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Feminists Around the World: People to Know · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha, and welcome to stuff
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  Speaker 1: one ever told you protection if I hurt radio.
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  Speaker 2: And welcome to another feminist around the world. And today
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  Speaker 2: we're doing something a little different. I feel like I've
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  Speaker 2: done a lot of different things recently, already in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty five, and you know, with it being a new year,
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  Speaker 2: things are revamping. And honestly, we've had a lot of
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  Speaker 2: good content, which I love, which means like some of
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  Speaker 2: our other stuff have been kind of pushed aside, like
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  Speaker 2: our typical episodes, So those are good times where we
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  Speaker 2: can do current affairs or information sometimes. So what we're
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  Speaker 2: doing today, it's just a matter of fact that there's
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  Speaker 2: so much information out there, and I feel like sometimes
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  Speaker 2: it's really hard to figure out who we should trust
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  Speaker 2: and who we should not trust. So I thought we
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  Speaker 2: could all collect and I'm saying this as all of
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  Speaker 2: us come together and start a list, and because it
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  Speaker 2: is chaotic right now, we need all the help we
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  Speaker 2: can get. Being one person, being one small group of
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  Speaker 2: people is not always It is not possible for us
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  Speaker 2: to hit the nail on the head, like get it
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  Speaker 2: perfectly right every time. And we know sometimes without knowing,
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  Speaker 2: we might be talking or suggesting about problematic people. We
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  Speaker 2: don't know the new histories, we don't know what's going
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  Speaker 2: to come up. I think we've had this conversation when
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  Speaker 2: we revisited some of our feminists around the world and
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  Speaker 2: had to be like, well that didn't end well. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: because good starts may not have good intentions and we
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  Speaker 2: don't know that till till later on, right, And I
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  Speaker 2: feel like that could be a theme in itself. But
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  Speaker 2: with all of that, we do need your help. So
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  Speaker 2: if there are people that we are talking about, if
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  Speaker 2: there are issues that we're talking about, if there are
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  Speaker 2: sources that we're talking about that are problematic, we don't
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  Speaker 2: realize it, please let us know gently and kindly. You've
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  Speaker 2: already let us know when we have weird ads. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you very much. We appreciate that very much. We need
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  Speaker 2: that for information on people, but we also need your
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  Speaker 2: suggestions on you feel our reliable resources as well. And
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  Speaker 2: again I want to put this caveat and Annie and
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  Speaker 2: I were just talking before essentially starting the episode that
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  Speaker 2: people are not perfect and for some reason, especially when
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  Speaker 2: it comes politically, we are expecting perfection and if they
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  Speaker 2: have a blemish and don't get me wrong. Some issues
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  Speaker 2: are like yeah, red flag, red flag, we need to
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  Speaker 2: dismiss these people, but some level of like imperfection, and
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  Speaker 2: we disregard them completely, and if they are not the
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  Speaker 2: picture perfect person or if they have grown, like I
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  Speaker 2: will say, if you had seen my opinions from nineteen
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  Speaker 2: ninety nine, two thousand and one, two thousand and two,
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  Speaker 2: you would I would not be friends with me, you
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  Speaker 2: know what I mean? Yeah, And so a lot of that.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, I was twenty years ago, and it took
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  Speaker 2: twenty years of learning. It took twenty years years of
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  Speaker 2: unlearning as well and trying to form my own opinions,
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  Speaker 2: and even now sometimes my own opinions, I'm like, is
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  Speaker 2: that correct? I need to do some more research, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So with all of that, we know everybody's not perfect.
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  Speaker 2: There might be some things that they have said that
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  Speaker 2: you felt was problematic or offensive. And I get that
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  Speaker 2: we are individuals, but putting them on a pedestal to
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  Speaker 2: expect perfection is only asking them to fill and you
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  Speaker 2: to feel disappointed. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and people do I mean, the people you truly
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  Speaker 1: want to aspire to, in my opinion, are people who
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  Speaker 1: like you, who like me not to say to aspire
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  Speaker 1: to us, but you like learn You're like, Okay, that
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  Speaker 1: was not a good Let me rethink that like the
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  Speaker 1: people who are willing to hear. Okay, I should look
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  Speaker 1: at that again, I should research. I think those are
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  Speaker 1: the people you.
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  Speaker 2: Want exactly, exactly and essentially we and they are doing
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  Speaker 2: the work for you, which is beautiful. And these are
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  Speaker 2: the people that I'm talking about, and these are the sources.
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  Speaker 2: So I thought we would highlight several several including a
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  Speaker 2: big chunk of people from TikTok and social media that
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  Speaker 2: you can follow as well, because that is kind of
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  Speaker 2: how I'm getting my news and resources because I don't
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  Speaker 2: completely trust the media right now, and I know I'm
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  Speaker 2: not the only one. A lot of people are bowing down. Again,
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  Speaker 2: social media in itself can be problematic, and that's that
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  Speaker 2: conversation too. So this is why I'm saying, look for people,
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  Speaker 2: look for individuals, and then give us good resources too, please.
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  Speaker 2: And I thought we'd highlight a few from our own group,
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  Speaker 2: from the iHeart Family, which includes bridget Todd. Obviously, her
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  Speaker 2: work is literally in keeping the Internet honest and fighting
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  Speaker 2: against disinformation and misinformation and digging into the depths of
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  Speaker 2: the lack of representation of the marginalized people from spaces
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  Speaker 2: like social media and text. So fear not following her.
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  Speaker 2: If you're not listening to there are no girls on
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  Speaker 2: the Internet, you're missing out. And then she's got ten
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  Speaker 2: thousand other projects because she is a busy, busy, busy,
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  Speaker 2: busy woman. She's also part of our secklists sometimes and
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  Speaker 2: she's blessed us with her information. Hopefully she'll be back
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  Speaker 2: on soon. Yeah, just a why, But with all that,
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  Speaker 2: you should be following her. Margaret Killjoy and she's been
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  Speaker 2: working to help fight against fascism for a whole long
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  Speaker 2: time now, and she highlights people in history who have
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  Speaker 2: pushed back against dictatorships and oppressors and all these things.
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  Speaker 2: And I love it, and has some really sound advice
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  Speaker 2: on how to survive the end of the world. She
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  Speaker 2: lives on survivalist ideals and I love it. So if
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  Speaker 2: you want some information, she's great. She also has a
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  Speaker 2: great a lot of great fiction out there. You should
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  Speaker 2: also read her books and of course with cal Willis,
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  Speaker 2: she's an old friend of the show, old friend of
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  Speaker 2: house Stuff Works. Honestly, she used to work for house
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  Speaker 2: Stuff Works way back when and has written article after
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  Speaker 2: article advocating for the rights of the queer community and
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  Speaker 2: telling the stories of those who been unjustly persecuted or
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  Speaker 2: harassed and abused by the system. So someone definitely you
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  Speaker 2: should be watching as well, especially as a trans voice.
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  Speaker 2: She has a lot of great information and worked with
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  Speaker 2: some really great organizations. I would follow her recommendations as well.
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  Speaker 2: So there's a few right there. From the social media tracks,
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  Speaker 2: I decided I wanted to hop all over the place,
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  Speaker 2: essentially because we want different types of information. We have
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  Speaker 2: coach Jackie Jay and that's her username on TikTok. These
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  Speaker 2: are all from TikTok, the ones I'm telling you right now,
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  Speaker 2: and these are either their names or user names. You
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  Speaker 2: can just look them up. And she does women's sports
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  Speaker 2: related content and does some amazing content. I really love her,
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  Speaker 2: wanting her on for the Olympics and Paralympic stuff. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: we can still get her on. I know she's pretty busy,
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  Speaker 2: but she does some great information, great details, and it's
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  Speaker 2: very passionate about women's sports. We have Alexis Nicole from Well,
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  Speaker 2: you can find her everywhere. She's pretty big now, but
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  Speaker 2: she has great foraging content, very cutesy style. She's so cute.
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  Speaker 2: She's so cute, and she comes on and tells you
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  Speaker 2: what to eat, what not to eat so you don't die.
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  Speaker 2: So that's nice and I feel like that's a good
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  Speaker 2: surviving skill to have. Yeah generally, you know, in general,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm just like, if things go awry, Yeah, she's
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  Speaker 2: someone like maybe her book will be good. And then
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  Speaker 2: we have Dara sar Tucker, which you guys know because
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  Speaker 2: we've had her on this show, and she is great
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  Speaker 2: with good historical information and overall good information. She really
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  Speaker 2: finds disinformation and misinformation as well, and talks a lot
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  Speaker 2: about black history, including in music and entertainment. So definitely
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  Speaker 2: someone you should be following. We have a Sophia Feifner
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  Speaker 2: f n Er who does content on civic engagement like
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  Speaker 2: that is her own content. It is actually really joyful.
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  Speaker 2: She is a very positive individual, and I feel like
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  Speaker 2: when you're in this type of profession to be positive
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  Speaker 2: as a strength and trade, that's unusual. So someone that
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  Speaker 2: you should definitely follow.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Black dot Woman dot owned And this is on TikTok
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  Speaker 2: as well. The creator came on and decided to do
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  Speaker 2: a comprehensive list with suggestions from other people and vetting
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  Speaker 2: black businesses that are owned by black women and brands
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  Speaker 2: that you should support really big right now. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I've complained repeatedly about where to go. They've got a list.
