It’s the end of season five! In this episode, Amelia speaks with illustrator Kaile Akina about her journey as an artist, her experience as a woman of color in Utah, and the role and status of feminism there. Tune in to learn more about Kaile’s work and to hear what’s next for Fifty Feminist States. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.

Harm reduction in Las Vegas and needle exchange during COVID-19 with Chelsi of Trac-B Exchange.

What is harm reduction and how do needle exchanges help communities? In this episode, Amelia speaks with Chelsi Cheatom of Trac-B Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada. They discuss the many programs the Exchange offers including syringe vending machines and sex worker outreach and training, as well as how harm reduction work has shifted to respond to COVID-19. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.

Exploring what we’re born into with Gina Giordano and Tara Brooke of Doula Trainings International and Born Into This.

Learn about the role of full-spectrum doulas in our reproductive lives and how doula work is transforming during COVID-19 with Gina Giordano and Tara Brooke of Doula Trainings International (DTI) and Born Into This. In their conversation with Amelia, they discuss why they founded DTI, what a doula is, how their commitments to reproductive and social justice led them to start Born Into This, how birth disparities connect to health disparities, and more. This is an amazing conversation for...

Today we’re sharing two special episodes from two special feminist artists in New Mexico!  Hear from Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, a visual and performance artist living in Farmington, New Mexico who brings her Latina heritage and her hair to her mixed media work and her poetry performances, and Sarah Stolar, an interdisciplinary artist living in Santa Fe who paints monumental portraits of survivors and creates intricate film and video installations about girlhood.  Tune in to both episodes to hear...

Bringing her hair and her Latina heritage to her art with Rosemary Meza-DesPlas.

Unpacking the role of the feminist artist and the healing power of portraiture with Sarah Stolar.

Today we’re sharing two special episodes from two special feminist artists in New Mexico!  Hear from Sarah Stolar, an interdisciplinary artist living in Santa Fe who paints monumental portraits of survivors and creates intricate film and video installations about girlhood, and Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, a visual and performance artist living in Farmington, New Mexico who brings her Latina heritage and her hair to her mixed media work and her poetry performances.  Tune in to both episodes to hear...

Supporting immigrant communities and fighting detention centers with Allegra Love of the Santa Fe Dreamers Project.

Learn about the work of Santa Fe Dreamers Project as they nurture immigrant communities, fight detention centers, and support trans migrants in New Mexico. In this interview, Executive Director Allegra Love talks about how hard her team works to protect their clients from the depravity of ICE and the American immigration system, the ways COVID-19 has impacted her work, and how much we have to learn from the resilience of immigrants. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes....

Tattooing and/as feminist practice with Amy Shapiro-Esswein.

Learn about tattooing and the visual practice of Denver artist Amy Shapiro! In her conversation with Amelia, they discuss how Amy learned to tattoo, the status of women in the industry, her photo and music projects, and how being a parent has shifted her practice. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.

Learn about fly fishing for equity from Brown Folks Fishing ambassador and self-taught angler Erica Nelson! In her conversation with Amelia, they discuss how Erica learned to fish, how being Native shapes her relationship to the land she fishes on, and why all feminism needs to be intersectional. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.

Fly fishing for equity with Erica Nelson.

Body sovereignty, indigeneity, and learning to pronounce Łush Kumtux Tumtum.

In this episode, Amelia speaks with Shilo George, a Southern Cheyenne-Arapaho woman, Queer SuperFat Activist, and founder of Łush Kumtux Tumtum Consulting. They discuss body sovereignty, Native culture, and healing historical trauma. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.

An app for plus-sized folks that helps us know if we can ALL GO.

In this episode, Amelia speaks with Rebecca Alexander, the founder of AllGo, a review app where plus-size people rate the comfort and accessibility of public spaces. Tune in to hear her discuss why she started this company, challenges she’s faced securing funding, and the many creative endeavors her team’s launched to bring this project to life. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes. Click here to follow Amelia’s next podcasting project Softer Sounds.

Forgotten feminists and Japanese-American culture in the Pacific Northwest.

In this episode, Amelia speaks with Mayumi Tsutakawa, a Japanese-American writer and curator from Seattle. They discuss her family’s influence on the art world, her career as a journalist and curator, and her new lecture “Washington’s Undiscovered Feminists” that tells the stories of five remarkable, but often unsung, women from Washington. Mayumi also reflects on the past and present of the feminist movement, and shares about her family’s history at Japanese internment camps through the...

Food as family and how restaurants support and are supported by immigrant womxn.

Welcome to season four, Fifty Feminist States fam! This season we’ll be visiting the West Coast, and in this episode, Amelia travels to San Francisco to visit Bini Pradhan of Bini’s Kitchen. Tune in to learn about why Bini immigrated from Nepal to the US, how her Nepalese restaurant supports the lives of womxn and immigrants across the Bay Area, and to hear more about La Cocina, the restaurant incubator that made her work possible. Fifty Feminist States is no longer releasing new episodes....

Celebrate hitting the halfway milestone of this fifty state project with us!

Poetry as power and how spaces shape lives in Louisville, KY.