Fifty Feminist States: Interviews with Feminist Activists and Artists Across the U.S.
172 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsFifty Feminist States is a roadtripping, storytelling podcast visiting all fifty US states to interview feminist activists and artists about their work for gender justice. This podcast is intersectional and trans-inclusive. It's hosted and produced by Amelia Hruby, PhD.
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Episodes
Ep 20 pt 1 - Tennessee
October 08, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBIn the first of two episodes from Memphis, TN, Amelia speaks to Jasmine Tasaki, the founder and executive director of WeCareTN, a non-profit organization that works to support and empower Trans Women of Color through job-readiness programs, direct financial support, and a variety of mutual aid programs founded on healing justice principles. Tune in to learn about Jasmine’s life and work, as well as the community that has supported and uplifted her. Follow: WeCareTN on their website and ...
Supporting and empowering Trans Women of Color to live their best lives in Memphis, TN with Jasmine Tasaki
October 08, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBIn the first of two episodes from Memphis, TN, Amelia speaks to Jasmine Tasaki, the founder and executive director of WeCareTN, a non-profit organization that works to support and empower Trans Women of Color through job-readiness programs, direct financial support, and a variety of mutual aid programs founded on healing justice principles. Tune in to learn about Jasmine’s life and work, as well as the community that has supported and uplifted her. Follow: WeCareTN on their website and ...
Episode 22 - Supporting and empowering Trans Women of Color to live their best lives in Memphis, TN with Jasmine Tasaki
October 08, 2019 10:00 - 32.8 MBIn the first of two episodes from Memphis, TN, Amelia speaks to Jasmine Tasaki, the founder and executive director of WeCareTN, a non-profit organization that works to support and empower Trans Women of Color through job-readiness programs, direct financial support, and a variety of mutual aid programs founded on healing justice principles. Tune in to learn about Jasmine’s life and work, as well as the community that has supported and uplifted her. Fifty Feminist States is no longer relea...
Rethinking binaries through food and/as feminist art with S. E. Nash (Missouri)
October 03, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBS.E. Nash is an artist and educator in Kansas City, MO. In this second episode from Missouri, hear Amelia talk to Sean about how he integrates food and fermentation into his art practice to challenge binary ways of thinking about gender and life. Follow: Sean on Instagram Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes And find: Sean’s recent work on his website and in the Fermenting Feminism zine, edited by Lauren Fournier
Ep 17 pt 2 - Missouri
October 03, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBS.E. Nash is an artist and educator in Kansas City, MO. In this second episode from Missouri, hear Amelia talk to Sean about how he integrates food and fermentation into his art practice to challenge binary ways of thinking about gender and life. Follow: Sean on Instagram Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes And find: Sean’s recent work on his website and in the Fermenting Feminism zine, edited by Lauren Fournier
Episode 21 - Rethinking binaries through food and/as feminist art with S. E. Nash (Missouri)
October 03, 2019 10:00 - 23.4 MBS.E. Nash is an artist and educator in Kansas City, MO. In this second episode from Missouri, hear Amelia talk to Sean about how he integrates food and fermentation into his art practice to challenge binary ways of thinking about gender and life. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Writing as a way to make sense of Mixed Feelings with Alyson Thompson (Missouri)
October 01, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBIn the first of two episodes from Missouri, Amelia interviews Alyson Thompson, a St. Louis activist and writer. They chat about Alyson’s work with The 4A Project and her new organization Mixed Feelings, as well as how her writing practice has helped her better understand and create community around her experience as a mixed race person. Follow: Alyson Thompson on Instagram Mixed Feelings on Instagram Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes
Ep 17 pt 1 - Missouri
October 01, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBIn the first of two episodes from Missouri, Amelia interviews Alyson Thompson, a St. Louis activist and writer. They chat about Alyson’s work with The 4A Project and her new organization Mixed Feelings, as well as how her writing practice has helped her better understand and create community around her experience as a mixed race person. Follow: Alyson Thompson on Instagram Mixed Feelings on Instagram Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes
Episode 20 - Writing as a way to make sense of Mixed Feelings with Alyson Thompson
October 01, 2019 10:00 - 32.1 MBIn the first of two episodes from Missouri, Amelia interviews Alyson Thompson, a St. Louis activist and writer. They chat about Alyson’s work with The 4A Project and her new organization Mixed Feelings, as well as how her writing practice has helped her better understand and create community around her experience as a mixed race person. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Season Three Preview!
