a film unrelated to transgenderism only to have her debut screening in New York City canceled, not due to the virus outbreak, but due to accusations against her character. In addition to learning about Ms. Sundar's amazing film career, you will also get to know a bit about where she grew up and her thoughts and opinions of what feminism means to her as a woman from India embedded in the Indian caste system. This lively interview will brighten your day in these dark times by introducing you to another woman warrior who will never give up on her own professional aspirations nor on her love for girls and women. There has never been a better time to be a feminist activist and STAY HOME to support a sister whose professional career as a filmmaker was damaged by trans activist bullying. Listen to this exclusive WLRN interview with the filmmaker and then donate to the cause by enjoying the film in your home. Thanks for staying tuned to WLRN, our community powered feminist radio station online. We are THERE for you, sisters! Drop us a line at wlrnewscontact@gmail.com to let us know what's going on in your world.

From Thistle: After nearly two years, I ventured back into WORT studios in Madison to record a music show with my friend, Lucy Kilpatrick. From beginning to end, this musical hour features my musical voice and stories of bicycle adventuring. My music is available for purchase here: www.thistlepettersen.com. It was tough getting approval from the station to allow my music to air due to trans activists complaining that I am "transphobic" and "hateful and bigoted." Because of these accusations, WORT leadership would not allow me to do the program live from the studio for fear that I may say something "hateful" or "discriminatory towards marginalized groups." Knowing I was perfectly capable of not "spewing hate" as I am accused of, I agreed to this restriction and recorded my show in the studio on December 28th, 2019 with no incident. Even though the news director told me immediately that I had passed the test and had uttered no wrongspeak during the recording, she also said that the entire board of directors, staff and volunteers at the station needed to review the recording before it would be approved. Finally, by the end of January, the news director at WORT, Chali Pittman, told me my show had been approved and would likely be airing sometime in February. She also told me that there would be no promo ad for the show leading up to it. The final date for the airing was Monday, March 16th, 2020, almost exactly two years after I aired my news program interviewing Meghan Murphy and Julie Bindel about gender identity, pornography and prostitution. You can listen to that program here: https://soundcloud.com/wlrn-media/interviews-with-julie-bindel-meghan-murphy-on-wort-899-fm-in-madison The night the music show aired, right afterwards, I called the station and the news director answered, reporting that there were an equal number of favorable and unfavorable calls to the station. When asked if the unfavorable calls were claiming I should not be on the air because I am "hateful and bigoted", the news director replied "basically, yeah. That's it in a nutshell." It is not too late to write to the news director after listening to this show to let her know that you appreciate me and my music and that you hope to hear more of it at the station. You can also thank her for allowing the music show to air. Please send an email to Chali Pittman at chali@wortfm.org. Thanks for staying tuned!

Poet Dominique Christina discusses the #SayHerName movement, black women's experiences in America, and the intention of the movement. The podcast also covers a Dragyn Ride event, unique oppression faced by black women, and how white women can support equality. Stay tuned to WLRN for more!

Thistle Pettersen interviews Dominique Christina, an award-winning poet and writer, discussing topics such as her journey from being a writer to a performer, the power and reclamation of the term 'bitch', the Say Her Name movement, the complexity of black women's identity, and the intricacies of whiteness and blackness.

This is a short interview Thistle did with a woman attending a feminist breakfast gathering the day of the Fighting the New Misogyny talk that she was also attending at the Seattle Public Library later on, only three blocks away from the location of the breakfast. About 15 women gathered for the event, some from outside of the region and others from the Pacific Northwest and Seattle. What is noteworthy about this woman's testimony is how she does not identify as "conservative" or "right wing" but that because she has an analysis of gender identity that is not in alignment with trans ideology, she was labeled a "TERF" and subsequently "conservative" and "right wing." It is important for major media to hear the voices of the women attending the Seattle Public Library event, and not just continue to point at WoLF's bipartisan attempts to get radical feminist views into the mainstream via associations with conservatives and conservative groups. Please listen to this interview and realize that there are hundreds of thousands of women like the woman featured here, but many of us have been bullied into silence and the media blackout means that many more of us do not even know about the erosion of women's rights taking place in 2020. Thanks for tuning in to WLRN. If you'd like to hear this month's podcast in it's entirety, click on this link. https://soundcloud.com/wlrn-media/the-battle-of-seattle-wlrns-edition-46-podcast