Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco break down the unprecedented amount of education bills targeting teachers and students. Plus Ai-jen Poo joins to discuss the National Domestic Workers Alliance push to bring fairness and dignity to domestic workers, and touch base on the state of the care agenda in Congress. Then Rheeqrheeq Chainey and Jill Gutowitz (new book Girls Can Kiss Now out now!) stop by to discuss the evolution of queer culture in film and television and how pop culture has helped shaped our identity. Plus I Feel Petty!

Show Notes:

Jill Gutowitz’s book: Girls Can Kiss Now

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781982158507

National Domestic Workers Alliance

https://www.domesticworkers.org/

Women you should know:

Dorothy Lee Bolden:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/obituaries/dorothy-bolden-overlooked.html

Fox Sisters:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/

How to help Ukraine:

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