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WMC News & Features
August 17, 2023 | Carmen Rios | Feminism, Politics
Young Activists Push for Equal Rights Amendment

Generation Ratify is mobilizing thousands of young activists to help get the 28th Amendment over the finish line.

WMC News & Features
August 03, 2023 | Susan Buttenwieser | LGBTQIA, Politics
How Anti-Democracy Initiatives Fuel Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Abortion Laws

A new report documents the connection between the hundreds of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures and measures to restrict voter access.

WMC FBomb
July 14, 2023 | Alexandra Leal | Politics
Media Bias Against Female Politicians Has to Stop

New research shows that American media remains biased against female politicians.

WMC FBomb
July 12, 2023 | Rafaela Uzan | Politics
Tunisia’s First Female Prime Minister and the Power of Symbols

Bouden’s mere presence in one of the highest political offices in Tunisia has led to a genuine shift in national attitudes about women leaders, and that must not be overlooked.

WMC News & Features
June 29, 2023 | Susan Buttenwieser | Health, Politics
Abortion Justice Act Introduced in Congress

The bill affirms the legal right to abortion and miscarriage care and would protect patients and providers from criminalization.

WMC Live
June 25, 2023 | Julie Burton, Frances Nguyen, Barbara Findlen, Erica González Martínez, Kate McCarthy, Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #414: Inside the Frontlines, Part 2. (Original Airdate: 6/25/2023)
Season Finale! Robin focuses this episode—like last week’s—on the Women's Media Center staff and brilliant mission. Today: women in conflict situations, expert speakers' database, features, media training—and a peek into ambitious future plans!
WMC News & Features
June 20, 2023 | Marcie Bianco, Ph.D. | LGBTQIA, Politics
What Pride Means in This Moment

This moment of heightened attacks on the LGBTQ+ community reminds us of the real meaning of pride and instructs us on how we can fight back.

WMC Live
June 18, 2023 | Cristal Williams Chancellor, Julie Burton, Tiffany T. Nguyen, Julie Zeilinger, Lauren Wolfe, Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #413: Inside the Frontlines, Part 1. (Original Airdate 6/18/2023)
Robin devotes this episode—and next week’s—to conversations with the Women's Media Center staff: how their diverse desks model a true free media. Today: Young Feminists, Entertainment, Climate, and the Research Reports that have become so famous.
WMC Live
June 04, 2023 | Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #412: Naming. (Original Airdate 6/4/2023)

Robin explores how major museums still fail women artists, and why New York has become a center for Indigenous people. Guest: Larissa FastHorse, first Native American woman playwright ever to have a play on Broadway.

WMC Live
May 28, 2023 | Laura Bates, Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #411: Suffer the Little Children. (Original Airdate 5/28/2023)
Robin takes on the headlines themselves, including the latest Catholic Church shockers. Special Guest: Laura Bates, author and founder of Everyday Sexism, on the results of this remarkable campaign.
WMC Live
May 21, 2023 | Soraya Chemaly, Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #410: The Tech Apocalypse? (Original Airdate 5/21/2023)
Robin puts the E. Jean Carroll vs. Donald Trump case into crucially important context. Special Guest: Soraya Chemaly, author, activist, co-founder of the WMC Speech Project, and expert on technology, digital media, and sexism.
WMC FBomb
May 16, 2023 | Sophie Hayssen | Politics
How Montana House Rep. Zooey Zephyr Was Censured For Defending Trans Americans

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr has recently been thrust into the national spotlight after her Republican colleagues voted to remove her from the floor following comments she made about S.B. 99, one of a wave of anti-trans legislation introduced across the country.

