Guest: Feminist author and atheist Robin Morgan

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2008

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Feminist icon and atheist Robin Morgan will be interviewed about the 40th anniversary of the first Miss America pageant protest, which Robin organized in 1968, among other free-ranging topics. Ms. Morgan is Ms. Magazine's former editor, now consulting editor and author of the classic "Sisterhood is Powerful," as well as "Fighting Words: A Toolkit for Combating the Religious Right." Religion seeping into current politics will come under analysis in "Theocracy Alert."

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1:35.4	Chicago on the weekend of October 10th through 12th. You can find out more about that at
1:40.4	fFRF.org. That's always fun to meet members from all over the country for food, fun, and fellowship.
1:47.3	Later on today's program, we'll be speaking with feminist, atheist, atheist, author, and activist, Robin Morgan.
1:55.0	We'll talk about the current threats that are facing women from religion today.
1:59.6	And we're also going to ask Robin to reminisce a little bit about the 40th anniversary this month of the original Miss America protest,
2:08.8	where no bras were actually burned, but which was a landmark moment for the modern women's movement.
2:15.1	Before we talk with Robin Morgan, we're going to talk about a lot of this religious funny business in the news,
2:21.7	and so we have a very overdue Theocracy Alert segment.
2:26.2	We got to fight the battle of church and state,
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