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TV: Scripps News in 2022 & in 2013, I had the honor of talking about abortion access on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show. You can watch the segments here and here.
Podcasts:
- TV Shows Are Still Missing the Mark on TV (The Turnaway)
- How Anti-Abortion Bias Shapes Media (ACCESS Podcast)
- The Abortion Episode (Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders)
- Abortion: The Body Politic (Next Question with Katie Couric)
- Abortion Onscreen with Steph Herold (Sex Ed with DB)
- Abortion Onscreen (Braaains podcast)
- Nobody Puts Abortion in a Corner: Abortion in Film and TV (rePROS Fight Back)
- Hollywood has a renewed responsibility to portray abortion on screen (Entertainment Business Wisdom)
- Abortion Onscreen (Braaaains)
- On-Screen Portrayals of Abortion and Why They Matter (Femtastic Podcast)
Interviews:
2022:
- Abortion stories on TV get closer to reality, says new report (NPR)
- TV Abortions Seriously Underrepresent the Most Common Abortion Method (Vulture)
- Research: 2022 TV Offered Record-High Depiction of Barriers to Abortion Access (Women & Hollywood)
- National reckoning on abortion transformed TV shows in 2022 (USA Today)
- How TV Shows Changed Their Abortion Plotlines After Dobbs (Jezebel)
- ‘Love Is Blind,’ ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and more: How abortion’s portrayal on TV is changing (The 19th)
- How TV Shows Tackled The End Of Roe v. Wade This Year — And What They Got Wrong (Huffington Post)
- What TV and Movies Can Tell Us About Abortion — and What They Can’t (Vulture)
- Elizabeth Banks’ New Film ‘Call Jane’ Will Be Screened at Abortion Clinics Across the U.S. (Jezebel)
- Talking fetus in ‘Blonde’ adds to ‘antiabortion propaganda,’ critics say (Washington Post)
- Planned Parenthood Is Not a Fan of Blonde’s Talking Fetus (The Cut)
- Netflix viewers are calling Blonde “exploitative” and “thinly-veiled trauma porn” (GQ)
- The New Marilyn Monroe Movie Gets Basically Everything Wrong About Abortion (Vice)
- Expert Slams ‘Blonde’ for ‘Violent, Exploitative Portrayal’ of Abortion (Newsweek)
- As ‘Blonde’ Goes No. 1 on Netflix, Viewers Lash Out: ‘So Sexist,’ ‘Cruel’ and ‘One of the Most Detestable Movies’ Ever Made (Variety)
- The 18 Best Twitter Reactions to ‘Blonde’ Now That It’s on Netflix (Cosmopolitan)
- The Next Person to Call ‘Blonde’ a ‘Biopic’ Is Getting Slapped—With Knowledge (The Mary Sue)
- Critics rip Netflix’s ‘Blonde’ for being ‘exploitative’ and ‘sexist’: ‘Self-indulgent act of cruelty’ (Fox News)
- Why Hollywood keeps getting abortion wrong (Vox)
- Why authentic abortion stories in TV and film are a sign of the times in post-Roe era (CBC)
- How ‘P-Valley’ And ‘The Chi’ Tapped Into Much-Needed Conversations About Abortion On TV (Huffington Post)
- Avortement : aux États-Unis, les films et séries sont encore souvent hors sujet (Télérama)
- When It Comes to Abortion, Hollywood Is Rarely as Accurate as This One-Woman Show (Bloomberg)
- How TV Writers Crafted Abortion Stories Before the Fall of Roe (Vulture)
- Abortions in TV, film started with hysteria, then became (mostly) accurate. But what now? (USA Today)
- How abortion storylines in film and TV have evolved in recent years (CNN)
- Movies That Depict Abortion Shouldn’t Leave Out the Money Part (Slate)
- TV has brought the abortion debate home since the 1970s (NPR print and radio)
- Movies With Abortion Scenes Are Becoming More Graphic—And More Vital (Vanity Fair)
- Q&A on Happening with IFC Films
2021:
- Onscreen Portrayals of Abortion & Why They Matter (Femtastic Podcast)
