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The F-Files

A fetus is not a baby, abortion is not murder and women are NOT incubabors

About Me

RADICAL FEMINISM LIVES WWW.FFILES.NET
Wednesdays from 11am-12pm 88.7FM, WNHU West Haven
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The F-Files, founded in April of 2004, is a grassroots, feminist radio show dedicated to radical change via direct action. We despise the pornography industry. Our goal is to provide information on a variety of topics as they relate to wimmin and the intersectionality of race, class, sexuality and other forms of hierarchical oppression. People are not aliens. In the process of providing alternative radio, we struggle to “free speech” from the corporate, white, male hands that continue to strangle dissenting voices. MTV sucks. We do not claim to be free of ideologies but we refuse to shove them down your throat as is often the case with corporate owned, hegemonic media which causes many wimmin to vomit among other things. Organized religion is a scam. While everyone is entitled to our opinion, we would like to make it clear that even though the F-Files has an obvious political slant, we are not afraid to challenge our own beliefs. As a result, our opinions and ideas are constantly evolving and may deviate from those expressed in previous recordings. At the same time, various ideas are validated and reinforced as new shows are recorded, literature read and experiences shared.
We still despise the pornography industry.
CONTAINS RADICAL-ITES:
ANTI-GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL INSURGENT, WOMEN SHOULD DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF DISSENT DURING PREGNANCY, PRIOR AND AFTERWARDS BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL OPPRESSION CAUSED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND VARIOUS OTHER INSTITUTIONS. (2) CONSUMPTION OF THE F-FILES IMPAIRS YOUR ABILITY TO CONFORM TO AUTHORITY, OPERATE ON YOUR BODY, AND MAY CAUSE RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS.

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WEDNESDAY

03/26/2008
GUEST: China Martens
TOPIC: THE FUTURE GENERATION: THE ZINE-BOOK FOR SUBCULTURE PARENTS, KIDS, FRIENDS AND OTHERS

A pioneer of the genre, especially when it comes to mamazines, China Martens started The Future Generation in 1990. She was a young anarchist punk rock mother who didn't feel that the mamas in her community had enough support, so she began delivering articles on radical parenting to her compañeras in an age before the Internet made such a thing easy.

Now, for the first time, 16 years of her zine and parenting writing life come together. This zine-book uses individual issues as chapters, focuses on personal writing, and retains the character of a zine that changed over the years—growing from her daughter’s birth to teenagehood and beyond. Personal and political; ideas and actions; the intimacy of a zine meets the arching reach of a book.
This primer on compassionate anti-authoritarian parenting really is crafted to make you think about how you should deal with children and respect them as human beings. Rooted in an underground publishing tradition, this zine-book gives voice to an underrepresented and much needed point of view, especially relevant to the countercultural community, but interesting for everyone—parents, kids, friends, and others!
'The original punk parent zine.' - Ariel Gore, Hip Mama
'The Future Generation is one of the most committed, radical and inspiring zines ever produced, anywhere.' - Jeff Bagato, Mole magazine
'What I've always loved about her zine is that it goes beyond just parenting. She really makes an effort to fit parenting into the greater context of the world.' - Sean Stewart, The NewPages Zine Rack Click Here to Purchase Zine at Atomic Books

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Music:

Wild Woman RadioSome of Us Are Brave : Black Feminist RadioHartford Independent Media CenterRadio Active RadioRadica RadioRadio AntifascistaWings/International RadioFireWomen's Radio Fund

Movies:

Reds, Best in Show, Libertarias, The Edukators, The Cradle Will Rock, The Corporation, Why We Fight, Stranger Than Fiction, Mostly anything with Parker Posey, Erin Brokovich, Melinda and Melinda, Lovely and Amazing, Boys of Baraka, Motorcycle Diaries, I Shot Andy Warhol, Chocolat, Heavenly Creatures, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, About a Boy, Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, Goodbye Lenin, The Manufacture of Consent

Books:

The Activists Daughter, The Idea of Prostitution, Women's Lives, Men's Laws, She's Come Undone, The Red Tent, Reinventing Anarchy, Speaking Freely, The Male Body, Unbearable Weight,.... too many to list!

Heroes:

How about heroines? Kathleen Skoczen, Nikki Craft, Catharine MacKinnon, Dina Giovanelli, Genna Rose Pope, Mary Katharine Gallagher, Emma Goldman, Maria Yates, Sennea Raslan, One Angry Girl, Sam Berg, my mom, The Mujeres Libres, Andrea Dworkin, ...

My Blog

A Rant Against Rollerderby

BECAUSE SOMETIMES FEMINISTS AREN'T NICEBy Vicky VengeanceSo I know that people have already kind of debated the whole Roller Derby thing in feminist Blogland, but I just got in a fight with some peopl...
Posted by The F-Files on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:40:00 PST

Radical Feminism and Trans Issues

A Few Words About the Latest Round of Anti-Radical Feminist, Pro-Men's Rights, Propaganda Jul 25th, 2007 by womensspace (Note:  This blog post has nothing to do with the recent diffic...
Posted by The F-Files on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:34:00 PST

Radical Love

Here are a few quotes that I typed up from various articles in an Off Our Backs journal called "LOVE: What's Feminism got to do with it?" (May-June 2004). I picked them because they most pertain to m...
Posted by The F-Files on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:35:00 PST

Jackie vs Jackie

"By contrast, real love involves radical action, and practicing it is one crucial step toward the deconstruction of patriarchy. When we choose real love, we refuse to work within the system. We don't ...
Posted by The F-Files on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:56:00 PST

The Swedish Prostitution Model

By Sam Berg (posted previously on genderberg.com)Through Lost Clown's Carnival of Feminists I found this conversation at the blog Reclusive Leftist where a pro-prostitution woman is trying to debunk t...
Posted by The F-Files on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:55:00 PST

Duke Lacrosse Case

The Chicago Tribune: THE DUKE LACROSSE CASEBy Anne K. ReamJune 17, 2007Supporters of the Duke University lacrosse team are in a celebratory mood. The team excelled in last month's NCAA tournament. And...
Posted by The F-Files on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:56:00 PST

Raunch Culture and Feminism

RAUNCH CULTURE AND FEMINISMSOURCE:TIMEONLINEThe post-feminist world of no-strings sex and equality is a con  we're back to square one, Catharine MacKinnon tells Sarah BaxterIn the pantheon of America...
Posted by The F-Files on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:50:00 PST

MacKinnon Strikes Back-

I LOVE THIS WOMAN!In her new book, leading feminist Catharine MacKinnon argues that women are still treated more like "things" than people. She talks to Stuart Jeffries about her war on pornography - ...
Posted by The F-Files on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:48:00 PST

Are raped women human????

"Tiny Pills" with Big BenefitsJacquelyn ArsenukSince 2003, the Cardinal Newman Society, a fringe group dedicated to the renewal of Catholic identity in Catholic higher education, has campaigned agains...
Posted by The F-Files on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:56:00 PST

Gail Dines on Borat's Misogyny

I'm so upset because he really makes me laugh. It's almost as if if you want to enjoy anything in this society you have to give up your values!!CounterPunch November 15, 2006http://www.counterpunch.o...
Posted by The F-Files on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:11:00 PST