All Episodes
Episode 29 - Cultivating wellness for BLK PEARLs and seeing the South clearly with Tori Wolfe-Sisson
In the first of two episodes from Alabama, Amelia speaks with Tori Wolfe-Sisson in Birmingham about BLK PEARL, a learning and leisure alliance that cultivates wellness...
Episode 28 - Exploring the past and present of women in aviation with the 99s
In this episode, Amelia visits the 99s Museum of Women Pilots in Oklahoma City to speak with Shaylyn Sawyer, the museum manager. They discuss the global history of wom...
Episode 27 - Visiting the only queer feminist bookstore in Mississippi with Jaime Harker
This episode takes Amelia to Water Valley, Mississippi to talk to Jaime Harker, the owner of Violet Valley Bookstore, the only queer feminist bookstore in MS. They tal...
Episode 26 - Learning from the first and only reproductive justice organization in Memphis, TN with Cherisse Scott
In the second of two episodes from Memphis, TN, Amelia speaks to Cherisse Scott the founder of SisterReach, Tennessee’s first and only reproductive justice organizatio...
Episode 25 - Design for social change and business for better communities in Northwest Arkansas with Marty Lane & Hannah Withers
In this second episode from Arkansas, Amelia visits Fayetteville, AR and talks to Marty Lane, a graphic design professor and activist, and Hannah Withers, a local busi...
Episode 24 - Transnational Trans organizing from Arkansas to Latin America with inTRANSitive
In Little Rock, Arkansas, Amelia speaks with Diego Barrera, one of the cofounders of inTRANSitive, a collective founded in 2017 to uplift Trans voices in Arkansas thro...
Episode 23 - A physician’s perspective on abortion access in Kansas and Missouri with Dr. Valerie French
In this Kansas City episode, Amelia speaks to Dr. Valerie French about her life in Missouri and her work as an OBGYN in Kansas. They talk about abortion procedures, pa...
Episode 22 - Supporting and empowering Trans Women of Color to live their best lives in Memphis, TN with Jasmine Tasaki
In the first of two episodes from Memphis, TN, Amelia speaks to Jasmine Tasaki, the founder and executive director of WeCareTN, a non-profit organization that works to...
Episode 21 - Rethinking binaries through food and/as feminist art with S. E. Nash (Missouri)
S.E. Nash is an artist and educator in Kansas City, MO. In this second episode from Missouri, hear Amelia talk to Sean about how he integrates food and fermentation in...
Episode 20 - Writing as a way to make sense of Mixed Feelings with Alyson Thompson
In the first of two episodes from Missouri, Amelia interviews Alyson Thompson, a St. Louis activist and writer. They chat about Alyson’s work with The 4A Project and h...
Welcome to season three!
Welcome back to the Fifty Feminist States podcast! In this season three preview, hear Amelia’s reflections on traveling over the summer and learn more about what's com...
Episode 19 - From concerned community members to outraged activists—environmental grassroots organizing against coal ash in Northampton County, NC
In the third of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia speaks to Joyce Buffalo, Wanda Flythe, and Deborah Ferruccio about their successful gra...
Episode 18 - Listening to rural voices and combatting classism in Woodland, NC with Ashleigh Phillips
In the second of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia speaks to Ashleigh Bryant Phillips about her hometown of Woodland, NC, how her writing...
Episode 17 - Building women-owned businesses in rural North Carolina with Danielle Baker and Caroline Stephenson
In the first of three special episodes from northeastern North Carolina, Amelia interviews Danielle Baker of Bakers' Peanuts in Roxobel, NC and Caroline Stephenson of...
Episode 16 - New modes of seeing and being seen with Alexandra Thomas
In this final episode of season two, Amelia travels to Connecticut to talk to activist, academic + museum educator Alexandra Thomas about her research on Black studies...
Episode 15 - Defending Alisha Walker and decriminalizing sex work with Red from Support Ho(s)e
In this episode, Amelia travels to back to New York to talk to Support Ho(s)e organizer Red about their work organizing for the defense of Alisha Walker and what it r...
Episode 14 - Fatventuring in Rhode Island with Samantha Puc
In this episode, Amelia travels to Providence, RI to speak with Samantha Puc, the co-editor of Fatventure Magazine about what it means to make a magazine about fatness...
Episode 13 - Witching the vote + decolonizing white witchcraft with Lakshmi Ramgopal and Witch the Vote
In this episode, Amelia travels to Massachusetts to learn a whole lot about witchcraft and political resistance from artist + academic Lakshmi Ramgopal and Paige + Che...
Episode 12 - Finding work and community aligned with feminist values in seacoast New Hampshire with Crystal Paradis
In this episode, Amelia travels to New Hampshire to speak with Crystal Paradis, founder of Feminist Oasis. They chat about the challenges of finding work that’s aligne...
Episode 11 - Refugee resettlement in the whitest state in the US with In Her Presence
In this episode, Amelia travels to Portland, Maine and speaks to Claudette Sara Ndayininahaze and Abusana Micky Bondo about their organization In Her Presence which pr...
Episode 10 - Apothecaries and climate change in Vermont with Emma Merritt and Lucia Green-Weiskel
In this episode, Amelia travels to Vermont to speak with herbalist Emma Merritt of Railyard Apothecary in Burlington, VT + PhD candidate Lucia Green-Weiskel, an academ...
Episode 9 - Organizing for Palestinian liberation with Dr. Ashley Bohrer
In this episode, Amelia travels to Syracuse, New York to speak with Dr. Ashley Bohrer about her work with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence. We learn a lot about Pales...
Episode 8 - Queer family + native identity in Centre County, PA
In this episode, Amelia travels to Pennsylvania and speaks to Brooklyn and Sarah -- two activists and artists from Chicago who are living in Centre County, PA. Tune in...
Season two trailer & introducing our theme song!
We're back! Tune in for a preview of what's coming up this spring and to hear the premiere of the Fifty Feminist States theme song by Danielle Sines + Jessica Neria!Fi...
Episode 7 - Feminist podcasting, yoga in academic settings, trivia for reproductive justice, and immigration in the Trump era — all in the Twin Cities
In this episode, we hear from Raechel and Melody of the Feminist Killjoy, PhDs podcast, Professor Beth Barila, Cheeky Kitty Minneapolis, and immigration attorney Julia...
Episode 6 - Running for political office for the first time in South Dakota
In this episode, we hear from Toni Miller and Rachel Willson, two South Dakota women currently running for offices in South Dakota’s state legislature. Hear what inspi...
Episode 4 - Feminist politics in the Montana senate and the Montana Racial Equity Project
In this episode, we hear from Diane Sands, a current senator in the Montana senate who has a long history of feminist activism in the state. She discusses the progress...
Episode 3 - Body positivity & fat feminist activism and performance art with Amy Pence-Brown
In this episode, we hear from Amy Pence-Brown about her body positive art and activism, including her 2015 Stand for Self Love and the Rad Camps she runs for women and...