Super Serious Social Justice Podcast

Yeah, we know it's been a while, but we're back and we're super excited!

Brianne has a very special interview guest - why, it's SSSJ co-host Courtney Kupfer! Courtney talks about balancing grad school with the rest of her life, and goes into detail about what it means to be a student pursuing a *deep breath* Masters-in-Adlerian-Psychotherapy-and-Counseling-with-an-emphasis-in-Clinical-Mental-Health-Counseling.

After a week off we're back with some great topics for you, and not one but TWO cat meows interrupting recording. Impressive. Topics: Aerie bras (link, link, and link) LGBTQ adoptions (link) Trump Baby Blimp (link) Christians apologize at Pride (link)

Last weekend was the Keep Families Together march, so we're giving you a guide to protesting! -how do you get there? -what can you expect? -what's the point of going? -chants! -how to find out about protests

We missed last week, but we're back in force! We've got a minisode with four nuggets of wisdom focused on current events. I'm not going to lie: things are kind of shit right now. These topics are hard. But we're here to get you through them. Are you ready to have some feelings? CN: suicide, racial violence Topics: Whiteness (link) Police abuse of power (link) Suicide vs. mental illness (link, link, and link) Occupy ICE (link, link, link, link, link, and link)

Another episode that proves when we have guests we sound WAY smarter. We have Aileen Kaspar and her daughter Isabella on to talk about philanthropy, supporting the communities you love, and effective ways to use our resources. Yeah, that's right, we get to spend a whole episode talking about the FUN stuff: making a positive difference. Yumyumyum.

Welcome to the very first minisode of June! There's a lot happening, and a lot of it is very gay which is pretty great because it is Pride month. Sit back and let your sweet, sweet SJW hosts take you away into the world of pride history, conservative bakers, and...Drake? Topics: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Baker in Gay Rights Case (Link) Gay Pride History (Link, link, and link) Virginia Expands Medicaid (Link) Drake in Black Face (Link, link, and link) New Sexual and Gender Identity Terms (Link, link, and link) Valedictorian Quotes Obama (Link) Plus a fun meme for y'all:

To celebrate the end of Mental Health Awareness Month, Courtney and Olivia tackle how you can make the world a more welcoming place to people who are having a hard time with mental health. We cover everything from approaching someone you're worried about to finding a therapist to providing long term support. Find out how you can be a real cool, awesome friend by listening.

We're back for one of our classic minisodes. What sound effects will our brilliant sound editor Carly add this week? There's only one way to find out. Topics: Benedict Cumberbatch on equal pay (link) The Posh Club (link) BBQ Becky (Link and link) Henrietta Lacks (Link and link) Feminist take on Childish Gambino (link) Mental Health Awareness Month (link and link)

It's meandering, it's off the rails, it's a classic episode of Super Serious Social Justice! We have a new sound editor, Carly, and we take this opportunity to introduce them and share some of their thoughts and opinions on social justice, including hot takes like "what is a social justice sound editor?", "why are clothes sexist?", and "can we let the cats out?" 

It's Brianne's birthday and we're celebrating with a minisode that contains not one segment covering the heartbeat bill in Iowa, but TWO WHOLE SEGMENTS covering the heartbeat bill in Iowa because we are good at communicating with each other. This is also our first episode with our new actual editor and we're SO EXCITED.

In today's episode we're not actually in the same physical space...we're hanging out at Orbit Con, an online conference for atheists who are into social justice! We decided to bring them the topic of body image this week, and it gets hairy (a bit like bodies). Listen in for Olivia going off the rails about philosophy, Brianne being thoughtful, and Courtney singing. Basically a regular episode.

It's a minisode week, so we're back with quick hits on everything from Pregnancy Crisis Centers to Kesha. Get your social justice fix by checking in on the state of the world in a super serious manner.

Our episode today focuses on the documentary Deej, a story of a nonverbal autistic man and his journey from high school to college.

We've got Boko Haram updates, some good parodies, thoughts on March for Our Lives and Autism Awareness Month. Time to get mini.

In this episode we give you some in depth insights into recent topics, replace curse words with clinical terms, sing a LOT, and say vaguely inappropriate things. So a normal week basically.

It's Minisode 12 and we're talking about International Women's Day, Barbies, the RGB documentary and more! Join us to learn a whole lot in less than 30 minutes.

We love therapy. We love it so much we're spending a full hour telling you all the amazing things we learned from it. No seriously...it's fantastic.

We're back with one of our patented minisodes. This week we're tackling everything from some truly awful topics that leave us in tears to things that make us giggle like nobody's watching (is that a phrase? It's a phrase now). 

What does atheism have to do with social justice? Should atheists care about social justice? How many episode titles can Olivia and Brianne come up with in one episode? These questions and more answered.

It turns out recording in the same place is hard, so we come to you again with some small reports of things that are on our minds. Topics range from police assault to menstrual products in prisons. 

Brianne was out, so Courtney and Olivia get punchy and cranky about the SuperbOwl. There's singing. There's talking in sync. There's an astoundingly impressive tummy growl. You know you want it.

Episode 17 is here! We're throwing out a content notice for abuse here because we open up about our personal #metoo stories of abuse. You will cry.

We've been snowed in! Your hosts are coming to you from their respective homes to share rants and stories that they didn't run past each other. Anything could happen.

What do pets and consent have in common? Guess you'll have to listen to find out.

The second half of our Star Wars episode. Spoilers: it gets PUNCHY.

STAR WARS IS VERY GOOD LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

Time for some up to date SJ info! This week in sexual harassment, a whole lot of 45 buffoonery, and some holiday features.

What an asshole! Sitting there on their phone, refusing to make eye contact, not smiling. They're being so rude. Or...maybe they're disabled? 

What organizations are doing awesome things? Don't worry, we'll tell you

What the heck is up with people who don't want kids? Well, we'll tell you.

Stay bright and beautiful like a ruby. And the text on this graphic I forgot to change. We're covering a lot of current shit in this episode.

While the Brianne is away, the goofballs play. Courtney and Olivia give their favorite self care tips and tricks, and remain surprisingly focused while the brains of the operation is elsewhere.  For the absolutely AMAZING flow chart about going out or staying in, check out our Pinterest board for the episode, which also has tons of great resources for self care. Make sure you hit us up in the comments with your favorite self care strategies and ideas!

It's almost Halloween, and as fate would have it, in today's episode we become Witch Bosses for the episode. If only we could become so powerful that we could stop asshats like Harvey Weinstein from abusing their power. Yes, we're talking sexual harassment and abuse today. Correction: Tarana Burke was the originator of the #metoo campaign. Alyssa Milano vaulted it into the public sphere in its most recent iteration. Find this week's Pinterest board with all our links here. Also, make sure that you take the time to look at some of these examples of what you can do to fight rape culture. Topics: #metoo #ivedoneit Harvey Weinstein Donna Karan Mayim Bialik Rape culture Lindsay Lohan Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Woody Allen

Welcome to Episode 5, where Olivia talks too much, we get to hear all about asexuality, and we go to some dark places. Content note: Discussion of rape and trauma Source: Langdon Parks And here we have the very unsophisticated chart that Olivia created off the top of her head in the middle of the podcast. She would be somewhere in the lower lefthand quadrant.  During this episode we mentioned a few links. For your convenience, here they are! Olivia's Wedding on Offbeat Bride Olivia's Proposal on Offbeat Bride Asexuality and Queerness blog post