WMC Live
May 14, 2023 | Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #409: Running the Gauntlet. (Original Airdate 5/14/2023)
Robin messes with Texas, and her special guest is Cherry Smiley, an activist on prostitution and trafficking of women, and author of Not Sacred, Not Squaws: Indigenous Feminism Defined—which breaks new ground.
WMC News & Features
May 01, 2023 | Treva Lindsey | Education, Free Speech, Politics
Fighting Back Against Anti-“Woke” Censorship

On Wednesday, May 3, the Freedom to Learn National Day of Action will mobilize people to defend the right of students to learn about systemic injustice, as well as ideas that form the basis of social justice movements.

WMC Live
April 30, 2023 | Maria Teresa Kumar, Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #408: Comes with the Territory. (Original Airdate: 4/30/2023)

Robin on the firings of Fox News' Tucker Carlson and CNN’s Don Lemon, and on youth activism. Special Guest: Maria Teresa Kumar, founding President/CEO of Voto Latino.

WMC Live
April 23, 2023 | Gloria Steinem (1934 - 2026), Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #407: Sylvia Plath Symposium Keynote, PART 2. (Original Airdate: 4/23/2023)
Robin and Gloria Steinem continue last week's live-audience conversation at Hunter College (CUNY) on Sylvia Plath's influence.
WMC Live
April 16, 2023 | Gloria Steinem (1934 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #406: Sylvia Plath Symposium Keynote, PART 1. (Original Airdate 4/16/2023)
Part 1 of a 2-part podcast from Hunter College (CUNY)! Robin is joined by friend Gloria Steinem for a live-audience keynote on Sylvia Plath.
WMC Live
April 09, 2023 | Jane Manning, Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #405: Eclectic Solutions to VAW. (Original Airdate 4/9/2023)
Robin's commentaries range from animal models of reverence for elders to the declining church population in the US. Guest: Jane Manning, former prosecutor on sex crimes and violence against women, and director of the Women's Equal Justice Project.
WMC Live
March 26, 2023 | Debora Spar, Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #404: Rethinking Thinking. (Original Airdate: 3/26/2023)

Robin takes a dive into redefinitions of concepts we think we already know—from Buddhist nuns and kung fu to time itself. Special Guest: Debora Spar, expert on technology, future societies, and women.

WMC FBomb
March 21, 2023 | Sophie Hayssen | Politics
Two Women Are Leading Italian Politics Right Now

Italian politics are at a fork in the road with women leading the way on either side.

WMC Live
March 19, 2023 | Deeyah Khan, Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #403: Corporate "Feminism" and Violence. (Original Airdate 3/19/2023)
Robin unmasks the slick public-relations "corporatization" of feminism, and exposes its cruel realities. Special Guest: award-winning documentary filmmaker Deeyah Khan and her new film, Behind the Rage: America's Domestic Violence.
WMC News & Features
March 16, 2023 | Marcie Bianco, Ph.D. | Girls, Politics, Sports
When It Comes to Trans Sports Bans, Don’t Be Fooled by the Language of ‘Protection’

Currently, 18 states ban trans girls from participating in girls’ sports. Often framed as offering “fairness” or “protection,” these insidious laws actually harm all women.

WMC Live
March 12, 2023 | Jimmy Carter, Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #402: The Peanut-Farmer Champion. (Original Airdate 3/12/2023)

As former President Jimmy Carter enters hospice care at 98, Robin delivers a tribute show to him, stressing his post-presidency activism and strong support for feminism, and highlighting their exclusive and extraordinary 2014 conversation.

WMC Live
March 05, 2023 | Margot Wallström, Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #401: A Feminist Europe?! (Original Airdate 3/5/2023)
Robin explores what a "feminist Europe" would look like, and interviews returning special guest Margot Wallström, former (proudly proclaimed) feminist Deputy Prime Minister and Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs.
WMC Live
February 19, 2023 | Robin Morgan (1941 - 2026) | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #400: Books to Change Our Lives. (Original Airdate 2/19/2023)
Robin doubles down on opposition to CRT and Black history. Guest: Ilyon Woo, author of Master Slave Husband Wife, the true story of a couple from Georgia who escaped slavery—in disguise. Plus, a transformative reading list.
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