Episodes
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It is a known fact that anti choice, anti-gun control, and anti-democracy people shout from the rooftops that God and goodness are on their side. This episode we discuss that and how we need to feel comfortable explaining our own view of what the moral high ground is because they don't care about the facts. And they need to know that others see their beliefs as gross.
Sources:
https://www.flintasbury.org/flies-camels-and-lemonade-claiming-the-moral-high-ground/
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/31/1102150260/special-counsel-durham-fails-first-courtroom-test-in-his-three-year-probe
https://www.newsweek.com/pastor-greg-locke-claims-he-gave-tax-exempt-status-church-1709615
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Sources:
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/read-justice-alito-initial-abortion-opinion-overturn-roe-v-wade-pdf-00029504
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement_in_the_United_States
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/05/04/performing-an-abortion-will-become-a-felony-in-these-states-if-roe-v-wade-is-overturned
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-contraception-restrictions-arent-table-rcna27922
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-justice-alitos-abortion-history-lesson-dispute-2022-05-06/
https://www.mediaite.com/news/nprs-nina-totenberg-the-only-theory-that-makes-sense-is-the-supreme-court-is-a-conservative-clerk/
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/the-most-extreme-lines-from-justice-samuel-alitos-leaked-opinion-on-roe.html
https://time.com/5882735/tennesee-law-protest-voting-rights-felony/
https://bangordailynews.com/2022/05/09/news/bangor/pro-abortion-chalk-message-appears-on-susan-collins-bangor-sidewalk/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-dismisses-trumps-lawsuit-challenging-his-twitter-ban-2022-05-06/
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As we head into a new time of struggle we're going to be seeing more reasons to band together and let our leaders know what we think, we decided to demystify what it means to go to a protest. This is not everything there is to know but its a good starter position.
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Part 2 of our talk about the Women We Love
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Welcome to Women's History Month. Benita and Debby talk about the women who they find incredibly inspirational in the first of a two part series.
https://www.theamandagorman.com/
https://www.axios.com/political-polarization-twitter-cable-news-ac9699c6-260d-4141-b511-5c7193566ea1.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosfinishline&stream=top
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Y._Chu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony#Attempted_alliance_with_labor
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Chief Justice Roberts (and other justices) have been going on a charm offensive to deny the blatant politicization of the Supreme Court. We think he's full of BS. We discuss this and ways to depoliticize and restore faith in the Supreme Court (there are ways beyond court packing). And of course we discuss Biden's new Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Sources:
https://www.newsweek.com/dont-destroy-americans-trust-supreme-court-opinion-1630861
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/21/americans-no-longer-have-faith-in-the-us-supreme-court-that-has-justices-worried
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-1005-supreme-court-bias-20211004-77w2ksar45gjrog5s2uwsx56ri-story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/23/supreme-court-has-only-itself-blame/
https://www.vox.com/22575435/voting-rights-supreme-court-john-roberts-shelby-county-constitution-brnovich-elena-kagan
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/has-supreme-court-lost-its-legitimacy-ncna966211
https://www.salon.com/2021/12/21/its-long-past-time-for-democrats-to-stand-up-to-the_partner/
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/media-barred-justice-gorsuch-talk-federalist-society-82610921
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Society
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/1082461546/no-medals-for-2022-beijing-olympics-the-games-drew-their-lowest-u-s-ratings-ever?fbclid=IwAR1Y5yWcP9dx0RDqqwUFr_ing_M5JIu4Qi4jjXSWzqoxWCj8yIOgZTel5Ug
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Yes Virginia...women often face higher consequences for similar actions. From Elizabeth Holmes to Martha Stewart.
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-rioters-prison-95bdc863812cab48be3d98ada67bd582?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top
https://www.curbed.com/2022/01/nyc-city-council-women.html?fbclid=IwAR09KZGKDDkCd7VHmSh7XzcAQQQw0FV2gdgokRlWTr7kK0DVglNHkk2vCEE
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1040353540/the-elizabeth-holmes-trial-is-sparking-a-gender-debate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrystul_Kizer_case
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/22/1057976496/rittenhouse-verdict-chrystul-kizer-self-defense
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/31/naomi-osaka-withdraws-french-open-press-conference-fines-tennis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Wexner
https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2021/jul/1/woman-abuse-survivors-sent-prison-self-defense/
https://www.essence.com/news/wanda-cooper-jones-fights-toenail-comment/
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Making art in spite of *waves hand* all this is revolutionary. This week we talk to Little Spiral and learn how her music is activism that inspires and entertains.
