April 2020’s Feminist to Know is icon Sir Lady Java

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Book Club: Social Reproduction Theory

Book Club member Allie comes back with a second book review, this time for Social Reproduction Theory (edited by Tithi Bhattacharya).

Guest AllieApril 27, 2021

Abolition is the Practice, Abolition is the Objective

A behind-the-scenes of the message behind our last product ;)

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Feminist to Know: Terisa Siagatonu

March’s Feminist to Know is poet Terisa Siagatonu!

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The Norplant: Eugenics and the State’s Appropriation of Contraceptives

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Feminist to Know: Augusta Savage

Augusta Savage was an influential sculptor, advocate, and teacher, who was shaped by––and helped to shape––the Harlem Renaissance… she is also our February 2021 Feminist to Know on The Provocateur.

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The Troubled History of Planned Parenthood

It's no secret that Planned Parenthood occupies a complex position in our society. The organization is a troubled fixture even for feminists as simultaneously one of the largest providers of lifesaving reproductive healthcare and a group with a deeply racist past.

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Feminist Sounds: An Interview with Claire McHale

Claire is a close friend of ours from high school, and has been writing and producing her own music since basically the beginning of time.

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Feminist to Know: Claudette Colvin

A short bio on one of the lesser-known figures of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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In Defense of Mrs. Bennet's "Nerves"

“You take delight in vexing me.”

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Feminist to Know: Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta is a feminist, labor activist, and civil rights leader… and our December 2020 Feminist to Know on The Provocateur.

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Uterish Book Club Picks of the Year 2020

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We love reading!!

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Thanks, It’s the Crohn’s Disease

“The anonymity of my disease has become a very sacred thing when something as personal as my own body is out of my control”

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Feminist to Know: Haunani-Kay Trask

Haunani-Kay Trask is a Kanaka Maoli feminist scholar and professor emeritus at the University of Hawaii at Manoa… and our November 2020 Feminist to Know in The Provocateur.

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AHQ: How Does the Copper IUD Work?

Greta answers a question about the copper IUD.

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What's the Hyde Amendment?

“Henry Hyde teaches us the hard way that, historically, the barometer for abortion access has been set to what the most privileged can access; this was true before Roe, and it is true in 2020.”

#RepealHyde #JusticeforRosieJimenez

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Feminist to Know: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a U.S. Representative, serving parts of Queens and The Bronx in Congress… and our October 2020 Feminist to Know in The Provocateur.

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Vicious, Anti-American, Anti-Establishment, Most Dangerous: A Conversation with Judy Gumbo

“Protest has joy to it. Protest has fun to it. Protest has excitement to it.”

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Feminist to Know: Cherríe Moraga

Cherríe Moraga is a lesbian, xicana feminist poet, activist, essayist, and playwright… and our September 2020 Feminist to Know in The Provocateur.

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Vote Anyway

Feminist solutions aren’t on the ballot; we are not off the hook for political action if we cast our vote. So what actually is on the ballot? What is at stake when we do or don’t vote?

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