American Women — Radical Feminism

  • Report on the Congress to Unite Women

    This is a February 1985 rebroadcast of a November 1969 Womankind episode, hosted by Nannette Rainone. The episode is a rundown of events at the 1969 Congress to Unite Women held in New York on November 21-23, 1969. Guests are four women who were at the Congress: Shulamith Firestone (1945-2012), active in Women’s Liberation in…

  • New York Radical Feminists’ talk about the 1971 Rape Speakout

    This is a February 1985 rebroadcast of a 1971 episode of Womankind, hosted by Nanette Rainone. Rainone interviews four members of the New York Radical Feminists (not introduced) about the Rape Speakout they are organizing for January 24, 1971 at St. Clements Episcopal Church in Manhattan. The speakout will consist of testimony by women on…

  • Reactions to the Redstockings journal, “Feminist Revolution”

    Local women discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Redstockings journal, “Feminist Revolution,” and about some of the issues raised by the journal: leadership, separatism, cultural feminism, social issues, and men. The guests are Judith Van Allen, a socialist who has taught courses about women in politics at SF State, San Jose State and UC…

  • Women’s News: September 11, 1975

    Women’s news and commentary for KPFA, September 11, 1975. Segments: 1. The radical feminist group Redstockings’ charges that feminist activist Gloria Steinem was once involved with the CIA. Kathie Sarachild of Redstockings is interviewed about those charges and discusses Steinem’s ascendancy to her platform and MS Magazine’s ignoring of radical feminist causes and possible complicity…

  • Kathie Sarachild on Gloria Steinem and the CIA

    Kathie Sarachild is interviewed on KPFA’s “Unlearning to not speak” program by Susan Elisabeth. Sarachild is a member of the Redstockings radical feminist group which has just published a “warning” that Gloria Steinem and MS Magazine (Steinem is editor) may be fronts for the CIA and powers that be to block progress on feminist issues…

  • Majority report, December 2, 1982: Tina Fishman, Bay Area women in music

    Reyna Cowan and Pam Scola host Majority Report, December 2, 1982. Segments: 1. News wrap-up — 2. Marci Lockwood reports on the case of Tina Fishman, member of the Revolutionary Communist Party who lost custody of her daughter to her ex-husband for what she maintains are her political beliefs; features interviews with Fishman and Paul…

  • An interview with Andrea Dworkin / interviewed by Nanette Rainone and Carol Lopate

    An interview with Andrea Dworkin, author of the book “Woman Hating” (E.P. Dutton, 1974), and several articles including “Marx and Ghandi were liberals: feminism and the radical left” and “Why Norman Mailer refuses to be the woman he is.” Interview conducted by Nanette Rainone with Carol Lopate. Contains sensitive language.

  • Andrea Dworkin interviewed by Josy Catoggio

    Feminist writer Andrea Dworkin talks about her latest novel, Mercy, with Josy Catoggio of KPFK’s Feminist Magazine. Dworkin talks about the parts of the book that are autobiographical, including her experiences in a house of detention where she was sent for anti-war demonstrations. Dworkin says she was raped in prison by doctors and that this…

  • Take Back the Night march featuring a speech by Andrea Dworkin

    Actuality of the Women Take Back the Night march held in Los Angeles on April 19, 1980. Contains a speech by feminist activist Andrea Dworkin (1946-1995), a performance by the Los Angeles Women’s Chorus and the Great American Yankee Freedom Band of Los Angeles perform, interviews with participants and actualities from the crowd.

  • San Francisco women’s liberation media project (Episode 2)

    The second collage of music and words produced by the San Francisco Women’s Liberation Media Project for KPFA, to further the struggle for women’s liberation. Includes pronouncements about the women’s liberation movement: women and housework, women and bodily autonomy, the structure of women’s liberation groups and others. Also includes brief news segments on: women protesting…