Free Little Spiral Music - http://www.go.littlespiral.com/
Little Spiral Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/littlespiralmusic
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Lots of handwringing. Not enough happy. Yes there were some losses but many of the lost races were easily visible.
1) Running Clinton-era moderates isn't a winning strategy
2) Other races saw some great wins
Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/03/michelle-wu-boston-mayoral-first/?utm_campaign=wp_lily_lines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_lily&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F352f325%2F6183c2249d2fda9d41350977%2F5b9158dfade4e20f4f71fe35%2F38%2F56%2F6183c2249d2fda9d41350977
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/02/nypd-unpaid-leave-vaccine-mandate/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jenna-ryan-sentenced-capitol-attack-trump_n_6182bb4fe4b0c8666bd6f913?wmi&fbclid=IwAR2z2frVtm60Wmg-tKhlezKaGugFKz3i3AwlRGOrdGfEz8CpBCPEDyRPrkM
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We are DONE! People on the right often complain about how lefty main stream media is....we disagree. It seems to us that there is an effort to turn away from the existential crisis that our democracy is facing. Join us in our group therapy session as we break it down.
PS They were wrong about Hitler too!
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involving_The_New_York_Times#Jayson_Blair
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/us/dallas-police-defund.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/business/ppp-loans-covid-racial-bias.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/kyrsten-sinema-joe-biden.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/11/21/98786796.html?pageNumber=18
https://www.vox.com/2015/2/11/8016017/ny-times-hitler
https://www.nytimes.com/1923/12/02/archives/beer-hall-scene-gave-comic-opera-touch-to-hitler-coup-stay-here-and.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58955577
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastman_Memorandum
https://www.propublica.org/
https://www.damemagazine.com/news-issues/
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The new documentary LuLa Rich on Amazon talks about the rise and fall of LuLaRoe which is a multi-level marketing scheme focused on fashion...more specifically 'buttery soft leggings'. The stunning levels of misogyny were only surpassed by the blatant capitalist worship all wrapped up in leggings and Christian imagery.
RESEARCH:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinecomaford/2021/06/26/what-people-really-think-about-females-in-leadership-infographics/?sh=6eae118d6606
https://resumelab.com/career-advice/female-boss
https://fundacionprolongar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/State-of-the-Global-Workplace_Gallup-Report.pdf
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/05/06/opinion/nevo-girlboss-feminism-is-harmful-mocking-it-may-be-too/
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/lularoe-millennial-women-entrepreneurship-lawsuits
https://everywhereist.com/2021/09/lularoe-has-taken-over-my-local-thrift-store/
https://www.ravishly.com/lularoe-founder-profits-sending-consultants-mexico-weight-loss-surgery
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/21/how-mlms-are-hurting-female-friendships/
https://www.vox.com/22648447/lularich-lularoe-amazon-streaming?fbclid=IwAR37PPXG8DUJp-28-urXZDiwRq5BCuELQWgUE5yfsMNvmoRhF3PMaK6b9p8
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/employee-resignations-declined-job-offers-linked-to-vaccination-mandate-unc-health-says.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/09/lularich-parents-parttime-work-american-economy/620211/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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Texas is a great example of all sorts of things right now. Few of them are good things. From the freezing failure of the power grid to the slate of crazy laws that were created, Texas is quickly becoming a 'what not to do'
RESEARCH:
https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/4-problems-with-texas-that-are-hard-to-make-excuses-for-8362241
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/03/opinions/texas-power-outage-partisanship-begala/index.html
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/13/coronavirus-texas-el-paso/
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/14/texas-foster-care-children/
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/31/new-texas-laws-september-2021/
https://abortionpillinfo.org/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.226728/gov.uscourts.dcd.226728.273.0_3.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/article/abortion-law-texas.html
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It's always stressful to feel like you're not doing enough. And if you're someone who believes in social justice (and if you're listening to this podcast I bet you do) it can feel overwhelming just trying to do the right thing. So this week I want to discuss the "good enough" activist.
