A Handmaid's Protest with Erin Walter - The VUU #184
Channel: Church of the Larger Fellowship - CLFUU
Date: 25/05/2017

The VUU welcomes Erin Walter, a UU minister and one of the Texas Handmaids. They have been protesting unconscionable restrictions on reproductive freedoms at the State Capitol during the 2017 legislative session. 

Show notes:

* NARAL Pro-Choice Texas: https://twitter.com/naraltx
* Follow Heather Busby's writings and interviews
* SisterSong: http://sistersong.net/
* Videos shown in episode: https://www.facebook.com/paige.wilks/videos/10211002289266311/ and https://www.facebook.com/georgehtakei/videos/429565230744649/

Additional links:

* http://www.macleans.ca/opinion/for-black-women-the-handmaids-tales-dystopia-is-real-and-telling/

* http://www.teenvogue.com/story/women-wore-the-handmaids-tale-robes-to-texas-state-senate-to-protest

* https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2017-05-23/activists-nod-to-the-handmaids-tale-to-protest-anti-abortion-bills/

* http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/332565-reproductive-rights-advocates-protest-texas-bills-in-the-handmaids-tale

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