Women as Profit Centers

Program Title: WINGS #39-14 Feminist Lens Chicago
Description: This feminist viewpoint program based on a live on stage event discusses the US Supreme Court's decision that religious rights of corporations trump reproductive rights of women, and efforts in the Chicago area to help end sex trafficking of children. Includes satire, drama, and music.

Host(s): Maya Friedler, Cat Jarboe, Marilyn Campbell
Featured Speakers/Guests: Sarah Silverman, performing satire; Mary Bonnett and Zahra Baker, author and actor in the play Shadow Town; Anne Ream, Author of Lived Through This: Listening to the Stories of Sexual Violence Survivors and Director of The Voices and Faces Project; Maya Friedler, Executive Producer of Feminist Lens.

Credits: Production of Women's Media Group Chicago, originally aired on WFMT; adapted for WINGS by Frieda Werden. Pre-recorded satire and music from the Voices and Faces Project and Angle Band Project CDs. All music clips are under 1 minute long. Full playlist credits at http://www.wmgchicago.com/2014/07/playlist-women-as-profit-centers-sex-trafficking-in-chicago/

Comments: Sarah Silverman's dialogue with Jesus may offend some listeners (even in the post-Hebdo era); trigger warning at beginning of show due to some description of cruel treatment of trafficked children.