RESEARCH:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/john-pierce-missing-lawyer/
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-july-2021
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_States
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/30/texas-abortion-law-sb8-supreme-court
https://actforwomen.org/the-womens-health-protection-act/
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Keep in mind this episode was recorded right after the Taliban entered Kabul. It is not an episode designed to make you feel warm and fuzzy about American interventions or about how women are treated in the United States or Afghanistan. We are aware its easier to be a woman in the Untied States but the idea that the United States was going to fix all the things is absurd. Because...at the end of the day...there's no such thing as Imperialist Feminism
RESEARCH:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/13/nowhere-to-go-divorced-afghan-women-in-peril-as-the-taliban-close-in
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghan-women-bankers-forced-roles-taliban-takes-control-2021-08-13/
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-return-of-the-talibanhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11217772https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-lindell-cyber-symposium-voter-fraud-election-expert-south-dakota-2021-8
https://laurajedeed.medium.com/afghanistan-meant-nothing-9e3f099b00e5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War
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Why are teachers so maligned when it comes to the pandemic? We talk about that and how anti-mask sentiment combined with the 'women should sacrifice' has led to a lot of bad decisions in getting kids back in schools.
This episode heavily references another episode we did early onhttp://feministutopia.net/2019/08/16/why-do-we-hate-teachers/
RESEARCH:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/08/16/think-teachers-arent-paid-enough-its-worse-than-you-think/
https://time.com/longform/teaching-in-america/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/24/1-in-4-teachers-are-considering-quitting-after-this-past-year.htmlhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/h-scott-apley-chair-of-galveston-county-texas-gop-mocked-covid-days-before-he-died-of-virushttps://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/covid/SY-20-21-Public-Health-Guidance.pdf
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/05/health/covid-19-vaccinations-for-teens-state-rankings-analysis/index.html
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Research:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/07/27/olympic-gymnastics-live-updates-womens-final/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/06/19/olympics-mental-health-simone-manuel/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/27/hobby-lobbys-gilgamesh-tablet-has-been-forfeited-to-the-us-.htmlhttps://jstreet.org/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-ben-jerrys-israel-debatehttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/olympics-fencers-safesport-abusehttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56858863https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/why-tv-audiences-are-tuning-out-tokyo-olympic-games-2021-07-30
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/07/30/us-relay-disqualification-track-official-mistake/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0BXocmzGfNV1wNMRm2xJHhWY9oGQF1xR0du76cZk6b68TNRcVnsLDOHiI
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Do you have fond memories of watching the Olympics? We do as well. The research for this episode started when trying to find uplifting stories about women and then all these things about how sexist/racist/awful the Olympics are. This is part 1 where we discuss how corrupt and awful for athletes the Olympics have become.
