Upcoming Shows

December 12

Fat Politics, food shaming, and fat style as resistance.

December 19

Rebroadcast: Feminism and Christianity

December 26

Women in Trades.

January 2

An in-depth look at sexual assault, its consequences, and the complex reactions and issues that survivors face after being assaulted. Nicole Deagan interviews Wendy Potter, the Education and Outreach Co-ordinator with the Sexual Assault Service, a BC Women’s Hospital-based program. The Sexual Assault Service provides emotional support, healthcare, collection of forensic samples, and referrals to anyone 13 years of age and over who has been sexually assaulted within the last week. SAS also provides local, provincial support by way of information to professionals in the community as well to healthcare workers and legal professionals.

Recent Blogs

An Open Letter to my Beloved College Freshman Brother Regarding Consent, Illustrated with Personal Examples

Guest blogger Kyla Jamieson’s open letter to her brother, originally presented at UBC’s March to Reclaim Consent.

Thinking through Thinness: Understanding Fatphobia as Oppression

A discussion of fatphobia, thin privilege, and sizeism.

I’m not over it and here’s why you shouldn’t be either

Caity Goerke’s response to the pro-rape and anti-Indigenous chants on UBC campus.

“You know that law school is really hard, right?”

A rant about law school, the legal profession, and belonging.

Let Us Play Dumb

Freddie Storm’s thoughts on pervasive stereotypes about women and intelligence.

 

Welcome

We are the F Word Media Collective, a feminist media collective based in Vancouver, BC.

The F Word  is a syndicated show, produced at Vancouver Co-op Radio.  Contact Nicole and Ariana for information on how to broadcast our weekly show on your station or website.

You can hear us live, every week on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM on Thursday evenings from 8:00-9:00 pm PT. You can also listen online from any location at www.coopradio.org.

The F Word is also part of the rabble Podcast network. Listen to past shows at rabble.ca or check out our Archives page.

Past Shows

December 5

Rebroadcast of Eve Ensler: In the Body of the World

Ariana Barer speaks with internationally bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues, founder of V Day, and award-winning playwright Eve Ensler about her new book, In the Body of the World. The book is a memoir connecting her own body with herself, with the earth, and with women’s bodies all over the world. Ensler speaks about shame, joy, violence, activism, cancer, and love. [WARNING: discussion of sexual assault and bodily functions]

November 28

Interview with Julia Serano, author of Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive.

Carissa Ropponen interviews Julia Serano, author of Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive, and airs a performance by Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon called Gender Failure.

 

November 21

Rebroadcast – Invisible War: Rape in the Military

Nicole Deagan interviews Amy Ziering, an award winning and Emmy nominated documentary producer and director, about her most recent film, The Invisible War.

 

November 14

Treating Female Veterans of War: a talk by Dr. Darrah Westrup

The F Word airs a talk by Dr. Darrah Westrup called Treating Female Veterans of War. Dr. Westrup is a Clinical Psychologist from California. She is a proponent of advanced mental health for women veterans, a consultant to the Veterans Administration, and she specializes in the treatment of PTSD.

November 7

Rebroadcast: Interview with Martha Redbone

Ariana Barer and Carissa Ropponen play women’s folk music and interview Martha Redbone of Martha Redbone Roots Project. Redbone’s music is a mix of Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Traditional Native American, and Gospel. She discusses religion, her experiences as an Indigenous woman, and her anti-violence work with youth.

 

 



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