Re-Feminist History (aka Bitchstory)

Did you know that Disability Pride is a thing? It is! It is celebrated in July to coincide with the signing of the ADA into law on July 26, 1990! We recorded the episode on July 26th! We are just that organized. Uh huh.  (Well...Lisa actually is!) Anyway, we recorded this episode in July, but this post and the episode won't publish until August...oh well...we'll just extend Disability Pride into August! So Mote it be! If you're younger than me, you probably kinda take the ADA for granted.  The ADA is the  Americans with Disabilities Act , which is a federal civil rights law that was passed in 1990. The ADA protects people with disabilities from discrimination in many areas of public life, including: employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications, access to state and local government programs and services, access to commercial facilities, medical services, voting, parking, and more.  Before the passage of this law, which was quite a process...a literal cra

Listen to the Podcast on Spotify Listen on Apple Listen on the web  ( NO APP NEEDED)  Email me:   kelly@untamedmoon.com   (NEW EMAIL ADDRESS) LISTEN TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION  EPISODE  HERE   We accidentally happened upon this name of the French Revolution during our last podcast episode, and I felt she needed far more attention. She was far more moderate in her politics than the revolutionaries on either side, but she was a radical feminist (my favorite kind). She was one of the first to suggest universal human rights, fairness to all classes of citizen, including children born out of wedlock, slaves, and *gasp* women!   "In addition to the political activism... Gouges foreshadowed Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), by calling for disobedience to obviously unjust laws . Her argument for protections for the deposed French king comes, not so much from her royalist tendencies, but from her understanding of the “glo

Listen to the Podcast on Spotify Listen on Apple Listen on the web  ( NO APP NEEDED)  Email me:   kelly@untamedmoon.com   (NEW EMAIL ADDRESS) LISTEN TO THE  FRENCH REVOLUTION  EPISODE  HERE   Bastille Day was July 14th, and marks the beginning of the French Revolution. Women played a pivotal role in the reshaping of the French political landscape, and this weeks Bitchstory Episode dives into a few of these badass women’s stories  During the French Revolution, women played a significant role in the storming of the Bastille and the overall revolutionary movement. While history often focuses on the actions of male revolutionaries such as Marat, Robespierre, and Danton, it is essential to recognize the contributions of women in shaping the events of this tumultuous period. One of the most notable instances of women's involvement in the French Revolution was their participation in the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. While the popular image of the event often depicts a crowd o