Podcasts about michfest

This Summer of 2024, put on your rain gear and come to Michigan for the Rise Festival on the Land and WPI. More info and how to get tickets here: https://wwtlc.org/summer/. All the women gathering on the Land is sure to make the Sun shine, sisters! With guitars and grace, the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival lived and thrived on what is now known as "the Land", a place that continues to be a gathering spot for thousands of women every year. This month's show begins with a PSA for the FIST conference happening in San Diego, CA over 4th of July weekend. Next you'll hear the greeting from WLRN member aurora linnea who introduces the next segment, WLRN's World News, penned and delivered by our correspondent Mary O'Neill. Next, enjoy the sweet sounds of Antje Duvekot with her song Long Way before Jenna shares excerpts of an interview she did with long-time MichFest family, Donna Every. Next is the We the Women promo for that gathering happening in the Pacific Northwest this Summer over the weekend of July 20th. Then it is on to Jenna's second interview with long-time women's music documentarian, Toni Armstrong Jr. Finally, hear Sekhmet read a passage from Donna's journal that she wrote the Summer of 2016 while camped in the woods of Michigan. Thanks, as always, dear listeners, for staying tuned to feminist-powered community radio, WLRN. Please listen, like, comment and share widely.

Welcome to the 88th edition of WLRN's monthly handcrafted podcast for this first Thursday of the month in August 2023. Festival season is upon us in full force! Emily and I (Thistle) were just in the woods of Michigan for Big Mouth Girl and WPI and are now getting ready to go back for MFR (Michigan Framily Reunion). Jenna and her wife are en route to the Pines as I write this description to join hundreds of women for another Michigan music festival. O' August! It has been a month for womyn's music, art, culture, and community for over 45 years now since the very first MichFest that Lisa Vogel and friends conjured for us. Having said all that, today's show is not as edited as some of the editors on the team would have liked, but it is still perfect in its own imperfect way, as all of our collectively created shows are. First up, hear Emily greet the listener before diving into Mary O'Neill's world news segment in which she features, among other stories, news on sexual violence in Brazil and the abortion ban in Texas. Aurora linnea contributes a short segment during the world news to pay tribute to the late great singer/songwriter Sinead O'Connor who died on July 26th in London. Be sure to stay tuned for that passionate and moving piece from aurora. Next up, hear Sinead's song "The Emperor's New Clothes" in its entirety before we move into the interview Emily and I did with Elizabeth Chesak, a desisting woman who speaks out about how transgenderism impacted her life. Sekhmet SheOwl delivers our commentary this month at the end of the show that desists on certain radical feminist takes on desisterhood and detransitioning. It is a thoughtful and well-crafted commentary on a subject that has puzzled women since the dawn of patriarchy which is: how do we deal with internalized misogyny in women who have bought in, at some point in their lives, and in one way or another, to male rule? I know we grapple with that at these festivals during workshops and in conversation, and the wonderful thing about festival is that women work it out, whether it is by finding the right neighborhood to hang out in, or by attending a workshop to talk it through. Women are resilient and creative when we come together away from the influence of men. We end the show with Sinead's voice, as the team at WLRN is sorely feeling the loss of our sister songbird who died too soon. Thanks for staying tuned to handcrafted, community-powered feminist radio, WLRN.

Jolene is joined by the one and only Carta Monir! Tune in to hear about being a woman and a faggot, the Tom of Finland house, the Baha'i faith, going to Michfest As An Ally, gay-straight alliances, and more. You can check out all of the varied things Carta does here: https://allmylinks.com/XXXcartaXXX The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/ Follow the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas Check out our website: https://whenaguyhas.neocities.org/ (IN PROGRESS) The RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/9877d600/podcast/rss Donate to our Kofi, if you're so inclined: https://ko-fi.com/whenaguyhas

