This week Benita and Debby talk about the young women and girls in moving the discussion of climate change forward.  Autumn Peltier, Greta Thunberg, and Artemisa Xakriaba are all relentlessly pursuing climate justice and showing us how it's done.

Call to Action

Make small changes yourself (eat less meat, bring your own bags for shopping)

Discuss and support these young women

Resources

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/463216-greta-thunberg-tweets-comedy-sketch-advertising-helpline-for?fbclid=IwAR3E3TN8y-HkP3QIhAKGIOKHHMwHtXkU0Z2PhHQ-HMkXBdGdOIxogRUdxNQ

https://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/women-climate-change-leadership-20190927?fbclid=IwAR3mnWk0Upy7vSLnuuSh-niWgfH7lalkgp0CLYR1u9WQVLUVS0Hlqtmy42M

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/greta-thunbergs-despair-is-entirely-warranted/598492/

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/23/brazil_indigenous_climate_activist_artemisa_xakriaba?fbclid=IwAR1RlF9B1ME0XhuNj9BK6D8t9c5juSoSab-bEV0HrMgqz-GdrAwBN8RB9tM

https://nypost.com/2019/10/02/putin-belittles-greta-thunbergs-impassioned-un-speech-at-energy-forum/

https://www.insider.com/greta-thunberg-activists-climate-change-who-are-they-2019-9?fbclid=IwAR1lG1vhObWC6kGxth7CaCKUFPO1VVUCVIIvLt3XLMTS7r1gF86pmHaU-sw

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/09/why-greta-wins/598612/

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/greta-thunberg-climate-change-trump-malala-yousafzai-sexism-girls-men-a9121336.html

https://portside.org/2019-09-19/isra-hirsi-16-unbothered-and-saving-planet

This week we discuss some old news that has become new again (Brett Kavanaugh stuck his penis in the face of a female peer? Shocked I tell you...just shocked!) and how it relates to other prominent men in the atheist movement who also have been behaving badly. 

Call to Action: Learn and teach about consent!

Tea and Consent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQbei5JGiT8

Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/teens/sex/all-about-consent

Resources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/sunday-review/brett-kavanaugh-deborah-ramirez-yale.html?module=inline

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/us/brett-kavanaugh-allegations-trump-impeach.html?module=inline

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2019/07/12/former-asu-physicist-lawrence-krauss-got-250-k-jeffrey-epstein/1718659001/

Sam Harris thinks he knows it all: https://arcdigital.media/sam-harris-has-a-problem-ad5debba9d62

https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a29209992/equal-justice-under-the-law-prove-it-investigate-kavanaugh/

Well its been a week hasn't it? Impeachment has finally arrived and its going to be quite the ride. From a feminist perspective: why are we impeaching foreign interference with Biden and we didn't impeach for the interference with HRC? That and other things get discussed in our "Officially Old Enough To Drink" Episode (We now have 21 episodes under our belt)

Benita and Debby discuss the current opioid crisis and its extreme impact on women. From getting the prescription to getting treatment this has had a disproportionate affect on women. This episode was recorded before Purdue Pharmaceuticals declared bankruptcy which was a discussed as a negative outcome. 

Call to Action

https://sophiaway.org

https://www.smartrecovery.org - secular and effective substance abuse treatment

Research

https://nwhn.org/women-and-the-opioids-epidemic-the-need-for-a-woman-centered-response/

https://www.hrsa.gov/enews/past-issues/2019/february-21/women-hit-hardest-by-opioid-crisis

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/opioids/women-bear-greater-burden-opioid-epidemic

https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/presidential-candidates-opioid-plans?rebelltitem=4#rebelltitem4

https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/democratic-presidential-candidates-on-addiction-and-the-opioid-epidemic/

Did you watch the most recent Democratic Presidential Debate? We did :) This was recorded right after the end of the debate so its without the usual data we bring to these episodes but its full of excitement :)

As usual for our debate episodes our call to action is pick a candidate. Get involved and become part of the process.

If you have comments feel free to email us at [email protected] or find us on Facebook. We’d love to hear from you!

It's been a rough few weeks and Feminist Utopia wanted to cover something lighter than our normal fare. So this week Benita and Debby are going to discuss movies, books, and other things they do for self care.

Movies

Booksmart- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489887/

Knock Down the House- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9358052/

Late Night- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6107548/

Author Robyn Carr -https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/books/article71807517.html

Call to Action:

- Find out what dress codes are in your local school district

-Support www.youthrights.org

Resources:

RESEARCH:

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/Enough-with-that-parent-dress-code-It-s-not-13798777.php?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR081xQDzRcVGwLCqSbV8JWx6zUC1UJ3W9qCcY51OBwprlFiDKrXwqlsAwk

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2017/11/27/how-some-say-washington-township-schools-dress-code-blames-girls-boys-bad-behavior/840061001/

http://neatoday.org/2018/07/24/when-school-dress-codes-discriminate/

https://www.rethinkingschools.org/articles/girls-against-dress-codes

https://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/oregon-model-dress-code-portland-public-schools/

http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/racial-disproportionality-in-school-discipline-implicit-bias-is-heavily-implicated/

This week we kick off our "Back to School" series. In this episode discusses the concept of the 'pink collar job' and specifically how it relates to how we treat teachers.

CALL TO ACTION:

Help out a teacher via donorschoose.org

Pay attention to how teachers are treated in your school district and support protecting their pay and pensions.

RESEARCH:

https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-pink-collar-job.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/sunday-review/why-dont-more-men-go-into-teaching.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/08/16/think-teachers-arent-paid-enough-its-worse-than-you-think/?utm_term=.672f25d7334d

https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/180101b.aspx

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/diane-ravitch-andrew-cuomo-attack-public-schools-article-1.2092709

where-world-are-teachers-most-respected-not-us-new-survey-shows

https://time.com/longform/teaching-in-america/

https://www.educationnext.org/low-pay-low-quality/

https://www.epi.org/publication/teacher-pay-gap-2018/

Benita and Debby discuss their perception of the most recent round of Democratic Presidential Primary debates through a feminist lens.  Hear what they thought were the highs and lows also who were the winners and did any minds get changed? Also get to hear about what happened when Feminist Utopia live-tweeted the debate.

Welcome to episode 14 where we talk about the much-reported on squabble between Nancy Pelosi and The Squad. It started out as a dispute over a vote to fund border operations and became a discussion about age, power, white feminism, and racism.