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  Speaker 2: So there's that Evan the Bioethicist and their tag is
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  Speaker 2: gay G Town bay g A y G t O
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  Speaker 2: W N b A and they are Evan the bio Ethicists,
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  Speaker 2: and they talk about misinformation and disinformation as it relates
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  Speaker 2: to public health. Really important right now is a lot
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  Speaker 2: of the federal organizations are shut down and that we
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  Speaker 2: are not a part of who so really good to
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  Speaker 2: go listen to and find out information as she is
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  Speaker 2: teaching us about things in public health. We have doctor
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  Speaker 2: Raven the Science Maven PhD in molecular biology. So if
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  Speaker 2: you want to know science stuff but also have it
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  Speaker 2: on a decolonized level, that's the person to go to.
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  Speaker 2: Doctor Christy. And there handle is doctor dot Clo dot
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  Speaker 2: Flo so doctor Chloflow and they are indigenous professor in
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  Speaker 2: history working to decolonize history. So it's a beautiful take
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  Speaker 2: on what we really should be learning when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to American history. So there's that. We have black Belt Babe,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm trying to get her on this show because
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  Speaker 2: I really love her perspective. But she is a social
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  Speaker 2: media reporter. She calls herself the people's reporter who gives
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  Speaker 2: great information on current affairs with passion. I'm gonna tell
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  Speaker 2: you she is left leaning, so she gets passionate about things,
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  Speaker 2: but she is not afraid about calling out everyone, which
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  Speaker 2: is why I really enjoy her. Then you have Ali
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  Speaker 2: a l y and our handle is Alius dot mom
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  Speaker 2: dot in dot Germany. But she actually is combating US
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  Speaker 2: propaganda with an outside perspective. She currently lives in Germany
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  Speaker 2: but has her degree and has written many articles based
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  Speaker 2: on propaganda in the US, and I think that's a
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  Speaker 2: great perspective to have being outside of the country. So
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  Speaker 2: her information is really good, especially right now when we're
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  Speaker 2: overwhelmed with so much including social media being shut down
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  Speaker 2: or being biased or whatever whatnot. She's got some great
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  Speaker 2: information for you. We have a couple of others that
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  Speaker 2: are not necessarily like misinformation disinformation, but like just as delightful.
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  Speaker 2: I will say. Blondie in China is a young woman
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  Speaker 2: named Amy who is a food and travel blogger who
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  Speaker 2: lives in China, and she does an amazing job in
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  Speaker 2: showcasing Chinese cuisine and food, like in a such a
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  Speaker 2: respectful manner, and she loves splicy food and everything she
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  Speaker 2: does is just kind. But it's nice to see she's
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  Speaker 2: a white person from I want to say New Zealand.
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  Speaker 2: I really hope she's from New Zealand. But that does
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  Speaker 2: a lot of good food content, traveling all over different
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  Speaker 2: areas in China, hiding different cuisines there, and like you
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  Speaker 2: might not like everything she eats, but she does it
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  Speaker 2: in such a respectful manner that you can't help but
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  Speaker 2: want to try, so someone to look into. And then
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  Speaker 2: Veronica Lightning Horse, I just discovered her. She is a
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  Speaker 2: Native and indigenous storyteller who gives a lot of great
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  Speaker 2: stories about law and wisdom that she knows from her
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  Speaker 2: community and the fact that she's sharing these stories and
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  Speaker 2: she does it such a beautifully like melodious way that
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  Speaker 2: it feels very homey. But there's so many lessons to learn,
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  Speaker 2: so very great kind of like cleanse your feed but
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  Speaker 2: also learn a good life lessons. And then we have
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  Speaker 2: other big names and sources that are not TikTok related
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  Speaker 2: even though yes, I do live on TikTok, I know.
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  Speaker 2: We have Jessica Valenti who speaks about abortion rights and
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  Speaker 2: issues around the country. She's just published a book. We
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  Speaker 2: should probably go and read it soon if you need
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  Speaker 2: information and about what is happening in the state of
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  Speaker 2: the US, the misinformation and disinformation that is being spread
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  Speaker 2: and the propaganda against abortion rights. She's the person to
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  Speaker 2: go to. You have Akila Hughes who's a comedian and
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  Speaker 2: podcaster who talks about the issues at hand. She just
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  Speaker 2: has a lot of great information and content that I
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  Speaker 2: think is really important that we listen to. And then
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  Speaker 2: we have Amani Barbaran who is a writer, speaker, an
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  Speaker 2: advocate for racial disability and human rights. She has a
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  Speaker 2: lot of disability content and disability activism because she is
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  Speaker 2: a disabled individual, really great content, really good information to know.
