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It’s been a busy month! Welcome to Edition 82 wherein the WLRN Collective, along with Amie Ichikawa, joey brite, Thistle Pettersen, and Sekhmet SheOwl, explores the story and implications of the ongoing “Dana Rivers” (#DanaRiversisaMan) Case in California. It is a gruesome subject that is paired with aurora linnea’s chilling written piece about murders committed by trans-identified individuals over the years and also Ms. brite’s piece called “Why the Dana Rivers Case Should Wake Up the ‘Be Kind’ Folks”.

On a more cheerful note, WLRN is starting a new merch line featuring the beautiful artwork and design of Margaret Vaek. Margaret greets the listener in this February’s show describing the WLRN logo she lovingly designed. To see our new merch line, click here.

Of note, Margaret also designed the front cover for this month’s podcast. It represents Charlotte Reed, Patricia Wright, and Benny Diambu-Wright, along with the colors of the suffragist flag (USA), as the fight for women’s rights continues. Thank you, Margaret for your beautiful artwork!

In this month’s edition, Emily Faye delivers WLRN’s world news segment updating the listener on April Morrow’s case involving a man who crushed her hand at a Women’s Speak Out event last Fall, amongst other stories.

After the world news, hear the song ‘Women’s Prison’ by Loretta Lynn before jumping into a conversation Thistle had with Amie Ichikawa and joey brite about the David Warfield case. This excerpt is from the livestreamed conversation that happened last month with an interactive audience.

Finally, Sekhmet SheOwl rounds off the hour with her punchy commentary on the subject in her usual to-the-point fashion that hits the nail on the proverbial head of patriarchy. Thank you, Sekhmet, for your years of service to our collective and for broaching this gruesome topic with precision. The logic you present is crystal clear. and your anger is wielded like a knife. This brings us to the subject of March’s show which will focus on women’s self-defense.

As always, thank you, dear listeners, for supporting feminist community-powered media, WLRN. Let’s make it through 2023 together in our worldwide women’s network and community. In solidarity!