WMC News & Features
Abortion Services: A Family Doctor's Perspective
Approaching the 40th anniversary of the decision that legalized abortion, Dr. Linda Prine describes its provision as part of a continuum of care.
WMC Live
WMC Live #21: Vandana Shiva, Karen Kornbluh, Susan Feiner. (Original Airdate 1/12/2013)
Robin pays tribute to Gerda Lerner, and speaks with Karen Kornbluh about economics “demystified;” Susan Feiner, economics and gender studies professor; and international environmentalist and economist Vandana Shiva.
WMC Live
January 05, 2013 | Marcia Greenberger, Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas, Lily Tomlin |
Politics,
Religion,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #20: Lily Tomlin, Marcia Greenberger, Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas. (Original Airdate 1/5/2013)
Robin greets 2013 with her fantasy agenda, and speaks with Marcia Greenberger on the future of women's fiscal and legal security; Palestinian activist Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas; and actress Lily Tomlin on her greatest regret and proudest moment.
WMC News & Features
January 04, 2013 | Mary Ann Swissler |
Immigration,
LGBTQIA,
Politics,
Race/Ethnicity,
Violence against women
Violence Against Women—Unfinished Business
The new Congress will have to undo the damage caused by GOP House members who blocked reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act—legislation that until now had earned broad bipartisan support.
WMC Live
December 29, 2012 | Ariel Levy, Mona Eltahawy, Jane Fonda., Joy Harjo |
Jane Fonda,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #19: Best of 2012. Jane Fonda, Ariel Levy, Joy Harjo, Mona Eltahawy. (Original Airdate 12/29/2012)
The best of WMC Live with Robin Morgan from 2012, including actor and activist Jane Fonda; New Yorker writer Ariel Levy; Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy; and Native-American poet Joy Harjo.
WMC Live
December 22, 2012 | Rev. Jennifer Danielle Crumpton, Margot Adler, Annie Laurie Gaylor |
Politics,
Religion,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #18: Margot Adler, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Jennifer Danielle Crumpton. (Original Airdate 12/22/2012)
The Winter Solstice Show. Feminist minister Rev. Jennifer Danielle Crumpton; Wiccan Priestess Margot Adler; atheist Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Robin on the Newtown shooting: ”The Longest, Darkest Night of the Year."
WMC News & Features
The Longest, Darkest Night of the Year
This commentary on gun violence will be featured on Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan on Saturday, December 22, at 11 AM ET on CBS radio 1580 in the Washington, D.C., area and streaming from WMCLive.com.
WMC News & Features
On Susan Rice and How a Non-candidate Is Treated
Amid premature political attacks that were under-analyzed by the media, Susan Rice's actual record as a public servant was ignored. Did she ever have a chance? asks multimedia journalist Mary C. Curtis.
WMC Live
December 15, 2012 | Lucinda Marshall, Sapana Pradhan Malla, Lauren Wolfe, Kate Clinton |
Misogyny,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #17: Kate Clinton, Lucinda Marshall, Lauren Wolfe, Sapana Pradhan Malla. (Original Airdate 12/15/2012)
Robin ponders the Libertarian fad, and speaks with online peace organizer Lucinda Marshall; Sapana Pradhan Malla on Nepali women's rights; WMC's Women Under Siege Director Lauren Wolfe on sexualized violence in war; and political humorist Kate Clinton.
WMC News & Features
Underpaid by Law – A Waitress's Story
The author, who struggles to pay her bills serving tables while launching her career as a journalist, describes the day to day results of the federally mandated subminimum wage.
WMC News & Features
A Woman’s Place is in the ... State Department
The GOP is taking aim against the nomination of Susan Rice to head the State Department. Will the nation retreat from the precedent of women in this key post—for no good reason?
WMC Live
December 08, 2012 | Wajeha al-Huwaider, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Carol Jenkins, Mary Kay Blakely |
Politics,
Religion,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #16: Carol Jenkins, Mary Kaye Blakely, Sharon Brous, Wajeha al-Huwaider. (Original Airdate 12/8/2012)
Robin explores gendered languages; Saudi feminist Wajeha al-Huwaider; radical Rabbi Sharon Brous; WMC founding president Carol Jenkins on the under-representation of women and men of color in media; and Mizzou journalism professor Mary Kaye Blakely.