RESEARCH
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/23/1019567905/an-energy-company-behind-a-major-bribery-scandal-in-ohio-will-pay-a-230-million- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/sports/olympics/tokyo-olympics.html
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/12/tokyo-olympics-chief-resigns-over-sexist-comments
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/23/olympic-swimmer-ona-carbonell-nursing-baby/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0U9WXb5MM27ED6aD9u3DNFxU8kuE1lhaCQ7l6P-mZlb9V78SprKoAo-Ms https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/17/football/germany-olympics-football-honduras-racism-spt-intl/index.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Gameshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/politicspast/page/0,9067,892902,00.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/06/30/nursing-moms-babies-tokyo-olympics/?itid=lb_more-about-the-tokyo-olympics_7 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9809595/Norways-beach-handball-team-REFUSES-wear-bikini-bottoms.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/07/20/paralympian-olivia-breen-shorts-controversy/ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/tokyo-olympics-bribery-scandal/ https://olympics.com/athlete365/voice/ioc-extends-opportunities-for-athlete-expression-during-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/becca-meyers-paralympics-deaf-blind-swimmer-out-assistant-denied/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/world/asia/japan-tokyo-olympics-volunteers-covid.html
https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2021-06-03/10000-volunteers-drop-out-tokyo-olympics
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/07/22/are-the-olympic-games-a-bad-deal-for-host-cities?utm_campaign=the-economist-today&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=2021-07-22&utm_content=article-link-3&etear=nl_today_3 https://www.npr.org/2021/07/21/1018768633/a-womens-beach-handball-team-is-fined-for-not-wanting-to-wear-bikini-bottoms
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This week we're taking a break from the usual topics and instead focusing on what we're doing when we need a break from <insert vague hand wave here> all of THIS
RESEARCH:https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/07/13/cornel-west-harvard-tenure-resignation/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37903770-norse-mythology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok_(TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki_(TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupin_(French_TV_series)https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/06/18/lupin-international-tv/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2275990/ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4536005/1/Oh-God-Not-Again?fbclid=IwAR1gzHZN8M7dQLQDEhDLqg7vgyultUVdNaZBqsCH2wIcBj2wuyEqnTL5uvI
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/07/12/kraken-sanctions-hearing-lin-wood-blames-sidney-powell-in-attempt-to-evade-punishment-as-judge-expresses-skepticism/
https://www.yahoo.com/now/allyson-felix-cover-childcare-costs-225200895.html
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50998056-the-ministry-for-the-future
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/13/democrats-midterm-election-message-workers-wages-weed/
https://www.thelily.com/colorado-will-provide-free-birth-control-to-undocumented-people-its-a-rare-way-to-expand-access/?tid=recommended_by_lily
https://smile.amazon.com/American-Marriage-Oprahs-Book-Club/
https://smile.amazon.com/The-Vanishing-Half-A-Novel/dp/
https://smile.amazon.com/Deception-Selena-Montgomery-audiobook/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/fbi-nassar-investigation-failures/2021/07/14/ebc37274-e4c4-11eb-8aa5-5662858b696e_story.html
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Two things happened on the same day which illustrates so very well the systemic issues the United States legal system has when it comes to women. 1) Bill Cosby was released from prison because he incriminated himself during depositions for a civil suit where he was promised immunity. Why did it take him admitting what happened to even get a conviction? Why wasn't the testimony of the victim along with corroborating evidence enough? 2) Britney Spears remains under the controlling thumb of a cabal of people who force her to work, use birth control, control what she eats...all because she shaved her head 13 years ago. Meanwhile plenty of male performers have done more egregious things and no one ever considered a decade long conservatorship.
Research
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/nyregion/trump-organization-cfo-allen-weisselberg.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/business/media/nikole-hannah-jones-unc-tenure.html
https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1408994536899158016https://www.bustle.com/articles/180638-britney-spears-is-absolutely-a-feminist-issue https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/30/shannon-keeler-ian-cleary-rape-gettysburg/
https://www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-conservatorship.htm
https://apnews.com/article/education-0dd9b05c9bd3659acb78d79f91a4fef1
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/a36824537/britney-spears-protect-womens-rights/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/arts/television/bill-cosby-release-conviction.html
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Voter ID is the new poll tax. The idea was to discuss the parallels between Jim Crow voting rules and current proposed legislation. But while doing the research it became clear that the facts are almost incidental. White Americans often FEEL that there isn't racism so the facts won't matter. It's pretty clear Joe Manchin FEELS that these rules don't keep Americans from voting. We need to work on feelings...and we're not going to change the people who aren't anywhere near the middle. So let's talk about that middle?
We need soaring moral language equating today with Jim Crow. Voter ID is the new poll tax. Or other pithy sayings we can create.
RESEARCH:https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/what-giving-pulitzer-prize-filming-george-floyd-s-murder-darnella-ncna1270778
https://newrepublic.com/article/162671/joe-manchin-big-lie-voting-rights
https://hbr.org/2021/05/how-much-energy-does-bitcoin-actually-consume
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/joe-manchin-why-im-voting-against-the-for-the-people-act/article_c7eb2551-a500-5f77-aa37-2e42d0af870f.html
https://thewhoweareproject.org/
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-may-2021
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_suppression_in_the_United_States#Jim_Crow_laws
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