Fury

Heidi Hutner teaches and writes about environmental literature and film, environmental justice, ecofeminism, ecocriticism, and media. She is a professor at Stony Brook University, the author of several books, and writes frequently for various publications, including Ms. Magazine and The New York Times.

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Writer Katherine Morgan's work has been published in The Rumpus, Ravishly, and various other publications. In this episode she talks to Amy about what both the Obama and Trump elections were like for her as a Black woman living in America, and the importance of protest as an integral part of patriotism.

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Alissa Hirshfield-Flores is a marriage and family therapist specializing in grief and loss. She says she's seen an increase in people experiencing anger, grief, and anxiety issues since the 2016 election, and saw an increase in women seeking appointments during the Kavanaugh proceedings. Flores is a signatory of the "Duty to Warn" petition and has organized meetings on the subject—invoking the 25th Amendment with respect to Donald Trump's mental state—in her part of California. 

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Author Krystal Sital has never shied away from tough topics or situations. She tackles domestic abuse in her own family in her bestselling debut memoir Secrets We Kept. In this episode she talks to Amy about how, in the aftermath of the 2016 election she faced the subjects of racism, sexism, and authoritarianism head on with her young daughters. 

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Artist Nina Gaby's work is in the collections of several museums, including the Smithsonian, and she also works as a psychiatric nurse, which gives her unique insight into the human condition. 

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When Sarah Mina Osman showed up to teach her high school class the day after the 2016 election, someone had written "deportation day" on her blackboard. She crossed it out and wrote "Revolution Day."In this episode she talks to Amy about why it's important to avoid apathy, what her Egyptian dad taught her about standing up for herself, and what it's like to be a half-Arabic woman in the U.S. today.

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As an LGBTQ parent, therapist, and memoirist, Meg Weber shares her insights on staying sane and supporting both yourself and your loved ones in the time of Trump.

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Jessica Handler is the author of Invisible Sisters: A Memoir, Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief and Loss, and The Magnetic Girl, which is forthcoming from Hub City Press in 2019. Her nonfiction has appeared on NPR, and in Tin House, Drunken Boat, The Washington Post, and more. A founding member of the board of the Decatur Writers Studio in Decatur, Georgia, she teaches creative writing and coordinates the Minor in Writing at Oglethorpe University.

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Hosted by journalist and frequent Snap Judgement contributor Amy Roost, and complementing a forthcoming book of personal essays Amy edited, Fury interviews American women about the rage they're feeling these days, and how they're channeling it into building a new version of their country. Launching August 2018, subscribe today! 

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