Archives

Winter 2012-13

January 28

Exploring Gender and Language

Charlene Sayo and Caprice Pybus discuss gender, language and the changing role of women in contemporary society.

 

January 21

Angela James: The first superstar of women’s hockey

Ellie Gordon-Moershel interviews Angela James and Corey Long about the new biography chronicling Angela’s rise to stardom as the first woman in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

 

December 31

Montreal Massacre Memorial Discussion

Nicole Deagan airs recordings of roundtable discussions that took place at Vancouver Rape Relief’s December 1st, 2012 Montreal Massacre Memorial event at Vancouver Public Library. Recordings made available by WINGS.

 

December 24

The Association of Filipinas, Feminists Fighting Imperialism, Re-feudalization, and Marginalization

Charlene Sayo and Helen Polychronakos interview Jollene Levid, National Chairperson of The Association of Filipinas, Feminists Fighting Imperialism, Re-feudalization, and Marginalization (AF3IRM), which is a national organization of women engaged in transnational feminist, anti-imperialist activism.

 

December 17

Darla Goodwin on Idle No More

Ariana Barer and Charlene Sayo interview the Vancouver representative of Idle No More, a movement in Canada to address Indigenous rights and honouring of treaties.

 

December 10

We’re re-airing our Feminism and Christianity show in time for the holidays!  This show is a discussion of the image of woman in the Christian creation myth, the religious persecution of women as witches, the catholic school system, and negotiating the development of feminist consciousness within a Christian community.

 

December 3

Nicole interviews 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.

 

November 26

Nicole Deagan interviews Amy Ziering, an award winning and Emmy nominated documentary producer and director, about her most recent film, The Invisible War, a groundbreaking investigation into the epidemic of rape in the U.S. military that won the Audience Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Come to our screening of The Invisible War at Douglas College on Thursday Dec 6 at 2pm.

Fall 2012

November 19

Nicole airs Sheila North Wilson’s presentation to the Women’s Forum in Ottawa about her experience with violence and her call for a national inquiry into violence against First Nation’s women. Sheila is the Chief Communications Officer at the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.

November 12

Carissa Ropponen interviews Dr. Liz Kelly from London Metropolitan University about sexualized violence as a strategy of war and an extention of societies’ rape cultures, as well as peace from the perspective of women, going forward, and what we can do next.

November 5

Carissa Ropponen and Ariana Barer investigate different cultural perspectives on menstruation.

October 29

October 22

October 15

October 8

October 1

September 13

September 3

 

Summer 2012

August 13, 2012

July 30, 2012

July 2, 2012

June 25, 2012

June 11, 2012

 

Spring 2012

May 21, 2012

May 7, 2012

April 23, 2012

April 9, 2012

April 2, 2012

March 26, 2012

March 18, 2012

March 12, 2012

March 5, 2012

March 5, 2012

 

Winter 2011/12

February 27, 2012

February 20, 2012

February 13, 2012

February 6, 2012

January 31, 2012

January 23, 2012

January 16, 2012

January 9, 2012

January 2, 2012

December 26, 2011

December 19, 2011

December 12, 2011

December 5, 2011

 

2011 and before 

November 28, 2011  The closure of women’s centres and the ‘Walmartization’ of services

November 21, 2011  Sex as work: Will legalizing prostitution contribute to women’s equality?

November 14, 2011  Re-aired interview with Victor Malarek about his book “The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy it”

November 7, 2011  Filipino women speak out about the Live-in Caregiver Program in Canada

October 31, 2011  Feminism and Occupy Wall Street

October 24, 2011  Choice and childbirth

October 10, 2011  The trouble with female genitalia: Part two in a three part series on The Medicalization of Sex

October 3, 2011  Women, reproduction rights, & access to abortion

September 26, 2011  ‘The best baseball player you’ve never heard of’: The remarkable story of Toni Stone

September 21, 2011  Manifesto Festival repping for women and aboriginal people involved in the hip-hop scene

September 19, 2011  Sex for health: Part one of a documentary series on The Medicalization of Sex

September 12, 2011  The Missing Women’s Commission of Inquiry

September 11, 2011  The F Word’s 9/11 Special for Pacifica Radio: ’10 years later: how 9/11 changed the lives of Muslim women’

September 5, 2011  Misogyny in gay male culture & queer allies. Featuring an interview with David Butler

August 29, 2011  Pornography as a mirror: do we want to look? Featuring an interview with Robert Jensen

August 22, 2011  Objectifying women and sexualizing meat: How are animal rights activism, pornography and the male gaze connected?

