May 5th 2022 - A message from the host

Hello fellow makers, artists, and craftspeople. Today I should be releasing episode 248 of the podcast. Yet, I cannot.  On May 2nd of this week, we found out, through a leaked draft from the Supreme Court, that it is every intention of that Supreme Court to overrule Roe V. Wade. Roe V. Wade, which was decided on January 22, 1973 is the decision that gave everybody with a uterus full, legal, and safe access to ALL forms of reproductive health care. The last, and ONLY time I have made a statement rather then releasing an episode was on June 4th, 2020, in solidarity for the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Since that time, we have watched in this country as hundreds of thousands of people died in the US alone from a global pandemic, as black and brown people are still being murdered at alarming numbers by those who say they just want to protect us, as transgender youth are being villainized and their parents being taken to jail just for providing medical care to them, as gay AND transgender youth are being told they cannot exist in schools, as so many schools work tirelessly to erase history and views they do not agree with, and now, as safe and legal access to reproductive health care for 50% of the population is taken away.