Episode 44 – Current Events, Police Gone Wild, Military Misspending.

In this episode, Persephone and I discuss Human Rights violations of Hurricane Katrina victims still, a moment of silence for Poland, Huckabee’s insulting statements about homosexuality, FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act, regulating small farms out of business, Nebraska’s Anti-Choice nonsense, OK’s attack on choice and women, women suffering under US occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, the heartbreaking story of Clay and Harold, equal protection under the law for gay couples, livestock treadmills, abuse for alternative energy, Maryland PD mayhem, car jacking police style, police brutality against students, Military Misspending, tax dollars for death, expensive military might, PD dismissals, personality disorder disgrace, poetry, e-mail and more.

Episode 44

Links Promised in the Podcast

Amnesty International says US Guilty of Human Rights Violations in regards to Hurricane Katrina Survivors

Say Farewell to Small Farms and Co-ops

Nebraska’s Anti-Choice Nonsense

Planned Parenthood fights back against Oklahoma’s Attacks on Women’s Rights

The Heartbreaking Story of Harold and Clay

Car Jacking Cops in Maryland

Maryland Police use Excessive Force on College Students

Military Spending around the World, and Our Tax Dollars at Work

The Personality Disorder Military Dismissal Disgrace

And just when you thought the ‘fight’ for ‘Men’s Rights’ couldn’t get any more obnoxious, I stumbled across a rare breed of asshat that has just started his own podcast. Man Manly is a self-proclaimed right-wing Men’s Rights advocate that is apparently unhappy about the current state of men in society at the unchallenged hands of feminism, and he means to change that.

There is so much fail in this douche’s Manly Hour podcast (which the first episode is only ten minutes long), that I almost don’t know where to begin, but he talks about Male Studies and Penis Envy in his first episode. If you haven’t had your fill of ignorant asshats making an idiot of themselves today, then take a listen and get ready for the inevitable facepalm!

The Man’s Man Manly Hour Blog

Episode 43 – Current Events, America at War, Predatory Religion.

In this episode, Persephone and I discuss vegan divide, vegan male feminists, an unnecessary cesarean section, the midwife double standard, Arizona profiling, Bristol Palin’s hypocrisy and privilege, health care caring for sex offenders, anti-abortion advocacy on the rise, Constance McMillen, too gay for prom, America abandons Russian adoptees, Russia abandons US parents, Wikileaks US Military video, dehumanization of our troops, sanctioned Iraqi civilian slaughter, ROE, forced child marriage, Scripture based sexual abuse, Jesuits sexual assault on Alaska, arrest the Pope, music, e-mail and more.

Episode 43

Link to Persephone’s Blog

Check out the Feminism Blog Carnival

Links from the show

Marginalization of Midwives

Arizona’s Immigration Legislation

Don’t have sex unless you’re a rich girl

Russia threatens to suspend child adoptions to US

Link to Wikileaks video and story on US Military in Iraq

Article on US’s changing Rules Of Engagement in Iraq

The articles below may be triggering for some readers.

12 year old Yemeni child bride dies from marital rape

Pedophile’s Paradise

Episode 42 – Current Events, Diet of Death, Christian Terrorists.

In this episode, Persephone and I discuss the Pope’s Rev, anti-semitism, holocaust-like Papal persecution, aethism equals destruction, Pelosi incites Teabaggers, Afghanistan civilian casualties, praying to end abortion, spamming God, Christian magic, Palin recycles, Sinead O’Connor, speaking out against Catholicism, more on Catholic abuse, testing the tooth fairy, Lil Skeptchic, Crisis Pregnancy Centers forced to tell truth, freedom to lie, Obama rape cartoon, bullying, pushing to the edge, McDonald’s doesn’t decompose, fattest city in the world, obesity, child abuse, hegans, veganism, Scott Reoder, Christian terrorists get a pass, music, e-mail and more.

Episode 42

Link to Persephone’s Blog

Check out the Feminism Blog Carnival

Links from the show

Rachel Maddow clip about Roeder’s sentencing.

*Warning, this could a triggering link for some* Obama cartoon about raping Statue of Liberty.

Article about Church suing over Crisis Pregnancy Center law.

Sinead O’ Connor’s post about Catholic Church in Ireland.

Aethism to blame for ills of last century.

A Few Minutes For Feedback

In this short episode, Persephone and I share some feedback that we have gotten recently that was both thoughtful and engaging to the point that we knew it would spark some topics to discuss along the way and not fit into the next episode without causing it to be a two file show. And our discussions take us around the topics of Religion, Parenthood, the stigmatization of parents usually women, abortion, choice, health care and more.

A Few Minutes For Feedback

So I mentioned a little while ago here on the blog that I was working on a zine, and I have, as of today, printed out the test-run of the first issue Diggers’ Dream! I am really excited to branch out into this new arena, and with a bit of help from Persephone and a story from the 1600′s that remains as relevant today as ever, I have compiled and completed my first zine which I will release in limited run sometime in May (tentatively). If you are not familiar with the Diggers, a group of Levellers from around 1649, I have linked to a couple of articles that will give you a little insight into who they were, and the ideas they sought to bring to fruition.

