Women's Liberation Radio News

Happy Six Year Anniversary to WLRN! We are thrilled that we have made it this far, attaining our goal of co-creating a handcrafted feminist podcast every month, for SIX YEARS! In this 73rd episode, we focus our attention on the weekend of feminist events that happened in Madison, WI April 22 - 24, 2022 called Courage Calls to Courage and Sisters4Sisters. First up, enjoy the WLRN greeting with Thistle before hearing Jennifer Bilek's monthly special report on the Gender Industry. After that, stay tuned for Elizabeth Miller's "Getting Organized" segment in which she speaks with TERF Collective founder, Jesika Gonzalez. Next, hear the WLRN world news segment with Emiliann Lorenzen before enjoying the main content of the show which features key clips from speakers and feminists attending Madison events. Finally, stay tuned til the very end for Sekhmet SheOwl's commentary on what Madison Events looked like from afar and how they impact and reverberate in our movement, beyond just Madison. Thank you for stayi

Hot off the presses and not a moment too soon! This months WLRN podcast trains the lens on childrearing from a feminist ethic, specifically how we raise our daughters. The show opens with Jennifer Bilek’s monthly report on the gender industry from the 11th Hour Blog. Then, our Getting Organized segment with midwest radfem Elizabeth Miller. This month Elizabeth talks with Women Voices founder Genevieve Gluck. For more information about Women's Voices, please visit https://www.womens-voices.org. You can listen to the Women's Voices podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other podcast platforms. You can read Reduxx at https://www.reduxx.org/ Emiliann Lorenzen gives us women’s news from around the globe before we dive into her interview with Jeanette Cooper, feminist mom and co-founder of Partners for Ethical Care. Jeanette is one of the panel speakers at WLRN’s Courage Calls to Courage speaking event at the end of this month. Be sure to check out the links below for information on that weekend of events and th

This month we focus on ACTION - getting out and showing up for women and girls against the many faces of patriarchal dominance, colonization, and necromancy. We hear our monthly report from Jen Bilek over at the 11th Hour Blog about the intersection of capitalism, technology, and transhumanism. Debuting this month is long-time WLRN listener Elizabeth Miller's new segment 'Getting Organized', an activist primer wherein Elizabeth talks with feminist activists about action they've taken and how they've made those actions happen. Emiliann delivers the world news, after which comes a rousing rendition of Sisters are Doing it For Themselves, from 2020. Then we hear a interview Thistle did with feminist activist sister Beth Lowe about the upcoming Sisters4Sisters event in Madison this April. Halfway through the podcast, Sia brings us to our second interview segment with the song Titanium. Then Thistle talks with RevFem Rebellion's co-founder Joy Grey about her Boots On The Ground (BOTG) approach to feminism and h

In this 70th edition of WLRN's monthly podcast, you will first hear Jenna DiQuarto's greeting before hearing Jennifer Bilek's monthly gender industry report in which she calls on us to take a more offensive stance in the fight against gender ideology. Next, Emiliann Lorenzen delivers WLRN's world news segment before she plays a clip from her interview with Ava Park, founder of the Museum of Woman and the Goddess Temple of Orange County. This interview clip follows the song 'To Be Free' by Emilianna Torrini. Stay tuned 'til the very end for Thistle's take on the fairytale-like bicycle journeys she took over a period of three years in her young life back in the early 2000s and learn about the new fairy tales emerging in her City of Madison and what you can do to dispel the sexist connotations of the wicked witch figure in our collective mythology and to embrace the heroine's journey in women's mobile bike villages exploring the distant and magical land of Michigan. To learn more about the events in Madison

Today's show begins with the greeting and world news segment by Emiliann Lorenzen and Jennifer Bilek's monthly report on the Gender Industry. Next, hear Jenna DiQuarto's tribute to the late great Betty White and the song "It's a Good Day" sung by Ms. White. Following the song, hear interviews with Lierre Keith, author, and activist from the Pacific Northwest, and Elizabeth Miller, editor of Spinning & Weaving: A Feminist Anthology for the 21st Century and founder of the Chicago Feminist Salon. Both of these women offer their rundown on the top stories of 2021 and advice for what to focus on and look for in 2022. Stay tuned 'til the very end for Sekhmet SheOwl's analysis and commentary on the women's movement in 2021 and what to look for in 2022. Thanks for staying tuned to WLRN, feminist-powered community radio!