September 17, 2019 10:00 - 8 minutes - 8.2 MBWelcome back to the Fifty Feminist States podcast! In this season three preview, hear Amelia’s reflections on traveling over the summer and to get a preview of what's coming up on the podcast this fall. Episodes start again on October 1st. Until then, find us on Instagram, subscribe to our newsletter, and we’ll see you on the road!
Welcome to season three!
September 17, 2019 10:00 - 8.2 MBWelcome back to the Fifty Feminist States podcast! In this season three preview, hear Amelia’s reflections on traveling over the summer and learn more about what's coming up on the podcast this fall. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
From concerned community members to outraged activists—environmental grassroots organizing against coal ash in Northampton County, NC
May 30, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIn the third of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia speaks to Joyce Buffalo, Wanda Flythe, and Deborah Ferruccio about their successful grassroots campaign to keep a coal ash storage facility out of their county. Please support future seasons of the Fifty Feminist States podcast by pledging to our Kickstarter campaign today.
Ep 16 pt 3 - North Carolina
May 30, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIn the third of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia speaks to Joyce Buffalo, Wanda Flythe, and Deborah Ferruccio about their successful grassroots campaign to keep a coal ash storage facility out of their county. Please support future seasons of the Fifty Feminist States podcast by pledging to our Kickstarter campaign today.
Episode 19 - From concerned community members to outraged activists—environmental grassroots organizing against coal ash in Northampton County, NC
May 30, 2019 05:00 - 41.7 MBIn the third of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia speaks to Joyce Buffalo, Wanda Flythe, and Deborah Ferruccio about their successful grassroots campaign to keep a coal ash storage facility out of their county. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Ep 16 pt 2 - North Carolina
May 23, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBIn the second of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia speaks to Ashleigh Bryant Phillips about her hometown of Woodland, NC, how her writing has developed there, and why we should be listening to and cultivating the creativity of rural voices. Support the Fifty Feminist Kickstarter today to hear more episodes like this one. ALSO: Read Ashleigh's writing that's collected here. Listen to her collaboration with Sam Leidig, inspired by Annie Hooper here. And follo...
Listening to rural voices and combatting classism in Woodland, NC with Ashleigh Phillips
May 23, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBIn the second of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia speaks to Ashleigh Bryant Phillips about her hometown of Woodland, NC, how her writing has developed there, and why we should be listening to and cultivating the creativity of rural voices. Support the Fifty Feminist Kickstarter today to hear more episodes like this one. ALSO: Read Ashleigh's writing that's collected here. Listen to her collaboration with Sam Leidig, inspired by Annie Hooper here. And follo...
