WMC Live
October 17, 2014 | Celinda Lake, Melissa Silverstein, Robin Givens |
Politics,
Religion,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #100: Robin Givens, Celinda Lake, Melissa Silverstein. (Original Airdate 10/18/2014)
Robin describes a brave Sufi conference on women, peace, and changing the Muslim world. Guests: Robin Givens on Domestic Violence Month; pollster Celinda Lake talks women and the elections; entertainment correspondent Melissa Silverstein debuts.
WMC FBomb
October 12, 2014 | Martine K |
Education,
Feminism,
Girls,
International,
Politics,
Violence against women
Ileana Jiménez: Inspiring Feminism Locally and Globally
Social media as well as blogs and communities like the FBomb have played a key role for young people involved in the feminist movement by giving us a platform to share our thoughts and ideas and allow...
WMC Live
WMC Live #99: Chirlane McCray, Anita DeFrantz, Jenny Nordberg. (Original Airdate 10/11/2014)
Robin on Ebola and women, plus some Surrealism Corner surprises. Guests: Olympic medalist Anita DeFrantz on sports today; Jenny Nordberg on Afghan girls passing as boys; Chirlane McCray, NYC first lady and feminist, talks policy—and literature!
WMC Live
October 03, 2014 | Salamishah Tillet, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Kristie Dotson, Joanne N. Smith, Danielle E. Gary, Maya Nussbaum, Taysha Clark |
Gender-based violence,
Girls,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #98: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Salamishah Tillet, Kristie Dotson, Joanne N. Smith, and Danielle E. Gary; Maya Nussbaum and Taysha Clark. (Original Airdate 10/4/2014)
Robin on ISIL killing Samira Salih Ali al-Nuaimi. Then, the Day of the Girl, a roundtable of African American feminists on what the My Brother’s Keeper campaign does to girls; plus the founder of Girls Write Now and one of its stellar “graduates.”
WMC Live
WMC Live #97: Karen Nussbaum, Mouna Ghanem, Carmen Gonzalez. (Original Airdate 9/27/2014)
Robin on our new war, medical research, how Shakespeare sounded in his day, and the autumnal equinox. Guests: Mouna Ghanem (Syrian Women’s Forum for Peace); Karen Nussbaum on unions and the middle class; Carmen Gonzalez on “environmental justice.”
WMC Live
WMC Live #96: Wendy Davis, Nina Khrushcheva, Eve Ellis. (Original Airdate 9/20/2014)
Robin on NFL batterers and their greedy masters. Guests: Wendy Davis on her memoir, her Texas gubernatorial campaign, and her own abortion; Nina Khruscheva dissects Putin’s manhood problem; Eve Ellis on women’s parity in boardrooms.
WMC Live
September 12, 2014 | Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Cristi Hegranes, Jane Friedman |
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #95: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Jane Friedman, Cristi Hegranes. (Original Airdate 9/13/2014)
Robin on the “Yes Means Yes” law, and the Rotherham, UK scandal. Guests: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw on #MyBrothersKeeper; Jane Friedman on e-books transforming how we read; Cristi Hegranes on the first all-women professional wire service.
WMC Live
September 05, 2014 | Mary Kay Blakely, Lizz Winstead, Abeer Ayyoub |
Politics,
Race/Ethnicity,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #94: Lizz Winstead, Mary Kay Blakely, Abeer Ayyoub. (Original Airdate 9/6/2014)
Robin’s comments range from Iraq to Cialis commercials. Guests: comic Lizz Winstead (Daily Show creator); Abeer Ayyoub live from Gaza; journalist Mary Kay Blakely on the Ferguson media. Plus, Surrealism Corner and Fighting Words.
WMC FBomb
Why The Sexism at Texas Boys State 2014 Is Not Okay
What do astronaut Neil Armstrong, President Bill Clinton, basketball star Michael Jordan, and singer Bon Jovi all have in common? When they were juniors in high school, they all attended a prestigious...
WMC FBomb
Why Todd Akin Still Matters
It has been almost two years since I heard the infamous Todd Akin remark about “legitimate rape” and abortions and I am still as angry as I was then. Recently, Todd Akin rereleased a statement in his ...
WMC Live
July 25, 2014 | Renee Schmidt, Laurie Rubin, Jenny Taira, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
International,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #93: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Laurie Rubin and Jenny Taira, Renee Schmidt. (Original Airdate 7/26/2014)
Robin on the slaughter of a children’s crusade: Gaza, Ukraine, immigration, Boko Haram. Guests: Renee Schmidt of SheBytes.com; pop singing duo Laurie Rubin and Jenny Taira; prize-winning Nigerian novelist and proud feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
WMC FBomb
My Freedom Ride Moment
Whether it was the commencement speech given during my high school graduation last summer or comments made to me by adults throughout my first year of college, I have heard time and time again about h...
WMC Live
WMC Live #92: Shannon Watts, Melissa Giges, Ari Horie. (Original Airdate 7/19/2014)
Robin on Net Neutrality’s importance for women, and the EU counting prostitution in the GDP. Guests: Shannon Watts on Moms vs. Guns; Ari Horie on collaborative business models; Melissa Giges, songwriter and voice of a generation on her new album.
