In this interview recorded the last weekend in 2019, feminist author Lierre Keith gives WLRN listeners her take on the top stories and developments of the year as they impact girls and women and her analysis of the women’s movement over the last decade and into the next. Keith gives us a fantastic overview of what’s going on from her vantage point as an author and speaker with her finger on the pulse of much that’s changing, shaping up and shifting in the world.

Stay tuned for Lierre as moderator of the Q & A after the talk titled “Fighting the New Misogyny: A Feminist Analysis of Gender Identity” featuring Meghan Murphy, Saba Malik and Kara Dansky as speakers at Seattle’s Public Library, the central location on February 1st.

There has been much hype and hoopla around this talk as transactivists gear up to confront the women attending with the aim to either shut it down or disrupt the event. We here at WLRN stand in solidarity with the women who are organizing and speaking up for women’s rights at this event and give our hats off to them in a world that is increasingly dangerous for women.

Stay tuned for WLRN’s on-the-ground coverage of the February 1st talk in Seattle. Follow our FB page for updates. For more information about the event, click on this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/fighting-the-…ets-85012638089