You might not have noticed it but Covid-19 is giving Americans new and exciting ways to express their racism. Add that to the existing systemic racism and we're seeing a perfect and terrible storm that is harming people of color.

RESEARCH:

http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/special/covid-19/not-together-reckless-protest-flaunts-brookfields-white-privilege-pandemic/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/us/coronavirus-women-essential-workers.html?searchResultPosition=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/20/female-world-leaders-hailed-voices-reason-amid-coronavirus-chaos/

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2020/04/unemployment-benefits-reopen-georgia-business-coronavirus/610321/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-conservative-networks-backing-anti-quarantine-protests/2020/04/22/da75c81e-83fe-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-black-pastors-coronavirus-racism_n_5e9f0092c5b6b2e5b8385510?emci=4773891c-b184-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&emdi=eb578df2-b584-ea11-a94c-00155d03b1e8&ceid=534092

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-reopening-economy-more-important-things-n1188911?fbclid=IwAR0oPsWrfO9H0cjbAIEipGBfqA2ad_ocu6ANnh2TNSdMmQwp9G0tPLEsDKU

https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/493434-countries-led-by-women-have-fared-better-against

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/11/21217428/surgeon-general-jerome-adams-big-mama-coronavirus

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/2020-04-23-coronavirus-news-n1190201/ncrd1190501#liveBlogHeader

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/23/covid-19-will-pass-what-about-the-racism-it-has-illuminated/

Benita and Debby discuss the good news from Wisconsin's election, how awesome Vote-By-Mail is, and reconciling huge ambivilance re: Joe Biden with the existential threat that another 4 years of Trump brings.

Resources

In Defense of Tara Reade
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/04/evaluating-tara-reades-claims

Why media wasn’t covering it

https://www.salon.com/2020/03/31/a-woman-accuses-joe-biden-of-sexual-assault-and-all-hell-breaks-loose-online-heres-what-we-know/

Bernie Endorses Biden

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/13/21219715/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-endorsement-democratic-primary-2020

Joe Biden...I guess?

https://www.salon.com/2020/04/12/making-peace-with-joe-biden--whatever-the-hell-that-means/

Good News from Wisconsin

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/15/834037566/in-the-end-the-voters-responded-surprising-takeaways-from-wisconsin-s-election

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/14/834460134/sen-klobuchar-on-her-bill-to-ensure-mail-in-voting-rights-and-on-joe-biden

https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/animal-crossing-and-the-best-video-games-for-people-with-anxiety

https://www.thelily.com/11-movies-for-cooped-up-kids-that-pass-the-bechdel-test/?utm_campaign=wp_lily_lines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_lily

https://mashable.com/article/self-made-c-j-walker-netflix-review/

https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeEBOOKS/

SuperCook and AllRecipes both have apps that allow you to find recipes using ingredients you already have

Books:

Author Robin Carr

"Team of Rivals" Doris Kearns Goodwin

TV Shows/Movies

The Kitchen: HBO or Showtime?

Amazon:

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Hunters

Spring Baking Challenge (Seasons 1-6) Food Network

Netflix:
Call the Midwife:

Anne with an E

Virgin River

Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries

Glow

Jessica Jones

The Crown

Dead to Me

Self Made- Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker is based on a story of black excellence. That alone sets it apart from any other American period drama ever produced for television. It also centers the excellence of black women — the real Madam C.J. Walker was America’s first self-made female millionaire, a philanthropist, and the founder of a company that gave black women economic freedom in the form of independent jobs and income.

If you don't have any streaming subscriptions (or even if you do) check out what electronic resources your local library has available.

Movies for kids that pass the Bechdel test:

Matilda

Annie

Addams Family

Troop Zero

Spirited Away

So how are YOU surviving lockdown? Working from home? Got to educate the kids too?  Have you started yoga or picked up a new language? (for the record we haven't). Be kind to yourself is our theme this week. It's OK to be sad and its OK not to be OK.

https://grief.com/the-five-stages-of-grief/ - The Stages of Grief

http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2020/03/19/its-okay-that-youre-not-okay/?fbclid=IwAR02n115xcEMcfpm5sl96JPECoPgafy7KV5hv5kK9_T9gG9XQYflOW84DQ8 - It’s Ok to be not OK

https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2020/03/lessons-from-cancer-patients-in-the-time-of-coronavirus.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/election-pain-grief_n_58234497e4b0d9ce6fc03fd8?guccounter=1

https://forge.medium.com/why-its-so-exhausting-to-work-from-home-6a28666178e7

Is anyone else tired of the debates? We were too until the Bloomberg Pinata showed up and gave Elizabeth Warren the opportunity to eviscerate him. And to lighten things up a bit we also discuss our mutual guilty pleasure....Cheer on Netflix. 

Oh...and billionaires shouldn't exist. Just wanted to put that out there.