WMC News & Features
The Parable of Bedrock's Fiscal Cliff
If Wilma can teach Fred Debtstone that Bedrock’s national deficit is nothing to fear, could there be hope for the U.S. Congress?
WMC News & Features
A Human Rights Politician in the ‘Kingdom of Wonder’
Journalist Michelle Tolson took the occasion of President Obama's visit to the Southeast Asian summit last month to speak to a stalwart member of the opposition party in Cambodia, Mu Sochua.
WMC FBomb
Feminist Stereotypes: Aren't We Done With These Yet?
There’s been rather a hoo-ha in the press of late both loosely and tightly associated with persistent negative connotations, assumptions and stereotypes of feminism. First of all, the rather impressiv...
WMC Live
December 01, 2012 | Dázon Dixon Diallo, Paula Donovan, Ursula K. Le Guin |
Misogyny,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #15: Ursula K. Le Guin, Dazon Dixon Diallo, Paula Donovan. (Original Airdate 12/1/2012)
Robin debunks the phrases “death tax” and “tax relief.” On World AIDS Day, Dazon Dixon Diallo and Paula Donavan discuss the impact of AIDS and HIV on women in the U.S. and the world; SPECIAL GUEST major American author Ursula K. Le Guin.
WMC News & Features
Living in the Path of Drones
Pakistani women and U.S. peace actives agree: U.S. military drone strikes must stop, writes Lys Anzia of WNN - Women News Network.
WMC FBomb
November 27, 2012 | Cheyenne T |
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
Media,
Misogyny,
Politics,
Sports
"How Do I Look?" "Do You Think He Notices Me?" And Other Useless Questions
As our culture evolves, I find that one of the most important aspects of our evolution is technology. From the wheel to the internet, every invention has contributed to a change in the way we go about...
WMC Women Under Siege
How one (female) CIA operative would fix our wars
Nada Bakos isn’t allowed to share most of what she learned in the CIA. But after nearly 10 years of working with classified intelligence, she can point squarely to one unfortunate lesson: Rape is used globally as a tool of war, and the United States tends to ignore it.
WMC Live
WMC Live #14: Kathy Najimy, Sunny Clifford, Nora Pouillon. (Original Airdate 11/24/2012)
Robin defends Susan Rice from John McCain, and speaks with actress Kathy Najimy on feminist comedy; South Dakota park ranger Sunny Clifford on the documentary "Young Lakota;" and chef Nora Pouillon about “certified organic” food.
WMC News & Features
WMC Award Winners Assess Media Progress
Last week's awards ceremony in New York City celebrated women making a difference in the media. Marianne Schnall asked award winners how they achieved personal success and what it would take to improve women's overall status.
WMC News & Features
Behind the Headlines—Sharing the Spotlight with David Petraeus
The judgment of the media falls unevenly on the primary players in the soap opera that has engulfed the nation, as a WMC co-founder explains in this commentary broadcast earlier today on Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan.
WMC Live
November 17, 2012 | Yifat Susskind, Carol Adams, Luvvie Ajayi, Lisa Ling, Laura Ling |
Politics,
Robin Morgan,
Violence against women
WMC Live #13: Lisa Ling & Laura Ling, Carol Adams, Luvvie Ajayi, Yifat Suskind. (Original Airdate 11/17/2012)
Robin’s fiery take on the Petraeus scandal. Yifat Suskind about MADRE's safety campaign; Carol Adams on the sexual politics of meat; and three WMC Award honorees—Social Media Award-winner Luvvie Ajayi, and news sisters Lisa and Laura Ling.
WMC FBomb
Phyllis Schlafly: Groundbreaker?
For today’s young feminists, the name Phyllis Schlafly may be totally unfamiliar; if anything, it triggers a distant memory of a footnote in an AP US History textbook. Those activists who lived and fo...
WMC Live
November 10, 2012 | Pat Mitchell, Sarah Hoye, Julie Burton, Anuradha K. Bhagwati |
Feminism,
Politics,
Robin Morgan
WMC Live #12: Pat Mitchell, Sarah Hoye, Anu Bhagwati, Julie Burton. (Original Airdate 11/10/2012)
Robin comments on the election outcome and “viral” language, and speaks with WMC Award winners Pat Mitchell and Sarah Hoye; WMC president Julie Burton; and Anu Bhagwati of Service Women’s Action Network about women vets on Veteran’s Day.
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