This is the first installment of a three-part series we have made about contemporary feminist issues for our Women and Gender Studies (WGS) senior seminar. Map is majoring in English and minoring in WGS; Alexa is majoring in Politics and WGS; and Pheobe is majoring in French and minoring in WGS at Sewanee: the University of the South. We all share the same astrological sign sun in Cancer, so we "are fundamentally sensitive, nurturing, and gentle" (Co_star App). In this first podcast, we discuss current events at the local, national, and global level that relate to contemporary feminist issues. Our main story is about heteronormativity in astrology and the recent movement to make astrology more inclusive of the queer identity. We will interview a Sewanee student to get his take on what astrology has to do with gender and why our generation (Millenials woo)is so captivated by astrology.

Queering Astrology

In this episode of Feminists in Action we discuss femicide, true crime, and why violence against women is often ignored or reframed by the media. We discuss the recent arrest of the Golden State Killer and the influence of Michelle MacNamara through her book "I'll Be Gone in the Dark." We also discuss the recent Toronto van attack. Is it terrorism/ should it be considered terrorism?

Femicide

In the last episode of our Feminists in Action podcast series we will be discussing backlash movements and abortion. In current events, Ireland will be holding a referendum on potentially legalizing abortion on may 25th. We also discuss the difference between incels and men's rights activists. This moves us into our main story about the black anti-abortion movement, which has grown momentum since the creation of the website Black Genocide in 2002. This movement uses social justice rhetoric and the history of medical racism to attack Planned Parenthood and demonize abortion. We also discuss the recent developments in the Bill Cosby case and how much of these issues have to do with black women's agency.

Feminists in Action Podcast