Trans Day of Visibility
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03/31/23 • 73 min
Full episode transcript HERE.
Hello Buzzkilltrix!
This week, like every week, your Buzzkills play whack-a-mole with shitty anti-abortion laws and the garbage people who breathe them into existence!
HIGHLIGHTS! Idaho is doing the most trying to provide the least as they are about to become the first state to criminalize “abortion trafficking,” which is the BS scary name they came up with for helping a minor who needs an abortion get an abortion, in or out of the state. The complexities are chilling and we break it all down.
We’ll also fill you in on Mark Lee Dickson, a creepy 37-year-old anti-abortion virgin, who is traipsing across the country like some kind of fallopian troubadour, trying to convince every town in America to become a “Sanctuary City For The Unborn.”
“A what now?” You ask.
We give you the lowdown on that and the history of this one-man repro-demolitionist and drag him for absolute filth.
Also, today’s podcast drops on International Trans Day Of Visibility! As dangerous anti-trans cruelty escalates, we wanted to talk with some incredible colleagues about bodily autonomy, intersectionality, and how we can all stand with and for trans folks in our activism and our lives. We sat down with Jack Knoxville From the Trans Empowerment Project, the first trans masc candidate to run for political office in the entire southern US.
Plus, AAF BFF, from the groundbreaking series “Transparent,” we have actor, comedian, activist, and TRANDYMAN Ian Harvie! to talk comedy, trans exclusion in LGBTQIA spaces and the joy he gets from building everything from patios to catios!
Plus Molly Gaebe is here to recap this week’s big steaming pile of news!
Times are tough, but The Feminist Buzzkills keep you laughing and informed. We gotchu.
OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more
HOSTS:
Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead
Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks
Marie Khan @MjKhan
NEWS DUMPER
Molly Gaebe @MollyGaebe
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Jack Knoxville IG: @TransEmpowermentProject TW: @Tans_Empowered TikTok: @Wearetep
Ian Harvie IG/TW: @IanHarvie IG: @OfficialTrandyman
QUICK HITS:
Dem Lieutenant Governors Form Abortion Rights Alliance
I’m a Tampa Bay OBGYN, and Here’s What a 6-Week Abortion Ban Will Do
‘Human Life Protection Act’: NC House Bill Would Further Limit Abortion
GOP Lawmaker Slammed for Ridiculous ‘No Such Thing as Gun Violence’ Take
Texas Lawmakers Turn Abortion Bounty Hunter Scheme on Drag Queens
As 5 Utah Hospitals Change Hands, Will It Mean Less Reproductive Care?
Idaho Lawmakers Pass a Bill to Prevent Minors From Leaving the State for Abortion
How a Pastor Is Trying to Revive a 150-Year-Old Us Law to Ban Abortion
GUEST LINKS:
ACCOMPLICES: Get involved with Trans Empowerment Project
EPISODE LINKS:
Ohio Deputies Sue Afroman for Using Their Likeness in Music Videos. Rapper Responds...
Full episode transcript HERE.
Hello Buzzkilltrix!
This week, like every week, your Buzzkills play whack-a-mole with shitty anti-abortion laws and the garbage people who breathe them into existence!
HIGHLIGHTS! Idaho is doing the most trying to provide the least as they are about to become the first state to criminalize “abortion trafficking,” which is the BS scary name they came up with for helping a minor who needs an abortion get an abortion, in or out of the state. The complexities are chilling and we break it all down.
We’ll also fill you in on Mark Lee Dickson, a creepy 37-year-old anti-abortion virgin, who is traipsing across the country like some kind of fallopian troubadour, trying to convince every town in America to become a “Sanctuary City For The Unborn.”
“A what now?” You ask.
We give you the lowdown on that and the history of this one-man repro-demolitionist and drag him for absolute filth.
Also, today’s podcast drops on International Trans Day Of Visibility! As dangerous anti-trans cruelty escalates, we wanted to talk with some incredible colleagues about bodily autonomy, intersectionality, and how we can all stand with and for trans folks in our activism and our lives. We sat down with Jack Knoxville From the Trans Empowerment Project, the first trans masc candidate to run for political office in the entire southern US.
Plus, AAF BFF, from the groundbreaking series “Transparent,” we have actor, comedian, activist, and TRANDYMAN Ian Harvie! to talk comedy, trans exclusion in LGBTQIA spaces and the joy he gets from building everything from patios to catios!
Plus Molly Gaebe is here to recap this week’s big steaming pile of news!
Times are tough, but The Feminist Buzzkills keep you laughing and informed. We gotchu.
OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more
HOSTS:
Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead
Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks
Marie Khan @MjKhan
NEWS DUMPER
Molly Gaebe @MollyGaebe
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Jack Knoxville IG: @TransEmpowermentProject TW: @Tans_Empowered TikTok: @Wearetep
Ian Harvie IG/TW: @IanHarvie IG: @OfficialTrandyman
QUICK HITS:
Dem Lieutenant Governors Form Abortion Rights Alliance
I’m a Tampa Bay OBGYN, and Here’s What a 6-Week Abortion Ban Will Do
‘Human Life Protection Act’: NC House Bill Would Further Limit Abortion
GOP Lawmaker Slammed for Ridiculous ‘No Such Thing as Gun Violence’ Take
Texas Lawmakers Turn Abortion Bounty Hunter Scheme on Drag Queens
As 5 Utah Hospitals Change Hands, Will It Mean Less Reproductive Care?
