Bringing equity to the airwaves one member at a time

The Women’s Radio Collective formed in January of 2009 at CJAM 99.1 FM. Our mandate is to attract, train and retain female volunteers to create gender equity in campus-community radio. We offer opportunities for women to learn and develop broadcasting skills to produce their own alternative media. The collective fosters female empowerment on and off the airwaves, and encourages members to assert their feminist perspectives.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

the C-word show (that's right, cunt)



This evening, Nicole Markham and I talked on Genesis about the word cunt.

A controversial topic, we know, but we hope we covered it in a fresh way.
Some of the topics we talked about include:

History of the word's meanings
Etymology (where it came from)
Cunt in popular culture
The "c-word" as taboo
"Vaginal oppression" and the silencing of female sexuality
Female anatomy and bedroom talk

and more!

We also talked about a few sources we used for the show, so if you want to know more, make sure to check out:
Expletive Deleted (A good look at bad language) by Ruth Wajnryb
Cunt: A declaration of independence by Inga Muscio

and Matthew Hunt's dissertation on the word cunt.

If you missed the show and want to listen, please check out the mp3 archives at www.cjam.ca and go to June 17th at 8pm. We start at 8:30 so you will have to skip past (or listen to!) half an hour of children's programming, but we are worth it, trust me.

Comments are welcome and encouraged!
-kate
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  1. Matthew HuntAugust 17, 2009 at 10:15 PM

    Hi, I would love to listen to the June 17th show, but now the CJAM archive only includes July and August. Is there any other way to hear the show? (Could you please send me an MP3?) I'm the writer of the c-word dissertation you refer to.

    Many thanks indeed.

    Mat.

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