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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 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

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

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 paint

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.

In this edition of WLRN's monthly handcrafted podcast hear the world news delivered by Emiliann Lorenzen after WLRN's newest member, Mer Safina, begins the show with the greeting. After the world news, enjoy music by the Go Gos and Sia before listening to interview clips of discussions of dance and our experiences of it from Thistle Pettersen and Agnes Wade. Thanks to Mer Safina, our newest member, for stepping up to interviewing Thistle, our longest time WLRN member. And thanks to Agnes Wade for speaking so truthfully about her experiences in the sex industry. To view both of those interviews in their entirety, stay tuned to the WLRN Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP213EJAmGphc7BBJuyi1lA After the interview segments, make sure to keep listening to the end of the show for Sekhmet SheOwl's commentary about the role dance can play in our lives as a tool for healing within ourselves and bonding with each other in our sisterhood. Thank you for tuning in to WLRN's monthly podcast. Please li

To start off 2021 with a bang, we decided to ask joey brite, producer of Can I Get a Witness? to give us her rundown on the top ten feminist stories of 2020. To see the full interview Thistle did with joey, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLj9sOvfhCA In this edition of our monthly podcast, hear WLRN's world news segment delivered by Emiliann Lorenzen before enjoying Enya's song "Only Time" before getting the rundown from joey. Stay tuned 'til the very end to hear Sekhmet SheOwl's take on the top feminist stories of 2020 and what she looks forward to in 2021. Happy New Year to all of our WLRN listeners and followers! Thanks for tuning in to volunteer powered feminist community radio and for your continued support. You can write to us at wlrnewscontact@gmail.com.

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 po

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 f

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'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

This is WLRN's monthly feminist news and analysis podcast for the month of November 2020. First up, hear WLRN's World News segment written and delivered by Emiliann Lorenzen, who follows her report later on in the program with an original poem called "The Great Fall", about Lilith and Eve who leave the Garden of Eden just because they want to. Enjoy an original reflective sound collage by WLRN listener Chris Wind, who wrote to us offering up her 1987 recording of "I am Eve", the inspiration for our podcast topic this month. After hearing Chris Wind's sound collage poem from 1987, stay tuned for Dani Whitaker's reflections and commentary on the poem before being interviewed by Thistle about her Christian upbringing and journey to a feminist analysis of it. Thistle and Dani broach the topic of transgenderism and how it parallels some of the teachings of the Christian faith during their interview. Finally, stay tuned for Sekhmet SheOwl's commentary on the topic of why women are drawn to Christianity and

We've got a packed program for you this October 2020 as we head into elections season! First up, hear Jenna DiQuarto deliver WLRN's greeting before hearing the world news written and delivered by WLRN's Emiliann Lorenzen. Emiliann also offers listeners a rundown on all of the presidential tickets this year, including the Green Party's and the Libertarians' to get you informed about your choices. Next, hear the song Redemption Day by Sheryl Crow before Thistle's interview with professor Cynthia Enloe of Clark University. Ms. Enloe is a feminist writer, theorist, and professor. She is best known for her work on gender and militarism and for her contributions to the field of feminist international relations. Then, be treated to Thistle's original song, Sticky Red Egg, about an adventure she took back in 2004 marching from the Democratic National Convention in Boston to the Republican National Convention in NYC to protest the two party system and promote grassroots democracy as a solution. After Thistle's

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 commun

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.

The Women's Human Rights Campaign launches in the USA! Enjoy today's special edition about this momentous occasion of women getting organized across the the US to promote the Declaration on Women's Sex Based Rights, a document penned by Sheila Jeffreys, Heather Brunksell Evans and Maureen O'Hara designed to get governments, groups and individuals to adopt women's rights based on sex and not on "gender identity." Hear the song "Killing in the Name of" covered by Brass Against the Machine before enjoying WLRN's Sekhmet SheOwl's greeting that leads the listener to our first interview with Vajra Ma, co-chair of the Interim Steering Committee of the WHRC USA. Vajra Ma is co-founder and president of Shakti Moon Foundation, dedicated to woman as the creator of culture and original guide of humanity. She spoke with Thistle about the origin of the Declaration and the group of women in the US that has embraced it and currently serves as the interim steering committee of WHRC USA. Next, enjoy the song "Are you a L