WMC Live
July 11, 2014 | Rachel Preston Prinz, Molly Cantrell-Kraig, Meg Baldwin |
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
Science and tech
WMC Live #91: Meg Baldwin, Molly Cantrell-Kraig, Rachel Preston Prinz. (Original Airdate 7/12/2014)
Robin on SCOTUS vs. repro rights, “Cosmos,” and plants that hear. Guests: “evolutionary architect” Rachel Preston Prinz; Molly Cantrell-Kraig on crucial mobility for abused women; Meg Baldwin on approaching shelters with a whole new attitude.
WMC Live
July 04, 2014 | Azza Maghur, Maysoon Tughar, Sahar Madiha al-Naas, Cyma Shapiro |
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
Violence against women
WMC Live #90: Libyan Women's Roundtable (Azza Maghur, Maysoon Tughar, Sahar Madiha al-Naas), Cyma Shapiro. (Original Airdate 7/5/2014)
Robin on the assassination of Libyan feminist Salwa Bugaighis, Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, and Hobby Lobby. Guests: Libyan Women’s roundtable with Azza Maghur, Maysoon Tughar, and Sahar Madiha al-Naas; Cyma Shapiro on midlife mothe
WMC FBomb
What Young Feminists Need To Know About The Hobby Lobby Ruling
As a rising college senior, I’ve already been inundated with cautionary tales of being female while working in corporate America. Now, thanks to the recent Hobby Lobby ruling, my generation of women c...
WMC Live
WMC Live #89: Megan Marshall, Rosalie Maggio, Suey Park. (Original Airdate 6/28/2014)
Robin on George Will (again), the Islamist PM of Morocco, and Japan outlawing child porn (not!). Guests: Suey Park of #NotYourAsianSidekick; women’s quotes expert Rosalie Maggio; Megan Marshall, Pulitzer winner for her biography of Margaret Fuller.
WMC Live
WMC Live #88: Marisa Tomei, Mona Eltahawy, Cyndee Readdean. (Original Airdate 6/21/2014)
Robin on the Mormon church, and on George Will and campus rapes. Guests: Cyndee Readdean, producer of “Freedom Summer”; Mona Eltahawy from Cairo on the sexual assault epidemic; Marisa Tomei on sexuality, spirituality, film, and being back onstage.
WMC Live
WMC Live #87: Lynn Sherr, Karrin Allyson, Heather Arnet. (Original Airdate 6/14/2014)
Robin on Twitter misogyny, and on science discovering the curative placenta. Guests: ABC journalist Lynn Sherr talks about her book on Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman in space; jazz star Karrin Allyson; Heather Arnet on her film “Madame Presidenta.”
WMC Live
June 06, 2014 | Melissa Farley, Victoria Budson, Juanita Johnson-Bailey |
Gender-based violence,
Misogyny,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #86: Melissa Farley, Victoria Budson, Juanita Johnson-Bailey. (Original Airdate 6/7/2014)
Robin comments on the Isla Vista killings and the climate of misogyny. Guests: Melisa Farley’s research on prostitution realities; Victoria Budson on private effects of public policy; Juanita Johnson-Bailey on keeping women’s studies women’s studies
WMC Live
WMC Live #85: Rita Dove, Ursula K. Le Guin, Judy Blume. (Original Airdate 5/31/2014)
Robin comments on happiness research, practices some Verbal Karate, and offers the words of Toni Morrison. Guests include authors Ursula K. Le Guin and Judy Blume, and poet Rita Dove.
WMC Live
May 20, 2014 | Gloria Steinem, Carol Jenkins, Geneva Overholser, Soraya Chemaly |
Media,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #84: Gloria Steinem, Carol Jenkins, Geneva Overholser, and Soraya Chemaly. (Original Airdate 5/24/2014)
Special Program on the sudden firing of NY Times first female Executive Editor Jill Abramson. Robin on the patriarchal dynasty that owns the Times. Roundtable with journalists Carol Jenkins, Geneva Overholser, Gloria Steinem, and Soraya Chemaly.
WMC Live
May 16, 2014 | Alexis Feigen Fasteau, Meg Medina, Kate Cockrill, Steph Herold |
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #83: Meg Medina, Alexis Feigen Fasteau, Kate Cockrill and Steph Herold. (Original Airdate 5/17/2014)
Robin sounds off on Monica Lewinsky’s return—and comments again on the Nigerian crisis. Guests: Alexis Feigen Fasteau on techniques for a prosecutor; Meg Medina on books for young Latinas; Kate Cockrill and Steph Herold on destigmatizing abortion.
WMC Live
May 09, 2014 | Jackie Kallen, Cara Hoffman, Carly Smith, Jennifer Freyd, PhD |
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
Violence against women
WMC Live #82: Cara Hoffman, Jackie Kallen, Jennifer Freyd and Carly Smith. (Original Airdate 5/10/2014)
Robin on the mass abduction of Nigerian girls. Guests: “First Lady of Boxing” Jackie Kallen; Cara Hoffman on her new novel of women veterans’ PTSD; Jennifer Freyd and Carly Smith on their major study of campus assaults and “institutional betrayal.
WMC FBomb
May 06, 2014 | Katie Koestner |
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Media,
Politics,
Violence against women
An Open Letter to TBTN Event Holders
I was 18 years old when I joined you. Many of you had been holding Take Back the Night events in rain or snow, amid hecklers, for years. Some of you were already making your way to radical, already p...
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