SoulMama Says (Carolynn Schwartz) 1-24-17

WARNING: There is offensive language in this podcast!

 

We started out the show talking about “Rockin the Red Doors: A Gilda’s Club tribute to Sharon Jones,” scheduled for March 31st at The Orpheum Theater on State Street here in Madison. Featuring The Clyde Stubblefield Allstars, The Big Payback, Joanna Connor, Tomiko Dixon, me, and a lot more talented ladies. We talked about Sharon Jones and Gilda Radner. Both ladies died from cancer too young.

 

Pussy Hats! The Women’ March! Go Madison! The marches were massive and peaceful, and positive. I explained pussyhats and why I made a ton of them, and how I had to explain it to my 9 year old son and his best friend, and how THEY understand that what DJT said he did is sexual assault. We also talked about punching and identifying Nazis, and how the racists need to go back to pretending to not be racist.

 

Schwartzes everywhere! The hatred in this country is not just Black and White. Jamaica was niiiiice. I couldn’t not watch the inauguration. Trump was so negative and self-congratulatory. My despair turned to action and hope.  Seeing people do things they’d never done before was inspiring. I think a lot of women will run for office. Ali Muldrow is a local mom running for school board. People need to call congress and send letters and postcards. The CORRECT # to call congress is (202) 224-3121. They will connect you with your senator or representative and a real live person will answer.  Get our kids involved young. They are our future.

 

Trump signed several executive orders/memoranda: He pulled us out of TPP, instilled a federal hiring freeze, and reinstated the Mexico City Policy ie, the Global Gag Rule. We also talked about why we are marching and we still need feminism. Feminism is the radical notion that women are people and deserve to be treated equally. Yes, women in America have it much better than many women across the globe, but we still need feminism. “Boys will be Boys” is NOT an excuse for ANYTHING! I marched 25 years ago and I am marching today for the same thing.

 

Important Links:

To buy my naughty postcards and lots of other super cool colorable stuff: www.etsy.com/shop/soulmamasstuff

 

To learn more about PussyHats: https://www.pussyhatproject.com/

 

To learn more about Ali Muldrow, candidate for Madison School Board: https://ballotpedia.org/Ali_Muldrow

 

To see a list of the Presidential Actions and Memoranda that Trump has signed so far:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/presidential-memoranda

 

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Carolyn Schwartz
Carolyn Schwartz
SoulMama Says (Carolynn Schwartz) 1-24-17
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