Mar 19 on FM: The Femini...

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen & Sammy Lyon :   What are elementary feminisms?  Tamura Lomax and Monica Casper of The Feminist Wire join us to explain. TFW is an online news site – a collective community of writers that celebrates a wide array of feminist thinkers and...

Feb 12 on FM: Ovarian Ps...

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen & Sammy Lyon : Based in the heart of East Los Angeles, the Ovarian Psycos Cycle Brigade is not just a bike crew but a new generation of women of color building a movement. A ferocious and unapologetic group of young women of color cycling through the...

Feb 5 on FM: Resistance ...

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen, Sammy Lyon and Celina Alvarez : Chinese-American writer, photographer, mother and author Victoria Law has a whole lot to say about incarcerated women. Her book ‘Resistance Behind Bars‘ documents collective organizing and the daily struggles...

Jan 22 on FM: Beyond Roe...

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen & Sammy Lyon : The 40th Anniversary of the passing of Roe v. Wade comes at a time when the right to an abortion is being whittled away state by state.  Access is more limited than ever, racial and ethnic disparities in reproductive health outcomes...

Jan 15 on FM: Trust Wome...

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen and Ariana Manov : Dr. Sophia Yen hopes to become the first Surgeon General to say “masturbation” without being asked to resign –AND she wants to prevent ALL teenage pregnancy! She’s here to tell us how –and to talk about the Silver Ribbon Campaign...

Jan 8 on FM: Native Wome...

Hosted by Lynn Harris Ballen, Ariana Manov and Celina Alvarez : Lauren Chief Elk, co-founder of the Save Wiyabi Project, updates us on efforts to pass  the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) with the inclusion of protections for Native American women and communities.  As an advocacy...