Women's Liberation Radio News

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!

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