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How To Not Lose Your Sh!t

Learn From The Past, Fight For The Future (with Ellen Cassedy)

How To Not Lose Your Sh!t

Red Wine & Blue

Health & Fitness, Politics, News, Parenting, Mental Health, Kids & Family

4.7892 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re feeling inspired by the organizing work that women have done in the past, and ready to keep fighting for ourselves and the future. Our hosts shared their heartache over what’s happening to Brittany Watts in Ohio - a young Black woman who suffered a miscarriage at home and is now charged with a felony. These laws are terrifying and seek to turn an already tragic situation into a nightmare. The Dobbs decision criminalized abortion and now they’re trying to criminalize miscarriag...

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0:00.0

Doesn't mean there won't be setbacks.

0:07.7

They're clearly setbacks.

0:10.1

But we are going in the right direction.

0:12.3

And it is because of people, like the people listening to the podcast.

0:15.2

Like that is why we are able to continue to move forward.

0:24.8

We got to address the suburban women problem because it's real.

0:31.3

Welcome to the suburban women problem, a podcast from red, wine, and blue.

0:39.5

Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining us. I'm Amanda Weinstein. I'm Jasmine Clark. I'm Rachel Vennman.

0:53.5

And you're listening to the Suburban Women Problem. This is our last episode before we take a week off for the holidays. I can't believe how fast the weeks flew by between the election and the end of the year. And we'll have so much to talk about next year with the presidential election.

0:54.1

Oh, yeah.

0:58.9

But as important as it is to look ahead, it's also valuable to look back at what women accomplished in the past and how it led us to today.

1:01.9

So this week, we are so excited to share our conversation with Ellen Cassidy, the author of

1:07.3

Working 9 to 5, a women's movement, a labor union, and the iconic movie.

1:12.1

But Ellen didn't just write the book.

1:13.8

She helped lead the actual movement.

1:16.3

But before we get to that interview, we have to talk about some battles that women are still fighting today.

1:21.9

Can we talk about Brittany Watts in Ohio?

1:26.2

There's a lot going on.

1:28.3

Every time I hear about this story, I get so angry.

1:31.9

Like every part of this story just drives me baddie.

1:38.7

Because why in 2023 are people dealing with this and how in the world, like, I just don't understand.

1:48.4

I just don't understand how we got here.

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