Feminist Utopia

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

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/ 

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.

Part 2 of our talk about the Women We Love

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

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

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/

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

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

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/