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In this extended interview, April talks with Danielle and Eileen of the Vancouver Lesbian Collective about their experiences at the 2018 Vancouver Dyke March and the climate for lesbians in an (ironically) increasingly sexist and lesbophobic queer culture.

Welcome back, sisters, to another hour of women's liberation music. This week I've gathered songs from my library that lend themselves to uplift. You know when you watch birds take flight and they catch the draft that pulls them effortlessly higher? Or if you watch pelicans over the waves in their V formation, how they lift up together, seemingly as one with the air currents? That's the effect I went seeking in this tapestry of songs this week. Not giving you a list to peruse ahead of time; just tune in and see where the V formation takes you. :-) I promise it will be entertaining and fun, uplifting. Hope you enjoy!

On October 25th, Thistle spoke with three lesbians by phone about their experiences at the San Francisco Dyke March on June 23rd. The march took place soon after the unveiling of the San Francisco Public Library's "art exhibit" featuring the Degenderettes' baseball bats and hatchets in barbed wire in addition to a red paint-stained t-shirt that said "I punch TERFs." The unveiling of this exhibit paved the way for anti-lesbian and anti-woman sentiment and harassment to thrive at the San Francisco Dyke March and also for anti-feminists around the world at other Gay Pride and Lesbian events to have a strong presence. Hear these three women share their personal stories and how they touched and influenced women across the globe. The song featured is "What's Up" by 4 Non-Blondes.

This show celebrates the authentic creative expression and powerful voices of womyn, undiluted by male interference. We hear about solidarity between womyn, mental illness and healing, the pure joy of female love and friendship, the pain of isolation that many lesbians experience, black butch life in 1920s America, the charisma of womyn who stand in their power, two luminous songs from womyn who are/were probably autistic, and a plea and a prayer from a working class womon that we can all wake up to our own power and empathy. 01 The Dresden Dolls - Girl Anachronism 02 Peaches - Boys Wanna Be Her 03 Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl 04 Robots In Disguise - Girl 05 Seven Year Bitch - Dead Men Don't Rape [Peel Session] 06 Natalie Prass - Sisters 07 Daphne Oram - Bird of Parallax [excerpt] 08 Cocteau Twins - Lorelei 09 Amy Winehouse - Valerie 10 Noisettes - Never Forget You 11 Eleanor Friedberger - Cathy With The Curly Hair 12 Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On 13 Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey - Prove It On Me Blues 14 Sara

If Halloween wasn't scary enough for you this year, listening to this podcast will send a chill down your spine as it is packed with stories from lesbians who marched in the streets and were met with violent harassment by fellow marchers at Gay Pride and Lesbian events around the world. Edition 31 starts off with Bikini Kill's "Rebel Girl", a spooky greeting from Jenna and then WLRN's world news as presented by Julia. "Welcome to Hell" an SNL skit is up next before the listener hears an excerpt of an interview WLRN's April did with Eileen & Danielle Cormier, two lesbians who marched in Vancouver at their regional Dyke March in August. That interview is followed by Pat Benatar's "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" before we turn to excerpts of an interview Thistle did with Sherri Golden, Giovanna Capone & Vanessa, three lesbians who marched in June at the San Francisco Dyke March. Finally, we hear Thistle's commentary on what the L is going on with the L in the LGBT and the personal targeting of her by trans activist

Playlist: I Believe Her (acoustic and electric guitar) Emma's Revolution Cleanin' Out My Closet Trigger Warning! (Explicit rap) Angel Haze *You can read about this brave sister's story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Haze Casualty in My Own House (acoustic folk) Holly Near Abatina (reggae) Calypso Rose Me and A Gun (acoustic) Tori Amos Caleb Meyer (folk) Gillian Welsh Love is Blind **I chose the 'clean version' because I'm not comfortable (as a white woman) using a song that uses the 'n word' (Rap and Hip Hop) Eve Quarterback (country) Kira Isabella Liar (punk/heavy metal?) Bikini Kill Touch Me Again (Explicit punk/alternative rock) Petrol Girls The Body Electric (Alternative Rock) Hurray for the Riff Raff Closing song: We Will Carry Them Forever in Our Scars(shamanic) Carolyn Hillyer This week's music hour is intense, sisters. The theme in and of its

On June 23rd, the the afternoon of the San Francisco Dyke March this year, Bay Area author, filmmaker, and lesbian Giovanna Capone led a discussion on the herstory of butch lesbian culture present in the Bay Area in the 90s. On the call are Mel Stapper, Pippa Fleming, and Artemis Passionfire. We open the discussion with a poem written by Ms. Capone, titled Endangered Equals At Risk, read by WLRN's Sekhmet She-Owl.