Episode 18 - Listening to rural voices and combatting classism in Woodland, NC with Ashleigh Phillips
May 23, 2019 05:00 - 43.4 MBIn the second of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia speaks to Ashleigh Bryant Phillips about her hometown of Woodland, NC, how her writing has developed there, and why we should be listening to and cultivating the creativity of rural voices. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Ep 16 pt 1 - North Carolina
May 16, 2019 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBIn the first of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia interviews Danielle Baker of Bakers' Peanuts in Roxobel, NC and Caroline Stephenson of Cultivator book store in Murfreesboro, NC. Please support future seasons of the Fifty Feminist States podcast by pledging to our Kickstarter campaign today. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Bakers' Peanuts on Facebook and their website Cultivator on Facebook and their website
Building women-owned businesses in rural North Carolina with Danielle Baker and Caroline Stephenson
May 16, 2019 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBIn the first of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia interviews Danielle Baker of Bakers' Peanuts in Roxobel, NC and Caroline Stephenson of Cultivator book store in Murfreesboro, NC. Please support future seasons of the Fifty Feminist States podcast by pledging to our Kickstarter campaign today. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Bakers' Peanuts on Facebook and their website Cultivator on Facebook and their website
Episode 17 - Building women-owned businesses in rural North Carolina with Danielle Baker and Caroline Stephenson
May 16, 2019 06:00 - 31.6 MBIn the first of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia interviews Danielle Baker of Bakers' Peanuts in Roxobel, NC and Caroline Stephenson of Cultivator book store in Murfreesboro, NC. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
New modes of seeing and being seen with Alexandra Thomas (Connecticut)
April 11, 2019 10:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBIn this final episode of season two, Amelia travels to Connecticut to talk to activist, academic + museum educator Alexandra Thomas about her research on Black studies + visual culture and her fat feminist politics, including her call for feminist groups to eat cupcakes together and go be loud in museums. Subscribe to the Fifty Feminist States newsletter. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Find the many black feminists + artists mentioned in the episode in the showno...
Ep 15 - Connecticut
April 11, 2019 10:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBIn this final episode of season two, Amelia travels to Connecticut to talk to activist, academic + museum educator Alexandra Thomas about her research on Black studies + visual culture and her fat feminist politics, including her call for feminist groups to eat cupcakes together and go be loud in museums. Subscribe to the Fifty Feminist States newsletter. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Find the many black feminists + artists mentioned in the episode in the shownotes...
Episode 16 - New modes of seeing and being seen with Alexandra Thomas
April 11, 2019 05:00 - 36.7 MBIn this final episode of season two, Amelia travels to Connecticut to talk to activist, academic + museum educator Alexandra Thomas about her research on Black studies + visual culture and her fat feminist politics, including her call for feminist groups to eat cupcakes together and go be loud in museums. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Defending Alisha Walker and decriminalizing sex work with Red from Support Ho(s)e
April 04, 2019 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to back to New York to talk to Support Ho(s)e organizer Red about their work organizing for the defense of Alisha Walker and what it really means to support sex work and sex workers. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Support Ho(s)e on Twitter Justice for Alisha Walker on Facebook Find the many resources mentioned in the episode in the shownotes at this link.
Ep 9 pt 2 - New York
April 04, 2019 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to back to New York to talk to Support Ho(s)e organizer Red about their work organizing for the defense of Alisha Walker and what it really means to support sex work and sex workers. Subscribe to the Fifty Feminist States newsletter. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Support Ho(s)e on Twitter Justice for Alisha Walker on Facebook Find the many resources mentioned in the episode in the shownotes at this link.
Episode 15 - Defending Alisha Walker and decriminalizing sex work with Red from Support Ho(s)e
April 04, 2019 05:00 - 48 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to back to New York to talk to Support Ho(s)e organizer Red about their work organizing for the defense of Alisha Walker and what it really means to support sex work and sex workers. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Ep 14 - Rhode Island
March 28, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Providence, RI to speak with Samantha Puc, the co-editor of Fatventure Magazine about what it means to make a magazine about fatness that rejects diet culture and the process of coming out as fat. Don't forget to subscribe to the Fifty Feminist States newsletter AND support the Fatventure Kickstarter. Find shownotes at fiftyfeministstates.com/podcast/rhode-island Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Fatventure on Instagram + support th...
Fatventuring in Rhode Island with Samantha Puc
March 28, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Providence, RI to speak with Samantha Puc, the co-editor of Fatventure Magazine about what it means to make a magazine about fatness that rejects diet culture and the process of coming out as fat. Don't forget to subscribe to the Fifty Feminist States newsletter AND support the Fatventure Kickstarter. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Fatventure on Instagram + support their Kickstarter! Sam also mentioned: Fat Girls Hiking, Un...
