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!

That’s right, y’all, I have joined a gang. And as far as gang initiation’s go, I have to say this one was a breeze! Recently a blog began in support of Dr. Tiller, the man and his mission, the one he left behind after being so tragically and untimely taken from this planet because of the hate for his work. But Dr. Tiller lives on in the blogosphere and in the hearts and minds of those who continue where the good Dr. was forced to leave off.

The blog, affectionately called the Abortion Gang, has launched onto the Pro-Choice scene with a powerful voice ready to open the dialog and discuss the truth about Choice, and the fight to take it away. And I am proud to throw my hat into the ring and join this important social conversation as the site gets underway! We were asked when joining to pen a post about why we are Pro-Choice and my post went up today.

As mentioned on the podcast, the Pro-Choice movement seems to be lacking in male support, so it is more important than ever for Pro-Choice men add their voices to the ranks to try and balance out the misogynistically driven males belligerently arguing against Choice! Below is an excerpt from my post about Why I am Pro-Choice, and if you want to read the full thing simply follow the link.

From Why I am Pro-Choice by Rob Bowen
…the main reason that I am pro-choice, and the reason that everyone should be, is because NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE (hence the overly emphatic all caps typing), has the right to control any woman’s reproductive choices other than the woman herself.

Episode 39 a/b – More on Marijuana, Abortion, and Texas Textbook Debacle!

With a special guest on this episode, Persephone Pomegranate, I discuss a bit more about marijuana after a couple of responses to the last episode from listeners, and then Persephone and I discuss in detail Abortion, veering into the #LiveTweetingAbortion dialog recently started by Angie the Anti-Theist via social media, pro-life propaganda, health care, Planned Parenthood, Georgia’s racist pro-life approach, ‘Abortion Changes You’ ad campaign, dispelling abortion misinformation, Texas Textbook Bullshit, indoctrination of the youth, rewriting history, music, e-mail and more.

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

Episode 39
Episode 39b.

Links from Persephone

Persephone’s Blog – My very special guest podcaster, talented zinester, and passionate feminist with a flare for speaking her mind!

Angie the Anti-Theist’s Blog – An awesome, outspoken woman with a lot of brilliant things to say.

45 Million Voices – The amazing community where women share their true experiences.

Think Atheist’s – Thoughts from an Abortion Doctor

A great post about the Utah bill seeking to criminalize miscarriages

Links on Textbook Bullshit

The first NY Times article I read about the curriculum changes being proposed.

Article in the NY Times that Jim sent to me about the Textbook curriculum vote.

The post from BUST Magazine that I read from on the program.