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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
The F Word
The F Word

Heels On Wheels

June 10, 2013
| Ariana Barer speaks with Heels on Wheels about their Glitter Roadshow "fueled by underemployment and the conviction that queer, feminine-spectrum folks' art works are critically important to share."
Length: 29:38 minutes (33.92 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Eve Ensler: In the Body of the World

May 28, 2013
| Ariana Barer speaks with internationally bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues, founder of V Day, and award-winning playwright Eve Ensler about her new book, In the Body of the World.
Length: 14:59 minutes (17.16 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Equality: work in progress

May 24, 2013
| Interviews with poet and carpenter Kate Braid and with photo-based artist SD Holman.
Length: 40:20 minutes (73.87 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Justine Blainey's story and sex segregation in sport

April 25, 2013
| The F Word and Justine Blainey revisit her landmark sex discrimination case against the Ontario Hockey Association in the mid-1980s.
Length: 36:49 minutes (67.42 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Sounds of women's community hockey

April 23, 2013
| Long-time fan of the Women's Hockey Club of Toronto, Meri Newton takes us through her observations of women's community hockey.
Length: 05:23 minutes (9.87 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Breast cancer culture: Optimism, anger and activism

April 6, 2013
| Caity Goerke interviews Emilia Nielsen about the roles of optimism and anger within mainstream breast cancer culture.
Length: 39:27 minutes (45.15 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Human rights report: RCMP and Aboriginal women

February 25, 2013
| Jennifer Allan of Vancouver Cop Watch speaks about police and RCMP violence against Aboriginal Women in Northern B.C.
Length: 21:53 minutes (40.08 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

The objectification and sexualization of breasts

February 18, 2013
| Katie Schofield, Caity Goerke and Carissa Ropponen discuss the objectification and sexualization of breasts and the way this contributes to women's experiences of breast shame.
Length: 25:40 minutes (23.51 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Exploring gender and language

January 30, 2013
| Charlene Sayo and Caprice Pybus discuss gender, language and the changing role of women in contemporary society.
Length: 13:49 minutes (25.3 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Angela James: The first superstar of women's hockey

January 29, 2013
| An interview with Angela James and Corey Long about the new biography chronicling Angela's rise to stardom as the first woman in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Length: 21:08 minutes (38.7 MB)