On Thursday the Hillsborough County Commission voted 6-to-0 for a resolution supporting passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Florida. Commissioner Stacy White was not present at the vote. Earlier this year the city councils of St. Petersburg and Tampa also supported ERA resolutions. Meanwhile, Thursday in Tampa the Athena Society hosted a panel… Read more »
Blog & Station Updates
Interview with climate scientist Michael Mann ahead of his speech in St. Petersburg
“Trust and Betrayal” on Morning Energy
Deadline to Sign Up For the Affordable Health Care Act is December 15; Premiums Expected to Remain Flat or Decline Slightly
Are probiotics a key to slow spread of Florida’s devastating coral disease?
A Conversation With Kristin Hersh
Read MoreUnderstanding The Suffrage Movement on Life Elsewhere
Read MoreTwo Fascinating Books + New Music on Life Elsewhere
Read MoreRally Sunday in Tampa: "Say NO to Trump's War on Women"
Read MoreWomen Making Waves In Spirits, Beer & Wine on Life Elsewhere
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Women's Show 8/16: Red and Green "Monsters;" Kavanagh Hearings
Read MoreWomen's Show 8/9: Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Red and Green Algae
Read MoreWomen's Show 7/26: Arnie Arnesen; Title X; Judge Kavanagh
Read MoreFunny, With A Message on Life Elsewhere
Read MoreWomen In Politics & A New Beguiling Voice on Life Elsewhere
Read MoreAndrew Gillum gets the most cheers as the Democratic gubernatorial candidates speak in Tampa
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Women’s Show 4/12 Through Women’s Eyes Film Festival
Through Women’s Eyes Film Festival on From a Woman’s Point of View It’s Springtime… Baseball in the snow, and luckily the beginning of the Stanley Cup playoffs. And it is also film festivals! Through Women’s Eyes 19th Annual International Film Festival – films by and about women takes place in Sarasota at Regal Hollywood Stadium… Read more »
Reproductive rights advocate criticizes Florida’s new pregnancy support centers law
On MidPoint Monday we talked about issues from the recently-completed Florida Legislative session including women’s issues, specifically access to reproductive health. We talked about a new law boosting what are called “pregnancy support centers,” but our guest, a supporter of reproductive rights, calls them #fakeclinics. Last week Governor Rick Scott signed a bill to make them… Read more »
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Women Didn’t Count At All on Life Elsewhere
“When the founders wrote, ‘We the People’ they really meant ‘We the White, Wealthy Men.’ Despite much lofty rhetoric, all men were not created equal and women didn’t count at all” You are just four pages in and Elaine Weiss makes clear her superb new book The Woman’s Hour has an unabashed bias, and, deservedly… Read more »
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Women’s Show 3/8 Happy International Women’s Day
A moment, if you will, to reflect, not only on women, but on the human race – its ongoing efforts to manifest and truly be human. It might seem ironic that women who have birthed every single one of us would have to fight for their rights. It’s pretty arbitrary if you are looking at… Read more »
WMNF Celebrates International Women’s Day on the airwaves
WMNF has some special programming, and we also realize that some of our wonderful regular programming is super special, for International Women’s Day. A little history, or, herstory. International Women’s Day has been celebrated in the United States for more than 100 years. It first began on February 28, 1909 as National Women’s Day, marking the… Read more »
Women’s Show 2/15 Winter Fund Drive and Medea Benjamin on Recent Trip to Palestine and Updates from Florida Legislature
If you have not contributed to this campaign, please make your donation tomorrow! Thanks to all who contributed to WMNF during this Winter Fund Drive – especially those who donated during From a Woman’s Point of View. You hear from us every week bringing you information, guests, critical topics. From a Woman’s Point of View… Read more »
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Women’s Show 2/8 Winter Fund Drive – YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE. Clips from some of your Favorite Guests
Tomorrow we need to hear from you! You hear from us every week bringing you information, guests, critical topics. From a Woman’s Point of View is a unique show. It is the only program in the Southeast that is by and about women. I would hope that you noticed that I did not say women’s… Read more »
Women’s Show-Winter Fund Drive
We want to thank you for your support of From a Woman’s Point of View during past fund drives. This Thursday we will be doing our part to keep WMNF on the air. Tune in at 10 AM. We are so fortunate to have this station in our community. On From a Woman’s Point of… Read more »
Amy Rigby, It’s A Pleasure (on Life Elsewhere)
What a pleasure it is to know Amy Rigby. Some people, no, make that a lot of people in the rock ’n’ roll racket can be miserable sods. I put it down to spending far too much time living on the road. Even if you’re The Stones taking up whole floors of grand hotels with… Read more »
Women’s Show Recap-1/25
We had fun chatting today with Lisa Perry, Lakeisha Black and Toni Van Pelt (not pictured) about the women’s marches and rallies that happened this past week. If you missed the show you can still listen here.
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Women’s Show 1/25 Toni Van Pelt, Lisa Perry and Lakeisha Black and Dr. Lynn Ringenberg
That was the week that was! Somehow the more things are changing, the more they are staying the same… Weren’t we supposed to have a budget in October?….then November…then December…a line in the sand, January. Then a weekend shutdown and a 6-year deal for CHIPS, but no provision for community health centers where 40% of… Read more »
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Signs from The Women’s Rally 2018 in St. Pete
On a bright Florida winter day, over 5,000 people came to downtown St. Petersburg to send messages to political leaders, community leaders, and each other. Messages were funny, heartfelt, empowering, topical, optimistic, and inspiring. Here we have a sample, in no particular order. Clicking on the pictures makes them easier to scroll through.
Three Female Authors on Life Elsewhere
During the last 12 months or more, it has been so hard to not do a show with some kind of reference to Trump. For this edition of Life Elsewhere, we are taking a break from another search for a clever, witty take on the absurdity that is Trump, instead, we present three female authors… Read more »