RESEARCH:

BLOOMBERG $$

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/15/grotesque-corruption-emilys-list-center-american-progress-sold-out-michael-bloomberg?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-new-york-mayor-mike-bloomberg-has-qualified-for-wednesdays-democratic-presidential-debate-in-las-vegas/2020/02/18/78ea89fa-5004-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/02/17/buttigieg-wall-street-democrat-beholden-corporate-interests?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/02/17/escalating-class-war-against-bernie-sanders?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email

Cheer

https://slate.com/culture/2020/02/cheer-netflix-documentary-reality-tv-injuries-championship.html

https://www.vox.com/2020/1/16/21067702/cheer-netflix-documentary-navarro-cheerleading

Are you tired of the Democratic Presidential Primary Debates? We here at FU agree with Tom Steyer that everyone on the stage values much of the same stuff ("Healthcare is a right? YES!"). This episode we discuss the primary in New Hampshire, one of the whitest places in the US, the most recent debate AND how Galentine's Day can save us all.

Resources:

VALENTINES/GALENTINES DAY

https://medium.com/honestly-yours/you-dont-need-a-lover-for-valentine-s-day-7d5af7682f8e

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/valentines-day-ideas/a30390455/what-is-galentines-day-parks-and-rec/

https://advice.shinetext.com/articles/3-ways-to-fall-in-love-with-yourself-on-valentines-day/

Well...its been a week. And here at Feminist Utopia we've been loving all the great things women are doing this week. JLo rocking the Super Bowl and not caring about Karen's Pearl Clutching? Yeah..we're here for that. Nancy Pelosi ripping up the State of the Union speech? LOVE IT! and even the Iowa Caucus which should be renamed "ShitShow 2020" was good news as the coverage was less about the electability of a woman and more about the electability of progressive politics.

HALF TIME SHOW:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-super-bowl-poses-the-question-whats-more-obscene-sex-or-sexism/2020/02/03/734a9526-46d1-11ea-bc78-8a18f7afcee7_story.html?utm_medium

https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/02/04/super-bowl-halftime-show-skakira-jlo-outrage

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/jennifer-lopez-and-shakiras-music-sales-spike-after-their-viral-super-bowl-halftime-show-2020-02-03

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/moms-response-super-bowl-halftime-163446909.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/02/03/super-bowl-halftime-why-jennifer-lopez-shakiras-performance-empowering/4643848002/

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-super-bowl_n_5e3734edc5b611ac94d6b545?ri18n=true&guccounter=2&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnVzaW5lc3NpbnNpZGVyLmNvbS90cnVtcHMtc3VwZXItYm93bC1tYXItYS1sYWdvLXdlZWtlbmQtY29zdC10YXhwYXllcnMtMjAyMC0y&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMMGSLB87UQHDIrA0cuQU1GLs5Lf1Zg-kUZIu5wrZ84MV2zUOw600Y0oWSF24h8LVg7RzCauHb-Q2G1audyLRTY7e8UzdVBuUV7ljrcPeHwntLY72lpI8cuxlOqNi7dMKBrcdIdE-bS-0K8M8v0vEig13-251iQ5hD56B-d8KbRE

https://www.themarysue.com/trumps-terrible-super-bowl-ad/

CAUCUS:

https://truthout.org/articles/the-iowa-caucus-has-choked-itself-to-death-at-last/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/04/most-important-iowa-result-is-democrats-should-worry/

https://truthout.org/articles/dnc-chair-tom-perez-faces-calls-for-resignation-after-iowa-caucus-disaster/

https://www.nationalmemo.com/behind-the-iowa-caucus-crash-a-simple-technology-glitch/?cn-reloaded=1

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/iowa-2020-final-sprint/h_eccdd1bc11e747eca92a972af32dd9ea

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OTnwIfjHbA57tBBaMeJwYzMCEW8MAe6WkVcfNk_BUDE/edit#

SOTU ADDRESS:

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-02-04/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-half-a-dozen-democrats-to-boycott-trumps-state-of-the-union

This week we talk about the January 2020 Democratic Debate! And of course we cover Sanders v. Warren and discuss that burning question: Why the hell was Tom Steyer on that stage?!?  Want to know what Feminist Utopia thinks about it? You have to listen to the podcast :)

Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and our website www.feministutopia.net

RESEARCH:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/14/us/politics/january-democratic-debate.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/liberal-group-implores-sanders-and-warren-to-call-a-truce

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/12/us/politics/warren-sanders.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/us/politics/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-woman-president.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/14/fact-checking-seventh-democratic-primary-debate/

CORRECTION: It was Abby Phillip of CNN was the reporter who asked Elizabeth how she felt when Bernie Sanders told her a woman couldn't win.

Benita and Debby talk about New Year resolutions, the 2020 election and all the new things coming up for Feminist Utopia. From Iran to drinking water as a life goal to going on a cruise there's lots going on in this episode.

Resources

New Year Resolution List
https://parade.com/969195/megangrant/new-years-resolutions-ideas/

Why Resolutions Fail

https://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-reasons-why-new-years-resolutions-fail.html

The Myth of Willpower

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/15/16863374/willpower-overrated-self-control-psychology