Not Your Little Lady

With the May leak of the Supreme Court Justice's opinion on Roe vs Wade and the ruling looming April Greene, operations coordinator for the Blue Ridge Abortion Fund, is on to talk about the consequences of Roe v Wade being overturned, what it means for people in the South and how reproductive advocates have been preparing for what comes next. We also chat about the Blue Ridge Abortion Fund.

The Things that Pissed Us Off are pregnancy outcomes already being scrutinized and criminalized and politician's inaction on gun control.

The Who's that Lady (from History)? is Byllye Avery, a reproductive justice advocate.

Resources:

Blue Ridge Abortion Fund

ARC Southeast

Yellowhammer Fund

This episode's guest is Weonhee Anne Shin, a parent, activist and member of the Asian American Voices for Education. She's on to chat with us about her work as an activist with AAVEd, her experiences growing up in the South and why it's important that K-12 education includes Asian American History.

The Things that Pissed Us Off are surface level thought about anti-racism and GOP Senator Bill Cassidy being racist regarding maternal mortality.

The Who's that Lady (from History)? is Anna May Wong, an actor.

This episode is brought to you by Kensington's newest title, Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti. Find out more at Kensingtonbooks.com.

We chat about the IHP's goal to make visible and preserve the history of the queer and trans Communities in the Deep South.

The Things that Pissed Us Off are driving etiquette and Atlanta's housing market being unaffordable.

The Who's that Lady (from History)? is Minnie Bruce Pratt.

Resources:

Invisible Histories Project

Midwifery is an art. One in which Stephanie Mitchell, is well versed. She is a Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife and founder of Birth Sanctuary Gainesville On this episode Stephanie talks about practicing midwifery, representation in the field, the ludicrous legal hoops Alabama has set up for midwives and rural reproductive healthcare. We also talk about Birth Sanctuary Gainesville, Alabama's first freestanding birth center.

The Who's that Lady (from History)? is Margaret Charles Smith, the midwife who "who never lost a mother, and rarely lost a baby".

The Things That Pissed Us Off are Instagram/Social Media and a constant dripping in a wall.

Resources:

The Birth Sanctuary Gainesville

IG: @birthsanctuary , @doctor_midwife

Happy Earth Day, Y'all!

In celebration of Earth Day Jess Hunt-Ralston, co-founder of Little Otter Skincare, comes on to chat about her sustainable skincare company, growing up in North Georgia, how she hopes her company makes an impact on how people and companies think about sustainability.

The Things that Pissed Us Off are Trader Joe's boxed cornbread and Bermuda grass.

The Who's that Lady (from History)? is Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the woman who saved the Everglades.

Resources:

Little Otter This episode is brought to you by Kensington's newest title, Demon Hunting with a Southern Sheriff by Lexi George. Find out more at KensingtonBooks.com

This week is the 5th anniversary of Not Your Little Lady. In that time the show has been a place to highlight women and femme-identifying individuals in the American South doing amazing things or standing up for a cause, but we've never actually dove into the history of feminism in the region.

In celebration of 5 years and also the 101st episode Dr. Jessie Wilkerson, associate professor at West Virginia University, Carnegie Fellow and author of To Live Here You Have to Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice , is here to guide us through the history of feminism in the American South and talk about Southerners' relationship to the word "feminist".

The Who's that Lady (from History)? is changed to Who are those Ladies (from History)? that include Belle Hooks, Angela Davis, Fannie Lou Hamner, Florence Reece and many others mentioned in the episode.

The Things that Pissed Us Off are the false hope in the "American Dream" and capitalism.

Resources:

Dr. Jessie Wilkerson

Twitter: @Dr_JessieW

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Black Mama Bailout

Pauli Murray

This episode is brought to you by Kensington's newest title, Demon Hunting with a Southern Sheriff by Lexi George. Find out more at KensingtonBooks.com

This episode is brought to you by Kensington's newest title,

Hopeless romantic? This episode is for you. Cheris Hodges, a romance novelist based in the American South, comes on the show to chat about being a romance novelist in the region, her series on the Richardson Sisters and ways the romance genre empowers women.

The Who's that Lady (from History)? is Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, an American romance novelist. The Things that Pissed Us Off are disrespectful comments towards women reporting on sports and people getting their feelings hurt because they didn't express their needs. Resources:

Cheris Hodges

Twitter: @CherisHodges

The Richardson Sisters Novels

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Finally, we are back with the first episode of the new season. This episode is a deep dive into the genre of Metal and it's sub-genres. Anna S. Rogers, a lecturer at the University of Georgia in the Sociology department and co-author of "Doing Gender in Heavy Metal: Perceptions on Women in a Hypermasculine Subculture, is the guest. Anna talks about how discovering her favorite band, Korn, was thought to be a sexist and problematic band lead her to begin researching music and gender dynamics. We also discuss how she got into metal, hypermasculinity in the genre, mosh pits, feminism and doing gender. Plus we get into what metal culture looks like in the American South and how gender norms of the region have influenced it.

The Things thatPissed Us Off are Revolver magazine only featuring women in metal when it's related to their looks and getting ourselves worked up over nothing.

The Who's that Lady (from History)? is Maria Brink, lead singer of In This Moment.

Resources: Anna S. Rogers Doing Gender in Heavy Metal: Perceptions on Women in a Hypermasculine Subculture In This Moment Butcher Babies Jinger Arch Enemy Maria Brink

This episode's guest is Adrienne van der Valk. She made her first appearance on the show back in 2019, but this episode's topic is different. This time we're chatting about her journey to and maintaining a sober lifestyle, sobriety during the Holiday season and the REVA Recovery program she and Erin Ranta started.

The Who's that Lady (from History)? is Mercedes McCambridge, actress and substance use disorder activist.

The Things that Pissed Us Off are lack of non-alcoholic drink options.

Resources:

https://revarecovery.com/

Mercedes McCambridge

This episode is brought to you by Kensington's newest title from Mary Jo Putney, Once A Laird.

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On this episode Allison chats with Summer Fraley, the creator of Sprix. Summer talks about how an idea she had when using the restroom turned into her taking on the title of product designer. We also talk about what her product does and why it is important to have those who identify as women in the product designer field.

The Things that Pissed Us Off are technology and people.

The Who's that Lady (from History)? is Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of Kevlar.

Resources: Stephanie Kwolek

Sprix

This episode is brought to you by Kensington's newest title from Mary Jo Putney, Once A Laird.

Not Your Little Lady is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!