Edition 77: A Digest of Michigan Women's Music and Arts Festivals 2022. Both Thistle and Jenna got to gather with women in the woods of Michigan this Summer 2022. Both give their reports from a variety of women's lands and festivals in the great State of Michigan. Hear Emiliann Lorenzen's world news headlines after Liz Miller's segment "Getting Organized" wherein she interviews Dawn Smith, founder and organizer of Michigan Framily Reunion (MFR). Then, stay tuned for Thistle's interviews with Jori Costello and Emily Faye, two women artists and musicians on women's lands and at women's gatherings this Summer in Michigan. Jori Costello is a member of the band Big Bad Gina and instructor at WWTLC.org's festival called Women's Performance Initiative or WIPI Band Camp. Thistle met her on the Land where the original MichFest took place and they talked about WIPI and the mythos of Michigan in general as the rain pitter patters in the background, deep in the woods. Emily Faye is a cross country traveler spreading love and cheer with her unique yoni art and booth she sets up on Women's lands. You might know her by the tick tick tocking of her old fashioned type writer where she furiously writes secret pages of unknown content. You can find her on the interwebs here: www.radicallybedazzled.com. Finally, stay tuned for Thistle's commentary about the two Michigan gatherings she got to go to this Summer, one by bike! Her rendition of the classic Grateful Dead song "Brokedown Palace" is woven in with her words describing highlights and moments on the Land. Enjoy and thanks, as always, dear listeners, for staying tuned to WLRN. To donate to the cause of feminist community powered radio WLRN, click here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ULAE4ZHPARLFE

This week on Qweird we end our "Michfest" series with an episode all about their controversies, much like how "Michfest" ended because of their controversies. We get into the problematic policies and acknowledge the part we may have played. You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe. xox - ny --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/qweird/message

Tuck speaks with Imogen Binnie (she/her), author of Nevada. Topics include: Revisiting Nevada 10-15 yrs later, obvi!  MichFest, Trans Camp, and womyn with a y  Playing doom metal by candlelight as a queer bonding activity Watching horror movies to feel something Plus: Piss Christmas, John Darnielle, Gene Belcher, and Melissa???? This Week in Gender: Heartstopper and the possibility of something good. Preorder Nevada here. Find Correspondences on Bandcamp. Listen to Imogen Watches Classic Films on Apple Podcasts. Imogen is @imogenbinnie, where you can also find the trans Love, Actually script. Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our new bonus podcast feed, plus our weekly newsletter and other fun perks. Browse our nonprofit merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch. Find episode transcripts and starter packs for new listeners at genderpodcast.com. We're also on Twitter and Instagram @gendereveal. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we'll read on the show. Today's messages was from the out_cast podcast.   Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Quindi” and “Khfett” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Queer Candle Co (promo code: GENDER10)

Jeanne is a lesbian, an academic, a wife to her partner of over 30 years, and mother to a 22-year-old daughter. We talk in this interview about adoption, Michfest, Call the Midwife, being in L-U-V with your sorority sister, being part of various collectives, feminist choirs, and other topics you won't want to miss. If you'd like to listen to Dar Williams' classic song referenced in this interview, you can search on youtube or click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_KiHRHwaAs Tags: lesbian, LGBTQ, 80's, 90's

6. epizoda Anti-trans feminismus a Camp Trans V šestém a posledním díle TRANSISTORIE sledujeme dvě důležitá hnutí na konci 20. století. Na jedné straně šlo o anti-trans feminismus, který vyřadil trans osoby z mnoha feministických a queer organizací, a který se dodnes ozývá zejména v debatách v Británii. Na druhé straně však přišel odpor vůči této formě feminismu skrze pravidelně organizovaný tábor a protest Camp Trans, jehož cílem bylo zrušení zákazu přítomnosti trans žen na hudebním festivalu MichFest. Doporučená literatura/audio: Susan Stryker, Transgender History Emma Heaney, “Women-Identified Women: Trans Women in 1970s Lesbian Feminist Organising”, Transgender Studies Quarterly 3.1-2 (2016) Carol Riddell, “Divided Sisterhood: A Critical Review of Janice Raymond's The Transexual Empire”, The Transgender Studies Reader 1 Emi Koyama, “Transfeminist Manifesto“ Camp Trans History – https://web.archive.org/web/20090201071942/http://camp-trans.org/pages/ct-history.html Rica Frederickson, “MWMF Anti-TS Awareness: Background Information” (email) – https://groups.google.com/g/soc.motss/c/zw6L0c5VDWI/m/hx7WRadabE0J Michelle Tea, “Transmissions from Camp Trans”, McSweeney's Internet Tendency – https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/transmissions-from-camp-trans-2003

