Letters and Politics, for October 6, 2011 - 10:00am
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Agree. The big picture is the message regardless of what gender is interviewed.
Now if the subject was womens issues, then I agree it would be nice to get that perspective from a women. But the financial crisis is NOT about the messenger.
I have listened to your show for years...
And written you--and KPFA-- about the astonishing lack of women or gender-sensitive reporting or topics-issues on your show.
As you ask for my money, I ask why should I support a program which doesn't represent me--indeed marginalizes me as I listen to male-after-male guest on your show.
I will be willing to contribute a dollar for every female guest-expert you've featured on your show this year. If you send me the number, I'll be glad to honor my pledge.
Carol Mukhopadhyay
P.S. I've been a KPFA contributor for years, including this one.....so I've probably contributed more than the # of women guests you've had.
You can add gender-related topics to the count if you want
There's a rapidly growing social and economic justice movement emerging right now and all you care about is if the speaker is a woman or not? This is why it's been so hard to mobilize what's left of the left because of fractionization. Think about the big picture for once! I think there's more important things happening in the world right now like what's happening outside in streets across this country right now. Just to make you happy, maybe Mitch could interview Naomi Klein or Nomi Prins since they would be relevant to what's happening now with Occupy Wall Street.
can we just care about what is being said and not on whether or not the speaker has a penis? Seems a bit juvenile.