This week, Phoenixx features Alix Dobkin in concert! Alix performed a sold out local house concert this past week! Phoenixx tried her skills at recording the concert, as well as interviews with attending dykes who had stories to share about Alix over the years. What a blast it was! Now we have these Lesbian songs, words and stories preserved with this week's Women's Liberation Music Hour! (actually it's more like an hour and a half!)Enjoy Lesbian Herstory being created and preserved! And thanks to all the dykes who contributed their beloved stories of such a beloved 'Dykon' as Alix Dobkin! That's her featured in the picture at the house concert. Thanks for staying tuned to WLRN.

Thanks for your patience. We are one day late so that we could make this WLRN podcast great! Our 30th edition features the world news read by April Neault, Julia's interview with Sheila Jeffreys and Thistle's interview with three young women who attended the Ohio Lesbian Festival last month and hung out at the WLRN table in the marketplace. The team at WLRN gives a special shout-out this October to our sisters in Great Britain who are coming out publicly and organizing with articulate arguments and good humor. Thanks for your work and for the inspiration! We focus in on the subject of Lesbian Feminism in this edition and are very grateful for the words of Sheila Jeffreys on this topic. Julia rounds off the podcast with her commentary about her experiences becoming a lesbian and why lesbianism is at the forefront of the women's liberation movement. Thanks for staying tuned to feminist powered community radio. Click on the donate button on our wordpress site to make a contribution to keep us blasting into the f

WLRN's Julia Beck had the pleasure of interviewing Otep Shamaya, lead singer and namesake of the band Otep, about her experiences as a woman and out Lesbian in the rock scene. Otep was the first female-fronted band to headline Ozzfest. With politically inspired lyrics and heavy metal riffs, her music sends a message of revolution. You can find Otep's new album, Kult 45, online and in stores now.

A group of lesbians founded the Pussy Church of Modern Witchcraft in 2017 to create a spiritual home for women and girls. This Maryland-based Church of female-born women is devoted to the liberation of women and girls from the oppression females face based on sex. The Pussy Church of Modern Witchcraft observes earth-based spiritual practices and is made up of diverse congregations of women around the United States and the world. You can receive updates about the Church at https://pussychurchofmodernwitchcraft.com/connect. The Pussy Church will hold its first conference in April 2019 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware: SOLIDARITY: A Radical Feminist Conference. You can submit a workshop proposal or find more information at https://pussychurchofmodernwitchcraft.com/2018/07/25/solidarity-a-radical-feminist-conference/. Thistle spoke with Sister Dandelion on the phone to get the scoop on the church's mission and what it hopes to accomplish.

In honor of all the working women of the world, WLRN's 29th edition is dedicated to women in the labor movement. This month's program starts off with April Neault, the newest member of the WLRN team, introducing herself and the guests on the show. She is followed by WLRN's world news segment as written and presented by Damayanti. Next, enjoy a rousing version of the song "Union Maid" from the New Harmony Sisterhood Band followed by an interview Thistle conducted with Ms. Stephanie Luce, Professor of Labor Studies at the School of Labor and Urban Studies, as well as Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Next up, you'll hear an interview with Andrea Narbot, Marxist Feminist from Atlanta, GA that Sekhmet conducted followed by Sekhmet's pointed commentary about the harms of capitalist economics and how women and especially women of color and lesbians are particularly impacted. Finally, enjoy the song "Woman's Work" by Tracy Chapman and all of the voices of WLRN's staff

Playlist: Background music: More than a Paycheck Sweet Honey in The Rock All songs from The New Harmony Sisterhood Band: "Side one" Sojourner Truth Cotton Mill Girls Ballad Working Class Woman Ella Ellison Draglines "Side two" Union Maid Ballad of Joan Little Two O'Clock Lounge Amelia Earhart's Last Flight Unfinished Business All Our Lives Closing song: Stand Up Heather Mae This music hour features the 1977 album "...And Ain't I A Woman?" by The New Harmony Sisterhood Band. Even if you aren't a fan of this era of women's music or even the folk/acoustic genre, I hope you will tune in to these women's lyrics which are rich in their teaching of women's history and feminist consciousness around issues of race, class and the exploitation of women thru the so called 'sex industry.' They sing about working class women, women of color (their double oppression), the rape of the planet, lesbian rights, and the exploitation of women at home, at work and on the streets. This is an incredible gem of how women's

