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We are just 20 days away from Election Day! Do you have your voting plan ready? Your body is on the ballot; vote to secure your rights. Tune into Episode 2 of the 6-part Bodies Count mini-series for the Got Body? Campaign, featuring A’shanti Gholar, Executive Director of Emerge, the largest network of women elected officials and candidates in the country! Sign the pledge to let us know that you'll be voting in the midterms. This project is a partnership between SisterSong and the My Body My Future Fund. A special thanks to Higher Heights for hosting the 13th annual #BlackWomenLead Reception at CBC week and to Tribe Productions for making it all come to life.

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Bodies Count six part mini series in partnership with the Got Body? campaign for bodily autonomy! We're just 27 days away from Election Day, and each week we're going to be putting out a special mini episode featuring influencer and activist Samirah Raheem interviewing some of the most influential change makers in politics. Now's the time to make your voting plan! Sign the pledge to let us know that you'll be voting in the midterms. Enjoy part one of the series, featuring New Jersey Congresswoman and new mom LaMonica McIver! This project is a partnership between SisterSong and the My Body My Future Fund. A special thanks to Higher Heights for hosting the 13th annual #BlackWomenLead Reception at CBC week and to Tribe Productions for making it all come to life.

AUDIO ONLY: Watch the full video on our YouTube Bodies Count, and so does your VOTE! With election day fast approaching, we thought it was time we hit the gas on getting out the vote for the midterms. For the next six weeks, SisterSong and the Bodies Count podcast are teaming up with the My Body My Future Fund for the Got Body? campaign to fight for bodily autonomy and get our people to the polls. In this full length episode of Bodies Count, Simran is joined by Samirah Raheem, face of the Got Body? campaign, and Ericka Claudio, founder of the My Body My Future Fund to chat about the importance of voting in local and state elections. Did you know that an average of only 15-27% of registered voters are showing up to vote in local elections? That means that your rights are being decided by a tiny portion of the population, and they could be weirdos, who knows. So take back your voice, and take back your vote! Get your girls together and strut to the polls. Take a cute date to the polls. Do what you gotta do to have your voice heard this election, it takes all of us to win. This episode of Bodies Count is the kickoff to a six part mini series featuring interviews with some of the biggest movers and shakers in politics today. Every week leading up to Election Day, we’ll be dropping one very special episode featuring state legislators, Congress members, activists, and more from the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference in DC. We’re so excited to be sharing this series with you, enjoy the episode and GET OUT THE VOTE! Click this link to check out your very own Got Body? Voter Guide and sign the pledge to let us know that you’ll be voting this election 3 Thank you to Tribe Productions for this amazing video episode!

The best part about Reproductive Justice? That there are no rules! In this episode of Bodies Count, Simran chats with Bianca from Forward Together on their experience with being a non-birthing parent who chose to co-lactate and be part of chest feeding their baby. This episode is a continuation of Bianca's article on co-lactation in Forward Together's New Visions anthology. New Visions is a living anthology, a love letter to those who have felt unheard or unrepresented within reproductive justice spaces. Check out Bianca's piece and more here! Lactation for the Rest of Us: A Guide for Queer and Trans Parents and Helpers

LIVE from SisterSong's Let's Talk About Sex Conference 2026 in Chicago! In this episode, Simran does a live interview with artist Autumn Breon on the power of magic as a tool for freedom, both ancestrally and today. Watch the full video on Youtube here :) Check out Autumn's upcoming play and first piece of theatrical work entitled MAROONS, premiering this October! MAROONS is a genre-bending theatrical performance that reimagines the history of marronage (resisting or liberating oneself from slavery) as a living, time-bending practice of escape and collective freedom.

This week, Simran is joined by SisterSong's very own Birth Justice Education Coordinator Shanti Moore to talk about maternal wellness and the history of midwifery in America. Get your next Pap smear from a midwife! As promised, here are a few articles about the politics of home birth and midwifery across the states: The Politics of Home Births in the US (very unfortunately behind a paywall, National Library of Medicine) As Home Births Rise in Popularity, Some Midwives Operate in a Legal Grey Area (NPR) State Ranking of Midwifery Integration Scores (Birth Place Lab) Check out the documentary Shanti and Simran were discussing, The Business of Being Born. Want to get involved with Artists United for Reproductive Justice (AURJ)? Email Seyi at [email protected].

Welcome to the first episode of season 3 of SisterSong's podcast, formerly known as FMK and now known as BODIES COUNT! This exciting first episode features Tiaret Mitchell, the tattoo artist who did Doechii's back piece. If you want to get the full Doechii story, you'll just have to listen in ;) Tattoo art is Reproductive Justice, take that mom! Pop culture. Policy. People. Reproductive Justice changes the way you see everything. Welcome to Bodies Count!

