Podcast appearances and mentions of Linda Bellos

This time DJ Lippy and Sobering Maid discuss maternal mortality rate and Yarlswood Immigration Detention Centre, two issues predominantly affecting black women in the UK. According to an audit by MBRRACE black British women are five times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. If you want the government to conduct more research into this pressing issue you can sign the petition here.  If you want to get involved you can support these great organisations. The Lesbian Immigration Support Group helps lesbian and bisexual asylum seekers and refugees in Greater Manchester. You can make a donation or help by signing one of their petitions.  If you want to learn about some great black British Feminists here is a great profile of Linda Bellos.  Another Make More Noise favourite is blogger Claire Heuchan, also known by her pen name Sister Outrider. Want something a little more brash? Lipstick Alley is the internet largest forum for African American women  If you want to attend an online seminar, this Thursday the 25th of June 2020, the Hackney Communist Party are holding an event Race and Class: Past and Present. 

Linda Ann Bellos OBE (born 13 December 1950) is a British businesswoman, radical feminist and gay-rights activist. In 1981 she became the first black woman to join the Spare Rib collective. She was elected to Lambeth Borough Council in London in 1985 and was the leader of the council from 1986 to 1988. www.lindabellos.co.uk website: www.womanbydefinition.com website: www.standingforwomen.com Shop: www.standingforwomen.com/shop Teespring shop: teespring.com/stores/human-by-definit... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Posieparker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theposiepar... Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/posieparker All content is the responsibility and property of Woman By Definition LTD.

Natalie Parrott produces the YouTube channel ContraPoints. I highly recommend her videos. I mentioned the interview I did Linda Bellos in February.  In our discussion, I mentioned the soaring referrals to the UK's Tavistock clinic (which specialises in gender reassignment) of children. I also mentioned James Caspian, the doctoral candidate at Bath Spa University who […] The post Here's How 72 – Feminism and Trans Issues appeared first on Here's How.

Natalie Parrott produces the YouTube channel ContraPoints. I highly recommend her videos. I mentioned the interview I did Linda Bellos in February.  In our discussion, I mentioned the soaring referrals to the UK's Tavistock clinic (which specialises in gender reassignment) of children. I also mentioned James Caspian, the doctoral candidate at Bath Spa University who […]

Natalie Parrott produces the YouTube channel ContraPoints. I highly recommend her videos. I mentioned the interview I did Linda Bellos in February. In our discussion, I mentioned the soaring referrals to the UK’s Tavistock clinic (which specialises in gender reassignment) of children. I also mentioned James Caspian, the doctoral candidate at Bath Spa University who … Continue reading "CO075 Natalie Parrott on Trans Issues and Feminism"

Natalie Parrott produces the YouTube channel ContraPoints. I highly recommend her videos. I mentioned the interview I did Linda Bellos in February. In our discussion, I mentioned the soaring referrals to the UK’s Tavistock clinic (which specialises in gender reassignment) of children. I also mentioned James Caspian, the doctoral candidate at Bath Spa University who … Continue reading "CO075 Natalie Parrott on Trans Issues and Feminism"

Linda Bellos is a businesswoman, radical feminist and gay-rights activist. She was a member of the collective that produced Spare Rib, a British feminist magazine, and was a member of Lambeth Borough Council in London and was the leader of the council from 1986 to 1988.  The term 'TERF' is widely used as a term of […] The post Here's How 69 – Battles within Feminism appeared first on Here's How.

Linda Bellos is a businesswoman, radical feminist and gay-rights activist. She was a member of the collective that produced Spare Rib, a British feminist magazine, and was a member of Lambeth Borough Council in London and was the leader of the council from 1986 to 1988.  The term ‘TERF‘ is widely used as a term of […]

Linda Bellos is a businesswoman, radical feminist and gay-rights activist. She was a member of the collective that produced Spare Rib, a British feminist magazine, and was a member of Lambeth Borough Council in London and was the leader of the council from 1986 to 1988. The term ‘TERF‘ is widely used as a term of … Continue reading "CO062 Linda Bellos on Battles in Feminism"

Linda Bellos is a businesswoman, radical feminist and gay-rights activist. She was a member of the collective that produced Spare Rib, a British feminist magazine, and was a member of Lambeth Borough Council in London and was the leader of the council from 1986 to 1988. The term ‘TERF‘ is widely used as a term of … Continue reading "CO062 Linda Bellos on Battles in Feminism"

On this week's spiked podcast: Brendan O'Neill discusses the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, Linda Bellos talks about university censorship and the trans issue, and Wendy Kaminer says #MeToo is failing feminists. spiked-online.com

