Spitfiyah! Radio

Spitfiyah! Radio November 2010 show

2010-11-25T15:42:00.005-05:00

(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

2010-09-30T13:55:00.002-04:00

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

Spitfiyah! April 2009 Show

2009-05-28T00:54:00.001-04:00

A report from a fact finding mission in the Philippines, a book review of Solomon Schimmel's Fundamentalism and the Fear of Truth, a piece on trans national surrogates, and a comment on the surge of anti-black racism post Obama's election. Listen here

Spitfiyah! May 2009 show

2009-05-28T00:21:00.001-04:00

This month: an interview with Sana Siddiqui from the Amal women's centre which caters to the Montreal Muslim community, a piece on Proposition 8 eliminating the right of same sex couples to marry, a poem by Angelica, and a report back from the UGAT conferance for Filipino youth. Listen here

Spitfiyah! Radio May 2008

2008-06-05T13:16:00.003-04:00

On this month's show, a discussion with Stephanie Guico on the newly released Bouchard-Taylor Commission Report, an overview of Asian Canadian History for the celebration of Asian Heritage Month, and a piece on the life and work of Octavia Butler. Listen to the show.

Spitfiyah! April 2006 Show

2008-06-05T12:06:00.002-04:00

Listen to the show.

Spitfiyah! Radio March 2008

2008-06-05T10:19:00.004-04:00

On this month's show, an interview with Latoya Morgan from the Black Student's network, and Kenson talking about his recent experience of police brutality, a piece on black focused schools and the white-washing of Hollywood movies, including the newly released 21. Listen to the show.

Spitfiyah! February 2008

2008-02-29T17:44:00.002-05:00

This month, we are celebrating Black History Month with a jam packed show! We are discussing black focused schools in Toronto, we have an interview with Rosetta on sickle cell anemia, a piece on the landmark 1997 case of R v. RDS which acknowledged systemic racism and bias in the justice system, and a review of the documentary Black is, Black Ain't by Marlon Riggs. Also, throughout the show, we have incorporated short pieces about important events in Black Canadian history including the hanging of Angelique, overlooked facts about the Underground Railroad, the desegregation of Canadian schools and environmental racism and the razing down of Africville in Nova Scotia. Listen to our archive of the show here.

Spitfiyah! February 2007 show archive

2008-02-07T10:54:00.001-05:00

Happy new year everyone!

The February 2007 show features interviews with poet and author Afua Copper with director Shonali Bose on her new film Amu and with Sarah Elgazzar from CAIR CAN speaking on reasonable accomodation in Quebec. Listen here.

Spitfiyah! April 2007 archive

2008-02-06T17:51:00.000-05:00

In an effort to have our show archives readily available, here are the first ones! Radio4all, the website that houses our archives, has been experiencing some issues lately, so please keep trying if you can't get to it on the first attempt.

April 2007: Interview with Camille Cendana, observer to the Permanent People's Tribunal, commentaries on the Six Nations Land Reclamation, the Ebony Roots Symposium, the Don Imus affair, and the VA Tech shootings. Listen to the archive.

Spitfiyah! at the Paix Quebec Conference

2008-02-04T11:58:00.000-05:00

Spitifyah!'s own Alyssa Clutterbuck will be speaking today at the Paix Quebec Conference at the Biosphere in Montreal. Alyssa is part of a panel titled Peace, Power and the Press: Reinforcing or Deconstructing Mainstream Power Structures? The panel will be held today at 1.45pm. Visit the conference's website.

January 2008 show

2008-02-03T23:33:00.000-05:00

On this month's show: An interview with Iraqi-born writer and novelist Haifa Zangana, author of Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London, a live performance by Nikita from the WORD project (Writing Our Rhymes Down/ Literacy through Hip-Hop), an interview with Darcel Bullen from the Queen's University Coalition Against Racial and Ethnic Discrimination, a commentary on the US primaries focusing on Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and a short excerpt of a talk on diversity given by Angela Davis in 2007 at Tacoma Community College in Washington. Listen to the show.

Spitfiyah! Radio

2008-02-03T23:08:00.000-05:00

Spitfiyah, Women of Colour Radio is a monthly show on CKUT 90.3 FM that aims to shed light on issues, public life, or aspects of Montreal's culture that are not necessarily heard in the broader Montreal media. The radio show is hosted by a collective of women of colour from different non-white racial and ethnic groups. Spitfiyah began in the fall of 2002 and its show's content includes interviews, clips from events, live performances, music, etc, all with the aim of highlighting issues of relevance to women of colour.