Welcome to the 68th edition podcast of Women's Liberation Radio News! This month, please enjoy our rousing rendition of "Deck the Halls" as performed by the WLRN crew right before you hear Thistle's interview with Becky Bohan and Nancy Manahan, two women who live in an intentional community in Florida with nearly 500 other women! Before the interview, hear Aurora Linnea's greeting wherein she describes her essay "Necessary Utopias" for this month. After the greeting, stay tuned for Jennifer Bilek's special report on the Gender Industry right before WLRN's World News segment as written and delivered by Emiliann Lorenzen. Stay tuned 'til the very end for Sekhmet SheOwl's compelling commentary on the topic right after you enjoy the song by MILCK called "Steady as We Go." Thanks for tuning in to WLRN, your feminist-powered community radio station. Check out our merch page to get a keychain, some cool stickers, or other WLRN swag to support the station and proudly declare to the world that you are part of our

Susan Srigley, Ph.D., is a professor of Religions and Cultures at Nipissing University where she teaches courses on death, dying and spirituality. Susan is a death doula, and has been a palliative care volunteer for the past 20 years. She is an advocate for death education and mentors new palliative care volunteers and offers workshops at her local hospice. In this interview with April Neault, Susan talks about her experiences as an end-of-life companion and about society’s fearsome attitude towards death – a process as natural, though far less celebrated, as birth - among other things. Enjoy, and thank you as always for staying tuned to feminist community powered radio XX

This month’s edition focuses on a feminist perspective of death. Death, another natural reality patriarchy views as an obstacle to overcome. How ironic that the necromancy that is patriarchy should be so obsessed with eternal life. WLRN member Aurora greets us into the edition, where we also hear from the 11th Hour Blog’s Jennifer Bilek in her monthly special report on the intersection of transgenderism, capitalism, technology and transhumanism; This month she talks about the significance of Dave Chapelle’s comments in his recent comedy special. After our world news headlines from Emilianne Lorenzen, Eva Cassidy’s song Autumn Leaves plays, and we’re led into April Neault’s interview with death doula and Religion and Cultures professor Dr. Susan Srigley. In the interview, Susan talks about her experiences as an end-of-life companion and about society’s fearsome attitude towards death - a process as natural, though far less celebrated, as birth. From the interview we close out Edition 67 with Sekhmet She-o

Join Julia Beck for three delightful interviews with German lesbian feminists Inge Klein, Manuela Kay, and Judith. These three women talk about their experiences in the German world of lesbian feminism and culture. The show is rounded off by Julia's report and commentary on the subject so stay tuned til the very end! After the greeting, hear the beloved German lesbian anthem, “Wir Sind Die Homosexuellen Frauen" by the Flying Lesbians (1975). Then listen to an interview with Manuela Kay, co-owner of L-Mag, the largest lesbian magazine in Germany - with readers in Austria and Switzerland, too! Manuela talks about the Berlin Dyke March and the concept of lesbian visibility. After Zuckerklub's pop-punk song, "Die Zeit steht still", listen to an interview with Judith, who speaks about how current lesbian culture compares to her experiences in the 80’s and 90’s in Berlin. An interlude with the song "Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo" by Godmother of Punk, Nina Hagen, is followed by the third and final interview with Inge Kleine

On October 2nd, women across the country took to the streets at Women's Marches, largely inspired and organized by the same brand as four years ago in 2017. https://womensmarch.com/ This WLRN report filed by Emiliann Lorenzen features on-the-ground protesters from both Madison, WI and Austin, TX where radical feminists and a few male allies represented and stood in favor of abortion access and rights for women, adult human females.

Julia Beck took the reigns for this show and delivers both interviews and commentary from Germany to create our program on Lesbian Feminism in Germany. Thanks for tuning in. Today's program will be a bit longer than usual due to packing it with stellar feminist content. First up, hear Jenn Bilek's special report on the Gender Industry. Jenn appeals to listeners to become proactive in our feminism and speak out against the industry that medicalizes children and falsely claims biological sex is on a spectrum. Hear She! Hear She! The 11th Hour Blog has gone global! Thank you Jenn, for this wonderful exclusive report. Next, hear Emliann Lorenzen deliver the world news segment followed by a little snippet of Flying Lesbians doing their song “Wir Sind Die Homosexuellen Frauen” (1975), before gearing up to hear Julia's first interview with Manuela Kay, co-owner of L-Mag, Germany’s largest lesbian magazine with readers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Then hear a sampling of Zuckerklub doing their song “Die

Welcome to edition 65 of WLRN's monthly handcrafted feminist podcasts collectively created by the members of the WLRN Collective. In this September edition of our show, you will first hear the greeting from Jenna DiQuarto before hearing Jennifer Bilek's special report on the gender industry. After that, hear the world news written and delivered by aurora linnea before hearing interviews Emiliann Lorenzen did with women at the Sovereign Women Speak event that happened August 20-23 in Washington State. You will also hear excerpts from the main speakers including Kara Dansky, the Deprogrammer, and others. Thanks for staying tuned to WLRN, feminist community-powered radio! To donate to the cause, please click on this link https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ULAE4ZHPARLFE and give generously to help keep us going strong as a collective of media activist women. Please note that one of the interviewees calls the Sovereign Women Speak event a "WoLF event" but it was not organized by WoLF.

