The F Word

The F Word

The F Word explores various issues and debates within feminism as well as looking at politics, media, culture, trends, and music through a feminist lens. The F Word radio show is produced and hosted by members of The F Word Media Collective, a feminist group based in Vancouver, B.C. For more on The F Word, please visit: www.feminisms.org
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'She's Beautiful When She's Angry': Birth of the Women's Liberation Movement

May 13, 2015
| Carissa Ropponen interviews Mary Dore about "She's Beautiful When She's Angry," a documentary that tells the story of the birth of the Women's Liberation Movement in the 1960s.
Length: 33:50 minutes (38.74 MB)
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The rights of Asian and migrant sex workers

May 8, 2015
| Pragya Sharma interviews Elene Lam, founder of the organization Butterfly, which provides support to, and advocates for, the rights of Asian and migrant sex workers.
Length: 38:15 minutes (43.78 MB)
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Solidarity and sisterhood: How women inspire each other

April 1, 2015
| A rebroadcast of The F Word talking to women about the women who have inspired them throughout their lives -- includes quotes, clips, and songs.
Length: 41:32 minutes (47.54 MB)
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Women making their bold mark in word and music

March 24, 2015
| In honour of this month's International Women's Day, She: Women in Word and Music show and dance party features an awesome line-up of women making their bold mark in word and music!
Length: 29:57 minutes (34.29 MB)
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International Women's Day: Oppression and resistance

March 19, 2015
| Sarah Jo and Carissa Roponnen honour International Women's Day by airing clips from Dr. Sunera Thobani and Dr. Vikki Reynolds about women's oppression and resistance.
Length: 31:46 minutes (36.36 MB)
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A Dangerous Disconnect: Multiple court proceedings and intimate partner violence

March 18, 2015
| A lecture given by former B.C. Supreme Court justice Donna Martinson at the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies at UBC on domestic violence in the justice system.
Length: 33:32 minutes (38.39 MB)
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Incite and Colour of Violence

March 9, 2015
| Pragya Esh interviews Rachel Caidor, organizer with Incite: Women & Trans* People of Color Against Violence and Color of Violence 4.
Length: 33:50 minutes (38.72 MB)
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Mixed-race/hybrid-identity and organizing

February 23, 2015
| Adrienne and guests discuss how critical understandings of race are significant to developing a feminist politics and praxis.
Length: 46:48 minutes (53.58 MB)
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Feminism and the Media in 2014

February 23, 2015
| From Ghomeshi to Gamergate, a panel conversation about Feminism and the Media in 2014, recorded live at BARtalk as part of the University of British Columbia's Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Length: 38:37 minutes (44.21 MB)
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Black Lives Matter

February 4, 2015
| In honour of Martin Luther King Jr Day, we are sharing a recent event that called out the Academic community about their responsibility to engage in the Black Lives Matter movement.
Length: 44:54 minutes (51.39 MB)