Tejana Feminist Talks

In the fifth and final episode of season 2 of Tejana Feminist Talks, Leslie interviewed Maxwell Poyser (she/they), the Head of Marketing and Media at Fern Connections. They talked about how Maxwell first got into learning and writing about sex, relationships, and intimacy, as well as their thoughts on what a trans-inclusive sex education could look like in Texas. Check out Maxwell's bio below as well as some special shoutouts! Transcript to this episode: https://www.tejanafeministtalks.com/season-2 You can find Maxwell on Instagram: @maxwellkatelen Fern Connections: https://www.fernconnections.com/ Maxwell's Voyage Dallas interview: http://voyagedallas.com/interview/meet-maxwell-poyser-dating-dispatch-old-east-dallas/ Thank you all for supporting the podcast! I'd like to give a special shoutout to all my friends who supported my work, as well as everyone who listened. Keep up with me on Instagram at @tejanafeminist. Take care!

In the fourth episode of Season 2 of Tejana Feminist Talks, Leslie interviewed Kat Lopez (they/she) who talked about their work as a full spectrum doula, community organizer, and facilitator as well as the importance of self care in organizing spaces. You can find their bio and IG link below: My name is Kat (they/she). I'm a queer Xicanx femme, a full spectrum doula, community organizer, polyamourous married person, and survivor. I strive to hold and sustain space(s) for folks to heal, experience pleasurable joy, and honor themselves in ways that center curiosity, consent, and autonomy. I enjoy reading, eating delicious fruit, and walking/hiking outside with my dog Weezey. You can find Kat on Instagram: @princesa_kata (https://instagram.com/princesa_kata?igshid=1p6fn83wm4gz4) TFT IG: @tftalkspodcast TFT website & transcript: https://www.tejanafeministtalks.com/season-2

In this bonus episode of Tejana Feminist Talks, Leslie moderated a discussion for Fashion Revolution Week 2021 with Caitlin Ripp of Beetle Rose, content creator & fashion blogger Carmina Tiscareño, and Talia Arvizo of Sus Vintage. In this “chill & chat” session they discussed how they got into sustainable fashion and the roles their identities have played in this, a well as how they put their ethics and values into practice, and so much more. You can find their links below! Talia Arvizo (she/her/ella) DFW vintage seller & collector Owner of Sus Vintage, trying to be the best grandma-fairy I can be Caitlin Ripp (she/her) Vintage style chameleon and slow fashion hoarder. @dangginaaa Owner of @shopbeetlerose Previously at Haus of Vintage (@hausofvintagedallas) Carmina Tiscareño (she/her/ella) Content Creator and stylist You can find me talking and writing about sustainable fashion and style at Minadeltex.com & @minadeltex on Instagram — Read a message from Leslie about the future of the podcast here. Find the transcript here: https://www.tejanafeministtalks.com/season-2

In the third episode of season 2 of Tejana Feminist Talks, Leslie talks about the winter storm that hit Texas last week. She broke down what happened, why this climate disaster is a Reproductive Justice issue, and then gave some shout outs Texas orgs and abortion funds. -- What's Going On in Texas?, The Slate, 2/16/2021 Texplainer: Why does Texas have its own power grid?, Texas Tribune, 2/8/2021 Texas cold snap was not ‘unprecedented,' and it was inexcusable to be unprepared, The Washington Post, 2/22/2021 -- North Texas Rural Resilience (@nttr4yall), Cashapp & Venmo: NTTR4yall The Oak Cliff Veggie Project (@ocveggieproject), Cashapp: $ocveggieproject Funky Town Fridge (@funkytownfridge), Venmo & Cashapp: FunkyTownFridge Austin Access to Activism (@access2activism), Cashapp: $AccesstoActivism Houston Community Fridges (@htxcommunityfridges), GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/53ae9fb4 Canidae Collective (@canidaecollective), Venmo: @canidaeco Para Mi Gente's Mutual Aid Fund (@para.mi_gente), Cashapp & Venmo: pmgmutualaid Yanawana Herbolarios (@yanawanaherbolarios), Cashapp: $Yerbolarios, Venmo: YanawanaHerbolarios RGV Mutual Aid (@rgvmutualaid) -- NNAF Find your local abortion fund: https://abortionfunds.org/funds/ Buckle Bunnies Fund TEA Fund Clinic Access Support Network Fund Texas Choice Lilith Fund West Fund Frontera Fund The Afiya Center's SYS (Support Your Sistah) The Bridge Collective Jane's Due Process -- tejanafeministtalks.com/episodes-transcripts buymeacoffe.com/tftalkspodcast: Thank you to my dear Deana!

