Women's Liberation Radio News

Welcome to our final podcast of 2022 wherein we discuss and reflect on the Kellie-Jay Keen USA Standing for Women Speakers' Corner Tour that took place in cities across the United States from October 16 - November 14. In this show, you will find gems of wisdom and advice for how to organize your own Speakers' Corner / Let Women Speak events in your community. First up, hear the greeting from our newest member, Emily Faye, who is taking over our world news department. Emily then delivers the world news segment before the listener hears "My Fight Song" by Rachel Platten. Next, dive into the half-hour segment Thistle edited of her live interview with Amanda Stulman, Executive Director in the USA of Keep Prisons Single Sex, a UK-based organization, and K. Yang, "the Deprogrammer" whose popular YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDeprogrammer. To view the full live interview, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwHV68bj8mU&t=118s Ms. Stulman and K. Yang were the police liaisons for th

Welcome to our 79th edition podcast focused on the male sex right with anchor and interviewer, aurora linnea, lesbian feminist extraordinaire, Sheila Jeffreys, and commentary from Sekhmet SheOwl. This month's World News Segment was written and delivered by Emiliann Lorenzen for the last time. As Emily moves on to new projects in her life, we wish her well and thank her for her years of service to WLRN. We will miss you, sister! The music featured in this month's show comes to us from Martha Wainwright with her song Four Black Sheep. The oil painting for our cover comes from Canadian artist Jane Paul and was selected by WLRN member April Neault. Thanks, as always, dear listener, for tuning in to your community- powered radio station in the Femisphere, WLRN. Please listen, like and share widely as we depend on YOU to get this fabulous feminist content out there. Also, if you'd like to support the work we do, please consider a donation to the cause by clicking here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-x

Edition 78 begins with a greeting from resident lesbian feminist, Sekhmet SheOwl, who presents Liz Miller's regular monthly "Getting Organized" segment before WLRN's Aurora Linnea files a report on the recent WDI USA conference that took place in Washington DC over the weekend of September 24th. Next, stay tuned for WLRN's world news segment written and delivered by Emiliann Lorenzen before enjoying the traditional song "Bella Ciao" performed by two anonymous Iranian women. During this segment, you will be invited to send a 7-second audio or video clip to stelladoves@outlook.com stating that you stand with the women of Iran. Stella is putting together a historic women-only video with voices from women around the world expressing our solidarity with the women of Iran. Please get your 7- second clip to Stella by October 7th! Then, hear Thistle discuss the Mermaids Tribunal with Jo Bartosch, a feminist independent journalist from the UK, before Sekhmet circles back to give her commentary on the Mermaids Tr

Edition 77: A Digest of Michigan Women's Music and Arts Festivals 2022. Both Thistle and Jenna got to gather with women in the woods of Michigan this Summer 2022. Both give their reports from a variety of women's lands and festivals in the great State of Michigan. Hear Emiliann Lorenzen's world news headlines after Liz Miller's segment "Getting Organized" wherein she interviews Dawn Smith, founder and organizer of Michigan Framily Reunion (MFR). Then, stay tuned for Thistle's interviews with Jori Costello and Emily Faye, two women artists and musicians on women's lands and at women's gatherings this Summer in Michigan. Jori Costello is a member of the band Big Bad Gina and instructor at WWTLC.org's festival called Women's Performance Initiative or WIPI Band Camp. Thistle met her on the Land where the original MichFest took place and they talked about WIPI and the mythos of Michigan in general as the rain pitter patters in the background, deep in the woods. Emily Faye is a cross country traveler spreadi

This month we talk about surrogacy from a radical feminist perspective. WLRN's Aurora speaks with Jennifer Lahl, founder and president of the Center for Bioethics & Culture Network and co-founder of the international group Stop Surrogacy Now, and Dr. Renate Klein, a biologist, sociologist, and feminist health activist who has been campaigning against surrogacy and other reproductive technologies since the early 1980s. Sekhmet closes out our show keeping it real about the psychology of the surrogacy market, and which demographic is driving the surrogacy industry (hint: it's not gay men). Thanks as always for tuning in to you grassroots, community radio station. Join us next month on September 1st as Thistle and Jenna take their annual excursion into the Michigan woods.

July 2022's podcast spotlights feminist leadership among grassroots activist women in our movement for women's liberation. First up, you will hear Thistle's greeting before Jennifer Bilek, of the 11th Hour Blog, delivers her final special report on the gender industry. WLRN would like to thank Jennifer Bilek for contributing her monthly report for the last year and a half to our airwaves. We wish you well, Jen, and appreciate all that you do to wake up the public to the dangers of the gender industry. Next, Emiliann Lorenzen delivers WLRN's world news segment before you hear 'Tis of Thee, a song by Ani DiFranco. After the song, you will hear an excerpt of a panel discussion Thistle Livestreamed onto WLRN's platforms with Amy Sousa @ KnownHeretic, Katyjean of FemaXX News, and Jesika Gonzalez of the TERF Collective. A portion of that Livestream was carefully edited for the show today to give our listeners the chance to hear this content uninterrupted. These three women inspire and encourage us to step u

This month WLRN trains its eye on the movement to indoctrinate children into gender ideology through the public school system. Our show starts with our monthly report on the gender industry from Jen Bilek over at the 11th Hour blog, followed by Elizabeth Miller's segment, Getting Organized. This month, Elizabeth interviewed Angela Wild about her feminist activist store "Wild Womyn Workshop," her feminist street activism, and her LesbianMeToo and Get The L Out UK projects. You can find Wild Womyn Workshop at wildwomynworkshop.com Aurora Linnea is back with the headline news before we dive into our interviews, Thistle speaks with MaryJo Walters, a mom with children in Madison, WI public schools; Jenna talks with The Deprogrammer (link below) about what is and has been actually happening in schools, with youth, across the country. Sekhmet SheOwl closes out our show with her thoughts on 'gender', and what the liberals and conservatives get both right and wrong on the matter. Your Women's Liberation Radio News

Hear Emiliann Lorenzen report on the Speakers' Corner event held in Madison, WI on April 23rd from this last story in WLRN's world news segment for this month. On April 23rd, an estimated 100 women and trans activists gathered at the top of State Street for an event modeled after the famous Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, London, where ordinary citizens debate the issues of the day. In contrast to how citizens often behave in London, the trans activists used noise-makers, bull horns, and whistles to attempt to silence the women speaking. Despite this, Jenna DiQuarto and K. Yang took charge of the situation, and WLRN was able to produce high-quality video and audio of the women speaking, even with the distractions and noise all around them. Thistle Pettersen applied for and received a City of Madison permit for the event, but the police did not honor the permit, saying that their higher priority was to "keep the peace" by allowing the trans activists to take up the permitted space in a disruptive manner.

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.