Family Separation and Reproductive Justice

In this episode Jessy and Rebekah discuss the dangers of city nature – spiders and rats and possums, oh my! – and then get into some more serious territory. As we all know, this administration is monstrous and horrible and made a policy of separating families at the border. Jessy and Rebekah discuss this inhumane policy through the lens of reproductive justice – a framework created by black feminists back in the 1990’s that investigate women’s issues in a way that is much bigger, more nuanced and more inclusive than the reproductive rights framework that is typically relied upon. The ladies then wind it down by reading Jessy’s WTMV Facebook comments. It’s full of hellfire. You don’t want to miss it.01:00: So at it turns out there are not brown recluse spiders in New York City. There are, however, yellow sac spiders which are also venomous 08:20: You can find a clear and concise definition of reproductive justice by reading the first article in this reproductive justice briefing book entitled “What is Reproductive Justice?’ 09:15: Here is an article by Osub Ahmed and Christy M. Gamble of the Black Women’s Health Imperative 10:50: Here is the article Jessy referenced about Alejandra Pablos and here is another one with more detail about her time spent in detention 12:00: Here is an article for Dissent Magazine by Dorothy Roberts 13:19: You can see Jeff  Sessions horrible, disgusting, inhuman statements here.15:40: According to an article in The New York Times, 16:35: Here is an article from Slate about how the entire immigration system is designed to make it impossible for immigrants to navigate, 17:00: And this is from when Sessions announced that fleeing domestic violence or gang violence no longer qualifies you for asylum.17:45: Here is a link to a suit brought by the ACLU 19:51: Here is information about the Alien Transfer Exit Program (ATEP). It is so fucked up.22:41:  Here is a link to the quotes 24:26: Here is the Fox News clip with Corey Lewandowski. It is gross.
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In this episode Jessy and Rebekah discuss the dangers of city nature – spiders and rats and possums, oh my! – and then get into some more serious territory. As we all know, this administration is monstrous and horrible and made a policy of separating families at the border. Jessy and Rebekah discuss this inhumane policy through the lens of reproductive justice – a framework created by black feminists back in the 1990’s that investigate women’s issues in a way that is much bigger, more nuanced and more inclusive than the reproductive rights framework that is typically relied upon. The ladies then wind it down by reading Jessy’s WTMV Facebook comments. It’s full of hellfire. You don’t want to miss it.01:00: So at it turns out there are not brown recluse spiders in New York City. There are, however, yellow sac spiders which are also venomous 08:20: You can find a clear and concise definition of reproductive justice by reading the first article in this reproductive justice briefing book entitled “What is Reproductive Justice?’ 09:15: Here is an article by Osub Ahmed and Christy M. Gamble of the Black Women’s Health Imperative 10:50: Here is the article Jessy referenced about Alejandra Pablos and here is another one with more detail about her time spent in detention 12:00: Here is an article for Dissent Magazine by Dorothy Roberts 13:19: You can see Jeff  Sessions horrible, disgusting, inhuman statements here.15:40: According to an article in The New York Times, 16:35: Here is an article from Slate about how the entire immigration system is designed to make it impossible for immigrants to navigate, 17:00: And this is from when Sessions announced that fleeing domestic violence or gang violence no longer qualifies you for asylum.17:45: Here is a link to a suit brought by the ACLU 19:51: Here is information about the Alien Transfer Exit Program (ATEP). It is so fucked up.22:41:  Here is a link to the quotes 24:26: Here is the Fox News clip with Corey Lewandowski. It is gross.

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