From the early days of MichFest to activism around current issues, Brite has been on the forefront of the lesbian feminist movement for a long time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beth-maples-bays/support

August 2021's edition features the sounds of Michigan Womyn's Music Festivals both on the original site of the infamous MichFest and in the Pines, where Michigan Framily Reunion is held every year since 2016. Hear WLRN's greeting from WLRN member April Neault before Emiliann Lorenzen launches into the world news. After the news, Jennifer Bilek provides us with a report on the gender industry, and then you'll hear Nedra Johnson's 'August Moon', a song about MichFest and women gathering under the full moon. Next, enjoy Thistle and Jenna's sound collage of conversation, ambience and music from three festivals that happened in Michigan this summer: Big Mouth Girl, the Dragyn Ride and Michigan Framily Reunion (MFR). After the sound collage, listen for WLRN members' outros including Emiliann's who will be covering the Sovereign Women Speak event this month in Seattle Washington. https://www.sovereignwomencircle.com/ Thanks for tuning in to WLRN, the original TERF radio. Please listen, like, comment and share widely. To donate to the cause of feminist community radio, click here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ULAE4ZHPARLFE

Welcome to WLRN's 50th edition podcast! First up, hear WLRN's April Neault greet listeners from her natural setting in Canada, then hear the world news written and delivered by Dana Vitalosova followed by the song Far Away by Eivor. Next, stay tuned for excerpts from an interview Thistle did with Vaishnavi Sundar, feminist film maker and social analyst from India before enjoying the song Heal Me by Melissa Ethridge. After that, hear an interview with Diane Fischer, MichFest and Ohio Lesbian Festival sister who spoke with Thistle about her practice of massage therapy and how the pandemic has impacted her business and the lives of her colleagues and womyn's community in Ohio. Finally, don't miss Sekhmet SheOwl's commentary on how the pandemic is impacting women economically and socially during this time, and her message of solidarity and hope for women to begin to come out of isolation with a greater appreciation for our feminist community and how much we need to see each other in person. At the very end of the show, Sekhmet delivers WLRN's message of solidarity and support for the families and friends who have lost loved ones to police brutality in the last few weeks. We stand in support of justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmad Arbory. #SayHerName #BlackLivesMatter Thank you for staying tuned to feminist community powered radio. Drop us a line at wlrnewscontact@gmail.com. Make a donation to support this important work we do by visiting our wordpress site and clicking on the donate button. https://wlrnmedia.wordpress.com/

In this extended WLRN interview, Thistle Pettersen talks with Dawn Smith, organizer with the Michigan Framily Reunion, about this women-only cultural event that remembers and honors the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival that took place near Hart, Michigan for 40 years with the last MichFest happening in August of 2015.

WLRN's edition 41 podcast celebrates women's cultural gatherings by highlighting the spirit of community and female empowerment generated at the Michigan Framily Reunion (MFR), a women-only festival that takes place every year in the pines of Michigan.  Jenna and Thistle set up a WLRN table in the marketplace at MFR this year and had a blast meeting and greeting with all of the amazing women who showed up. In this edition, hear the world news as written and delivered by WLRN's youngest member from India, Damayanti, before enjoying Alix Dobkin's classic song "If it Wasn't For the Women." Next, listen to an exclusive interview with Dawn Smith, founder and producer of the Michigan Framily Reunion as she reflects on the highlights of MFR 2019, the year of the Mother, and talks about plans for MFR 2020, the year of the Dragyn. After the interview, hear a sound collage of women gathered this year in the woods of Michigan chatting, attending workshops and singing. The sound collage is framed by Nedra Johnson's song "August Moon" and begins with a brief interview with Alix Dobkin right after she led her workshop called Lesbian Issues that over 60 women attended. In the collage you will also hear Nina Paley and Ruth Barrett as they relax in the space Ruth set up in the marketplace for radical feminist discussion before it ends with a stroll along the trail and encounter with women singing together. Next, enjoy the song "Rocks & Water" by Deb Talon before WLRN's Jenna DiQuarto rocks the commentary with her reflections on MichFest, MFR and radical feminist community-building. Photo taken by a festie at the WLRN table in the MFR marketplace. From left to right: Jenna, Thistle, Agnes and the lucky winner of a WLRN hand-screen printed shirt. Banner designed by Natasha Petrov featured at the booth. Thanks for staying tuned to all volunteer powered feminist community radio, WLRN.

