>>RF TALK with DJ sashay + DJ c-wag Queer Nightlife - it's spiritual. First  . . . NYC's legendary CLIT CLUB. Don't you want to go to a sexy lesbian night club in the meat packing district filled with all kinds of people dancing and sweating to 90s music? I know you do. Founder Julie Tolentino and filmmaker Felix Endara remember this unique space in NYC queer history. Then . . . our QUEER NIGHTLIFE PANEL. Party-throwers Ivette González-Alé (Azucar!) and Topher Gross (Select All) talk about the politics and logistics of queer party planning. Plus: cultural geographer Jack Gieseking and Meow Mix beckoning our teenage selves

Pleasures was an adult video store in Sarasota Florida. Lusty Lady was a unionized, worker-owned peep show in San Fransisco. What they had in common (in addition to being a place where people made money for taking off their clothes)  . . . was that the dancers ran the place. Today we speak with Annie and Celeste from Pleasures, and Dahlia from Lusty Lady . . . about labor conditions, power, and autonomy in the stripping biz. What's a peep show you ask? ------->> This Madonna music video will clarify.

Today Romantic Friendship is going OUT TO SEA. First, artist MARIE LORENZ joins us in the studio to talk about exploring the New York City waterways. Sashay shares an excerpt of EIGHT BELLS, an ode to a forgotten female sailor. Then, what's it like to live on a houseboat in the Gowanus Canal? Megan and Rowen explain. Plus cross dressing sailors, Shirley Temple, and our favorite songs of the sea.

A full hour of Nina: her life, her music, her politics, her tenderness. Your questions about Nina will be answered. Questions such as: what did NINA call her style of music? Why did she go into a self-imposed exile? Why is the upcoming biopic based on falsities? Tune in to listen and learn.

Romantic Friendship returns for season 3!  Today: remakes. We investigate the idea of remakes -- as a literal remaking of a classic text, and as the redevelopment of a historic space. We speak with the director of the film ZIPPER, Amy Nicholson, about changes in Coney Island, and to media scholar Alfred Martin about the Lifetime remake of the film Steel Magnolias. Plus, some of our current favorite cover songs and their originals.    

Women have always found ways to control their reproductiion. Laws? Pshh.  Today on RF we look at the past and present of abortion. We look at JANE, the underground abortion service, abortion in film, activists responding to CRAZZZEEEE laws in South Dakota, and a reading from the blog What to Expect When Aborting.  History is powerful y'all! 

Geo Wyeth is a New York City based musician and artist. He joins us live in the studio to perform new work and share songs that have influenced him.

Today on RF: WE DON'T BELONG: queer and feminist subtexts of 1960s girl groups. Featuring gay icons Dolly, Cher, Diana Ross, and Dusty Springfield and lesser known gems. Interview with author, Jaqueline Warwick (Girl Groups, Girl Culture) and Alyx Vesey of Feminist Music Geek. p.s. Lesley Gore is gay, and no, you don't own her.

WHERE DO GENDER LIBERATION AND PRISON ABOLITION MEET?  Eric Stanley (Editor) and Reina July (contributor) discuss their book:  Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex. Also scholar/write Dean Spade on his new book, Normal Life.