Women's Liberation Radio News

WLRN's Edition 15 explores feminist and women's spirituality, in the forms of goddess worship and witchcraft, and makes a feminist criticism of patriarchal religions. Interviewees are Tizzy Hyatt, Terri Strange, and Carol Christ. Poem by Nile Pierce and commentary by Sekhmet She Owl. Musical spots by Jana Runnals and Sexwitch.

This June 2017 podcast is packed with lesbian music, commentary and interviews. We ask Julie Bindel & Jocelyn Macdonald for their coming out stories & Bev Jo talks about the benefits of lesbianism. This 14th edition explores what it means to choose lesbianism in our male-dominated culture and to live as free women. Sekhmet SheOwl provides WLRN commentary that is guaranteed to make you think and po...

Natasha Chart is a thinker, writer, and feminist activist and organizer who sits on the board of directors of the Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) and writes for Feminist Current. In this interview with Thistle Pettersen on April 27th, 2017, Natasha talks about WoLF as an organization, its goals and structure as well as the outside influences that have shaped WoLF as a major radical feminist organi...

Edition 13 deals with the debate among women regarding radical feminists who align with right wing forces, individuals & organizations to reach a narrowly agreed upon goal. It is always hard for us to decide what makes it in to our podcasts and what does not. We usually have far more material to include than we do space. What Ruth adds to this discussion is extremely valuable and we hope that wome...

We are proud to present our 13th edition podcast focused on the ethics of coalition-building with both the right & the left as we work as radical feminists to hold and advance the rights of girls and women. In edition 13, WLRN asks hard questions about the ethics and efficacy of WoLF's decision to accept funds from the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative organization that is against full ab...

WLRN's Thistle Pettersen interviewed Sarah about her experiences as a college student getting involved and grappling with trans politics on her campus.

This was an interview done with Samantha Berg right before US citizens voted for Donald Trump or Hillary Rodham Clinton in November of 2016. Ms. Berg talks about the symbolic nature of voting in addition to what radical feminist women can do to counter the fear and divisions that inevitably come up around US presidential elections.

This is WLRN's 12th Edition! Our anniversary edition focuses on gender identity and anti-feminist actions that both harm individual feminists and our collective feminist movement. We explore how these actions may also be inadvertently creating more feminists and feminist movement because they are so egregiously sexist.

This is WLRN's March 2nd edition covering the women's marches that occurred all over the world on January 21st, 2017. Women took to the streets in the millions. It is a digest edition, a blanket, a weaving of what women do when we get together in our womanhood and sisterhood. Hear coverage of the marches from on-the-ground and in the streets of London, Madison, Seattle and DC. Hear comparisons of...

This month's edition of Women's Liberation Radio News is our tenth so far, focusing on "Conflict, Self-Love & Sisterhood" within the independent women's movement. How can we strategize through the inevitable personal and political conflicts women's organizations face? How can we strengthen our resolve through self-love in a patriarchal world that benefits from women being alienated from themselves...

WLRN's 9th edition podcast is dedicated to the women of the Standing Rock struggle to protect the Missouri River and indigenous land from the Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access oil pipeline. Sekhmet She Owl presents compelling commentary as well as excerpts from her interview with Shannon Kring, creator and producer of End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock, https://www.facebook.com/endo...

Interview with Trista Hendren by Staff

Sekhmet She Owl interviews co-editors of the book "Dispatches from Lesbian America": Giovanna Capone, Xequina Berber, and Rome Smith.

The second weekend of September, 2016, Thistle Pettersen traveled to Paducah, Kentucky to attend the first annual Cinema Systers Film Festival produced by Resin Rebel, owner of the beautiful farm where many women gathered throughout the weekend. Pettersen had the opportunity on the last day of the festival to talk with Resin Rebel to find out what her inspiration was for this only all lesbian film...

Jill Stein was on the campaign trail for her run for president in the 2016 US presidential elections when Thistle Pettersen met-up with her Madison, WI on April 15th. Ms. Stein agreed to an interview outside on the street in front of the restaurant where she had just given her campaign speech to a group of about 75 people.

WLRN's 8th edition podcast is dedicated to the topic of motherhood with subtopics including childbirth & fertility health, raising children, and lifestyle. Elizabeth McKeown interviewed Mary Lou Singleton, midwife, herbalist and member of WoLF, about her work and analysis of radical feminist maternity health issues. In addition, there are clips from an interview Thistle Pettersen did with Jai Kali...

WLRN’s Catina Hyman interviewed Maya Dillard Smith on August 2, 2016 via phone. They discussed Dillard’s recent forced resignation as the chief officer of the Georgia ACLU in addition to her project, Finding Middle Ground, a civil rights organization committed to finding solutions to all civil rights concerns. Dillard-Smith is an advocate for the rights of all. She has recently been labeled “hatef...

Stripe Gandara, a butch lesbian who holds her PhD in Gender and Sexuality Studies from the University of Nebraska, was a panelist in the discussion called "Between Butches: Maintaining Sisterhood, Survival, and the Specificity of Womanhood in a Post-Trans World." The discussion took place at the first annual Lesbian Film Festival in Paducah, Kentucky in September, 2016. WLRN's Thistle Pettersen st...

This interview was done by Elizabeth McKeown on June 30th of 2016. Ruth Barrett is editor of the book 'Female Erasure: What You Need to Know About Gender Politics’ War on Women, the Female Sex & Human Rights.'

Pippa Fleming is a butch lesbian performance artist, poet, writer, spiritualist and motivational speaker living and working in the bay area. Catina Hyman interviewed Pippa on October 4th for WLRN’s Black Lives Matter edition to get her perspective on the experience of black lesbians within the women’s liberation movement and civil rights struggles. In the interview, Pippa also discusses her upcomi...

In late August 2016, WLRN volunteer Sarah spoke with Womens' Liberation Front spokeswoman Kara Dansky. Dansky filled us in on WoLF's legal challenge to the Obama administration's guidance on sex-based spaces for women, which essentially eliminated them. She also spoke about the difference between sex and gender and the risks women face when men (who may or may not "feel" that they are "women") ent...

WLRN was on the scene at the first annual WoLF Fest in September of 2016 to document this herstoric first fest. Jocelyn Macdonald led a discussion of political lesbianism with about 30 women from around the world. She began the discussion by posing the question "Where have you heard the term 'political lesbian' and how was it used?"

WLRN's 7th podcast focuses on what elections mean in the context of the American Empire - a capitalist, white supremacist, male supremacist state - and how we can make real change. Peace activist Cindy Sheehan particularly speaks to this in one of our featured interviews. We also hear from Green Party presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein, and feminist organizer and founding member of the Women's Li...

WLRN's 6th edition podcast is focused on Black Lives Matter movement and Black Feminisms. We hear from Maya Dillard Smith, 3 black radical feminists based in the UK, Pippa Flemming and feature the classic song, Four Women, by Nina Simone that so brilliantly illustrates the unique oppression black women face coming from the brutal history of the African slave trade.

Women in Sports & the Olympics by Staff