Howdy! This week's Women's Liberation Music Hour features Holly Near's 1978 album: Imagine My Surprise!. I love this album because of her songs about womon-centered realities one hardly hears sung anymore: topics like violence against women, women being locked up in psychiatric hospitals and women/lesbians being disappeared and tortured around the world. I also love the liner notes and photos of Holly and the women participating in the album with her. All of her songs are translated into Spanish and credit is given so generously. This is so characteristic of the consciousness of feminists of that time. I love it. I round out the hour with some self-reflection around my whiteness, the unearned privileges whiteness affords me as well as the inherent racism massaged into me from birth and the discomfort of all of that. I hope for a future music hour about all that. Take good care and I hope you enjoy this blast from the past that still has a present relevance for women and lesbians of August 2018! Blessed

Mother Earth is on the brink of destruction. Modern industry fosters ecological degradation through unsustainable habits of pollution and resource depletion. Male-driven civilization and its treatment of the natural world wreaks havoc all around us, but women hold the power to save life on this planet as we know it. Today's podcast features women who dedicate their lives to seeking and spreading knowledge of sustainable living. In our first interview, Thistle speaks with Susan Griffin, author of Woman & Nature: The Roaring Inside Her, a pioneering work of ecofeminist philosophy. In our second interview, Sekhmet speaks with Lierre Keith, radical activist and co-founder of Deep Green Resistance. These two interviews are framed by Maya's world headlines and Thistle's commentary on the womon-Earth connection. Along the way we hear music from Suzanne Vega, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Big Bad Gina. Thank you for tuning in to WLRN's naturally gynocentric broadcast. Blessed be!

WLRN is back on the scene this first Thursday in July with our feminist anti-war news program in response to all of the war machine worship we have seen this 4th of July season. The show starts with the song Wargasm by L7 and then moves into world news headlines by Maya followed by Buffy St. Marie with her song, The War Racket. The first interview segment is with Cynthia Enloe, professor of Political Science, International Development and Women's & Gender Studies at Clark University. Next, hear Joni Mitchell's 1969 live version of her classic anti-war anthem and celebration of 60's music culture, Woodstock, before our second interview Thistle did with Cindy Sheehan, long-time anti-war activist who is currently working to organize the Women's March on the Pentagon set for October 20th - 21st in Washington DC.  Finally, to round out our program on women and war, Sekhmet SheOwl offers her profound commentary that brings us that much closer to an understanding of how things are arranged so that we can dismantle t

From Phoenixx: "This month of July, I bring to you fury and lullabies, sisters. Fury. Need I say anything of the what and why?! I have been feeling full of my fury these last few weeks, sisters, and I need a break. A break... and some focus on doing some energetic/magic activism to help the children who have been separated from their parents at the border and subsequently put into emotional isolation. May this hour's worth of music be soothing to your soul and theirs. I honor Dolores Huerta, 88 year old Amazon sister in arms still on the front lines at the border, rallying, organizing protests, and calling for fasting. (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2018/06/23/lawmakers-get-close-look-border-crisis-protesters-call-tolerance) Blessed be!" Song List: 33 Mala Rodriquez Cradle Song Kitka A la Nanita Nana Julie Ellis Este era un Conejo Silvia Schujer Cancion de Cuna Maruca Cucurrucucu Paloma Amanda Martinez Cielito Lindo Marta Gomez A La Rorro Nino (Guatemalan Lullaby) Bree Ba

Happy Pride Month to all the wonderful Lesbians out there! Sister my Sister, you are seen. You are loved! WLRN's June podcast is dedicated to you women who defy the mold. Join us as we focus on Butch Womyn! This month we had the pleasure of speaking with Pippa Fleming, Paula Jellis, and several women who attended the Cinema Systers festival in Paducah, Kentucky. We begin with world headlines by Maya and end with commentary by Sekhmet. Musical selections include "You Can Sleep While I Drive" by KD Lang & Melissa Etheridge, and "Michfest Blues" by Nedra Johnson. Thank you to all our interviewees for sharing your time and voices with us. And thank you to all our listeners out there! We couldn't do what we do without this wonderful community of radical womyn, so thank you all for your fearless guidance and loving support!

This month on your Women's Liberation Music Hour, DJ Phoenixx presents songs for your very own Dance Party that include some of her favorite dance music. Being a fan of funk (it's not easy to find female/Feminist funk bands, by the way!), she also likes dancing to Disco. It is hard to find Disco songs that are not misogynist and/or steeped in a male love interest when sung by female artists. Phoenixx did find a couple that she is comfortable offering to us in this context of women's liberation. For Phoenixx, it's important to us as Radical Feminists to just dance out the layers and layers of anger, frustration and sadness to music that moves our bodies. So, hopefully in this next hour, you will find your body moving to the dance-able rhythms. Song List: (with introduction) Sisters are doin' it for themselves Eurythmics featuring Aretha Franklin Amazon Like Rock Staceyann Chin Rise Again Amazon wimmin/Judith Casselberry Sisters in Struggle Lesbians on Ecstacy Amazonas De La tierra Mayra Ca