- Abortion and the uncertain future of Roe v. Wade (MTV News)
- We’re Seeing More Abortions Depicted on TV, But It’s Not Necessarily Helping the Cause (Jezebel)
- More TV Shows Are Telling Abortion Stories. But They Often Don’t Reflect Reality (Huffington Post)
- Medication Abortion Is the Future, so Why Don’t TV Shows Depict It More? (Rewire)
- Getting An Abortion Doesn’t Have To Be So Heavy(Jezebel)
- We Need to See More Parents Having Abortions in Film and Television (Marie Claire)
- The best abortion portrayals in TV and movies according to experts, from ‘The Bold Type’ to ‘Bridgerton’ (Business Insider)
- Are we making progress in depicting abortion on screen? (New Statesman)
- Abortion plotlines on TV and film last year didn’t reflect reality, new report says (Prism)
2020:
This year we will fight for abortion. Here’s how. (Lilith)
2019:
TV Shows are Talking about Abortion More than Ever — And They’re Still Getting Some Things Wrong (MTV)
2019 Was a Terrible Year for Abortion Rights. TV Did Better – Kind Of (Rolling Stone)
Queer POC Who Need Abortions Are Rarely Represented On TV, A New Report Shows (Bustle)
The Pro-Choice Movement Has Won the Culture War (The Nation)
How Shondaland Shows Changed the Way We View Abortion on TV (Shondaland)
‘Orange Is The New Black’ Abortion Scenes Spark Questions About The Procedure, Experts Says (Bustle)
How to help protect abortion access in states where it’s most threatened (Mashable)
2018:
The TV Shows That Addressed Abortion In 2018 Highlighted The Experiences Of Women Of Color (Bustle)
No, Post Abortion Syndrome Isn’t A Thing (HelloFlo)
Here Are 5 Ways You Can Combat Abortion Stigma (HelloFlo)
2016:
The Moral Case for Abortion (The Establishment)
Should Women Perform Their Own Abortions? (Cosmopolitan.com)
Hillary and Bernie are trapped by how much ground Democrats have lost on abortion rights, (Quartz)
Carafem’s ‘spa-like’ abortion clinic part of new U.S. trend (CBC News)
2015:
Cecile Richards: Grace Under Fire at Planned Parenthood (The Prospect)
Shout Your Abortion founder Amelia Bonow criticises LA Times for sensationalist death threat article (International Business Times)
No, Stress Isn’t The Cause Of Miscarriages (ThinkProgress)
New Year, Same as the Old Year? 2015 Reproductive Rights Preview (TruthOut)
2014 & Before:
Can Storytelling Help Destroy Abortion Stigma? (Pacific Standard)
Wendy Davis Reminds Us Who Exactly Is Allowed To Talk About Their Abortions (ThinkProgress)
Bravo for Wendy Davis, but women’s abortions are none of your business (The Guardian)
It’s OK to tell your abortion story. Some women just don’t want to be pregnant (The Guardian)
Jimmy Connors Shouldn’t Be Talking About Chris Evert’s Abortion (The Atlantic)
What Choice? (Time magazine)
Dear Pro-Choice Women of Means (The Nation)
How to Help a Friend Through an Abortion (Jezebel)
Democrats Are Still Compromising Away Women’s Rights — What’s Wrong with the Pro-Choice Movement’s Strategy? (Alternet)
The Lowlights of 2011’s ‘War on Women’ (In These Times)
Young Feminists Keeping Movement Alive (USA Today)
Full Interviews:
All-Options Donor Spotlight: Steph Herold
Talking Abortion, Stigma, and Storytelling
Saying Abortion Aloud
Young Sexuality Activists: Steph Herold
Coming Out of the Abortion Closet
Against the tide: Alumnae reflect on the risks and rewards of going their own way
KPFA Radio, about 7 minutes in
The Line Campaign
Persephone Magazine
The Big Jewcy
The Daily Femme
Loose Garments
Red Dress Conversations
Reality Cast (July 2012)
Reality Cast (Nov. 2010)
Reality Cast (April 2011)
Jewcy: Social Justice
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