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  • The Woman and the Carpenter (Part 2 only)

    Linda Schiffman interviews four tradeswomen, all employed in non-traditional work and enrollees in the Women in Apprenticeship Program, about sexism on the job and the kinds of problems they encountered getting used to this different kind of work. The women interviewed are Priscilla Danzig, a carpenter’s apprentice and member of Carpenters Local 305, Marin County;…

  • Kate Millett reading from The Basement and Andrea Dworkin at the Feminist Perspectives on Pornography Conference (1978)

    Contents: 1. Kate Millett reads from a new book (to be published in about a year) entitled The Basement: Meditations on a Case of Human Sacrifice, at the San Francisco International Poetry Festival, about a young woman tortured and killed for sex (November 5, 1978). 2. Exhortation to march at the Feminist Perspectives on Pornography…

  • Flying Lesbians

    A copy of the German band Flying Lesbians’ self-titled album from 1975 (Frauen Offensive). Tracks: Side One: 1. battered wife; 2. trebermadchen; 3. arbeitslos; 4. fur frau dr. a.; 5. frauen kommt her frauen erhebt euch; Side Two: 1. I’m a lesbian, how about you?; 2. die bisexualitat; 3. wir sind die homosexuellen frauen; 4.…

  • Susan Griffin and Nellie Wong at the Feminist Perspectives on Pornography conference

    Susan Griffin, poet, playwright and author, and Nellie Wong, poet and activist, read on the opening night of the Feminist Perspectives on Pornography Conference in San Francisco on November 17, 1978, organized by Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM). Lilia Medina introduces the reading. Griffin reads her poem Deer Skull (for Hallie) and…

  • San Francisco Women’s Music Festival, 1974

    Recordings from the 1974 San Francisco Women’s Music Festival, recorded at the First Unitarian Church in January 1974. Contents: Reel A: A brief rap by one of the festival’s organizers (from San Francisco Women’s Center) to be used as an introduction to the music tape. Reel B: Performances from the concert: Susie and Selby perform…

  • Lesbian Express: Book reviews for January 12, 1975

    Production reel with general review of lesbian presses and titles of books by and about lesbians with a few selections read and commented upon. Segments: 1. A collection from Diana Press (Baltimore, MD) titled Women Remembered: A Collection of Biographies from the Furies, which includes a chapter on Queen Christina of Sweden; 2. New lesbian…

  • Night of the Virgin Shark: Didi Favreau / produced by Charles Amirkhanian

    Charles Amirkhanian plays experimental works by members of his class at U.C. Extension, San Francisco; and introduces the work of Didi Favreau, a woman who has composed music on tape based exclusively on the sounds of office machinery. Her art is an outcry against the slavery of women and is an interesting contrast to her…

  • Night of the Virgin Shark: Didi Favreau / produced by Charles Amirkhanian (Part 2 of 2)

    Charles Amirkhanian plays experimental works by members of his class at U.C. Extension, San Francisco; and introduces the work of Didi Favreau, a woman who has composed music on tape based exclusively on the sounds of office machinery. Her art is an outcry against the slavery of women and is an interesting contrast to her…

  • Marta Ptaszynska interviewed by Virginia Kosanovic

    Actuality of an interview with Marta Ptaszynska by Virginia Kosanovic (interviewer not identified on reel). Three sections on reel. Marta makes brief comments on composing, importance of structure, and on teaching music. Likely a duplicate of AZ1132.39, which is being preserved as part of the American Women project.

  • Dark Circle: interview with the producers / Julia Randall

    Judy Irving and Ruth Landry, co-director/writer and producer, respectively, of the anti-nuclear documentary film Dark Circle (1982), are interviewed by Julia Randall of KPFA’s Women’s Department. Irving and Landry talk about plutonium pollution and how nuclear power and weapons affect everyday people, and their specific focus on women as the leading voices of the anti-nuclear…