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During the Journalist Encounter, which preceded the United Nations International Women's Year conference, feminist journalists - along with conference delegates who had already arrived - got an early sampling of the political divisions that would prove so disruptive during the two-week conference in Mexico City. They also got an early start on combating such divisive factors by holding numerous caucuses and formulating a feminist manifesto-- a strangely ambiguous, yet moving plea for a sisterhood above ideology. This is a recording of the first feminist caucus, held Tuesday, June 17, 1975. Includes Margaret Sloan a founding editor of Ms. Magazine, Connie Delezai[sp?] of ABC-San Diego, Kiersten Olmonds[sp?] from the Sacramento Bee, Clarissa Schaefer[sp?] from San Diego, Marcianne Miller[sp?] of KPFK and KTTV-Los Angeles, Barbara Cady of KPFK and the Los Angeles Times, Aurelia Morris of Pacifica Radio, Anne Flieden[sp?] of St. Louis, Jane Touzel of Radio Canada International, Sheila Brady of the Ottawa Journal, Eleanor T. Snow of Orange County Women's Health Center, Anne Caugh[sp?] of the U.N., Linda Curtis of the Talahasee FL Feminist Women's Health Center, Barbara Huck[sp?] of the ? Women's Health Center, Ruth Gage Colby of the U.N., and many more. The conference was held in Mexico City, Mexico from June 19-July 2, 1975.

This is a recording of veterans' rights attorney Barbara Gedanke attacking Carter's proposed draft at an ACLU meeting in April 1980. Her speech covers the phony issue of drafting women, need for a manpower pool in U.S. policy, Vietnam, horrors of Agent Orange (Paraquat) on our troops, the significant difference between the 1980s and the 1960s, the proposed draft's relationship to racism and joblessness, and how the draft will work. There is some background noise and the speech needs an intro and an outro. Produced by Sylvia Jones and Roy Tuckman. April 1980, KPFK.

This program is a review of six independent films produced by women filmmakers which were shown at the San Francisco Art Institute on July 15 under the auspices of the Canyon Cinematheque. The program includes a critique by Charles Senger, mixed with the soundtrack of the films, interviews with filmmakers at the showing and an interview with Louise Alaimo, whose film "The Woman's Film" appeared in the second part of the program. This program was co-produced by Charles Senger and Portia Shapiro. The six films are: Standing Water by Sandy Marshall; Promise Her Anything But Give Her the Kitchen Sink by Freude Bartlett; Angel Blue Sweet Wings by Chick Strand; P P 1 by Donna Deitch; Schmeerguntz by Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley; and The Woman's Film by San Francisco Newsreel. The reporters interview Anne Severson, a professor at the Institute; David Boatwright, Severson's co-producer; woman filmmaker Judy Frickas; Louise Alaimo (includes pre-recorded sound). The Louise Alaimo interview excerpt can be heard in full in BC0247. The entire soundtrack of her entire film is BC0185. No outro. Contains sensitive language.

This week: Lynne Zeavin and Muriel Dimen discuss feminism and therapy versus feminist therapy. Self-contained with phone calls edited but left in, including a call with British psychotherapist and author Susie Orbach. Program brought to you by Group For Radical Human Science.