Disquieting Muses + Women on Trial - Suzan Shown

Lesbian radio

Performing arts

Patriarchy

Gender Roles

Activism

Feminist Theater

Law

Marriage

Mental health

Theater

Suicide

Feminity and masculinity

For this episode of All Night Sunday with the Radio On, Suzan Shown interviews the cast and creator of Disquieting Muses: A Response to the Suicides of Women Artists, discussing the feeling of obligation to find a man, get married, and otherwise fulfill the role of what a woman is supposed to be.

Episode includes a reading of an untitled poem by Marilyn Monroe. Features a recording of Women on Trial: The Forbidden Texts of the Three Marias, a one-night only performance about the case of three women authors who wrote against Portugal's dictatorship and were subsequently put on trial.

WBAI radio

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All Night Sunday with the Radio On

Betsy Shevey

Lynn Kearney

Kas Self

Christine Campbell

Peggy Bayer

Jo Beth Levy

Suzan Shown

Audio cassette

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"It's My Way" by Buffy Sainte-Marie