Feminist Sleeper Cell

Episode 12 is extra special because LPJ’s National Coordinator, Amber Gavin, pops her podcast cherry! After a morning of day drinking at the New York Women in Film/TV Awards, Lizz, Amber and Ashley sit down to discuss the unfolding trial of Colorado terrorist, Robert Dear, the Supreme Court weighing in on the Planned Parenthood videos, and the impending legal troubles of the videos’ creator, David Daleiden. To wrap up the episode, the three unpack the fanciest gift bag ever and celebrate the contributions Lady Parts Justice has made to smashing the stigma surrounding abortion in 2015.

This week's episode delves into the tragedy that happened last week in Colorado, the GOP's response and the abortion rights movement's resilience in the face of violence and terror. We appreciate and support abortion providers across the country and celebrate their unyielding bravery. Abortion providers are heroes!

Special guests Alex English and Rae Sanni join the podcast this week, bringing hilarity and truth to your earbuds! The team debates anti-choice rhetoric, disturbing news coming out of Texas this week, and adoption. For the second half, Sharron and Alex explain what it was like growing up with Ben Carson as an icon in their communities and now, as politically engaged adults, they are feeling conflicted. The team delves into respectability politics, White America’s reaction to Carson’s shortcomings and much more on this thought-provoking episode.

It is a gigglefest at the LPJ Clubhouse this week thanks to all the crackpottery going on in the repro world. Lizz, Sharron and Ashley are horrified over the resurgence of the Hobby Lobby brouhaha and explain scenarios that could happen if we keep letting corporations deny healthcare to their employees on religious grounds. Next, we laugh our asses off over Geoff Botkin’s hatred of Dumbledore and Frozen. Thanks to Kevin Swanson and Dave Buehner, conservative radio hosts in Colorado, the ladies have a free-for-all dissecting some illogical musings over the two different types of feminists. Lastly, we bring you the hilarity that is Josh Feuerstein’s Starbucks cup rant-- Spoiler Alert: coffee is bitter because of abortion!

Lady Parts Justice revels in the hilarity that is the new Ben Carson radio rap advertisement and also discusses some troubling news and local election results from the past week. Lizz dissects Carly Fiorina’s most recent lies about Planned Parenthood to Ashley and Sharron’s amusement. The second act comes from Lizz, Ashley, and Leah as they share real stories of people who have been affected by restrictive abortion laws in their states.

This week on Repro Madness, LPJ poses the question: Why is it the right-wing “family values” politicians and influencers who always get caught in the most salacious scandals? They claim to have a moral authority and hold other people up to a standard that they themselves can’t uphold. The LPJ team recapped some classic hypocrites as well as some new ones that have come to our attention! As firm believers in sex positivity, we are calling out the harmful d-bags and telling them to keep their politics out of our bedrooms. Listen in to this hilarious convo to hear about how Ashley thinks she should have been a sex worker, why we disapprove of Tyga and Kylie and how we define a “feminist sex scandal!”

Watching these congressional hearings getting you down? We at LPJ took one for the team and watched the most recent hearing to defund Planned Parenthood so you don’t have to. Listen and laugh along as we hash out the insanity and set the record straight.

Lady Parts Justice skypes with Carafem, a clinic in Maryland that is squashing stigma by speaking frankly about the abortion services they provide.

What is a debate without a watch party?! Members of the Lady Parts Justice New York crew gathered at the Clubhouse, ordered in Ethiopian food, and watched the Republican debauchery unfold. As you can imagine, they had a lot to say… listen and join them in the mockery that is modern day politics!

We found the perfect bioethicist for Lady Parts Justice! Her name is Elizabeth Yuko. She’s a feminist, specializes in Reproductive Ethics, and often shares her wisdom with a sense of humor. In fact, she even uses The Golden Girls as an analogy to teach bioethics to people who may not normally be that interested in the subject. LPJ had the pleasure of hosting her at the clubhouse to discuss why the public shouldn’t buy into the fake sting operation targeting Planned Parenthood. Then, in true #FlashbackFriday style, we time warp to last week when the team was down in Montgomery, Alabama. While there, Lizz and Ashley got the chance to chat with renowned reproductive rights journalist, Robin Marty, and hear all about her experiences covering the week-long Operation Save America anti-abortion rally/hate-fest. Robin also shares insights about the anti-abortion movement’s strengths and weaknesses as well as what it’s like to have a professional rapport with the people who are trying to cut off access to safe and legal abortion. A fascinating and brilliant journalist, and co-author of Crow After Roe, Robin is a great resource and we at Lady Parts Justice are so excited to bring her voice to your earbuds!