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Aug 28, 2016

Less & Jess talk about the various ways that female bodies are policed, whether literally (such as with the burkini ban in France) or in various other social ways, such as dress codes at schools, workplaces, etc., and the no-win way that fashion and perceived attractiveness restricts women.

 

 

Aug 22, 2016

Jess & Less talk about guns and their role in domestic violence, and whether or not they are an effective tool for self-defense.

Articles referenced: 

DA: Father of heart-transplant toddler killed family, self: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/15/us/pennsylvania-family-murder-suicide/

14-Year-Old Girl Accused Of Killing Her Allegedly Abusive Father: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bresha-meadows-ohio-girl-kills-father_us_57a7649ee4b021fd9878e653

Supreme Court Affirms That Even ‘Reckless’ Domestic Abusers Should Lose Gun Rights: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-domestic-violence-gun-rights_us_5771293fe4b0dbb1bbbb0e63

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Domestic Violence Statistics: https://www.ncadv.org/files/National%20Statistics%20Domestic%20Violence%20NCADV.pdf

 

The Girls Are All Right: A Feminactivist Podcast is available on iTunes and Stitcher

 

Aug 15, 2016

Jess & Less talk about feminism and the struggle for equality being bigger than simply talking about "women's issues", allyship/co-conspiratorship, and Campaign Zero.

 

Campaign Zero: http://www.joincampaignzero.org/

Overt/Covert White Supremacy (shared by @decolonized.resistance on Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/p/BI0gAakAWaE/

 

The Girls Are All Right: A Feminactivist Podcast is available on iTunes and Stitcher

 

Aug 7, 2016

Articles referenced: 

Texas A&M: http://www.sbnation.com/2016/7/29/12329726/texas-aggies-suspension-coaches-chalk-talk-women-clinic

President Obama on modeling male feminism:
http://www.glamour.com/story/glamour-exclusive-president-barack-obama-says-this-is-what-a-feminist-looks-like

Alicia Garza on BLM/Intersectionality and critique of the Clintons: http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-alicia-garza-interview-issue/


Action ideas: 

Little Free Pantry - http://www.littlefreepantry.org/

Amazon Smile - https://smile.amazon.com/

Planned Parenthood - https://www.plannedparenthood.org/ 

Aug 7, 2016

Jessica and Lessa talk about the Republican & Democratic National Conventions & third party options, and strategic voting.

Aug 7, 2016

Welcome to The Girls Are All Right: A Feminactivist Podcast!

In this episode, Jessica and Lessa launch their very first ever podcast, introduce their concept of what Feminactivist the podcast (and feminactivism) is, share their perspective on feminism and how it intersects with other movements, and let listeners get to know where they're coming from as feminists and activists. Feminactivists.

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