These songs are meant to carry us down and into our cores. Many of them are from a Tuvan throat singer Sainkho Namtchylak who was born in far south Siberia. According to patriarchal tradition as reported by patriarchal research, women in Tuva were forbidden to throat sing because it was believed the female voices could hurt male relatives or could cause childbirth problems(no comment necessary). In spite of the taboos, Sainkho’s grandmother taught her much of her traditional repertoire from which Sainkho has produced many albums. There is only one all-female folk ensemble who performs Tuvan throat singing: Tyva Kyzy directed by Choduraa Tumat. Unfortunately, I was not able to access their music. Also included in this hour is a sister duo called Ibeyi whose music I heard on the website for one of the first returning gatherings this Summer on MichFest’s land. Ibeyi is a French (with Cuban, Venezuelan and Tunisian origins) musical duo consisting of twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz. The duo sings in English, French, Spanish and Yoruba, a Nigerian language spoken in West Africa by their ancestors before being taken to Cuba as slaves in the 1700s. Ibeyi means ‘twins’ in Yoruba language. Finally, I’ve included a song by Saodaj’ suggested by a listener! Thank you! I love their sound. The group is from La Reunion Island; they create their own interpretation of Maloya, the typical musical genre of this French island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Maloya is sung in Creole, and is born out of the rhythms brought by the Malagasy and Eastern African slaves. I hope you enjoy this weaving of melodic and deeply entrancing female vocals. Introduction background: Naked Spirit Sainkho Namtchylak BaDJirgal's Wish Sainkho Namtchylak Inuit Wedding Sainkho Namtchylak Midnight Blue Sainkho Namtchylak From Me to You Sainkho Namtchylak Long Way Home Sainkho Namtchylak Valley of Shadows Sainkho Namtchylak Siber-Shaman Sainkho Namtchylak To the Master Hunashtar--Ool Sainkho Namtchylak Dance of the Eagle Sainkho Namtchylak Ritual Virtuality Sainkho Namtchylak Oya Ibeyi River Ibeyi Pokor Ler SaodaJ Lihkahusat/Entranced Mari Boine

Thanks to Anonymous, WLRN was able to recover this documentary that aired on October 26th, 2015 from the studios of Madison community radio station WORT 89.9 FM. Shortly after the airing of this documentary, Thistle Pettersen was banned from the radio station due to complaints from trans activists. The documentary itself is not about hate at all, but rather highlights and amplifies the thousands of women's voices that came together every year for forty years on the Land. Enjoy this Labor of Love -- especially as we enter a new round of festivals this third season after MichFest ended.

This week's music hour features music by Barbara Higbie, Teresa Trull and Cris Williamson in honor of their Reunion Tour. They've been gracing various venues along the east coast these last several weeks. I saw them this past weekend! It was great fun to witness powerful women sharing power so reminiscent of how things were done at MichFest and other womyn's music festivals. They really set the bar for that particular Feminist value! I'm so grateful for continued modeling of that Gyn/affection wherever possible, so I offer a musical version of it here in the next hour. Hope you enjoy! Playlist: In background to intro: Playtime Teresa Trull & Barbara Higbie Playtime Tip the Canoe Barbara Higbie Hills to Hollers Flow Teresa Trull Flow Hieroglyphics Cris Williamson The Essential Cris Williamson Sway of Her Hips Teresa Trull & Barbara Higbie Playtime Signs of Life Barbara Higbie Alive in Berkeley Songbird Cris Williamson The Essential Cris Wings Teresa Trull & Barbara Higbie Playtime Woman Loving Women Teresa Trull Lesbian Concentrate Azulao Cris Williamson The Essential Cris Why Wait Teresa and Barbara Playtime San Francisco Bay Blues Barbara Higbie, Linda Tillery, Laurie Lewis Shine Cris Williamson Pray Tell Getting Some Fun Out of Life Teresa and Barbara Playtime True Story Barbara Higbie Variations on a Happy Ending Lullabye Cris Williamson The Essential Cris

