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Cheers! We made it through the first month of 2018. This week on FemRadio, we're re-sharing a fun interview from way back in October 2016 that Stacey and Emily did with The Society of Beer Drinking Ladies. It's a fun interview all about women making and enjoying beer! And Emily and Maggie have your Canadian feminist news headlines, stuff we're digging this week, some local Toronto femme-friendly events we think you should be checking out!

This week on FemRadio, we're talking about the ways women resist sexualization and objectification online. Emily chats with Chrissoula Papadopalous about her research looking at how women actively fight sexualization - in large and small ways - and her work promoting social media literacy and self-love among young women and girls. Lidia and Sam join Emily in the FemRadio studio to talk about the week's Canadian Feminist News headlines, Toronto events, and stuff we're digging this week! Originally aired January 29, 2018. Produced by Emily Joveski, Samantha Lapierre, and Lidia Abraha.

This week on FemRadio, we're talking about how female identifying people experience homelessness. Emily talks with Patricia O'Connell, the executive director of Sistering in Toronto, an agency that serves the most vulnerable women in the city. Patricia shares some of the challenges women specifically face on the street and in shelters and the best ways you can help women facing precarious housing. Emily, Kelly and Lidia also have your Canadian feminist news headlines, stuff we’re digging this week, some local Toronto femme-friendly events you should be checking out.

This week on FemRadio, we're talking body positivity and body positive fitness. Jenna Doak is a Toronto based self described body positive fitness trainer, and Jewelz is a model, fat-shionista, and body positivity activist with nearly 100 thousand followers on Instagram. Jenna and Jewelz join Emily for a conversation about how the fitness industry preys on fatphobia, and how you can make this year all about moving your body in a way that is self-loving -- not self-hating. And Emily and Sam have your talk MMIW, trans people in sports, free drugs, creeps in CanLit, and more. Plus we've got stuff we're digging this week, and Toronto femme-friendly events you need to check out this month.

In our last episode of the year, Emily and Sam reflect on the most important Canadian feminist news headlines of the dumpster fire that was 2017. Originally aired December 25, 2017. Produced by Emily Joveski, Samantha Lapierre.

This week on FemRadio, we're doing things a bit different and shouting out some of our favourite music releases of the year from Canadian female/non-binary artists. Featuring interviews with Lido Pimienta, The Soroity Hip Hop Sisterhood, and more. Plus tunes from The Beaches, Feist, Tei Shi, and Cold Specks. This is just a small slice of all the amazing music we loved this year. Share your favourite albums of the year with us by tweeting @cjrufemradio! Note that due to copyright restrictions, we've left only short clips of the songs featured in this episode.

This week on FemRadio, Stef hit the streets at Toronto’s #MeToo March on December 3rd. She chats with activists and demonstrators about what the movement means to them and how we can keep the momentum going. And Sam talks with Nailah King, the new editor in chief of the Montreal-based Word and Colour literary/art magazine that fosters collabs between writers and aritsts. Plus, Emily has your Canadian feminist news headlines and Toronto femme-friendly events you need to check out.

This week on FemRadio, our contributor Zahraa Hmood sits down with Canadian visual artist Jennifer Laiwint about her upcoming investigative art piece, “The Pick-Up Artist,” on now until January 1 at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. Emily, Meera and Stef also have your Canadian feminist news headlines, Toronto femme-friendly events and stuff we're digging this week. Aired: December 4, 2017. Produced by Emily Joveski, Alexx Bryant, Stefanie Philips, Meera Govindasamy.

This week on FemRadio, we have a rebroadcast of one of our first and best-loved interviews, talking all about endometriosis and how femme-folks' pain often gets dismissed. And Emily and Maggie have your all new Canadian feminist news headlines, Toronto events, and stuff we're digging this week. Aired: November 27, 2017. Produced by Emily Joveski, Maggie MacIntosh

This week on FemRadio, we visit Hard Feelings, a low-cost counselling collective on Bloor St West in Toronto. Maggie talks to the space's creator Kate Scowen about the state of unaffordable counselling in Toronto and the collective's goal to help Toronto femmes and all folks build strong mental health on a budget. And Emily and Elena have your Canadian feminist headlines, Toronto events and stuff we're digging this week - including listening to podcasts in the shower and the "white lesbian Obama." ;) Aired November 20, 2017. Produced by Emily Joveski, Elena Hudgins-Lyle, Maggie Macintosh.

This week on FemRadio, we're paying another visit to the young creators at Black Girls Magazine. We featured an interview with Annette Bazira-Okafor, the founder and editor of Black Girls Magazine, plus two young contributors on the show in August. And then a few weeks ago we visited them again to run a radio workshop with their group. Today we play that original interview, plus all-new fierce and fun audio created by the young workshop participants at Black Girls Magazine. And Emily and Maggie have your Canadian feminist news headlines, stuff we're digging this week, and Toronto femme-friendly events. Aired November 13, 2017. Produced by Emily Joveski, Maggie Macintosh, Brenda Molina-Navidad.