FULL VIDEO It's the last episode of season 2! Thank you for being here for two whole seasons of F*ck Marry Kill, we can't wait for an even better, spicier, sillier season 3. This LIVE taping is a collaboration with the ⁠Louisiana Abortion Fund⁠'s own podcast, ⁠the South Has the Answers⁠. We filmed this episode during our joint event in New Orleans to discuss the criminalization of healthcare in the South, do a community food drive, and write letters to incarcerated folks. FMK is so grateful to be a part of these kinds of impactful partnerships and are so excited to continue to share these live episodes with all of you!

AUDIO ONLY It's the last episode of season 2! Thank you for being here for two whole seasons of F*ck Marry Kill, we can't wait for an even better, spicier, sillier season 3. This LIVE taping is a collaboration with the Louisiana Abortion Fund's own podcast, the South Has the Answers. We filmed this episode during our joint event in New Orleans to discuss the criminalization of healthcare in the South, do a community food drive, and write letters to incarcerated folks. FMK is so grateful to be a part of these kinds of impactful partnerships and we are so excited to continue to share these live episodes with all of you!

We're almost done with season 2 of the F*ck Marry Kill podcast 🤩 Check out this week's episode featuring members of SisterSong's very own Reproductive Health Experiences and Access Study Community Advisory Board. This study and episode has been a key reminder that good, solid research must be rooted in the needs and experiences of the community. Let the people talk! 💗💗 Thank you to our amazing guests Jordyn Close and Amanda Furdge! Sadly, I could not find the video of the Ohio politician saying that abortions are bad for the crib industry... but crazier things have certainly happened.

Did you love Bad Bunny's Calvin Klein ad as much as we did?? 🤭 This week, we're talking about Latinx communities and Reproductive Justice with sex educator and activist, Lorena Banda, and SisterSong's very own, Lori Rodriguez! Lori produces FMK and is normally working hard behind the scenes, so we are so excited to have them in front of the mic for this episode 🎤 Check out Lorena's work here! Instagram TikTok YouTube LinkedIn And keep an eye out for her rebranded newsletter coming soon! 😍 Book that Lorena recommended: Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora

But if you really wanna pick your chosen family's nose, we won't tell... This week, Simran is joined by Khye and Alanah from the Kuluntu Reproductive Justice Center to talk about redefining families and family abolition. In the brilliant words of Khye, "community is the opposite of capitalism". Check out Kuluntu's work: https://kuluntu.center/ Read the Redefining Families Literature Review: https://kuluntu.center/redefiningfamily Listen to the short story that Khye referenced: "The Library" by Terri A. Meredith. Story starts around 1:06:00 https://www.youtube.com/live/bauKQMszqaI?si=fQzTlJsrMJ9jXJcZ

Essence Fest 2025 was one for the books! SisterSong's booth was TWICE AS BIG as last year's, and we got to roll out our brand new Reproductive Justice Culture House where we did a LIVE recording of your favorite podcast, F*ck Marry Kill. Check out this episode featuring New Orleans activist and entrepreneur, Dorothy Nairne. Dorothy is best known for suing the Louisiana government for gerrymandering Black neighborhoods, but she can also be seen in this episode cracking Simran up with her silly jokes and sharing her wisdom on the future of Louisiana. Full video episode on Spotify and YouTube, audio only on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. Learn more about Dorothy's case here: https://www.aclu.org/cases/nairne-v-landry Follow FMK on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckmarrykillpodcast/?hl=en

In this week's episode of FMK, Simran is joined by Sahar from HEART, an organization that works to promote sexual health, uproot gendered violence, and advance Reproductive Justice by establishing choice and access for the most impacted Muslims. This episode explores the beautiful relationship that's possible between faith and movement work, and how we can be nurturing that connection in a way that's intentional and inclusive. Are you a Muslim person looking for community? Are you a Reproductive Justice advocate looking for community? Are you BOTH?!? Connect with HEART! Follow HEART: https://www.instagram.com/hearttogrow/ Follow FMK on IG: https://www.instagram.com/fckmarrykillpodcast/?hl=en

ICYMI, the F*ck, Marry, Kill podcast launched Season 2 this summer with a FABULOUS birthday party in NYC! The party featured a LIVE EPISODE TAPING with Solonje Burnett, aka the Weed Auntie, and Maura Chanz, host of Women in Progress. It also happened to be Simran's birthday, in case you want to send her a belated bday gift... The live taping is finally here!! Check out this hilarious conversation on all things sexual liberation. We also raffled off an FMK branded HOE BAG, an invention from the brilliant mind of Maura Chanz, that has everything you might need to keep on you if you're hoeing around. This party was also a fundraiser for SisterSong's Birth Justice Care Fund, listen til the end to hear from our Birth Justice Care Fund Coordinator on the amazing work being done. And click the link below to donate to mamas and families! Watch the full video episode on Spotify and YouTube, or listen to audio only on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. Thanks for sticking around for F*CK, MARRY, KILL SEASON 2!! Xoxo Donate to SisterSong's Birth Justice Care Fund: https://www.sistersong.net/bjcarefund Check out Solonje Burnett: https://www.instagram.com/solonjeburnett/?hl=en Check out Maura Chanz: https://www.instagram.com/maurachanz/ Follow F*ck, Marry, Kill Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckmarrykillpodcast/