Podcast undistracted2/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Last Thursday, members of the squad in Congress gave some very moving speeches in support of Palestinian rights and against the policy decisions of both the U.S. So, we have to keep fighting to make sure that we do not lose autonomy and agency over our bodies, because if they can ban abortion, what can they ban next? According to the Guttmacher Institute, four hundred thirty six abortion restrictions have already been introduced this year, including one hundred forty six nearly outright bans. It would also pave the way for more abortion bans across the country. If Mississippi’s 2018 ban is upheld, it will not only further restrict abortion access in the state where there’s literally one abortion clinic left. It’s the first case that will be heard by the court’s new six to three conservative majority that now includes y’all homegirl, Amy Coney Barrett. Wade and the precedent that a woman has the right to choose an abortion before the fetus is viable, which is usually around twenty four weeks. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, poses a direct challenge to Roe v. On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it will review a Mississippi law that would ban nearly all abortions after 15 weeks. That script was written way too long ago and has not been updated, much like our Constitution.īrittany Packnett Cunningham That’s coming up, but first, it’s your “UNtrending News.” Travon Free From the moment you are old enough to understand what being a boy meant, you put on that costume and then you picked up the script that society handed you that said this is the boy script. I’ll be talking to the writer and director about his Oscar winning film Two Distant Strangers, and why he wants to flip the script on masculinity. Peace for all is a necessity, and it requires freedom. And it certainly can’t be dismantled when we’re too damn afraid to even talk about it. Now we can’t defeat oppression if we’re busy oppressing each other. ![]() As we press on it is also incredibly important that our thoughtful discussions do not veer into anti-Semitism or Islamophobia. A lot of people have been making this point because this distinction matters. Criticizing the government of Israel is not anti-Semitism. has continuously defined as Israel’s human rights violations and stop funding these atrocities in our name. Our country’s leaders in America should condemn what the U.N. So, I won’t let my momentary fear or the fact that all of us will always have a lot more to learn stop me from saying what needs to be said. And my liberation is bound up with anyone suffering in this way. These things aren’t complicated to me and they can’t be deemed acceptable. Like the second class citizenship imposed on Palestinians through Israeli law, like dying children and homes reduced to rubble in Gaza. But this storied history, it can’t be an excuse for cowardice because some things are quite, quite clear like the forced removal of Palestinians from their homes, like the Israeli forces desecrating one of the most sacred sites in all of Islam during Ramadan. ![]() What’s happening in Israel and Palestine stems from decades, if not thousands of years of history and trauma and loss of life all around. So, my momentary fear or someone else’s personal feelings against me are in no way comparable to the challenge of life in the Middle East. I’m a Black Christian woman with no ancestral ties to either place, and I don’t want to be accused of having beliefs I don’t hold or feel pressured into providing, I don’t know, some kind of receipts for work I’ve done with Jewish and Muslim communities, because, frankly, all of that makes it about me, and that misses the point entirely. I’ve been dragged just for the few words I’ve said this week. Several friends of mine, Black, Palestinian and Jewish folks, have been shunned at work and online for being critical of Israel. But it’s just I’ve seen the consequences of what happens when you do. So, confession time, like a lot of folks, I have been a little scared to speak about Israel and Palestine, don’t get me wrong, I’ve long wanted to make my solidarity with the Palestinian people known. Please note: This transcript has been automatically generated.īrittany Packnett Cunningham Hey y’all, it’s Brittany. Travon Free wants to flip the script on masculinity ![]()
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