Links to Visit as a Settler on Thanksgiving, and Throughout the Year

A variety of online resources gathered just for you!

Alex and Greta love YA novels, so they enlisted guest writer Michael Waters to help make a list of the best ones.

(image from the Claremont Public Library — the very library that Alex and Michael have visited together in search of YA novels.)

Five “Feminist” True Crime Podcasts

“Navigating true crime as a feminist is a complex experience, but I do it!”

[Thumbnail image from http://operationtubetop.blogspot.com, image quote from My Favorite Murder]

Understanding Obstetric Violence

Learn more about the prevalence and history of obstetric violence.

[Thumbnail Image by Noa Snir for Quartz]

TayaSeptember 19, 2019

The United States' School of Torture in Latin America

The United States created a school in Latin America that graduated dictators, authoritarian leaders, and terrorists. Greta begins to answer why.

gretaGretaAugust 15, 2019gretaComment

Your Boobs Are Yours Alone

“The reality is that there’s really just one, maybe two, ways that society expects boobs to look, and that expectation leaves the majority of people with boobs feeling alienated in their bodies.”

guestGuest ZhaiJuly 25, 2019guest, guest post, zhai, boobs, shirt

“Instruments of Death, of Mutilation, of Disease”: the Lessons of the Dalkon Shield

The violent history of IUDs you never knew.

alexAlexJune 27, 2019alex, contraceptives, dalkonshield

Feminist Sounds: "Tommy Genesis" by Tommy Genesis

“From her position as a queer/bi woman of color, Tommy absorbs, rather than deflects, objectifying discourses and infuses them with her desires until they are entirely her own.”

alexAlexMay 21, 2019alex, feministsounds, fe, tommygenesis

“Jellyfish Babies”

On Colonialism, Environmental Degradation, and Reproductive Toxicity in the Marshall Islands

alexAlexApril 22, 2019nucleartesting, marshallislands, environmentaljustice, alex

An Abbreviated History of Abortion Access in the U.S.

Now we can play a fun game called “which decade of the 1800s will Brett Kavanaugh propel us back to.”

gretaGretaMarch 29, 2019abortion, reproductivejustice, history Comment

Heroes: Charlotta Bass

Charlotta Bass was the first Black woman to own a US newspaper publication, but she did more than just that! Read on for another installation in our Heroes series!

tayaTayaMarch 13, 2019taya, heroes

FYI: Why You Need to Read Cheryl Strayed's “Tiny Beautiful Things” Today

Cecilia’s Uterish Book Club Pick of the Month (Long Edit).

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Guest CeciliaFebruary 27, 2019uterishbookclub, cherylstrayed, dearsugar, guest, guestcecilia

Black Deaths Matter: #BlackLivesMatter and True Crime Storytelling

“True crime stories are bound up in the white supremacist narratives of innocence and guilt that allow the murder and imprisonment of black and brown folks every day.”

Thumbnail gif by @LauraSalaberry

alexAlexFebruary 13, 2019alex, truecrime, blacklivesmatter