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The Suburban Women Problem

What's Freer Than A Rainbow? (with Vanessa Joy)

The Suburban Women Problem

Red Wine & Blue

News, Kids & Family, Politics, Parenting, Government

4.8850 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It’s June, which means it’s Pride Month! Whether we’re standing up for birth control, libraries, diversity and inclusion, or trans rights, it’s all the same fight against extremism. Right-wing leaders like Ron DeSantis might try banning rainbow lights on bridges this month by calling it “Freedom Summer,” but what’s more free than a beautiful rainbow?Last week, all but 2 Republican Senators blocked a bill that would protect access to birth control, despite Republicans continuing to insist that...

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0:00.0

Everything boils down on November. It's truly life and death for a large chunk of Americans.

0:11.0

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

0:19.8

What do an economist? A microbiologist and state representative, and a fierce advocate for democracy have in common, we're all suburban moms.

0:29.2

The far right is trying to win over suburban women by pretending they're reasonable, even relatable.

0:34.4

But we're smarter than that.

0:36.1

Join us for a political journey through the eyes of suburban women, one conversation at a time.

0:45.5

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

0:54.6

Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining us. I'm Amanda Weinstein. Hi, everyone.

0:55.6

Thanks for joining us.

0:56.5

I'm Amanda Weinstein.

0:57.7

I'm Jasmine Clark.

0:59.0

And we're listening to the suburban women problem.

1:01.7

It's June, which means it's Pride Month.

1:04.1

LGBTQ people are under attack in this country between book bands, anti-trans bills,

1:09.2

health care bans, and more.

1:12.2

Whether we're standing up for birth control, libraries, diversity and inclusion, or trans kids, it's all the same fight against

1:17.6

extremism. Today, we'll be joined by Vanessa Joy, a trans woman in Ohio who is disqualified from

1:24.0

running for the Ohio House of Representatives for not putting her former name on her

1:29.0

petition. But before we get to that, I think we have to talk about how the Senate blocked a bill

1:35.1

last week that would have protected our right to birth control. I think it's really crazy, right?

1:41.1

Very crazy. We talked about this a couple of weeks ago on the lead up to this.

1:46.3

Remember, we asked all of our listeners to, like, call their senators and tell them that they

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