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  Lesbian Nation (1973-10-22)

  Martha Shelley and Lois Chaffee discuss the Women’s Liberation Center and an ongoing dispute over its occupancy of 243 West 20th St., as a family services group has tried to claim the space for themselves. Following their conversation, Martha Shelley reads aloud two letters from listeners, one a gay senior at Stuyvesant High School and the other a student at Sarah Lawrence College. Trigger warning: bullying, homophobic slurs.

  Tags Homophobia, Lesbian Nation, Letter, Lois Chaffee, Martha Shelley, Poetry, Political Movements and Civil Struggles, Women's Liberation Center, Youth
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  Lesbian Nation (1974-01-21)

  The episode opens with a song from Lavender Jane. Then in the final part of a three-episode interview, Martha Shelley brings back Florynce Kennedy to discuss Bobby Seale's trial and mayoral run in Oakland, Kennedy's experience as part of Assata Shakur's legal team, and intersectionality and conflict between the feminist and black power movements. Following their interview, Viv Sutherland reviews Myrna Lamb's play Because I Said So, playing at the Women's Arts Center. Trigger warning: racial slurs.

  Tags Assata Shakur, Black Panthers, Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA), Bobby Seale, Florynce Kennedy, Intersectionality, Lavender Jane, Lesbian Nation, Martha Shelley, Political Movements and Civil Struggles
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  Lesbian Nation (1973-02-26)

  On February 21st, a protest was conducted in Times Square by Committee for Fair Divorce and Alimony Laws protesting the paying of alimony by husbands. A counter protest conducted by National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) in favor of alimony and increased regulations and child support. Martha Shelley conducted interviews with both organizations from individuals at the protests.

  Tags Marriage, Martha Shelley, National Organization for Women, Political Movements and Civil Struggles
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  Lesbian Nation (1972-12-26)

  Interview with Julie Lee, an important member of the Daughters of Bilitis, about the New Jersey National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) and her struggles to create a chapter of NOW dedicated to "doubly-oppressed" women (which included lesbians, POC women and improvished women in the community).

  Tags Daughters of Bilitis, Julie Lee, Martha Shelley, National Organization for Women, Political Movements and Civil Struggles