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Part 1 - The Life of Black Panther Queer Woman Ericka Huggins; & The Book of Everyday Resistance

Details: Published: 22 July 2025

Out-FM aired on Tues., July 22

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**Dr. Mary Frances Phillips**

**Part 1 - Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins**

In this segment, we’ll be discussing the first biography published on one of Out-FM’s repeated guests: revered Black Panther and queer woman Ericka Huggins who is also a mother, widow, educator, poet, and former political prisoner, held for two years. She is also the coauthor, with Stephen Shames, of the 2022 book, *Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party.* The new biography was written by Dr. Mary Frances Phillips, Associate Professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and co-creator of the Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project. Dr. Phillips is our guest for this two-part interview, joining us from Illinois. Rhonda Williams, author of *Concrete Demands: The Search for Black Power in the 20th Century*, has written a comment about Dr. Phillips’s new book, titled *Black Panther Woman*: *The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins*: “A remarkable story of awakening, commitment, grit, and fearlessness in the wake of personal pain, grassroots struggle, and state violence. [It] is itself a meditation on the pertinence and power of spiritual wellness and encourages us to consider what a radically holistic movement for liberation might need.”

In Part 1 of the interview, Stahimili Mapp and Bob Lederer discuss with Dr. Phillips her attempt to disrupt "the skewed public image of female revolutionaries as silenced helpmates and background characters, placing a necessary spotlight on Huggins transformative self-care practices, feminist theories, and educational activist work.” They also discuss how Ericka and two other incarcerated women resisted being crushed by brutal treatment in prison “by protecting, caring for, and uplifting one another when faced with brutality, and the torture of solitary confinement in particular.” They also discuss how they responded using direct action hunger strikes "to protest the lack of prenatal and postnatal care for pregnant women, as well as the substandard nutrition and horrific prison conditions."

In addition, we will play a clip from Out-FM's 2020 interview with Ericka Huggins. For a video of that earlier interview, click here.

Tune in again a week from now, Tues., July 29 at 8PM ET, for Part 2 of our interview with Mary Phillips, including another clip from Ericka Huggins and from political prisoner and former Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal in praise of Ericka's work during a 2024 interview with Out-FM.

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**Queer Writers' Resistance to Trump**

**Lori Perkins**

**Lori Perkins** has been a newspaper editor, literary agent, book editor, professor and author for four decades. She considers herself a “word-slinger” because words are the ammunition that we all have.  She encourages you all to use your power and fight the good fight. Lori discusses the need for mass resistance to the Trumpian onslaught. Perkins founded the L. Perkins Literary Agency in 1988, which she still runs, and Riverdale Avenue Books, an award-winning indie publisher 13 years ago. She was moderator of a forum at the Rainbow Book Fair titled: She is also the author of 30 books (both fiction and nonfiction), including the just published *THE BOOK OF EVERYDAY RESISTANCE,* which is free to download.

**The Book of Everyday Resistance, by Lori Perkins**

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**Dr. Mary Frances Phillips**

**Part 1 - Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins**

In this segment, we’ll be discussing the first biography published on one of Out-FM’s repeated guests: revered Black Panther and queer woman Ericka Huggins who is also a mother, widow, educator, poet, and former political prisoner, held for two years. She is also the coauthor, with Stephen Shames, of the 2022 book, *Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party.* The new biography was written by Dr. Mary Frances Phillips, Associate Professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and co-creator of the Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project. Dr. Phillips is our guest for this two-part interview, joining us from Illinois. Rhonda Williams, author of *Concrete Demands: The Search for Black Power in the 20th Century*, has written a comment about Dr. Phillips’s new book, titled *Black Panther Woman*: *The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins*: “A remarkable story of awakening, commitment, grit, and fearlessness in the wake of personal pain, grassroots struggle, and state violence. [It] is itself a meditation on the pertinence and power of spiritual wellness and encourages us to consider what a radically holistic movement for liberation might need.”

In Part 1 of the interview, Stahimili Mapp and Bob Lederer discuss with Dr. Phillips her attempt to disrupt "the skewed public image of female revolutionaries as silenced helpmates and background characters, placing a necessary spotlight on Huggins transformative self-care practices, feminist theories, and educational activist work.” They also discuss how Ericka and two other incarcerated women resisted being crushed by brutal treatment in prison “by protecting, caring for, and uplifting one another when faced with brutality, and the torture of solitary confinement in particular.” They also discuss how they responded using direct action hunger strikes "to protest the lack of prenatal and postnatal care for pregnant women, as well as the substandard nutrition and horrific prison conditions."

In addition, we will play a clip from Out-FM's 2020 interview with Ericka Huggins. For a video of that earlier interview, click here.

Tune in again a week from now, Tues., July 29 at 8PM ET, for Part 2 of our interview with Mary Phillips, including another clip from Ericka Huggins and from political prisoner and former Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal in praise of Ericka's work during a 2024 interview with Out-FM.

