Spitfiyah! Radio November 2010 show

(Note: During the slot for our October show, a special edition of Hersay was broadcast for CKUT's annual funding drive. If you would like to donate, please visit the CKUT website. Please donate if you can! Community radio is so important.)


On Spitifyah! this month:

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First, we have the second installment of our interview with Dr. Tara Atluri, Professor of Women's Studies at York University. Professor Atluri researches Race and Comedy. She is also the one behind the “ Where is Omar?” street-art installations in Toronto, which seek to raise awareness about the Omar Khadr case. Prof. Atluri talked to Zabrina about this project as well as identity politics and social change.


Also, two weeks ago, McLean's published an article entitled Too Asian. The article begins by quoting a high school student saying that she would not choose the University of Toronto because it is essentially "too Asian", and that the killjoy, antisocial and competitive attitudes of Asian students have made certain universities a less desirable place to go. The public response to this article has been considerable. In Toronto, Zabrina spoke with Florence Li, the Project Coordinator of the Toronto chapter of the Chinese Canadian National Council, and also one of the main organizers behind Too Asian Talkback, a group formed in response to this article.

Lastly, Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw is a pioneer in the legal field. Dr.Crenshaw has been a professor at the UCLA law faculty for over 20 yrs. She is a key figure in the Critical Race Studies movement producing seminal scholarship and has actively worked to make the law and the legal profession more accessible to people, and especially, women of colour. In this homage to Kimberlé Crenshaw, Alyssa discusses the barriers that women of colour face in accessing legal careers and the importance of Kimberlé Crenshaw's work.


Music played:

Bonnie Pink, Joy, One
Masia One, Telephone Love, Pulau
Erykah Badu, Window Seat, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)

Theme songs:
Mystic, The Life, Cuts for Love, Scars for Freedom
Michie Mee, Don't Wanna be Your Slave, The First Cut is the Deepest

Spitfiyah! Radio September 2010 show

On Spitifyah! this month:

Listen to the show:

Zabrina met with Tara Atluri, Professor of Women's Studies at York University. Professor Atluri researches Race and Comedy. She is also the one behind the “ Where is Omar?” street-art installations in Toronto, which seek to raise awareness about the Omar Khadr case. Prof. Atluri talked to us about this project as well as identity politics and social change.

Alyssa spoke with Tia Hicks, a Senior in the Africana Studies Program at Cornell University. Over the summer, Tia Hicks conducted interviews with women involved in the Black Panther Party. She spoke to us about that. She also shared her views on gender politics in Black political movements today.

Lastly, Eleshia will be reviewing Canadian writer, Lawrence Hills’s, The Book of Negroes. The novel was published in 2007 and has won numerous awards including the Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. As of last week, it had been announced that the book has sold more than 500 000 copies in Canada.

Music played:

Billie Holiday, Easy Living, Yesterdays.
Georgia Anne Muldrow, Run Away, Early
Georgia Anne Muldrow, Child of the Sun, Early

Theme songs:
Mystic, The Life, Cuts for Love, Scars for Freedom
Michie Mee, Don't Wanna be Your Slave, The First Cut is the Deepest