In the second episode of season 2 of Tejana Feminist Talks, Leslie gives an intro to Disability Justice. She begins by breaking down the difference between Disability Rights and Disability Justice before talking about some excerpts from the book "Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice" by Leah Lakshmi-Piepzna Samarasinha. Leslie also talks about why Disability Justice is necessary within the Reproductive Justice movement. Below are some of the resources she talked about thoughout the episode. TW: Mention of death, police brutality (around 42:00 mark) Sins Invalid - What is Disability Justice: https://www.sinsinvalid.org/news-1/2020/6/16/what-is-disability-justice Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi-Piepzna Samarasinha (Ch.1 - Care Webs: Experiments in Creating Collective Access and Ch.3 - Making Space Accessible Is an Act of Love for Our Communities Project LETS: https://projectlets.org/ Tejana Feminist Talks website: https://www.tejanafeministtalks.com/ Shoutout to Dom & Dylaina for buying me a coffee & keeping this podcast going!! Love y'all and appreciate y'all. To invest in my work, go to www.buymeacoffee.com/tftalkspodcast and buy me a coffee as well

Tejana Feminist Talks returns for Season 2! In this first episode of the new season, Leslie does a deeper dive into Reproductive Justice. She focuses on 3 important movements/issues (abolition, Disability Justice, and Self-Managed Abortions) that intersect with the fight for Reproductive Justice and liberation. In other news, the podcast now has a website — www.tejanafeministtalks.con and you can find episode transcripts there, too! Below are all the resources she talked about in this episode: “Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice” by Leah Lakshmi-Piepzna Samarasinha ReproAction: https://reproaction.org/campaign/self-managed-abortion/ National Advocates for Pregnant Women: https://www.nationaladvocatesforpregnantwomen.org/ If/When/How Repro Legal Helpline: https://www.reprolegalhelpline.org/ and 844.868.2812 Tejana Feminist Talks website: tejanafeministtalks.com Buymeacoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tftalkspodcast

In the final episode of Season 1 of Tejana Feminist Talks, Leslie talks about self care and community care. She explores the complexities of both, talks about the role capitalism plays in self care, and discusses why self and community care are essential to our collective liberation. Below are some of the resources she talked about. Make sure to follow @tftalkspodcast on IG to stay up-to-date with all things TFT related! “Beyond Self-Care Bubble Baths: A Vision for Community Care” by Abeni Jones: located here RGV Mutual Aid - Hurricane Hanna Relief Fund: https://www.phly.co/public/hG8KPf8aGCjCZDZQg “Radical Self Care: Angela Davis” by AFROPUNK: video located here Feed The People Dallas: https://feedthepeopledallas.com/ and on IG @feedthepeopledallas "How to hold space for yourself first" by Heather Plett: located here Rockwood Leadership Institute's "From Fired Up to Burnout: 7 Tips to Help You Sustain a Life Committed to Social Justice" by Britt Bravo: located here

In this pre-recorded episode, Leslie talked to Talia Arvizo about sustainable fashion. Talia describes herself as someone who has been a college dropout, IT doormat, chocolate shop girl, and now a youth counselor and mental/emotional health educator. She enjoys creating curated playlists, promoting social justice, and searching the depths of Depop in addition to babying the four dogs she shares with her partner. Talia believes in the importance of community investment and centers her work on intersectionality and resource + information accessibility for all. Make sure to follow her store, SUS Vintage (@sus_vintage) on Instagram and on depop.com/susvintage. Below are some other accounts that Talia shouted out: Fashion Revolution, @fash_rev on IG Carmina Tiscareño, journalist and fashion blogger, @minadeltex