Greetings on this fine November day! The women of WLRN invite you to sit back and relax with A Tribute to the Women Who Came Before Us. This special herstorical podcast focuses on the achievements and experiences of second wave feminists. Our foremothers built the groundwork for liberation years ago, and we must heed their advice to nurture this movement as they have, with clear intentions and courageous hearts. As the seasons change, let us dedicate a moment or two to our righteous feminist past. This month, our podcast begins with Sarah's hand-crafted headlines from all around the globe and then the song Misty Mountain by classic lesbian musician, Ferron. Next, Julia interviews Falcon River, who shares her stories of the second wave as an out butch lesbian, blazing a fresh trail Home. After a brief interlude with "Ancestor's Song" by Kellianna, Amanda interviews Linda Bellos, a candid second waver who's been no-platformed from Cambridge University. Paula Cole's "Tiger" is followed by Thistle's interview with Tara Ayers, a stalwart organizer who ensures the accessibility of physical sisterhood. Rounding out the hour is Sekhmet's incendiary commentary to feed the flames of feminism in all of us. Brew a cup of clover, and dust off that old fleece. Your sisters are waiting. Guests' Bios: Falcon River is a professional craftswoman, massage therapist, intuitive archer, and ordained priestess. As a butch lesbian in the early 70’s, River found employment as a drag king, winning the title of “Mr. Roanoke” for two consecutive years. In 1975, she and her partner founded the very first multi-functional lesbian bar in Louisville, Kentucky. That same year, River helped establish and defend the first Michigan Women’s Music Festival. In 1999, she met Ruth Barrett, and together they founded the Temple of Diana, a female-only congregation of dianic witches. Linda Bellos is a proud out Lesbian feminist, a mother and grandmother with an African Father who came to England in 1942 and a Jewish mother born in England. Ms. Bellos has been involved in the Women’s Liberation Movement before it fell apart, and in Municipal Government. In 1984 she wrote and published a short paper called The Limitations of Identity Politics. Later she became active in Black Sections of the Labour Party. Ms. Bellos was barred from speaking last month at Cambridge University in the UK due to her gender-critical stance. Tara Ayres is a cultural activist who has spent the last 43 years producing women’s and lesbian and gay concerts, theater and other cultural events, first in Kansas City, then in Connecticut and Wisconsin, and now in the San Francisco Bay Area. After years of producing women’s concerts and dances in Madison, WI, she served for 9 years as the Artistic Director of StageQ, Madison’s LGBT theater troupe. She was involved in community radio for 35 years, on WYBC-FM in New Haven as part of the Come Out Tonight collective, and then at community radio station WORT-FM in Madison as an anchor and producer for Her Turn, a feminist radio news collective and Queery, a program about LGBTQ+, and as a music programmer for Her Infinite Variety and Better Living Through Show Tunes. Ms. Ayres currently serves on the board of directors for the We Want the Land Coalition (WWTLC), a feminist organization seeking to purchase the land the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival happened on for forty years.

Dan Hancox talks to Amina Gichinga and Linda Bellos about what it means to live in London and how, given the various challenges the city faces, it can be changed for the better. Dan is the author of The Village Against The World, and ebooks including Kettled Youth and Fight Back! Dan tweets at @danhancox. Linda Bellos is an activist and former leader of Lambeth Borough Council 1986-88 and chair of the Greater London Council's Women's Committee. She was the second black woman to become leader of a British local authority. She tweets @BellosLinda Amina Gichinga is a musician and a City & East London Assembly candidate for Take Back the City. Amina tweets at @Aminaminky

Linda Bellos isn't the sort of woman to mince words. She says she doesn't care so much what people think, but about how they behave. She's also angry about receiving a different level of treatment from public services when she's paid as much for them as everyone else. This is the second in a series of three episodes based on the conference "A Life in a Day", organised by Leicester Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Centre on 5th June. In the next episode you can hear my own keynote address at the same event -- and don't forget that by "subscribing" to this Podcast channel you'll be notified automatically the moment this and other new episodes come online.

This week we begin the first of a new series of recordings taken from a conference held in Leicester at the beginning of June. “A Life in a Day” was hosted by Leicester’s Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Centre at Leicester City Football Stadium on the 5th June and promised “Practical ways to make public services LGBT friendly”. In this episode you can hear the welcome address given by one of the City's MP's, Sir Peter Soulsby. Next week I'll then be featuring the keynote address by noted BME and lesbian campaigner Linda Bellos.