Our episode this week covers our first male inducted into the Bad B!tch podcast hall of fame, comedian Lenny Bruce. Bruce struggled with many demons but is considered a figure of freedom of speech for many of his fans.

Operation Olive Branch: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vtMLLOzuc6GpkFySyVtKQOY2j-Vvg0UsChMCFst_WLA/htmlview?fbclid=PAAaZ6brA2lqGLmQuBE0iyKtyZxLT7QJYAxUNulY8uzso3bC0O6tCdrYRsu4w

Jewish Voices for Peace: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

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Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Episode Sources:

https://lennybruce.org/about/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lenny-Bruce

https://lennybruce.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnPaokOA75Y

https://www.thefire.org/news/blogs/ronald-kl-collins-first-amendment-news/your-words-are-offensive-pardon-me-20th

http://www.skoveronline.net/trialsoflennybruce/index.htm

This is Actually Happening Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/40bMoksd83kuFVss16Maii?si=a6a2ac93eb654894

Celebrating 1500's Irish badass Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen of the Atlantic! O'Malley went down as a legend in Irish folklore but was largely ignored in Irish history books for hundreds of years.

Operation Olive Branch: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vtMLLOzuc6GpkFySyVtKQOY2j-Vvg0UsChMCFst_WLA/htmlview?fbclid=PAAaZ6brA2lqGLmQuBE0iyKtyZxLT7QJYAxUNulY8uzso3bC0O6tCdrYRsu4w

Gaza Ceasefire: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

Sources:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/on-the-trail-of-ireland-legendary-pirate-queen

https://www.worldhistory.org/Grace_O%27Malley/

https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/irelands-pirate-queen-twelve-fascinating-facts-about-legendary-grace-omalley-129406

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1383973.Ireland_s_Pirate_Queen

https://myrealireland.com/irish-knowledge/the-norman-conquest-of-ireland/

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/the-secret-jewish-history-of-corned-beef-and-cabbage/

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Happy Monday!

This week's episode of the podcast highlight's the amazing life of Lucille Ball of I Love Lucy!

Operation Olive Branch: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vtMLLOzuc6GpkFySyVtKQOY2j-Vvg0UsChMCFst_WLA/htmlview?fbclid=PAAaZ6brA2lqGLmQuBE0iyKtyZxLT7QJYAxUNulY8uzso3bC0O6tCdrYRsu4w

Jewish Voice For Peace: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

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Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/who-was-the-real-lucille-ball-180979763/

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/lucille-ball

https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/lucille-ball/

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a38451816/lucille-ball-communist-true-story-being-the-ricardos/

Betty Boop is here to remind us that cartoons are for adults too.

Timestamps:

Intro and in memorial of Aaron Bushnell: start - 17:26.

Betty Boop: 17:26-end.

Operation Olive Branch: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vtMLLOzuc6GpkFySyVtKQOY2j-Vvg0UsChMCFst_WLA/htmlview?fbclid=PAAaZ6brA2lqGLmQuBE0iyKtyZxLT7QJYAxUNulY8uzso3bC0O6tCdrYRsu4w

Jewish Voice For Peace: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

Podcast Art by: https://www.instagram.com/miraya_lou?igsh=MWl0amx6cnM5YWx0dg==

Graphics: https://lapromotionaldesign.photography/l-a-promotional-design-photography-1

Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Sources:

https://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/betty-boop

https://www.allure.com/story/true-story-of-betty-boop

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-evolution-of-betty-boop-180979666/

https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-amazing-story-of-harlems-esther-jones-videos/

Aaron Bushnell: https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2024/02/26/exp-aaron-bushnell-protest-usaf-air-force-israel-gaza-022611aseg2-cnni-us.cnn

The Taliban wanted Malala Yousafzai dead. They tried to assassinate her when she was only 15 years old because she was speaking out about educational rights for girls and women.