Episode 14 - Fatventuring in Rhode Island with Samantha Puc
March 28, 2019 05:00 - 28.2 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Providence, RI to speak with Samantha Puc, the co-editor of Fatventure Magazine about what it means to make a magazine about fatness that rejects diet culture and the process of coming out as fat. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Ep 13 - Massachusetts
March 21, 2019 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Massachusetts to learn a whole lot about witchcraft and political resistance from artist + academic Lakshmi Ramgopal and Paige + Cheryl of Witch the Vote. Find shownotes at fiftyfeministstates.com/podcast/massachusetts Don't forget to subscribe to the Fifty Feminist States newsletter and follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Lakshmi as Lykanthea on Instagram Witch the Vote on Instagram
Witching the vote & decolonizing white witchcraft with Lakshmi Ramgopal and Witch the Vote
March 21, 2019 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Massachusetts to learn a whole lot about witchcraft and political resistance from artist + academic Lakshmi Ramgopal and Paige + Cheryl of Witch the Vote. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Lakshmi as Lykanthea on Instagram Witch the Vote on Instagram
Episode 13 - Witching the vote + decolonizing white witchcraft with Lakshmi Ramgopal and Witch the Vote
March 21, 2019 05:00 - 44.7 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Massachusetts to learn a whole lot about witchcraft and political resistance from artist + academic Lakshmi Ramgopal and Paige + Cheryl of Witch the Vote. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Finding work and community aligned with feminist values in seacoast New Hampshire with Crystal Paradis
March 14, 2019 10:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to New Hampshire to speak with Crystal Paradis, founder of Feminist Oasis. They chat about the challenges of finding work that’s aligned with your values and talk about ways to foster feminist community. Crystal also shares a few fun (and not so fun) facts about New Hampshire politics. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Feminist Oasis on Instagram and their website
Ep 12 - New Hampshire
March 14, 2019 10:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to New Hampshire to speak with Crystal Paradis, founder of Feminist Oasis. They chat about the challenges of finding work that’s aligned with your values and talk about ways to foster feminist community. Crystal also shares a few fun (and not so fun) facts about New Hampshire politics. Find show notes at fiftyfeministstates.com/podcast/new-hampshire Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes Feminist Oasis on Instagram and their website
Episode 12 - Finding work and community aligned with feminist values in seacoast New Hampshire with Crystal Paradis
March 14, 2019 05:00 - 16.9 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to New Hampshire to speak with Crystal Paradis, founder of Feminist Oasis. They chat about the challenges of finding work that’s aligned with your values and what takes to build feminist community. Crystal also shares a few fun (and not so fun) facts about New Hampshire politics. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Ep 11 - Maine
March 07, 2019 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Portland, Maine and speaks to Claudette Sara Ndayininahaze and Abusana Micky Bondo about their organization In Her Presence which provides resources for refugee and immigrant women in Maine. Find show notes at fiftyfeministstates.com/podcast/maine Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes
Refugee resettlement in the whitest state in the US with In Her Presence (Maine)
March 07, 2019 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Portland, Maine and speaks to Claudette Sara Ndayininahaze and Abusana Micky Bondo about their organization In Her Presence which provides resources for refugee and immigrant women in Maine. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes
Episode 11 - Refugee resettlement in the whitest state in the US with In Her Presence
March 07, 2019 05:00 - 23.5 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Portland, Maine and speaks to Claudette Sara Ndayininahaze and Abusana Micky Bondo about their organization In Her Presence which provides resources for refugee and immigrant women in Maine. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Ep 10 - Vermont
February 28, 2019 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Vermont to speak with herbalist Emma Merritt of Railyard Apothecary in Burlington, VT and PhD candidate Lucia Green-Weiskel, an academic and mother living in Johnson, VT. Together, we think about how we can reshape our relationship with plants and the planet through cooperative and domestic labor. Find show notes at fiftyfeministstates.com/podcast/vermont Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes
Apothecaries and climate change in Vermont with Emma Merritt and Lucia Green-Weiskel