On July 9th, Thistle Pettersen got to sit down with Nedra Johnson at the National Women's Music Festival held in Madison, WI. She asked Nedra about her music career, MichFest & a t-shirt Nedra made and posted online using the misogynistic slur term TERF. Nedra's insights and stories about Michigan make this a gem in the treasure chest of our women's herstory.

Today we talk to historian and author Bonnie Morris about her new book “The Disappearing L. Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture”  just released by  SUNY Press.  In The Disappearing L Morris explores the rise and fall of the hugely popular women-only concerts, festivals, bookstores, and support spaces built by and for Lesbians in the era of women-identified activism. And we talk to Lee Evans and Tara Shannon contributors to the new Lesbian literary and arts journal Sinister Wisdom's Issue Celebrating the Michigan Women's Music Festival.  And we also talk to Sinister Wisdom editor Julie R. Enszer about the newest issue which  honors the forty-year legacy of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (1976–2015).  Michfest was the embodiment of radical Feminist separatist collaboration, transformational self-defined autonomous spaces, a commitment to sisterhood and matriarchal culture, and a musical city sprung from the earth for one week in the woods each year.   The post Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture appeared first on KPFA.

WLRN's fourth monthly podcast examines the cultural phenomenon of female erasure with emphasis on the importance of women-only spaces. It is packed with input from influential and passionate women dedicated to female liberation, marking the one year anniversary of the end of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (MichFest)-- a notoriously woman-only event which took place yearly for 40 years. Thistle Pettersen visits the land and reports back with women's voices. Also featured: WLRN's Sekhmet She-Owl speaks with Sarah Jones, a WoLF (Women's Liberation Front) organizer, about WoLF Fest-- a women-only event taking place in September in California. Also coming out in September is the book Female Erasure, compiled by Ruth Barrett, who spoke with our own Elizabeth McKeown. You can also hear the music of former MichFest performer Nedra Johnson.

Jonny and Stacy discuss a variety of topics including the end of "Beyond the Binary" on WDBX (although the podcast will continue and can be accessed at http://beyondthebinary.podbean.com/), checking in on the fallout around Indiana's RFRA as well as the Supreme Court's hearing on marriage equality, the end of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, and some of the tensions around mainstreaming queer art in popular culture.

Jonny and Stacy discuss a variety of topics including the end of "Beyond the Binary" on WDBX (although the podcast will continue and can be accessed at http://beyondthebinary.podbean.com/), checking in on the fallout around Indiana's RFRA as well as the Supreme Court's hearing on marriage equality, the end of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, and some of the tensions around mainstreaming queer art in popular culture.

Jonny and Julie are joined by Liz to discuss the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival's "womyn born womyn" policy and the politics of exclusive spaces based on gender and/or sexuality. We apologize for the slight hiss in the recording; we are still working to optimize studio recordings of our broadcast.

Jonny and Julie are joined by Liz to discuss the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival's "womyn born womyn" policy and the politics of exclusive spaces based on gender and/or sexuality. We apologize for the slight hiss in the recording; we are still working to optimize studio recordings of our broadcast.

This week.. -DJ Monika MHz hangs out. -The gang takes some messages from The Trans Advice Line. -Michfest has a very ignorant view on transgender women. -Bailey potentially offends: Michigan, Flordia, West VA, "lady cops", women in general, and the people of Saudi Arabia. -Trans-lesbianism -Monika talks a bit about her book. -Jen is still a hoochie. -Bailey can't find her e-cigarette and tries not throw herself from a window -Bailey talks about her boobs (yes, again.) -Jen discusses trabsitioning at work.