This 22 page underground mini-zine will be available for the cost of $1 (which should allow the costs of printing and shipping to be covered) or for trade if you have a zine of your own that you’d be interested in swapping. Below are a few rough preview pics of the first issue, Diggers’ Dream, which is made up of some excerpts from a favorite song of mine written by Leon Rosselson that deal with the Diggers, an all new original poem written by yours truly and an exclusive angry hippie rant!

If anyone would like to go ahead and pre-order a copy of the first issue, you can paypal $1 per copy you wish to get to ravenfire@arbent.net or if you do not paypal access and wish to send well concealed cash, you can comment here with your e-mail address and I will send you the mailing address that way. Or again, if you have a zine that you would like to trade for a copy, also leave me your information in the comment section below.

I appreciate the support I have received so far from the zine community and hope to find a virtual home for this new Angry Hippie project. Angry Hippie Unplugged will hopefully have at least two issues annually, so look for more on the zine front from WHATSABUDGET Media, Rebel Yell Books, and the Angry Hippie! Peace, love, and all that hippie shit, y’all.

Episode 41 – Current Events, Healthcare Fallout, Ethics of Sex Work.

In this episode, Persephone and I discuss the Teabaggers, the Vatican sex abuse scandals, lobbyists, Jonathan Ayers, drug war collateral damage, police policing police, Seattle PD stun guns pregnant woman, Venice Beach homeless, racism, classism, Hyde’s executive order, enemy belligerents, freedom, executive power, fighting Westboro Baptist, effective activism, Healthcare reform, public reaction, constitutionality of forced coverage, social media assassination, hating on Congress, reacting with isms, funding abstinence only, ethics of sex work, Iceland bans strippers, feminist legislation, music, e-mail and more.

The show actually was contained in one file this week…I know, right?!

Episode 41

Link to Aimee’s blog

Conditional Freedom – Giving up Womanhood.

From Jim

Follow the Congressional Money Trail!

Links promised on the podcast

Executive Order on the Hyde Amendment.

How to Deal with Westboro Baptist Church!

Conservative Blogger urges for Obama Assassination via Twitter.

Bust discusses Iceland Ban.

Feministe discusses Iceland Ban.

Well the 2nd Edition of The Angry Hippie’s Comics has finally returned after an overextended hiatus. But Volume 6 is unapologetically here and biting back at the Obama Administration in the way only the Angry Hippie Comics can. This volume takes a look an issue that has been haunting Obama since his inauguration, concerning Gitmo. It is below and on the comics page! Enjoy…

Angie and I have been wanting to re-do the design for the blog for sometime now, and well, apparently today we came to the now. So here it is, fresh from the design presses, Hippie Soapbox V.3!

A little while back, Angie did a digital tracing of a picture of me and I have been wanting to incorporate that image into the site and the podcast, and she made it happen for me! We really wanted to move the site in a lighter direction, and definitely scale into a much more minimalistic area which I think she did wonderfully.

So I went to work re-organizing the over a hundred posts and making some new images for headers so that the site would get a complete facelift. We hope you enjoy the new look, but don’t expect the mood to lighten any time soon. Though the site may have gotten brighter, my outlook remains the same. We still have a long way to go…

Episode 40 a/b – Current Events, Gender Roles, Congressional Suckage, and an Interview with Jo Pollock.

With my new co-host at my side, Persephone and I rail against punishment killing, media sexist shaming, Starbucks sex demands, victim blaming, animal activism, fur, suicide protest, fur is eco-friendly, green label lies, Pope condemns equality, kids equal purpose, Principal Big Brother, rape victims at fault, fashion fails models, Terry Richardson, sexual coercion, Catholic Nuns for Healthcare, stop abortion lies, Boy Scouts sex abuse cover-up, Christian group molestation, Vegans throw pies, activism don’ts, gender roles, media sexist skews, Interview with Jo Pollock, social workers in schools, broken foster care system, Congressional failures, bank bullshit abounds, no regulation, Business as Usual for Wall Street, music, e-mail and more.

The show ran long and had to be divided up once again.

Episode 40
Episode 40b.

Links from Jo

National Foster Parent Association

National Association of Social Workers

National Association of School Social Workers

Links promised in the podcast

NYT Distorts Photo of Christina Hendricks, Calls Her ‘Big’.

Starbucks Barista sues over being fired for denying sexual demands from boss.

Man burns himself alive in protest of fur.

Pope says equality goes against God’s law!

Skepchick tells you what pregnant women won’t about pregnancy.

Boing, Boing post about High School issued Laptops spying on students at home.

BBC report on survey suggesting majority of women in UK believe rape victims share the blame.

Jezebel post on the world’s most fucked up fashion photographer, the sexual predator, Terry Richardson!

Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Cover-up Spans Decades!