February 28, 2019 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Vermont to speak with herbalist Emma Merritt of Railyard Apothecary in Burlington, VT and PhD candidate Lucia Green-Weiskel, an academic and mother living in Johnson, VT. Together, we think about how we can reshape our relationship with plants and the planet through cooperative and domestic labor. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes
Episode 10 - Apothecaries and climate change in Vermont with Emma Merritt and Lucia Green-Weiskel
February 28, 2019 05:00 - 28 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Vermont to speak with herbalist Emma Merritt of Railyard Apothecary in Burlington, VT + PhD candidate Lucia Green-Weiskel, an academic and mother living in Johnson, VT. Together, we think about how we can reshape our relationship with plants and the planet through cooperative + domestic labor. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Ep 9 pt 1 - New York
February 21, 2019 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Syracuse, New York to speak with Dr. Ashley Bohrer about her work with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence. We learn a lot about Palestine, Israel, and contemporary Jewish identity in the US. Find show notes at fiftyfeministstates.com/podcast/new-york Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes
Organizing for Palestinian liberation with Dr. Ashley Bohrer
February 21, 2019 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Syracuse, New York to speak with Dr. Ashley Bohrer about her work with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence. We learn a lot about Palestine, Israel, and contemporary Jewish identity in the US. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes
Episode 9 - Organizing for Palestinian liberation with Dr. Ashley Bohrer
February 21, 2019 05:00 - 32.5 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Syracuse, New York to speak with Dr. Ashley Bohrer about her work with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence. We learn a lot about Palestine, Israel, and contemporary Jewish identity in the US. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Queer family + native identity in Centre County, PA
February 14, 2019 11:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Pennsylvania and speaks to Brooklyn and Sarah -- two activists and artists from Chicago who are living in Centre County, PA. Tune in for a conversation about trans + queer identity, native + indigenous politics, and what it means to make a home in a place that isn’t particularly welcoming to you. Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes
Ep 8 - Pennsylvania
February 14, 2019 11:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Pennsylvania and speaks to Brooklyn and Sarah -- two activists and artists from Chicago who are living in Centre County, PA. Tune in for a conversation about trans + queer identity, native + indigenous politics, and what it means to make a home in a place that isn’t particularly welcoming to you. Find show notes at fiftyfeministstates.com/podcast/pennsylvania Follow: Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and iTunes
Episode 8 - Queer family + native identity in Centre County, PA
February 14, 2019 05:00 - 29.5 MBIn this episode, Amelia travels to Pennsylvania and speaks to Brooklyn and Sarah -- two activists and artists from Chicago who are living in Centre County, PA. Tune in for a conversation about trans + queer identity, native + indigenous politics, and what it means to make a home in a place that isn’t particularly welcoming to you. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Season Two Preview + a Theme Song!
February 12, 2019 11:00 - 5 minutes - 4.88 MBWe're back! Tune in for a preview of what's coming up this spring and to hear the premiere of the Fifty Feminist States theme song by Danielle Sines + Jessica Neria! Find show notes at fiftyfeministstates.com/s2-preview. And follow Fifty Feminist States on Instagram and subscribe to the newsletter!
Season two trailer & introducing our theme song!
February 12, 2019 05:00 - 4.8 MBWe're back! Tune in for a preview of what's coming up this spring and to hear the premiere of the Fifty Feminist States theme song by Danielle Sines + Jessica Neria! Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.
Feminist podcasting, yoga in academic settings, trivia for reproductive justice, and immigration in the Trump era — all in the Twin Cities
November 08, 2018 11:32 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBIn this episode, we hear from Raechel and Melody of the Feminist Killjoys, PhD podcast, Professor Beth Barila, Cheeky Kitty Minneapolis, and immigration attorney Julia Decker -- all feminists in the Twin Cities who work on different projects surrounding gender justice. This episode is jam-packed with ideas and inspiration for feminist activism and a great portrait of how much work just one city can hold. ALSO, this is the last episode of season one of the Fifty Feminist States podcast! Plea...