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  Speaker 2: I think she gives a really great perspective when it
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  Speaker 2: comes to that conversation. Then we have jua Wa Gaturo
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  Speaker 2: who is a black girl environmentalist that is actually her site.
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  Speaker 2: She has a lot of good content about environmentalism and
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  Speaker 2: especially when it comes to the intersectional portion of being
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  Speaker 2: a black woman in this type of industry and what
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  Speaker 2: that means for the black community in itself. You have
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  Speaker 2: Stacy Abrams. I feel like that's an obvious but she
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  Speaker 2: is back out in full swing and having conversation about activism.
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  Speaker 2: At this point in time, she kind of took I think,
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  Speaker 2: a step back for a minute, and now she's back.
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  Speaker 2: Ashley c Ford another fla podcaster or an author, really
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  Speaker 2: someone that we should be paying attention to and listening to.
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  Speaker 2: She's done a lot of the work that we've been
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  Speaker 2: begging for. Do you know what I mean about misinformation?
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  Speaker 2: We have walk Otway when Djuki, who is another person
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  Speaker 2: that you should find on all the social media. She
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  Speaker 2: does a great job in reporting some of the concerns
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  Speaker 2: that we should be having and also kind of talks
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  Speaker 2: you down when you need to be talked down. I
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  Speaker 2: think we need that too. And then some sources that
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  Speaker 2: we think and again I thank you Christina, our producer,
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  Speaker 2: helped put some of the stuff together. Pro Publica, which
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  Speaker 2: my partner's cousin works at. Which is interesting that Pro
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  Speaker 2: Publica who has some really good content and information and
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  Speaker 2: articles and I feel like it's a trusted site. PBS
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  Speaker 2: is doing a great job in reporting what's going on
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  Speaker 2: as well, even with all of the hush hush stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Some sites that you could visit for more information for abortion,
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  Speaker 2: you have abortionfunder dot org and then we've talked about
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  Speaker 2: the National Network of Abortion Funds, which is at Abortion
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  Speaker 2: Funds dot org. Those two give you information if you
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  Speaker 2: need access, or if you have questions, or if you
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  Speaker 2: need specifics, if you know what I mean. Then we
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  Speaker 2: have the Immigration Legal Resource Center i l RC dot org.
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna have to come back and have a bigger
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  Speaker 2: conversation about immigration laws right now, but for those in need,
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  Speaker 2: this is a really good organization to look into. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: we talked about Bridget and she is a part of
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  Speaker 2: Ultraviolet and you can visit their site at we Are
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  Speaker 2: Ultraviolet dot org. They also are on all the social
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  Speaker 2: medias that you can find. The Bitter Southerner has actually
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  Speaker 2: been an amazing site when it comes to the issues
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  Speaker 2: and conversations happening in the South, So if you want
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  Speaker 2: to follow what's going on, and they've been talking about
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  Speaker 2: abortion rights, they've been talking about racial equality, all these things,
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  Speaker 2: so really good content from them, who, as you know,
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  Speaker 2: the US is no longer part of the World Health Organization,
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: but they are on TikTok and also on other social medias,
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  Speaker 2: and you could subscribe to their newsletter if you just
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  Speaker 2: want to keep in the know, which is important. And
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  Speaker 2: then there's the Well Project dot org, which actually works
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  Speaker 2: with those who have HIV or AIDS and they work with
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  Speaker 2: like the women and girls specifically, and this includes trans
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  Speaker 2: women and they actually have a really great page for
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  Speaker 2: trans activism and advocacy if you need those organizations. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: the Trevor Project is another one. There's so many. There's
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  Speaker 2: a few organizations inside of Atlanta. There's a few organizations
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  Speaker 2: inside of like everywhere hopefully hopefully that we do want
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  Speaker 2: to talk about as well. But that's kind of a
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  Speaker 2: short list, I'm gonna say, it's a short list of
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  Speaker 2: resources that I think are I think are trustworthy and dependable,
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  Speaker 2: people that I feel like do have really good content,
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  Speaker 2: get great information as well. We need to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that we are all aware and that we are getting
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  Speaker 2: the right information as well. Also on top of that,
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to talk a little bit about this later,
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  Speaker 2: not being too overwhelmed. So sometimes just whittling down the
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  Speaker 2: list to those people you trust can be helpful because
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  Speaker 2: a lot of the same people are going to tell
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  Speaker 2: you to breathe and take your time. So there you go.
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  Speaker 2: And if you have any that you would suggest, please
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  Speaker 2: send them our way and we'll do a part two
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  Speaker 2: of more people.
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  Speaker 3: The more lists, yes, always more lists, well listeners. You
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