March 8 Old Mole Variety Hour

 For International  Women's Day, the women of the Old Mole Collective, led by host Denise Morris, take up issues confronting women in the building trades and their creative ways of dealing with them; women in the movie industry and a current film written and directed by a woman; and "The Science of Gender and Sex," the topic of this year's Gender Studies Symposium at Lewis & Clark College.  In addition, Denise features the music of Yoko Ono in the breaks between segments.  

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1.  Johanna Brenner talks with steam fitter Amy Sprengelmeyer and electrician Lisa Serrano about the  the challenges facing women trying to break into and stay in the construction trades. and about making their union more militant and democratic.  

2.  Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Frann Michel discuss the film "Fish Tank," and the presence of women in film-making.

3.  Laurie Mercier talks with the director of the Lewis & Clark Gender Studies  Symposium about this year's topic, "The Science of Gender and Sex," and give details about the symposium (which are also the page  at this link).