Link to Broadcast. Show will air Sunday, August 31 at 8 p.m. EDT.
Leslie Salzillo – a pro-choice activist, political commentator, visual artist and music publisher – will be the Special Guest Host of The Authentic Woman on August 31. She regularly contributes articles to Daily Kos and Liberals Unite, though political writing was never in Salzillo’s plans.
In 1989, she built an award-winning song publishing company. When time allowed, Leslie would embark on protest trips to Washington DC with NARAL and Planned Parenthood. In 2012, after hearing Rush Limbaugh call Sandra Fluke a “slut” on air for advocating insurance-paid birth control – and after witnessing hundreds of misogynist laws being passed around the country – Leslie jumped into politics, full force.
Leslie Salzillo’s Bachelor of Science Degree, from Middle Tennessee State University, prepped her in creating petitions and Facebook activist pages that promote the rights of women, minorities, and LGBT, as well as advocate gun sense, equal pay, raising the minimum wage, and lowering student debt. She founded FB’s Pro-Choice Liberals, was a core member of StopRush, and is a participant and advocate of Moral Mondays. Leslie now runs the largest Rush Limbaugh Boycott Page on Facebook, with approximately 90,000 followers.
Salzillo asserts, “The key to reducing misogyny is to first expose it. Social media is an amazing vehicle. Through public awareness, we can seek and find solutions.” On August 31, Leslie Salzillo will interview fellow women’s rights activists, Kimberley A. Johnson and Madison Kimrey, to discuss the upcoming We Are Women Rally and social media activism. Follow Leslie on Facebook.
Kimberley A. Johnson is a feminist blogger on Liberals Unite. She is known for her outspoken stance on the need to enshrine women’s rights into the U.S. Constitution by ratifying the ERA. Johnson entered the women’s rights movement as the spokeswoman for RTSV United in 2012, and she gave a speech at the We Are Woman March at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. Kimberley A. Johnson is the author of three nonfiction books: The Virgin Diaries; Ain’t No Sunshine: Men Reveal the Pain of Heartbreak; and her recent release, AMERICAN WOMAN The Poll Dance: Women and Voting. Also an actress, Johnson portrayed a police officer on the popular daytime drama Days of Our Lives for over seven years. Follow Kimberley on Facebook and Twitter.
Madison Kimrey is a 13 year old writer, activist, and actress from NC. She founded NC Youth Rock with the goal of restoring the opportunity for 16 and 17 to pre-register to vote. Madison is also passionate about LBGT rights, women's rights, and the humane treatment of animals. She is a Davidson Young Scholar Ambassador and recipient of her local NAACP chapter's Youth Social Justice Award. You can follow her writing on her blog, Functional Human Being, and on Liberals Unite. Follow Madison on Twitter.
The Authentic Woman is a weekly radio show on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network that is regularly hosted by women's rights leader, Shannon Fisher. The show offers perspectives on the female experience through the eyes of her guests. The show delves deeply into the worlds of writers, artists, celebrities, and community leaders - discovering their personal inspiration and passions. Shannon is a writer, civic leader, and social justice advocate. Named among the “Richmonders of the Year” in 2012 by Style Weekly Magazine for her activism in women’s rights, Shannon sits on the Board of Directors for UniteWomen.org, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization. Follow Shannon on Facebook and Twitter.