Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine is Emily Bernard’s latest book. It is illuminating in its vulnerability, its honesty - and its frank examination of race and being female in our ever challenging society.

In college, Kimberly Dillon self-identified as a 'good girl' who never smoked marijuana. Later, when she experienced difficulty sleeping and anxiety, her 70 year-old mother suggested she try cannabis. This was Kimberly's introduction to a product she now promotes professionally. Kimberly Dillon is the chief marketing officer of Papa & Barkley whose mission is, "to unlock the power of cannabis to improve people’s lives." Kimberly can add her name to the growing list of female executives of

From Zero To Fierce is a festival that aims to celebrate creative women in our community. This year from March 4-10 will be the 3rd Annual Festival providing yet another roadmap for continued inspiration. Playhouse Arts Executive Director Jacqueline Dandeneau and Brenda Starr discuss this opportunity to discover, inspire and create.

Ah, cannabis. Research on cannabis is incredibly difficult to perform in the U.S. because of the severe restrictions placed by the federal government. The plant has a varied and controversial history. It was made illegal partly because the end of alcohol prohibition left a vast enforcement organization without work -- and partly by inciting racist ideology regarding cannabis users. Today, legalization is opposed by pharmaceutical companies and many in the alcohol industry. Cannabis has been

“My future has shrunk like a sweater steeped in hot water” ...so says Madeleine May Kunin looking at her life as Vermont's first and only female governor, US Ambassador, Deputy Secretary of Education - and now, her journey to her 80’s. Join Brenda Starr for a conversation with Madeleine Kunin about her career and new book COMING OF AGE: My Journey To The Eighties .

Amid on-going controversy about political borderlands and human rights, immigration dentention centers like the one in Tornillo, Texas have drawn widespread public condemnation. On this week's Through the Eyes of Women , Brenda Starr talks with elder and activist Lynn Silver about her efforts on behalf of human rights along the Texas border.

Everyone can breastfeed. Everyone. That’s the nutshell of Kristin Wilson’s book Others' Milk: The Potential of Exceptional Breastfeeding . Welcome to the bright, open world of exceptional breastfeeding, where the only thing that matters is giving a kid the absolute best care possible within the given circumstances, and helping other families do the same. Join Emma Breacain for her engaging discussion with Kristin Wilson.

On this week's Through the Eyes of Women , Kathleen Marshall connects with local author Amy Stewart. Amy Stewart has recently released the fourth book in her fiction series about the real-life Kopp Sisters. The Kopp sisters, particularly Constance, jumped from the headlines of 1914 newspapers right into Amy Stewart's life. Join Kathy and Amy for this engaging conversation.

Sharonne Blanck, Interim President of the Eureka, California unit of the NAACP (the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) talks with Kathleen Marshall about bias of people in power - from store clerks to police to Humboldt State University administration in Humboldt County. If you live in Humboldt County, Sharonne invites you to join the Euereka NAACP. In addition to its Legal Redress Committee, there is also a group examining white fragility, and social activities for

The California Faculty Association consists of bargaining representatives for the California State University faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches. CFA representatives Audrena Redmond and Sharon Elise recently visited Humboldt State University for two causes - meeting with their constituents ahead of the upcoming negotions of their collective bargaining agreement; and supporting the Justice for Josiah movement. Redmond and Elise spoke with KHSU on an extended KHSU Magazine about the