This week on FemRadio, Latifa Abdin delves into Quebec's Bill 62 -- a bill legislating face-coverings that's been criticized for discriminating against muslim women. And Emily, Becca, and Maggie have your Canadian Feminist News headlines stuff they're digging this week, and share their top picks for Toronto femme-friendly events. Aired November 6, 2017. Produced by Emily Joveski, Becca Ray, and Maggie MacIntosh

This week of FemRadio, we'll hear from Robyn Maynard, the author of a new book that traces the history and current landscape of anti-black racism in Canada. And Emily and Zahraa have your Canadian Feminist News Headlines, Toronto events, and stuff we're digging this week! Aired October 23, 2017. Produced by Emily Joveski, Zarhaa Hmmod, Meera Govindasamy.

This week on FemRadio, Emily also has your Canadian feminist news headlines for this week, plus Toronto femme-friendly events you need to check out. We also have a rebroadcast of one of our best-loved interviews - Emily's convo with Toronto artist Hana Shafi, also known as Frizz Kid. You've probably seen her illustrated feminist affirmations online. Emily and Hana talk about her feminist journey, street fighting aunties, and her top horror movie picks. Aired October 9, 2017. Produced by Emily Joveski

This week on FemRadio, Maggie heads to Toronto's UNITY Rally Against White Supremacy to chat with organizers and activists about the intersections of feminism and anti-racism. And Emily, Maggie and Sam chat #SoberOctober, journalling for mental health, and more. Plus we've got your Canadian feminist news headlines and Toronto femme-friendly events. Aired October 16, 2017. Produced by: Emily Joveski, Maggie Macintosh, Samantha Lapierre. #FemRadio

This week on FemRadio, Samantha Lapierre gets into the host chair with Maggie Macintosh, presenting a rebroadcast of one of our most loved episode from last year. "My Queer School Year" is a documentary about being a non-binary student, produced by FemRadio regular, Elena Hudgins-Lyle. And Sam and Maggie have your Canadian Feminist News headlines, Toronto events, and stuff we're digging this week. Aired October 2, 2017. Produced by Samantha Lapierre, Maggie Macintosh, Elena Hudgins Lyle. RyersonTorontoFeministFeminismFemRadio

This week on FemRadio, we're collaborating with our friends from the Toronto feminist collective, (TOFemCO). I sat down with two TOFEMCO organizers, Anne and Alice, to talk about why they choose to keep their collective anonymous, the lack of feminist spaces in Toronto, and much more. And later in the show you'll hear a bit of their brilliant podcast, The Underwire! The episode you'll hear if from their recent "A-cup" mini episode tackling transmisogyny. www.tofemco.com/ Aired September 4, 2017. Produced by Emily Joveski, Meera Govindasamy

This week on FemRadio, we're bringing you an oldie-but-a-goodie. As we're smack in the middle of TIFF this week, I thought it would be a good time to revisit our interview with some of the funny AF folks behind Drunk Feminist Films - the popular Toronto film series featuring feminist commentary from a series of hilarious local comedians. Stacey chats with -- and -- about the power of feminist laughter, representation in film, and much more! We'll also have some things we're digging this week, and some local Toronto events that we think you should be checking out. But first, we’ve got some Canadian Feminist News Headlines! Special thanks to Alexx Bryant for editing this week's show. Aired September 11, 2017. Produced by: Emily Joveski, Smantha Lapierre, Alexx Bryant, Stacey Copeland.

FemRadio, we're talking CanLit, race and gender with Toronto writer Zalika Reid-Benta. Reid-Benta is a writer and program manager at Diaspora Dialogues. She talks with CJRU's Zahraa Hmood about her experience in Canada's literary scene and her mentorship for immigrant writers and writers of colour. And Emily and Maggie have your Canadian feminist news headlines, Toronto events, and stuff we're digging this week. Aired September 18, 2017. Produced by Emily Joveski, Maggie Macintosh, Alexx Bryant, Zahraa Hmood

This week is CJRU's fund drive week! (Sept 25 - Oct 1, 2017) To support FemRadio and other great local programming, pledge at store.cjru.ca! We have FemRadio swag for you! This week on FemRadio, Emily chats with some filmmakers at the CaribbeanTales International film festival. We talk about Caribbean identity on film, and why we need more festival spaces for women creators of colour. Plus Emily and Elena talk old-school Margaret Atwood glam, Shopper's self-checkout sexism, and more. Produced by Emily Joveski, Elena Hudgins-Lyle.