Edition 101 features stories, ambient sounds and an interview directly from the Land in Michigan where women's festivals are held every year. The post Edition 101: A Review of Michigan 2024 with Thistle, Elizabeth Boyce & Jenna appeared first on Women's Liberation Radio News ..read more

In this reflective piece, Thistle paints a picture of her adventures in the woods of Michigan at WPI 2024. The post Into the Woods of Michigan: A Review of WPI 2024 appeared first on Women's Liberation Radio News ..read more

Edition 100 features WLRN's newest member Lola Bessis interviewing Professor Victoria Brown about her research and about women's health and medical misogyny. The post Edition 100: Women’s Health & Medical Misogyny with Lola Bessis, Victoria Brown and Sekhmet SheOwl appeared first on Women's Liberation Radio News ..read more

WLRN's Thistle Pettersen reviews the We the Women gathering 2024 that happened in the Pacific Northwest in July 19-21. The post From Cancellation to Inspiration, a Review of We the Women 2024 appeared first on Women's Liberation Radio News ..read more

Happy Independence Day! First up, hear Thistle greet the listener introducing the topic of “patriarchal patriotism” with Liz Miller and Sekhmet SheOwl. After the greeting, hear WLRN’s World News segment delivered by Mary O’Neill before enjoying American artist Whitney Houston’s rendition of the patriotic song “America the Beautiful”. Mary features stories about abortion in Brazil, a play about JK Rowling initially titled TERF Cunt, the Department of Education in the US, immigrants from Somalia, and Riley Gaines’ bus tour of the US last month. Next, stay tuned for a conversation Thistle had wi ..read more

We Just Can’t Shut Up About Gender: A Review of Gender Identity: Lies and Dangers, by Laura Lecuona Review by WLRN Staff Writer, aurora linnea First, a confession: I don’t want to talk about gender anymore.  There is a part of me that can’t compute how acknowledging the differences, biological and political, between female and male human beings could become my most controversial position. Another part is aghast that I should have to explain such self-evident realities to my adult peers. And the three-pound lump of tissue that is my brain cramps at the prospect of rehashing the same stock ..read more

This Summer of 2024, put on your rain gear and come to Michigan for the Rise Festival on the Land and WPI. More info and how to get tickets here: wwtlc.org/summer/. All the women gathering on the Land is sure to make the Sun shine, sisters! With guitars and grace, the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival lived and thrived on what is now known as “the Land”, a place that continues to be a gathering spot for thousands of women every year. This month’s show begins with a PSA for the FIST conference happening in San Diego, CA over 4th of July weekend. Next you’ll hear the greeting from WLRN membe ..read more

A Book Review By Jocelyn Crawley  As radical feminists become more resilient in our resistance to watered-down pseudo-feminisms that attempt to obfuscate the reality of male sexual tyranny, recognition of women writers who centralize sexual assault in their work becomes increasingly important.  In her lucid treatise against sexual assault entitled What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape, Sohaila Abdulali recounts both her own experience of being subjected to gang rape as well as the collective struggle that women across the world face in experiencing male sexual violence. In this ..read more

First, hear the We the Women promo WLRN created for that gathering happening in the Pacific Northwest this summer. More info at www.wethewomen.world/. After the promo, we begin the show with Thistle’s special 8th anniversary greeting. Then, it is on to the world news with Mary O’Neill before we dive into our discussion of the Taylor Swift Phenomenon from the perspectives of Zinetta, Emily, KatyJean, and Jocelyn, and then from the viewpoint of authors Lierre Keith and Sheila Jeffreys. What a way to celebrate our 8th year together as a collective of media activist women! We are so blessed ..read more

By Thistle Pettersen MADISON, May 2, 2024 — WLRN is celebrating our 8th anniversary as a volunteer-powered sisterhood to produce high-quality feminist independent media. I have had a front seat on this ride since it started and I have to say it has been groovy, thoughtful, analytical, connective, curiosity-building, and movement-building. I am proud to have co-created a news and information media center for feminists and to bring music and culture to the WLRN project. Eight years in your ears and now the movement is moving. Imagine that! We kept keepin’ on and now there are the WPath file ..read more