Upcoming Shows

April 1

Caity Goerke interviews Emilia Nielson about her PhD dissertation on breast cancer narratives. Nielson focuses on narratives that resist dominant ways we understand and talk about breast cancer, specifically the “tyranny of cheerfulness” that undermines feelings of anger and emphasizes individualization over collective action.

April 8

Nicole Deagan re-airs her interview with Darcie Bennett of Pivot Legal Society about their new report  Imagining Courts that Work for Women Survivors of Violence which calls on the Government of BC to work with women’s groups to fix the justice system.

April 15

Nicole Deagan airs a talk by Sheila North Wilson, a Communications Officer at the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, who spoke at the Women’s Forum in Ottawa about her own experience with violence and called for a national inquiry into violence against First Nations women.

April 22

Ellie Gordon-Moershel interviews Justine Blainey about sex segregation in sport. Justine Blainey is most known for taking the Ontario Hockey Association to the Supreme Court of Canada for sex discrimination after she was told she was not allowed to play in the Metro Toronto Hockey League in the late 1980s.

April 29

May Day Special—Equality: work in progress. Photographer SD Holman, whose exhibition, Butch: Not Like the Other Girls, is on display at The Cultch in East Vancouver until April 25th, talks to Helen Polychronakos about fighting inequality with guerrilla art. Poet Kate Braid was the first woman to join the Vancouver local of the Carpenters’ Union. She talks to Helen about her memoir, Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man’s World.

May 6

Charlene Sayo interviews Jowita Bydlowska about her memoir “Drunk Mom.”

May 13

Helen Polychronakos speaks with Canadian author and journalist Sally Armstrong about her eye-witness reporting on women’s rights around the world. She is the winner of three Amnesty International awards and her latest book, The Ascent of Women, was published this year about women standing up against rape, female circumcision, and other abuses.

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 Monday afternoons from 12-1:00 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

 

April 1

Breast cancer culture: optimism, anger, and activism

Caity Goerke interviews Emilia Nielsen about her research regarding breast cancer narratives in relation to mainstream breast cancer culture. In particular, they discuss the pressures on women to perform breast cancer in a way that emphasizes optimism and delegitimizes anger. They also look at mainstream breast cancer culture’s affect on breast cancer activism and consider the barriers to cancer care for individuals based on race, class, gender-identity, sexuality, and a variety of other factors.

February 25

Human Rights Report: RCMP and violence against Aboriginal women

In the wake of the Women’s Memorial March, Helen Polychronakos speaks with Jennifer Allan of Vancouver Cop Watch about the Human Rights Report on the RCMP and violence against Aboriginal Women.

February 18

Charlene Sayo, Eirene Cloma, and guest Anushka Nagji talk about Transnational and Queer Women of Colour and the Distortion and Construction of our Sexuality in Western Society.

February 11

The Objectification and Sexualization of Breasts

Katie Schofield, Caity Goerke and Carissa Ropponen discuss the objectification and sexualization of breasts and the way this contributes to women’s experiences of breast shame.

February 4
Rebroadcast: Nicole Deagan and guests discuss social and psychological barriers to women’s sexual exploration – and focus specifically on female ejaculation. This show features interviews with three women who experience ejaculation. And of course, includes information on how to do it yourself! Warning: Explicit sexual content.
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