August 15, 2011  Locking up girls ‘for their own good.’ How Canada criminalizes its young women

August 8, 2011  Feminism & the prostitution debates

August 1, 2011 Resisting burnout in feminist activism

July 25, 2011  Mary-Woo Sims on feminism, lesbianism and social justice

July 18, 2011  Older men / younger women relationships: Is age really just a number?

July 16, 2011  The F Word’s Folk Fest Special!

July 6, 2011  Honouring young Muslim women’s voices: AQSAzine makes waves

June 29, 2011  The dark history of sex testing in international sport

June 20, 2011  Prostitution laws and debates in Canada

June 13, 2011  The Waves: Where did we come from? Where are we going?

June 6, 2011  Professional men’s sports, hockey fever, and feminism 

May 30, 2011  The F Word’s Sex Show!

May 9, 2011  What’s in a name? Slutwalks & Feminism

May 4, 2011  Who Took the Bomp: Le Tigre on Tour – An interview with director, Kerthy Fix

April 15, 2011  Where have all the Radicals gone? When feminism gets moderate: A Radio Documentary

April 4, 2011  Women in politics. Featuring an interview with Amy Kishek of Equal Voice

March 7, 2011  Exploring Prostitution & Abolition: Activism, Events, and Debates

February 21, 2011  Tribute to Black History Month

February 14, 2011  Memorial March for the Murdered and Missing Women in the DTES

January 31, 2011  Women can jump. And, skate. And, canoe… An interview with sport journalist Laura Robinson

January 29, 2011  Gone but not forgotten: When art alone is not enough. Gloria Larocque speaks about the cancellation of Pamela Masik’s ‘The Forgotten’ by the Museum of Anthropology

January 24, 2011  Burlesque: Part 2 in a 2 Part Series

January 17, 2011  Burlesque: Part 1 in a 2 Part Series

January 3, 2011  But was it ‘rape-rape’? #mooreandme, rape apologism, and the left: Why are women still missing from the ‘big picture’?

December 18, 2010  Feminism and Humour: What do our senses of humour say about our political values?

December 11, 2010  Feminism. It’s on the Internet: The F Word Explores the Wild and Wonderful World of Feminist Blogging. Featuring Amanda Marcotte

November 20, 2010  Women Who Love Men Who Love Guns: Women, The Tea Party and conservative America

November 6, 2010  Pink Think: Pinkwashing and Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns

October 30, 2010  Sexy Mrs. Potato Head? Hell No: The F Word Halloween Extravaganza

October 23, 2010  It ain’t that type of party: Women in hip hop

October 9, 2010  Will the removal of the laws that prohibit pimping and prostitution move us in the direction of safety and equality for women and girls?

October 2, 2010  Housing and Violence Against Women in the Downtown Eastside

September 25, 2010   VIFF – Interview with acclaimed film director Nina Menkes

September 18, 2010  The Metal Show

September 4, 2010  Sexual Assault on Campus

August 28, 2010  Women’s book groups

July 24, 2010  Courtney Love!

June 12, 2010  Female Sexual Dysfunction

April 24, 2010  Male Studies

April 20, 2010  Pants Off! Lady Gaga meets Feminism

February 17, 2010  Beer & feminism: together at last

February 3, 2010  The F Word vs. The Olympics!

December 17, 2009  Speaking with Leila Ahmed about identities, plural histories, and the importance of the story

August 21, 2009  The Body Politic

August 20, 2009  The Reality of Women, sport and sexuality

July 20, 2009  Interview with Gloria Larocque, organizer of the annual Indigenous Women’s Day

July 14, 2009  Canadian Black History – Interview and Dub Poetry of Afua Cooper

July 12, 2009  Feminist Science Fiction

July 12, 2009  The Roots of Hip Hop – An Interview With El Jones

July 8, 2009  Islam, women and feminisms

July 7, 2009  Eco-Feminism, Women, and the Environment

June 6, 2009  Victor Malarek on Johns and Prostitution

May 25, 2009  The Walk4Justice: Interview with Gladys Radek, organizer and advocate.

May 24, 2009  Queer Parenting: Exploring one of the many possible configurations of queer families

January 24, 2009 Feminism and Religion: Islam and Feminism (Part 3 in a three part series)

January 10, 2009  Feminism & Religion: Christianity (Part 1 in a three part series)

May 15, 2008  Part 3 of a 3 part series on prostitution: Featuring Jackie Lynne from the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network and Laura Johnson from Vancouver Rape Relief, arguing for the abolishment of prostitution.

April 17, 2008  Part 2 of a 3 part series on prostitution / sex-work. Featuring Susan Davis from the Westcoast Co-operative of Sex Industry Professionals and Sarah B, former sex-worker, arguing for decriminalization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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