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Femtastic Podcast
Femtastic Podcast is hosted by Katie Breen, focusing on reproductive justice, intersectional feminism, and public policy. The show invites researchers, advocates, and survivors to explore abortion rights, crisis pregnancy centers, gun violence, and institutional oppression, emphasizing data-driven and action-oriented approaches. With a clear, information-dense style, it's suitable for audiences interested in American reproductive politics and gender justice.
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“Femtastic Podcast” is a show hosted by Katie Breen, focusing on reproductive justice and intersectional feminism, featuring content including:
- Deceptive operations and data abuse by crisis pregnancy centers (interview with Kim Clark, senior attorney at Legal Voice)
- Impact of denied abortion on life trajectories (interview with Diana Greene Foster, author of “Turnaway Study”)
- Legal loopholes in gun violence and domestic violence (interview with Jennifer Gollan, investigative reporter at “Reveal”)
- FDA regulation updates and impacts on medication abortion (interview with Elisa Wells, co-director of Plan C Pills)
- Immediate reactions and action recommendations to Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade (Katie’s independent commentary episodes)
Suitable for audiences interested in reproductive autonomy, anti-sexual violence, patriarchy critique, and political participation, especially communities interested in American gender policy, legal reform, and advocacy strategies. The show’s style is information-dense and action-oriented, serving as an important platform in reproductive justice podcasting.
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Related theme · No. 07
Why must she be likeable?
Beginning with Unlikeable Female Characters, we revisit women who are angry, desirous, and unwilling to comply. Who sets the terms of likability—and when does rebellion reproduce someone else’s oppression?
Patriarchy Critique
Related theme · No. 08
Who sustains a revolution?
Beginning with a woman searching for her husband in Sambizanga, we follow the messages, care and organizing that sustain resistance. Across anticolonial struggle, labor and solidarity, who carries a revolution’s daily work—and who is left outside its promise of liberation?
Political Participation
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