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Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Sources:

https://www.un.org/en/messengers-peace/malala-yousafzai

https://apnews.com/article/malala-yousafzai-interview-mandela-lecture-121cfc32090b2f578dac588f61e6e3ff

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malala-Yousafzai

Ibrahim Hashash mauling: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240208-israel-forces-unleash-attack-dog-on-4-year-old-palestinian-boy/

BDS Movement: https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott

Operation Olive Branch: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vtMLLOzuc6GpkFySyVtKQOY2j-Vvg0UsChMCFst_WLA/htmlview?fbclid=PAAaZ6brA2lqGLmQuBE0iyKtyZxLT7QJYAxUNulY8uzso3bC0O6tCdrYRsu4w

Ceasefire Information: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/take-action/

For Black History Month the Bitches discuss scholar, feminist, philosopher, and political activist Angela Davis.

Help Families in Gaza with Operation Olive Branch: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vtMLLOzuc6GpkFySyVtKQOY2j-Vvg0UsChMCFst_WLA/htmlview?fbclid=PAAaZ6brA2lqGLmQuBE0iyKtyZxLT7QJYAxUNulY8uzso3bC0O6tCdrYRsu4w

Ceasefire Information: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/take-action/

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Sources:

https://www.penguin.com.au/books/freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-9780241994603

https://www.britannica.com/facts/Angela-Davis

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/05/angela-davis-on-the-power-of-protest-we-cant-do-anything-without-optimism

https://wams.nyhistory.org/growth-and-turmoil/feminism-and-the-backlash/angela-davis/

https://web.archive.org/web/20110503212824/http://www.aacvr-germany.org/AACVR.ORG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=70

https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/individuals/angela-davis

https://daily.jstor.org/50-years-on-how-angela-davis-focus-changed-in-jail/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/15/us-prison-workers-low-wages-exploited

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a38746835/angela-davis-gina-dent-abolition-feminism-now-interview/

https://youtu.be/oIVxooM5kG8?si=icbcM_1od-Yqahq8

https://youtu.be/RT4ydTwfXXg?si=8kDLhza2KPrraR8S

https://www.youtube.com/live/F7rnWCGEjCY?si=NZqH0k-NgQ56E3DV

https://marketrealist.com/p/companies-that-use-prison-labor/

In the 1960's the British Invasion had taken over America, and fans would do anything to see their idols. One woman found her in with a unique form of erotic artistry! Cynthia Plaster Caster cast over 70 famous dicks during her career. Warning, this episode is dirty!

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Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Sources:

https://diariesofnote.com/2023/02/25/biggest-rig-ive-ever-seen/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Plaster_Caster

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cynthia-albritton-cynthia-plaster-caster-obit-1341460/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-13-ca-22309-story.html

Cults have been popping off in the States for a while now. These days social media has been used as a primary means of engagement and connection online. For Love Has Won, lead by Mother God a 19 billion year old God, live streaming and e-commerce was a driving force in their worship and care of a complicated woman, with an even more complicated message.

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Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Ceasefire: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/take-action/#act-now

Sources: https://www.hbo.com/love-has-won-the-cult-of-mother-god

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/love-has-won-amy-carlson-mother-god-1254916/

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/love-has-won-leader-amy-carlsons-cause-of-death-released-1266385/

https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/09/04/hawaii-news/residents-protest-love-has-won/

https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a37417778/love-has-won-cult-amy-carlson-stroud-death/

https://www.docdroid.net/nkbk7PV/an-introduction-to-mother-of-all-creation-with-the-first-contact-ground-crew-pdf#page=3

Bessie Stringfield was a confident and talented motorcyclist during a time of Jim Crow segregation era America. A devout Catholic her entire life, she knew the Man Upstairs would protect her wherever she road.

Call for a ceasefire in Gaza: ⁠https://act.uscpr.org/a/callforgaza⁠

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Sources:

http://hof.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=277

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bessie-stringfield

https://timeline.com/bessie-stringfield-motorcycle-america-7a002f5057c5

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws

https://www.history.com/news/blackface-history-racism-origins

https://www.history.com/emmett-till-lynchings-activism

https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/history-lynching-america