Podcasts

[transcript of podcast created 12 February 2020] Hello, I’m Betty McLellan for Radical Feminist Reflections.      Well, 2019 is behind us and a new year, a new decade, has begun. So this seems like a good time to discuss something that’s been on my mind for many months as I’ve struggled to make sense of … Read more

[transcript of podcast created 11 September 2019] Hello, I’m Betty McLellan for Radical Feminist Reflections.      This is Part 3 of my three-part series on Freedom of Speech. It’s been some time since I presented Parts 1 and 2, and so much has happened since that time that I barely know where to start.      … Read more

[Transcript of podcast created 12 October 2018] Hello, I’m Betty McLellan for Radical Feminist Reflections.      In Part 1 of this three-part series on Freedom of Speech, I spoke of free speech as an important principle of democracy. I lamented the fact that today this principle is being distorted and used by many as an … Read more

[Transcript of Podcast created 19 July 2018] Hello, I’m Betty McLellan for Radical Feminist Reflections.      Today I’m focusing urgent attention on the principle of Freedom of Speech because freedom of speech as so many people interpret it today is a farce – and that’s deeply disturbing. This noble principle, the intent of which was … Read more

[Transcript of podcast created 9 February 2018] Hello, I’m Betty McLellan for Radical Feminist Reflections.      In 2011, I wrote a guest blog piece for the RadFemHub site in which I focused on the question “What is it about men?”. Now, in light of all the sexual harassment and abuse allegations in the entertainment industry, … Read more

[Transcript of podcast created 11 December 2017] Hello, I’m Betty McLellan for Radical Feminist Reflections. And today I’m going to focus on the need for radical feminists to remember our past, in order that our present and future activism stays on track. The temptation to give in to the rabid individualism promoted at every turn … Read more

[Transcript of podcast created 1 August 2017] In this first podcast, I’ll be reflecting on the state of the world, as so many others have been doing since the election of Donald Trump as the 45th US President, and I’ll be asking – as you no doubt have already asked: “What in the world is … Read more