Minnie Bruce Pratt's guest appearances

Minnie Bruce Pratt

KPFA - Womens Magazine

The Poet and The Poem

El Vahido Podcast

Reckon Interview

Michaela Anne

John Paul White

Patti Smith

Jeff Sessions

Sarah Parcak

James Baldwin

John Prine

Rodney Scott

Alison Bechdel

Paul Finebaum

Sarah Jarosz

Harper Lee

Billy Reid

Audre Lorde

David French

OwlTail

Andrea Dworkin

Bruce Pratt

This Monday at 1pm on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine I talk to veteran biographer and gay rights activist Martin Duberman who assesses the life and thought of the combative radical feminist in his 2020 biography “Andrea Dworkin: The Feminist Revolutionary.” Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005) was among the most controversial figures in the second-wave feminist movement, caricatured by her critics as a man-hating lesbian who believed all heterosexual sex was rape. Duberman, who knew her personally, paints a much more nuanced picture, pointing out that Dworkin lived for 40 years in a nonexclusive, occasionally sexual relationship with a devoted male partner and that she was ahead of her time in seeing gender as a social construct that denied the fluidity of human sexual behavior. His account of Dworkin’s childhood and youth depicts a precocious rebel with a deep commitment to social justice and a theatrical, confrontational personality that brooked no compromise or evasions. When she was subjected to a brutal and humiliating vaginal exam after being arrested at a sit-in protesting the Vietnam War, 18-year-old Dworkin wrote to every newspaper in New York City describing her ordeal and the conditions at the Women’s House of Detention. It was the beginning of her lifelong battle to make the world face the fact that women were routinely mistreated and abused, culminating in her famous crusade against pornography. Duberman persuasively argues that Dworkin’s position was misunderstood as a call for censorship when in fact what she advocated was the right of women who had been harmed by pornography to sue its purveyors—and their obligation to prove their case in court. Her response to free-speech absolutists gives a good sense of both her belligerence and her searching intelligence: “People have no idea how middle-classed and privileged their liberal First Amendment stuff is—how power and money determine who can speak in this society.” These words resonate even more strongly today, and Duberman notes that after years of opprobrium, there is now “a modicum of acknowledgment of Andrea’s insistent bravery, her mesmerizing public voice, her generosity of spirit.” The post Martin Duberman discusses Andrea Dworkin, and remembering Minnie Bruce Pratt appeared first on KPFA.

This Monday at 1pm on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine I talk to veteran biographer and gay rights activist Martin Duberman who assesses the life and thought of the combative radical feminist in his 2020 biography “Andrea Dworkin: The Feminist Revolutionary.” Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005) was among the most controversial figures in the second-wave feminist movement, caricatured by her critics as a man-hating lesbian who believed all heterosexual sex was rape. Duberman, who knew her personally, paints a much more nuanced picture, pointing out that Dworkin lived for 40 years in a nonexclusive, occasionally sexual relationship with a devoted male partner and that she was ahead of her time in seeing gender as a social construct that denied the fluidity of human sexual behavior. His account of Dworkin’s childhood and youth depicts a precocious rebel with a deep commitment to social justice and a theatrical, confrontational personality that brooked no compromise or evasions. When she was subjected to a brutal and humiliating vaginal exam after being arrested at a sit-in protesting the Vietnam War, 18-year-old Dworkin wrote to every newspaper in New York City describing her ordeal and the conditions at the Women’s House of Detention. It was the beginning of her lifelong battle to make the world face the fact that women were routinely mistreated and abused, culminating in her famous crusade against pornography. Duberman persuasively argues that Dworkin’s position was misunderstood as a call for censorship when in fact what she advocated was the right of women who had been harmed by pornography to sue its purveyors—and their obligation to prove their case in court. Her response to free-speech absolutists gives a good sense of both her belligerence and her searching intelligence: “People have no idea how middle-classed and privileged their liberal First Amendment stuff is—how power and money determine who can speak in this society.” These words resonate even more strongly today, and Duberman notes that after years of opprobrium, there is now “a modicum of acknowledgment of Andrea’s insistent bravery, her mesmerizing public voice, her generosity of spirit.” The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/womens-magazine-july-10-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martin Duberman discusses Andrea Dworkin, and remembering Minnie Bruce Pratt</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Martin Duberman discusses Andrea Dworkin, and remembering Minnie Bruce Pratt

Salió "Aquí me pongo a contar", un mini podcast con lecturas de fragmentos de libros y poesía de autorxs LGTBI.  Un espacio para dejarte llevar por las palabras.  En este episodio, "Codos" de Minnie Bruce Pratt.  Nos lo cuenta Gustavo Pecoraro.

Salió "Aquí me pongo a contar", un mini podcast con lecturas de fragmentos de libros y poesía de autorxs LGTBI.  Un espacio para dejarte llevar por las palabras.  En este episodio, "Codos" de Minnie Bruce Pratt.  Nos lo cuenta Gustavo Pecoraro.

Aquí me pongo a contar - "Codos" de Minnie Bruce Pratt. 

Minnie Bruce Pratt is a queer and feminist icon, renowned for her activism and art. With another spike in anti-LGBT legislation around the South, Minnie Bruce discusses what it’s like to be targeted by these laws. When she came out in the 1970s, the state of North Carolina took custody of her children away from her. And when her spouse, Leslie Feinberg, grew ill, Minnie Bruce experienced directly how our healthcare system treats trans Americans.On the Reckon Interview, she discusses her history of turning personal pain into art and activism, how growing up in the crucible of the South shaped her career of activism and the importance of sharing the stories of queer Southerners.To support scholarships for LGBTQ students attending the University of Alabama and to hear more from Minnie Bruce, go here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ua-lgbtq-alumni-fireside-chat-with-minnie-bruce-pratt-joshua-burford-tickets-148276237217Sign up for The Conversation newsletter here: https://bit.ly/3dzfbfh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Minnie Bruce Pratt is a queer and feminist icon, renowned for her activism and art. With another spike in anti-LGBT legislation around the South, Minnie Bruce discusses what it’s like to be targeted by these laws. When she came out in the 1970s, the state of North Carolina took custody of her children away from her. And when her spouse, Leslie Feinberg, grew ill, Minnie Bruce experienced directly how our healthcare system treats trans Americans.On the Reckon Interview, she discusses her history of turning personal pain into art and activism, how growing up in the crucible of the South shaped her career of activism and the importance of sharing the stories of queer Southerners.To support scholarships for LGBTQ students attending the University of Alabama and to hear more from Minnie Bruce, go here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ua-lgbtq-alumni-fireside-chat-with-minnie-bruce-pratt-joshua-burford-tickets-148276237217" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ua-lgbtq-alumni-fireside-chat-with-minnie-bruce-pratt-joshua-burford-tickets-148276237217</a>Sign up for The Conversation newsletter here: <a href="https://bit.ly/3dzfbfh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3dzfbfh</a> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Minnie Bruce Pratt on the past, present and future of the Queer South