Idaho Lawmakers Pass a Bill to Prevent Minors From Leaving the State for Abortion
How a Pastor Is Trying to Revive a 150-Year-Old Us Law to Ban Abortion
GUEST LINKS:
ACCOMPLICES: Get involved with Trans Empowerment Project
EPISODE LINKS:
Ohio Deputies Sue Afroman for Using Their Likeness in Music Videos. Rapper Responds...
Previous Episode
The Weirdos Are Loud
Full episode transcript HERE.
It’s officially spring, y’all, and we’re using this season of growth to sow those fertile seeds of abortion activism. Why do we need activism as self-care, you ask? BECAUSE OF WYOMING, IDAHO, UTAH, and all the other states that are obsessed with getting all up in our junk. How are the latest trash anti-abortion laws in these states leading to a hospital’s obstetric services being shut down and nationwide doctor shortages? Which of the dickwad Carolinas’ legislatures is inching closer to allowing the death penalty for abortion? And what happens if the Indian Child Welfare Act is overturned? Your PISSED OFF Feminist Buzzkills are here with everything you and your uterus need to know!
Obviously, we brought in another iconic special guest lineup to get this Buzzkill party going! Badass filmmaker extraordinaire Tracy Droz Tragos is here talking about her stellar documentary “Plan C,” the inspiration behind it, and answers our question: is distributing a film about medication abortion just as hard as distributing the abortion pill itself? PLUS, the fabulous and hilarious comedian Shalewa Sharpe joins us! She chats it up with us about her podcast “The War Report,” drags Atlanta’s wack “Cop City,” and cracks us up with her stories from working at a porn shop.
OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.
HOSTS:
Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead
Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks
Marie Khan @MjKhan
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Tracy Droz Tragos IG: @DrozTragos
Shalewa Sharpe IG/TW: @SilkyJumbo / TikTok: @SilkyJumb0
QUICK HITS:
What Happens if the Indian Child Welfare Act Is Overturned?
Kansas Lawmakers Near Approval of ‘Born Alive’ Abortion Bill
9 Republicans Pull Support From South Carolina Bill Allowing the Death Penalty for Abortion
New California Bill Would Protect Doctors Who Mail Abortion Pills to Other States
Judge Halts Wyoming Abortion Ban Days After It Took Effect
Idaho City’s Only Hospital Blames Anti-abortion Laws as It Ends Obstetrical Services
Only 1 Percent of Abortions in Utah Took Place in a Hospital
GUEST LINKS:
Tickets: Shalewa’s Solo Show “Don’t Reach in the Bag”
EPISODE LINKS:
Hoosier Abortion Fund, Fund-a-Thon Registration here
SIGN UP 4/14: Pathways to Wellness: Our Birthing Bodies
MONTHLY VIRTUAL ACTION: Expose Fake Clinics
Midwest Access Coalition / @midwest_access_coalition (IG) @MidwestAccess (TW)
Next Episode
Your Abortion Data Is Not Safe
Full episode transcript HERE.
This week, on the ONLY weekly abortion podcast made by people IN the abortion field, your Feminist Buzzkills celebrate some MAJOR wins in Wisconsin! One of which includes AAF bestie, the fabulous and unstoppable Dina Nina being elected alder, making her the first openly trans woman to hold office in Madison, Wisconsin! She’s blessing us with her presence and spilling all the deets on her campaign and what changes need to go down in The Dairy State.
The Buzzkills also rage it up and serve y’all all the latest updates in the abobo world including Florida giving a big “F U” to uteri with their new six-week abortion ban. We buzzsplain why your abortion data is NOT safe and what YOU can do to protect it. We unpack the good, the bad, and all the BS in between so you don’t have to!
AND, we’ve got two other poppin’ guests! Duke Virginia, the amazing Georgia organizing coordinator of ARC Southeast, is here with the facts. They spill on all the special work ARC does, the Reproductive Freedom Act, and school us on what exactly is “Cop City” and how it’ll affect Georgia and the rest of the country. PLUS, comedian, host of the “TV, I Say” pod, and bisexual icon, Ashley Ray jumps in the mix to remind us that Black women are leading the way in writing moving TV and film portrayals of abortion. She’s talking about that, dating a flat-earther, and what shows we all need to binge.
Times are heavy, but we got you.
OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.
HOSTS:
Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead
Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks
Marie Khan @MjKhan
NEWS DUMPER:
Molly Gaebe @MollyGaebe
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Duke Virginia IG: @DukeVirginia / IG/TW: @ARC_Southeast / FB: @ARCSoutheastInc
Ashley Ray IG/TW/TikTok: @TheAshleyRay
Dina Nina IG/TW: @DinaNinaxo / IG: @DinaNinaformadison TW: @DinaNinaforMSN
QUICK HITS:
Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford Becomes First Trans Woman Ever Elected in Madison
Abortion Clinic Ban in Utah Challenged by Lawsuit
New Mexico Supreme Court Blocks Local Abortion Ordinances
Whole Woman’s Health Clinic Opens New Mexico Location — And Spreads the Word in Austin
The Astonishing Radicalism of Florida’s Imminent Ban on Abortion
A N.C. Lawmaker Has Switched Parties, Creating a Path to Stricter Abortion Laws
Kansas Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto to Enact Anti-trans Sports Ban
Whitmer Repeals Michigan’s 1931 Abortion Ban
Florida Senate Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban
Digital Defense Fund: Keep Your Abortion Private & Secure
GUEST LINKS:
ARC Southeast IG/TW: @ARC_Southeast / FB: @ARCSoutheastInc
Learn about The Reproductive Freedom Act
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