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Today Kate Raphael talks with San Francisco State Professor Rabab Abdulhadi about the life of one of Eygpt’s most famous feminists Nawal el Saadawi who died recently. Sadaawi’s 1977 book, titled in English, The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World, looked at practices such as clitoridectomy and workplace rape in the context of class and colonialism as well as culture. It was published in the United States with a foreword by Gloria Steinem. But first Lisa Dettmer talks to Tiny (aka Lisa Gray-Garcia) who is a formerly unhoused, incarcerated poverty scholar, revolutionary journalist, lecturer, poet, visionary, teacher and single mom and , daughter of a houseless, disabled, indigenous mama Dee, and the co–founder of POOR Magazine/and poor New Network. is a poor people led/indigenous people led, grassroots non-profit, arts organization dedicated to providing revolutionary media access, art, education and advocacy to silenced youth, adults and elders in poverty ....
7:00 AM – IWD: Global Celebration In this hour we will learn about the radical socialist herstory of International Women’s Day with two American scholars, Eillen Boris, Professor at U.C. Santa Barbara, and Professor Premilla Nadasen from Barnard College. While IWD doesn’t generate mass marches anymore in the U.S., Women’s Day is still an important day for protest and celebration in many places around the world. Host Lisa Dettmer talks to feminist activists around the world who speak about the importance of Women’s Day marches against gender violence and patriarchy in their countries.
Guests include Pregs Govender, South African Feminist human rights activist and author of Love and Courage, A Story of Insubordination ; Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur and medical doctor with expertise advocating for universal health access, HIV care, youth friendly services and family planning in South Africa; Kare ....