Gender

The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

"If you love stories but distrust them, if you love language and can also see how it is used as a tool or a weapon in the maintenance of status quo, then read The Winged Histories."— Marion Deeds, Fantasy Literature; "Told by four different women, it is a story of wa... Read more

Kristina Wong Blends Comedy and Activism in The Wong Street Journal

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

The Guardian describes Kristina Wong: "A third generation Chinese American originally from San Francisco, Wong...doesn’t just defy Asian stereotypes – she destroys them. Like Hari Kondabolu, Margaret Cho and Russell Peters, Wong’s irreverent critique of mainstream cu... Read more

Transformative Feminism: Standing Rock, In Other Words & DA LAB

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses is bringing you three segments that in some way feature transformative and intersectional feminism. Featuring Danica Brown's experiences in transformative direct action at Standing Rock, Adrienne Cabouet from In Other Words on the road ahead for the femin... Read more

Vinnie Kinsella, editor of "Fashionably Late," on Coming Out Later in Life

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Dan Johnson interviews writer and publisher Vinnie Kinsella about his book "Fashionably Late." Kinsella has assembled a group of Gay, Bi and Trans men who share their individual experience of comiing out later in life. Read more

Supporting Trans Youth in the Oregon Youth Authority

Airs at: Tue, 10/04/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Transpositive PDX

You are invited to join us on Transpositive PDX this Tuesday, October 4 at 6pm on KBOO Community Radio 90.7 FM as we talk with Bryant Campbell and Kelly Okili of the Oregon Youth Authority. We will talk about youth with gender identity concerns in the Oregon Youth Auth... Read more

Queer Poetry Inbetweenland: Jacks McNamara

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Madness Radio

Is trauma also a source of creative inspiration? Can sexual passion be a force for healing? And do we have to live in either/or boxes — or is there somewhere else? Artist and activist Jacks McNamara, co-founder of the Icarus Project, discusses their anthology Inbetwe... Read more

"You Play Ball Like A Girl" - Feminist Lens on Baseball & Pitch

Airs at: Fri, 09/30/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Host Pamela Santos brings another installment of "Feminists Watch TV, Too" with a discussion of TV show Pitch and the "soon-to-be-true-story" of a female pitcher in major league baseball. As with any pop culture, TV show imagining the change we want to see in the world o... Read more

Susan Faludi on her book "In the Darkroom"

Airs at: Fri, 09/30/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Theresa Mitchell speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi about her new book "In the Darkroom," her inquiry into the meaning of identity in the modern world and in her own haunted family saga, involving her 76-year-old father – long estranged an... Read more

Susan Faludi on her book "In the Darkroom"

Airs at: Fri, 09/30/2016 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Theresa Mitchell speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi about her new book "In the Darkroom," her inquiry into the meaning of identity in the modern world and in her own haunted family saga, involving her 76-year-old father – long estranged an... Read more

Scarves of Many Colors

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joan Bohorfoush, one of the founding members of the Old Mole Variety Hour, produced, together with Dina Dickerson, an award winning radio documentary that presents a wide variety of views Muslim women have about covering the female body. It shows the falsity of common We... Read more