Today, I’m so excited to announce the Fifty Feminist States Podcast Fellows! ? Drumroll please…. Mary L. Chang, L’Oreal Thompson Payton, and Angie Yglesias are our inaugural podcast fellows! ICYMI, the Fifty Feminist States Podcast Fellowship is a 3-month paid opportunity to learn how to podcast and then record and produce an episode of Fifty Feminist States. We received so many amazing applications, and are truly excited to introduce these three fellows. You’ll be able to hear their episodes on the podcast this summer. Keep scrolling to learn more about them: Mary L. Chang Mary L. Chang is ..read more

It's been too long, Fifty Feminist States fam! This week Amelia is back from hiatus with an update about the podcast, news about her brand new book Fifty Feminist Mantras, and a BIG THANK YOU for helping us hit 20,000 downloads! Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds ..read more

It’s the end of season five! In this episode, Amelia speaks with illustrator Kaile Akina about her journey as an artist, her experience as a woman of color in Utah, and the role and status of feminism there. Tune in to learn more about Kaile’s work and to hear what’s next for Fifty Feminist States. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds ..read more

What is harm reduction and how do needle exchanges help communities? In this episode, Amelia speaks with Chelsi Cheatom of Trac-B Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada. They discuss the many programs the Exchange offers including syringe vending machines and sex worker outreach and training, as well as how harm reduction work has shifted to respond to COVID-19. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds ..read more

Learn about the role of full-spectrum doulas in our reproductive lives and how doula work is transforming during COVID-19 with Gina Giordano and Tara Brooke of Doula Trainings International (DTI) and Born Into This. In their conversation with Amelia, they discuss why they founded DTI, what a doula is, how their commitments to reproductive and social justice led them to start Born Into This, how birth disparities connect to health disparities, and more. This is an amazing conversation for anyone who’s been born (that’s all of us!), and we hope you’ll tune in. Fifty Feminist States is no longer ..read more

Today we’re sharing two special episodes from two special feminist artists in New Mexico!  Hear from Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, a visual and performance artist living in Farmington, New Mexico who brings her Latina heritage and her hair to her mixed media work and her poetry performances, and Sarah Stolar, an interdisciplinary artist living in Santa Fe who paints monumental portraits of survivors and creates intricate film and video installations about girlhood.  Tune in to both episodes to hear them reflect on their artistic practices, their feminist practices, and what b ..read more

Today we’re sharing two special episodes from two special feminist artists in New Mexico!  Hear from Sarah Stolar, an interdisciplinary artist living in Santa Fe who paints monumental portraits of survivors and creates intricate film and video installations about girlhood, and Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, a visual and performance artist living in Farmington, New Mexico who brings her Latina heritage and her hair to her mixed media work and her poetry performances.  Tune in to both episodes to hear them reflect on their artistic practices, their feminist practices, and what b ..read more

Learn about the work of Santa Fe Dreamers Project as they nurture immigrant communities, fight detention centers, and support trans migrants in New Mexico. In this interview, Executive Director Allegra Love talks about how hard her team works to protect their clients from the depravity of ICE and the American immigration system, the ways COVID-19 has impacted her work, and how much we have to learn from the resilience of immigrants. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds ..read more

Since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been watching how this global health crisis has created an economic depression that’s impacted many of the individuals and organizations that we’ve interviewed for the podcast. This crisis has impacted the podcast too, but it’s been relatively easy for us to pivot to remote interviews and keep these conversations going. As a result, our expenses have greatly decreased, and it’s unclear when we’ll need the money from our last Kickstarter campaign to pay for travel again. As more and more organizations are in need right now, I (Amelia) have ..read more

Learn about tattooing and the visual practice of Denver artist Amy Shapiro! In her conversation with Amelia, they discuss how Amy learned to tattoo, the status of women in the industry, her photo and music projects, and how being a parent has shifted her practice. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds ..read more