In this pre-recorded episode, Leslie talks to her long-time friend, Olivia Najera-Garcia on the ways that relationships and sex are portrayed in the media and how this affects our society. Below is Olivia's bio, and make sure to follow her art IG @prisma.liv Olivia Najera-Garcia (she/her) is a first-generation Mexican-American artist and student based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  Olivia is a rising senior at Wesleyan University under the American Studies major with a concentration in Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality. She studied Film in the History department at Queen Mary University of London while abroad her junior year.  She is a self-taught studio artist, aspiring graphic designer, and hopes to work within the film and TV industry in the future. Her interest in media and film is stemmed in her desire to see representations of marginalized people within mainstream culture and making the tools for creation more accessible.  She is currently using her experience with graphic design and translation to create infographics about the Black Lives Matter movement for spanish-speaking communities. She also collaborates with TransLash Media to create graphics centering Trans people and Black liberation.  She is a Leo sun and rising and a Scorpio moon. Her favorite shows are Pose, Ramy, Normal People, and Skam. 

In this pre-recorded episode, Leslie talks to Ashley Arevalo, a menstrual equity activist, about period poverty and what we can all do to help repeal the tampon tax. Below is Ashley's bio and some of the resources mentioned in this episode. ---- Ashley Arevalo is a menstrual equity activist and has been fighting to end period poverty since 2016. She is the chapter president of Period The Menstrual Movement in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is an MBA graduate and was a Corpus Christi 40 under 40 honoree in 2018 for her work with Period. Her chapter has donated over 50,000 period products to shelters in her community. In 2018 she worked with Texas A&M University Corpus Christi to get free menstrual products in the restrooms on campus, allowing over 12,000 students to not have to worry about their period at school. In her spare time, Ashley is a style blogger who enjoys creating looks inspired by her favorite movies. She also loves spending all her money on concert tickets. Find her on IG: @ashleyalyssa and Period Corpus Christi @Period.corpuschristi --- Resources mentioned: Period The Menstrual Movement: https://www.period.org/ Petition to end the Tampon Tax in Texas: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-tampon-tax-texas-freetheperiod/ Who Represents Me: https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home Shout out to Islander Feminists (IG): @islanderfeminists

In this episode of Tejana Feminist Talks, Leslie discusses all things anti-Blackness. She begins by talking about what it is, providing examples, and then discusses her own upbringing and experiences of anti-Blackness. Finally, Leslie offers an exercise to interrogate your own anti-Black/racist ideas. If you are interested in continuing this conversation, please follow the TFT podcast on IG: @tftalkspodcast and her own personal IG @tejanafeminist. Below are links to what was mentioned in the episode as well as additional resources. Thanks for listening! AfroPunk article: ANTI-BLACKNESS IN LATINX COUNTRIES IS SYSTEMIC AND REINFORCED BY DELIBERATE CULTURAL POLICY Remezcla article: When It Comes to Latinidad, Who Is Included and Who Isn't? Letters for Black Lives' Article: An open letter from Latinxs to our families Black individuals who engage in anti-racist work: Rachel Cargle: IG @rachel.cargle and Lutze Segu: IG @socialjusticedoula This UnitedWeDream tweet that shows how a convo about BLM can look like with your family (Also, follow their work! They're amazing!): here (if you cannot click on the link this is the text: Estaciones de noticias como  @Telemundo  y  @UniNoticias han fallado a nuestras comunidades con su desastrosa cobertura de #BlackLivesMatter. Somos nosotros quienes tenemos que comenzar a destruir la anti-Negritud en nuestros hogares.)

