Bread and Roses

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Every Friday from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

 

Bread and Roses is a collective of women-identified radio activists. We offer feminist public affairs programming. We give voice to those working for social justice and equity, globally and locally. We strive to challenge systems of oppression. All this, and we have fun!

Bread and Roses highlights the achievements of women artists, activists, athletes, scholars and innovators. We strive for programming excellence and collaborative efforts, providing access and training to women.

 

Topic tags: 
Gender, Women, Youth, Class, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Community Building, Activism
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Bread and Roses on 01/06/12

Airs at: Fri, 01/06/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Bread and Roses welcomes author, Pam Houston. On the twentieth anniversary of the critically acclaimed short story collection, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Houston shares her new novel : Contents May Have Shifted. Stuck in a dead-end relationship, this fearless narrator leaves h... Read more

Bread and Roses on 12/30/11

Airs at: Fri, 12/30/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Bread and Roses will host a special show - Celebrating the Milestones in Feminism during 2011. We’ll hear about some incredible women who have made history this year including Asmaa Mahfouz who is credited by many as starting the Arab spring in Egypt, as well as from the t... Read more

2011 Feminist Year in Review

Airs at: Fri, 12/30/2011 at 12:00am
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Del Criscenzo and Ashley Thirstrup are celebrating the milestones in Feminism during 2011. Listen to the show to hear about some incredible women who have made history this year including hearing clips from Asmaa Mahfouz who is credited by many as starting the Arab spring i... Read more

A 2 part show exploring how feminism has changed over the years.

Airs at: Fri, 12/23/2011 at 12:00am
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Ashley Thirstrup interviews award winning poet, author and Jungian analyst Naomi Lowinsky about the gowth and change of feminism over the years. Naomi is also the author of The Sister from Below: When the Muse Gets Her Way andThe Motherline: Every Woman’s Journey to Find He... Read more

Bread and Roses on 12/16/11

Airs at: Fri, 12/16/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Forgiving the Unforgivable? Tonight we explore Gov. Kitzhaber's decision to temporarily halt executions in Oregon. We'll speak with Naseem Rakha, whose book The Crying Tree grew out of her experiences as a journalist covering Oregon's last executions, and her research speak... Read more

Forgiving the Unforgivable

Airs at: Fri, 12/16/2011 at 12:00am
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Forgiving the Unforgivable? We explore Gov. Kitzhaber's recent decision to halt executions in Oregon with author Naseem Rakha whose book The Crying Tree grew out of her experiences as a journalist covering Oregon's last executions, and her research speaking with crime victi... Read more

Bread and Roses on 12/09/11

Airs at: Fri, 12/09/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Gain tools for overcoming winter depression. Hear from Katherine Ball and other women involved with PDX Bike Swarm about the plan to shut down the West Coast on 12/12. The Bike Swarm will participate in the blockade of the Port of Portland. We will talk about using creativi... Read more

Bread and Roses on 12/02/11

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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WomenStrength - Become a Self Defense/Empowerment Instructor for Women and Girls! Since 1979, WomenStrength has taught holistic self defense to ~30,000 women and girls in the Portland area. WomenStrength and GirlStrength classes are designed to introduce a variety of strate... Read more

Bread and Roses on 11/25/11

Airs at: Fri, 11/25/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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I thought if my life has a chronology, it's the chronology of water - the way water carved the earth, the way water carries us into the world, the way we are made of water and the way water retreats and comes... - Lidia Yuknavitch Join Bread and Roses on Friday, November 25t... Read more

An Evening with Lidia Yuknavitch, Author of 'The Chronology of Water'

Airs at: Fri, 11/25/2011 at 12:00am
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Bread and Roses hosts Leigh Anne Kranz, Delphine Criszensco and Ashley Thirstrup interview Lidia Yuknavitch, a local writer, teacher, activist and feminist. She is the author of three works of short fiction and literary criticism.  She is an Instructor of English and Women’... Read more