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**Queer Writers' Resistance to Trump**

**Lori Perkins**

**Lori Perkins** has been a newspaper editor, literary agent, book editor, professor and author for four decades. She considers herself a “word-slinger” because words are the ammunition that we all have.  She encourages you all to use your power and fight the good fight. Lori discusses the need for mass resistance to the Trumpian onslaught. Perkins founded the L. Perkins Literary Agency in 1988, which she still runs, and Riverdale Avenue Books, an award-winning indie publisher 13 years ago. She was moderator of a forum at the Rainbow Book Fair titled: She is also the author of 30 books (both fiction and nonfiction), including the just published *THE BOOK OF EVERYDAY RESISTANCE,* which is free to download.

**The Book of Everyday Resistance, by Lori Perkins**

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**SUPPORT THE WBAI FUND DRIVE!**

**Keep fearless independent journalism alive & strong!**

**We urge you to consider becoming a WBAI Buddy (sustainer) at $10/month -- AND MORE if you can afford it.** **Or you can make a ONE-TIME tax-deductible contribution of any amount.**

Three ways to donate:

Online, go to buddy.wbai.org and, in the drop-down menu, we hope you'll click on Out-FM as your favorite show. (The station now accepts PayPal.)

By phone, call 833-WBAI-NYC or 833-922-4692. If no one answers right away, leave a message and you’ll get a call within a day.

Send a check or money order, made out to WBAI/Pacifica via USPS. Mail to:
WBAI - Donations
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

--------------

**About Out-FM**

Out-FM is a weekly progressive, intersectional queer show by and for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, non-binary, gender non-conforming, intersex, queer, and questioning communities. Our program originates from listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/Pacifica Radio in New York, 99.5 FM and wbai.org. Our programs are archived at outfm.org. You can also follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram.

**Sign up for Out-FM's Weekly Newsletter with show announcements.**

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Andrew Sullivan, Sarah McBride, the New York Times & the Transexual Menace NYC

Details: Published: 15 July 2025

Out-FM aired on July 15, 2025

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**Andrew Sullivan, Sarah McBride, the New York Times & Transexual Menace NYC**

**Transexual Menace at NY Times office in Manhattan**

Transexual Menace at NYT Office in Manhattan. — **Transexual Menace at NY Times office in Manhattan**

Out-FM captures moments at a recent Transexual Menace NYC demonstration outside the transphobic New York Times office in Manhattan. Also, Pauline Park talks with John Riley about Sarah McBride — the first openly trans member of Congress —and the recent anti-trans Times op-ed by the anti-progressive gay provocateur Andrew Sullivan.

Resources:

A member of Transexual Menace read a piece written by Tom Socca titled: Worse Thing I've Read this Week: Why Is the New York Times So Obsessed With Trans Kids?, which can be found at: https://popula.com/2023/01/29/the-worst-thing-we-read-this-week-why-is-the-new-york-times-so-obsessed-with-trans-kids/.

Transexual Menace can be reached at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. & Follow them on Instagram.

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Victory in Kentucky Criminal Case Against Palestine Solidarity Activists

Bob Lederer updates us on the case of the Raytheon 5, five activists -- three of them queer -- in Louisville, Kentucky who blocked the entrances of war profiteers aiding Israeli genocide and then escaped their trial with only small fines. This is a victory for the Palestine solidarity movement.

Resources:

For background on the case, see our coverage in May here. Instagram page on the Raytheon 5 case from Louisville Coalition for a Ceasefire, working for a permanent ceasefire, an end to military aid to Israel, and a free Palestine and Lebanon.

Rep. Sarah McBride (DE) — **Rep. Sarah McBride (Delaware)**

Andrew Sullivan, writer

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SUPPORT THE WBAI FUND DRIVE!

Keep fearless independent journalism alive & strong!

We urge you to consider becoming a WBAI Buddy (sustainer) at $10/month -- AND MORE if you can afford it. Or you can make a ONE-TIME tax-deductible contribution of any amount.

Three ways to donate:

Online, go to buddy.wbai.org and, in the drop-down menu, we hope you'll click on Out-FM as your favorite show. (The station now accepts PayPal.)
By phone, call 833-WBAI-NYC or 833-922-4692. If no one answers right away, leave a message and you’ll get a call within a day.
Send a check or money order, made out to WBAI/Pacifica via USPS. Mail to:
WBAI - Donations
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

--------------

About Out-FM

Out-FM is a weekly progressive, intersectional queer show by and for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, non-binary, gender non-conforming, intersex, queer, and questioning communities. Our program originates from listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/Pacifica Radio in New York, 99.5 FM and wbai.org. Our programs are archived at outfm.org. You can also follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram.

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Part 1 - The Life of Black Panther Queer Woman Ericka Huggins; & The Book of Everyday Resistance

Out-FM aired on Tues., July 22

Press play to stream or green down arrow to download mp3 file.

Part 1 - Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins

Lori Perkins

The Book of Everyday Resistance, by Lori Perkins

Andrew Sullivan, Sarah McBride, the New York Times & the Transexual Menace NYC

Out-FM aired on July 15, 2025

Sign up for Out-FM's Weekly Newsletter with show announcements.

**Andrew Sullivan, Sarah McBride, the New York Times & Transexual Menace NYC**

Transexual Menace at NY Times office in Manhattan

Rep. Sarah McBride (Delaware)