FM Nov 3: Fight Voter S...

THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST … It’s election day. Finally! And this has already become one of the most contested elections in US history. Salima Hamirani from Making Contact takes a look at how race and voter suppression are playing...

FM Sept 29: Domestic Vio...

 THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST … October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. How is the COVID-19 lockdown making it worse? Domestic abuse affects everyone it touches — intimate partners, children, and elders.  Monica Lopez of Making...

FM Sept 22: Spread The ...

THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen – we’re all about Voting: FIRST … we talk to Kat Calvin, founder of Spread The Vote about their voter education programs that aim to close the gap between registered voters and voter turnout. About 5 in...

FM Sept 15: Self Care f...

 THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST – How do activists in the Latinx immigrant community of Los Angeles take care of their mental health?  People who work in the service of others are particularly at risk of burnout and compassion fatigue. ...

FM Sept 1: Voting Rights...

THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: FIRST … Since the gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court, there have been problems with voter purging, voter ID laws, precinct closures, and difficulties with voting machines. Women Rising Radio joins...

FM Aug 25: Kimberle Cren...

THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen: FIRST … Law Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw defined the concept of intersectionality 30 years ago. She developed that framework to understand how identities including race, gender and class intersect in overlapping systems...