#10-20 The Aunt Jemima Struggle … How her image became an offense
In 2020, Quaker Oats announced it would remove Aunt Jemima from its syrup and pancake mix brands. This was the
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WINGS: Women’s International News Gathering Service
“Raising Women’s Voices through Radio Worldwide” since 1986
#09-20 Stacey Abrams of Fair Vote … An interview from Mother Jones Magazine
On May 7, 2020, Mother Jones Magazine hosted a live interview via Zoom titled Protecting Our Democracy. Guest Stacey Abrams
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#08-20 Women on the COVID Frontline … Reports from India and Cameroon
Nilanjana Bhowmick reports from New Delhi on 3.5 million women who are “barefoot health workers”; Patience Wirngo interviews women workers
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#07-20 The Feminist Press Turns 50 … Founder Florence Howe details the early years
Founded in the US in 1970, the Feminist Press publishes neglected masterpieces by women of many cultures, countries and races,
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#06-20 WorldPulse … A global network of women activists
WorldPulse.com is an online network where women activists working specifically on women’s and girls’ issues in their countries and regions
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#05-20 bell hooks on Transforming Rage … From the WINGS archive (1993), and still good advice
Renowned cultural critic and feminist theorist bell hooks gave the keynote address at the 12th annual conference of the Texas
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#04-20 MayDay 2020 … Worker organizing under Covid in India and the Philippines
Women leaders from India and the Philippines talk about organizing for Mayday (May 1 – International Workers’ Day) in their
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#03-20 Music Teacher Mother … Special for the week of Mother’s Day
Until the virus isolation began, my mother was still teaching music at age 94. In this interview she talks of
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#02-02 Sexing the Web … Exploring sex and gender through the brand new world wide web
This show from the archives (1996!) has new relevance now the pandemic renders many courtships virtual. Caitlin Sullivan and Kate Bornstein co-wrote
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#01-20 Pastoral Woman in Kenya … Adapting tradition to climate change
In this interview with Diana Wanyonyi, Agnes Leina describes how water shortages forced a change in the lives of herding
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