FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | MARCH 13, 2023
On the Issues with Michele Goodwin is a popular, issues and policy-focused podcast featuring feminist analysis, insightful conversations and exciting guests. This is the first podcast from Ms. magazine, a legacy feminist publication. In each bi-weekly episode, host Dr. Michele Goodwin and special guests will tackle the most compelling issues of our times, centering feminist concerns about rebuilding our nation and advancing the promise of equality.
A new episode—Our Bodies are Safe (with Shannon Watts)—is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and MsMagazine.com.
In the first of a series of episodes delving into The Majority Rules, in collaboration with Supermajority’s Education Fund, Dr. Goodwin is joined by Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action to dive into Majority Rule #1: “Our lives are safe.” The U.S. continues to deny safety to women, and especially women of color. From physical to mental and emotional harm, women are consistently the target of violence, causing many to fear for their safety. Dr. Goodwin and Watts ask: how can we create a better world, a world where all are safe?
A full transcript of the episode may be found here, as well as a few excerpts below:
“We [Moms Demand Action] are twice as large as the NRA now with 10 million supporters, and what we’ve achieved is nothing less than miraculous in just a decade.” — Shannon Watts
“To be clear, it’s really Black women who have been at the forefront of this issue for decades, standing literally on the streets of their communities to stop bullets with their body, and we stand on their shoulders.” — Shannon Watts
“When you don’t have a seat at the table you’re probably on the menu. And so given that about 80 percent, 75 percent of our lawmakers are men, most of them white men, we aren’t making the policies that protect our families and communities.” — Shannon Watts
Meet the Host of On the Issues: Dr. Michele Goodwin is a frequent contributor to Ms. Magazine and on MsMagazine.com. She is a Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Irvine and also serves on the executive committee and national board of the ACLU. Dr. Goodwin is a prolific author and an elected member of the American Law Institute, as well as an elected Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Hastings Center. Her most recent book, Policing The Womb: Invisible Women and The Criminalization of Motherhood is described as a “must read.”
About Ms. Magazine: Co-founded by Gloria Steinem in 1972 and published by the Feminist Majority Foundation since 2001, Ms. magazine has been a trusted, popular source for feminist news and information in print and online for nearly 50 years. Ms.’s time-honored traditions of an emphasis on in-depth investigative reporting and feminist political analysis have never been more relevant, bringing a new generation of writers and readers together to share news, analysis, research and strategies for fighting back and moving forward, for shaping the future.
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