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riot grrrl of the week: ANGELA DAVIS

playlist LINK stream WRGP A special playlist for World Poetry Day 2016. I tried make a seamless & smooth transition of poems + songs! Celebrate women writers and musicians. Maya Angelou read by Ruby Dee – Phenomenal Woman Empress Of – Woman is a Word Elizabeth Barrett Browning read by Stella Gonet – How Do I Love Thee Echosmith – Tell Her You Love Her Edna St. Vincent Millay – Love Is Not All Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free Still Corners – Don’t Fall In Love Ella Wheeler Wilcox read by Meryl Streep – Solitude Dream Wife – Hey Heartbreaker Gertrude Stein – If I Told Him Tei Shi – See Me Elizabeth Bishop – The Fish Poema – Forget You in L.A. Emily Bronte read by Eva Karpf – How Clear She Shines Woman’s Hour – In Stillness We Remain Au Revoir Simone – Love You Don’t Know Me Maya Angelou – Come and Be My Baby Summer Camp – Learn to Love Yourself Nikki Giovanni read by Amber Rose Johnson – Walking Down Park Varsity – So Sad, So Sad Em

Phenomenal Woman BY MAYA ANGELOU Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees. Then they swarm around me, A hive of honey bees. I say, It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. Men themselves have wondered What they see in me. They try so much But they can’t touch My inner mystery. When I try to show them, They say they still can’t see. I say, It’s in the arch of my back, The sun of my smile, The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomena

playlist link stream WRGP A special playlist for International Women's Day. I tried to showcase women from (almost) every continent celebrating womanhood and sisters from around the world. Queen Latifah – U.N.I.T.Y. Ana Bacalhu – One Woman Becca – African Woman Nina Simone – Revolution (pts.1-2) Sister Carol – International Style Lady Saw – No Less Than a Woman (Infertility) Santigold – Can’t Get Enough of Myself M.I.A. – Bad Girls Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight GRIMES – Dream Fortress Aerolinas Federales – Soy Una Punk Adee – Woman La India – Llego la India Viuda E Hijas De Roque Enroll – Los Amo a Todos Shakira – Se Quiere, Se Mata Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl Bjork – Human Behavior HINDS – San Diego Neneh Cherry – Woman Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work Cyndi Lauper – Sally’s Piegons Fleetwood Mac – Sara St. Vincent – Prince Johnny Cocteau Twins – Lorelei London Grammar – If You Wait Shampoo – Don’t Call Me Babe Patti Smith – People Have the Power Ani

It’s International Women’s Day today so you should tune in to Riot Grrrl from 6-8pm . We are highlighting women artists from all around the world and celebrating womanhood! This week’s riot grrrl is BARBARA KRUGER.  Kruger’s artwork has a firm basis in social, cultural, and political critique. She juxtaposes imagery with text containing criticism of sexism/misogyny and cultural power structures. Much of her text questions the viewer about feminism, classicism, consumerism, and individual autonomy and desire.

03/01/16 playlist link stream WRGP A special playlist celebrating Women’s History Month, nature & art! Assata Shakur – My Beliefs LION BABE – Wonder Woman Shirley Chrisholm – speech from 1972 Solange – Bad Girls (Verdine Version) TLC – Waterfalls Maipei – Don’t Wait Edna St. Vincent Milay – City Trees Eisley – The Valley Retsin – Big Song Girlpool – Plants and Worms Mothers – No Crying in Baseball Courtney Barnett – Small Poppies Bjork – Black Lake Zola Jesus – Sea Talk Ibeyi – River Madame S0 – Let’s Dance (David Bowie cover) ** Le Tigre – My Art Julee Cruise – The Art of Being a Girl Allie – Tundra Waxahatchee – Under a Rock Now, Now – Wolf Tracy Bonham – Mother, Mother HINDS – Garden Koko Beware – Beach Babe Violent Mae – In the Sun PJ Harvey – Down By The Water Janis Joplin – Half Moon Heart – Sunflower Sylvia Plath – Green Rock, Winthrop Bay Joni Mitchell – California

Hannah Wilke by Evelyne Zapata Self Portraiture; self-preservation and sensuality. These terms are all relevant to the well-known feminist Hannah Wilke’s art work. Throughout her short life, she presented herself in several settings all with one thing in common - they represent a sense of preservation for her and women in general. “Wilke used the various mediums of photography, performance, sculpture, and video to examine and challenge prevailing notions of femininity, feminism, and sexuality” (Guggenheim). “Hannah Wilke was an influential second-generation feminist artist whose work in sculpture and performance art challenged gender stereotypes and probed the relationship between aesthetics, eroticism, and politics. Wilke began her career as a sculptor, creating pieces in clay and terracotta that evoke both organic forms and female genitalia, a symbol of women’s empowerment in the 1970s” (Princeton Art Museum). One of the earliest works that Wilke made was when she was in her