THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with co-hosts Lynn Harris Ballen & Kiyana Williams :: FIRST … The world lost one of the greatest singers of all time last week, when musical genius Aretha Franklin passed away at the age of 76. But Aretha also used song – and the platform it provided her – as a way of advancing feminism and social activism in powerful and often overlooked ways. From her re-interpretation of “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” in 1967, to publicly offering to post bail for Angela Davis in 1970, to her song choices over the years – she blended politics and art. And as Angela Davis noted, “Her creative work helped to shape and deepen a collective consciousness anchored in a yearning for freedom.” We’re joined by black feminist author/activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs to talk about Aretha’s social justice legacy.
AND … What is “The Unapologetically Brown Series“? Johanna Toruno – the street artist behind the project -creates and pastes prints of flower-filtered quotes from Selena and Angela Davis, and poetic lines about sisterhood, police brutality and heteronormativity, on blank walls, street lights and buildings around NYC and beyond. Her street series is about “empowering POC by POC by any means necessary” and visibly brings joy and acceptance to women of color -“to see things that are for you when you’re in places that aren’t.” We hear about how she’s expanding her work and what’s next.
PLUS … Faith and reproductive justice? We don’t often hear these words in the same sentence. Instead, we associate faith with protesters outside abortion clinics or sex ed curricula that shame young women for their sexuality. But what if faith could fuel a movement that supports women and families in having real choices over their lives and their bodies? In this replay from Making Contact, we hear excerpts from the panel “At the Intersection of Faith and Reproductive Justice” D.C. July 2017 – featuring Toni Bond Leonard, a founding mother of the Reproductive Justice movement; and Katey Zeh, an educator and reproductive justice advocate, with moderator LaShawn Warren, vice president of the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative.
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