August 2021's edition features the sounds of Michigan Womyn's Music Festivals both on the original site of the infamous MichFest and in the Pines, where Michigan Framily Reunion is held every year since 2016. Hear WLRN's greeting from WLRN member April Neault before Emiliann Lorenzen launches into the world news. After the news, Jennifer Bilek provides us with a report on the gender industry, and then you'll hear Nedra Johnson's 'August Moon', a song about MichFest and women gathering under the full moon. Next, enjoy Thistle and Jenna's sound collage of conversation, ambience and music from three festivals that happened in Michigan this summer: Big Mouth Girl, the Dragyn Ride and Michigan Framily Reunion (MFR). After the sound collage, listen for WLRN members' outros including Emiliann's who will be covering the Sovereign Women Speak event this month in Seattle Washington. https://www.sovereignwomencircle.com/ Thanks for tuning in to WLRN, the original TERF radio. Please listen, like, comment and share w

July's show focuses on male Pride and Lesbian Visibility with guests Angela Wild of Get the L Out UK, https://www.gettheloutuk.com/ and Julia Beck, lesbian feminist writer and activist living in Berlin. The show starts off with a greeting by WLRN's newest member, aurora linnea, lesbian feminist writer who will be contributing a monthly blog post ahead of each show. Welcome aboard, aurora! Then hear Jennifer Bilek's exclusive report on the Gender Industry she sent us. https://www.the11thhourblog.com/ Next, hear WLRN's world news segment as written and delivered by Julia Beck before we launch into our two interviews segments before closing out the show with Sekhmet SheOwl's totally excellent radical feminist commentary. Woven into the show, you'll excerpts of two of Alix Dobkin's most popular songs "Any Woman Can Be a Lesbian" and "Amazon ABC." Thanks for staying tuned to WLRN, your feminist powered community radio station online. To donate to this labor of love, click here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?

WLRN's founding member Thistle Pettersen is set to release a new album of her original music this Fall of 2021! This is a sneak preview of some work Lara Julian, https://soundcloud.com/lara-polangco, did with Thistle to contribute beautiful harmony lines to Thistle's song featured on the album called 'Wolf.' Please consider a donation to Thistle's fundraiser to complete this original music project. Learn more and donate here: https://givebutter.com/EjyA3I

WLRN’s Mer Safina sat down with joey brite on May 23rd, 2021 to record this interview. Joey brite is the producer of the 13-hour marathon gender-critical conference entitled, Can I Get a Witness that was held in August of 2020. Five hundred people from 10 countries were mostly glued to their screens where presenters followed one-after-the-next as a simultaneous event was occurring in private Discord rooms. Joey could not imagine the types of alliances that would be made that day and the activist projects that were born affecting hundreds of people’s lives. But what it all led to for her was a more concerted effort towards the basics she had learned during her early days during second-wave lesbian feminism: grassroots organizing. This conversation focuses on her passion for protesting the destruction of the bodies and minds of children and youth through the hugely financed industry of gender ideology that is ripping the fabric of our humanity apart. https://www.bitchute.com/video/OysQ1S… https://www.facebo

This is a song Thistle wrote and recorded six years ago when she was first connecting the dots about transgender ideology. Lyrics 'Trans' is a liberal construct invented by white straight men that shuts down our discussions of their violent power and then they 'win' Violent power begins with man over woman and then it all spins off from there into this postmodern racist sexist nightmare... What would be the opposite if 'trans' was real? ('cis, 'cis) Only those seduced by power expect the whole world to be a personal deal! Who make it their standard, only personal word their proof, to be the center of everything! While the earth chokes and dies of their spoof...their spoof! The joke's on you, there are better things to do and in the meantime, we are igniting, yes in the meantime we are uniting... The distance between us seems greater than the sum of the parts. My heart is beating while the ozone is depleting it's way too hard! To be hopeful for the future, for humanity, my greattest hope is that me an

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.

In this June 2021 edition of WLRN's monthly podcast, we focus our attention on detransitioning women featuring interviews with Carol, a 40-year-old detransitioning woman from California, and Tree Earth, a detrans lesbian feminist homesteader from Appalachia. First up, hear a special report sent to WLRN from Jennifer Bilek of http://11thhourblog.com, who reports to us on the gender industry. Next, Emiliann Lorenzen delivers WLRN's world news segment with stories and announcements from around the globe. Following the world news, you'll hear our interview with Carol, detransioner from California, before hearing from Tree Earth. Finally, stay tuned 'til the very end of the show for Sekhmet SheOwl's commentary examining the political and feminist significance of detransitioned women. Please listen, like and share widely as WLRN relies on YOU to get our high-quality feminist content into the Femisphere. Thanks for staying tuned! Visit our new merch page to order up some slick swag and support the station. Che

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!