I'm junk but I'm still holding up this little wild bouquet
I said I would have a list of indie and local news sources for ya. I put it up on my website as part of a new page of What Else,1 where soon I will add podcasts and newsletters. Information is power. Here you go!
Carrie’s Page of News and Stuff
Hey guess what! I’m not done talking about abortion. Abortion is healthcare, and it should be safe, legal, and freely, easily available to everyone. Yes I said free. The Executive Order that Biden just dropped? Le sigh. #gotmilquetoast? Congresswoman Cori Bush has a web page with more helpful info and direct actions than the Prez.2 I guess thanks for doing something, Joe. But do more.3
Here is a super-informative (and…hilarious) podcast I listen to, Feminist Buzzkills Live4 from Abortion Access Front, the group that’s doing an all day Operation Save Abortion free virtual training on July 17.5 I’m signed up. You too could sign up. This is not only about the right to bodily autonomy being trampled by forced-birth extremists. (As if that weren’t enough). This is a mass criminalization event,6 and a public health crisis. I guess everyone except me knew this was coming for years, but of course I’m usually the one who has no clue and is late to the fight. Well here I am now, ready to heed the experts. And might as well share what I learn. And I sure as hell want to listen to a podcast that self-describes with:
“We’re two weeks into the Roepocalypse and surprise, surprise, the conservative sun-dried turds burning down America are STILL being evil as balls, trying to hijack our uteri.”
Yup. And I really love AAF’s toolkit.7
I became a member of the National Network of Abortion Funds.8 Thirty bucks, and I anchored my membership to my local mutual aid organization, Tucson Abortion Support Collective.9 If you are seeking abortion care and bewildered by the legal shitshows now unfolding, the website INeedanA.com is still the best resource. And since we live in a police state, be careful, use a VPN, and read about protecting yourself digitally.10 Also I looooove maps - The Guardian has a good one11 tracking each state’s abortion laws, and you can pair it with the Judicial Bypass Wiki map.12 Shout out to New Jersey, Oregon, New Mexico, Vermont and DC - you rock 🤘🏻 I’ll say it again though - this is not just about abortion - this is about, among many things, the right to privacy and freedom of speech - and the press.13
Here’s some articles I read that helped me understand A LOT about what’s going down.
For Conservatives, ending legal abortion is just a pit stop - Rewire News Group
The End of Federal Abortion Protections Isn't the End of Abortion Access - UNICORN RIOT
People who have abortions versus the police - The Nation
Lawmakers vs. the scientific realities of human reproduction - The New England Journal of Medicine
With abortion bans, a bewildering new reality for courts and law enforcement - Bolts
As usual, I rely on music to get me through the days, so I created a kickass power-to-the-people playlist on Spotify to share. Aaaaand then I ended up deep diving into late-career Leonard Cohen for hours. Sometimes you just need to chill down with an old master. Well, I do. Like I said in my Substack profile, watch me make no sense. But I mean… I have been listening to the song 'You Want It Darker' on repeat since the beginning of this forever plague 🦠. Also, credit where credit’s due, if you didn’t already know, the subject line of this post is from Cohen’s song 'Democracy.' 💐
You might have noticed, but I’m no longer hotlinking to other websites/articles within my sentences. I feel like it’s a distraction and I know barely anyone clicks on the hotlinks in my posts. So from now on it’s footnotes - hopefully this will make for a cleaner format and encourage you to read what I’ve been reading. And I think it makes perfect sense right now. Footnoting the Roepocalypse. Endnotes for the endtimes.
Carrie This 👣
https://carrienaughton.com/what-else/
https://coribush.org/issue/reproductive-justice/
https://19thnews.org/2022/07/biden-executive-order-abortion/
https://www.aafront.org/fbklive/ 🎧
https://www.aafront.org/operation-save-abortion/
https://www.theverge.com/23185081/abortion-data-privacy-roe-v-wade-dobbs-surveillance-period-tracking 👀
https://www.aafront.org/resources/
https://abortionfunds.org
https://www.abortionintucson.org
https://hackblossom.org/cybersecurity/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2022/jun/28/tracking-where-abortion-laws-stand-in-every-state Maps, maps!! Mapping the patriarchy.
https://judicialbypasswiki.ifwhenhow.org
https://prismreports.org/2022/06/22/nrlc-model-law-journalists-at-risk/