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Soapbox is a platform for feminism in action! Soapbox, Inc.

was founded by author/activists Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumgardner in 2002, after two years spent on the road touring in support of their first book Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future. In the decade since, Soapbox has expanded to represent dozens of authors, speakers, scholars, and artists at the forefront of feminism. A hub for modern politics, Soapbox also runs the Winter and Summer Feminist Book Camps in New York City, the only feminist immersion programs in the country.

07/27/2022

Another Soapbox Repro Speaker highlight ✨
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Meet Jennifer Baumgardner! She is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and publisher whose work focuses on sexual violence and scapegoating, abortion, bisexuality, and radical children’s literature.She’s been an editor at Ms. and a features writer for The Nation, Harper’s, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue, More and Elle (among others). With Amy Richards, she co-founded Soapbox Inc. and Feminist Camp.
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In 2005, she co-created the award-winning documentary I Had an Abortion (with Gillian Aldrich). In 2013, she directed her second film, It Was R**e.
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From 2008-2012, she was writer in residence at The New School, where she taught non fiction workshops and produced activist events. From 2013-2017, Jennifer served as the executive director and publisher of the Feminist Press, the oldest and longest running women’s press in the world. She is the publisher of Dottir Press and the current editor in chief of the Women’s Review of Books.

07/21/2022

Next up on our Reproductive Speakers Series is !
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Lisa Wade is a sociologist, essayist, and author. Well-known for her wide-ranging, critique and commentary, she has written for the New Republic, Washington Post, Politico, Guardian, TIME, and more. She appears frequently in radio and television news and opinion outlets.Her newest book, American Hookup: The New Culture of S*x on Campus, is the definitive account of the sexual culture that dominates higher education.
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A professor at Tulane University, Lisa previously earned an M.A. in Human S*xuality from NYU and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In addition to authoring over two dozen research papers, book chapters, and educational essays, she is the co-author of the bestselling textbook Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions and the founder of and primary writer for the award-winning website Sociological Images.

07/18/2022

Happy Monday! This is a second feature of an ongoing series highlighting and honoring our Soapbox speakers that work in Reproductive justice!
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This is Julie F Kay! Kay began her legal career as a Staff at the Center for Reproductive Rights, litigating domestic reproductive rights cases nationwide on behalf of individual women and health care providers. She served as the inaugural Senior Strategist for Advocacy and Policy at the Ms. Foundation for Women creating coalitions to advance innovative national and grassroots gender equality initiatives. Prior to that as a Senior Staff Attorney at Legal Momentum (formerly the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund), she designed and launched the organization’s S*xuality and Family Rights Program. She served as a founding President of Women’s Link Worldwide, and as a long-time board member for the Center for Constitutional Rights.
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As the lead attorney who designed and litigated the landmark case ABC v. Ireland, Kay successfully argued before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights that Ireland’s ban on life-saving abortion violated her client’s human rights. Kay’s legal work with the Irish Family Planning Association is credited with playing a vital role in abortion legalization in Ireland.

07/14/2022

Welcome to the first of an ongoing Soapbox Speaker Series highlighting and honoring our Soapbox speakers that work in reproductive justice!
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This is ! Ms. Faye is a Partner with Buffkin/Baker in New York. Ms. Faye’s distinguished career spans more than three decades, during which she has amassed an extraordinary track record for leadership, both as a CEO of national not-for-profit organizations and serving on the boards of public and private corporations, academic institutions and high-impact philanthropic organizations.

From 1978 to 1992, Faye was President and CEO of the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary reproductive health provider, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). She was the youngest, first woman, and first African American to hold this position. At the time of her departure, a restructured Planned Parenthood had grown to become the nation’s seventh largest nonprofit organization, with an aggregate budget of $500 million, providing medical and educational services to four million Americans each year, through 170 affiliates operating in 49 states and the District of Columbia. Under its international arm, known as Family Planning International Assistance, PPFA provided technical assistance and commodities to organizations in dozens of developing countries.
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06/03/2022

Some good news this Pride Month… NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing will be offering a course available to all students on LGBTQ+ health! It will be taught by Jeff Day, a nurse practitioner at Mt. Sinai’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery.

Students have been pushing for coursework like this for years. The gender-affirming course will include topics like LGBTQ+ health (physical, mental, and more), government policies,
& more.

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05/12/2022

Brilliant author, lawyer and speaker Kathryn Kolbert spoke on about the leaked early draft of the Supreme Court’s majority opinion overturning the federal right to an abortion.

In 1992, Kathryn argued in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. That was the last major case that challenged the right to an abortion.

Listen to what she has to say now at the link in our bio.

04/04/2022

Happy retirement to our friend Betty Reid Soskin — the National Park Service’s oldest park ranger! Betty retired after her 100th birthday. Among her countless accomplishments, Betty has worked fiercely to highlight the stories of people of color during World War II.

Thank you for all that you do, Betty!

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12/15/2021

Last minute holiday gifts at the ready thanks to the work of our speakers! Swipe to see gift recommendations for feminists of all ages.

12/09/2021

There is little that can make me feel hopefully about the current state of reproductive rights in this country, but getting a moment to connect with Renee Bracey Sherman on this week’s episode of with Brittany Packnett Cunningham did give me hope. Those who support access to the full range of reproductive choices are the majority. If the laws cease to reflect that, we must keep speaking up.
You can hear more: https://buff.ly/3IzkDgY

10/27/2021

Congratulations to Soapbox speaker on the publication of Awakening, co-authored by Rachel Vogelstein and with a foreword by 📚🎉
Awakening explores the cultural reckoning around women’s rights globally, the Movement and how the digital age has impacted social justice organizing across the world — from Brazil to Sweden and beyond.
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10/26/2021

“Under-serving people of color not only leaves money on the table but lives on the line,” writes Farai Chideya, founder of Our Body Politic. We loved this piece in on the importance of investing in Black- and POC-led media.
Link in our bio, and do check out more of Farai’s amazing work

10/12/2021

“Indigenous People With Disabilities Are on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis” by is an essential read. Thank you for your work and wisdom, Jen.
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