WMC Live #440: Under the Lilacs. (Original Airdate 5/5/2024)

Robin discusses Muslim women learning karate & other survival means—emotional, financial, and political—as a community. Guest Rana Abdelhamid, activist and author of Get Home Safe: A Guide to Self-Defense and Building Our Collective Power.

Robin talks aging with Sari Botton, who has 70,000 subscribers of all ages to her Substack. Also, Dolores Huerta's statement about the sexist crimes of Cesar Chavez.

Robin discusses great women painters with Rhiannon Cosslett, a novelist who writes about them in her book, Female, Nude. And then names more than a few!

Robin discusses a shocking new crisis in the nursing profession with former Emergency Room nurse and now nurses' advocate Brittany Neal DiNatale.

Robin explores the life (and garden!) of American poet Anne Spencer, with her granddaughter Shaun Spencer-Hester and her biographer, Dr. Noelle Morrissette.

Robin and the great Cherokee economist Rebecca Adamson plan and plot alternative, practical, sane, sustainable ways to save our planet.

Robin explores dark matter, bullies, and Trump perfumes. Guest: lawyer Jennifer Freeman, who represents sexual abuse survivors fighting for release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Robin talks about farming (!) and sexism with veterinarian and author Linda Rhodes.

Robin explores the issues and activism in campus feminism with guest Madelyn Amos, director of Feminist Majority's nationwide campus programs. Also, a tribute to Renee Goode.

Robin welcomes noted classicist Sarah Ruden about her witty, powerful new book, Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History Of Bad Ideas About Women.