In this episode of Tejana Feminist Talks, COLLEGE GRADUATE (haha) and host Leslie Lopez talks about transformative justice. She first discusses the differences between punitive, restorative, and transformative justice. Leslie then uses "Beyond Survival," a 2020 anthology edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, to describe the TJ movement and ways to practice TJ in our lives. Below are some of the websites, organizations, and collectives she mentioned: What Does Justice Look Like for Survivors? By Barnard Center for Research on Women What Is Transformative Justice? By Barnard Center for Research on Women AORTA's Punitive, Restorative, and Transformative Justice: The Basics What is Restorative Justice Vent Diagrams Organizations: Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective, Spring Up, AORTA, Creative Interventions, Oakland Power Projects, Philly Stands Up Pieces read from Beyond Survival: “From Breaking Silence to Community Control” by Audrey Huntley, “Maybe You Don't Have to Call 911? Know Your Options” By Oakland Power Projects, “What To Do When You've Been Abusive” by Kai Cheng Thom, “Facing Shame: From Saying Sorry to Doing Sorry” by Nathan Shara, and "Pods and Pod-Mapping Worksheet" by Mia Mingus

In this episode of Tejana Feminist Talks, Leslie discusses the long history of abortion attacks and reproductive rights in Texas. She also covered the recent COVID-19 abortion ban that lasted a month, leaving many people to go out of state for their abortions. Below are the resources she used and organizations to look into.  Resources for the Reproductive Rights History in Texas: https://trustrespectaccess.org/restrictions.php https://www.aclutx.org/en/know-you-rights/abortion-in-Texas https://prochoicetexas.org/resources/the-texas-timeline-of-abortion-restrictions/ Resources for COVID-19 Texas Abortion Ban: https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion/timeline-our-fight-against-abortion-bans-during-covid19 https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/5th-circuit-court-of-appeals-backs-down-restores-medication-abortion-in-texas-for-now https://www.aclutx.org/en/know-you-rights/abortion-in-Texas https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VZG5pgMZZ/ Resources for Calls to Action: Support organizations that do rapid response or actions like calling your representatives NARAL Pro-Choice Texas: https://secure.everyaction.com/MNuRT2sRcUmuphouvz8LbQ2?recurring=auto&ms=web-home&refcode=web-home Jane's Due Process ACLU TX: https://action.aclu.org/petition/tx-support-access Whole Woman's Health ReproPower Dallas: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/support-abortion-care-COVID19 Support the decriminalization of self-managed abortion: Women Help Women: https://womenhelp.org/ Reproaction: https://reproaction.org/ Plan C: https://plancpills.org/ Donate to your local abortion fund: National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/ Frontera Fund Bake Sale Article (No longer happening but check out their amazing work): https://www.themonitor.com/2020/04/25/abortion-advocates-hold-contactless-bake-sale/ Frontera Fund Donation Link: https://fund.nnaf.org/campaign/frontera-fund/c271941

In this episode of Tejana Feminist Talks, host Leslie Lopez interviews Deana Ayers (they/them). Deana talks about how they got into prison abolition citing K (@sheabutterfemme on Twitter) and Mariame Kaba (@prisonculture on Twitter) as their influences. Deana also talks about how their organizing has been affected by COVID-19 and their current work with Cancel Rent Tx (@cancelrenttx on Twitter). They also talked about their thoughts on digital organizing, and what they're doing to care for themselves during these hard times. You can find Deana on Twitter @DeanaJAyers and can subscribe to their newsletter here: https://deanajayers.substack.com/about

In this episode, Leslie reviews “emergent strategy” by adrienne maree brown and discusses her newfound knowledge on transformative justice as well as the assessments provided in brown's book. The link to the Gar Alperovitz is https://garalperovitz.com/ifyoudontlike/ Also Leslie did mispronounce iterative (and she probably will mispronounce many more things) but no one is going to beat her ass about it so deal with it :-) You can head over to IG to continue the discussion over the fractal assessment!

In this first episode, Leslie talks about what Reproductive Justice is, and the differences between Repro rights, health, and justice. She also gives a brief history of reproductive coercion in the United States. Below are some of the sources she mentioned: 1. Founding Mothers of RJ: Toni M. Bond, Reverend Alma Crawford, Evelyn S. Field, Terri James, Bisola Maringay, Cassandra McConnell, Cynthia Newbille, Loretta J. Ross, Elizabeth Terry, “Able” Mable Thomas, Winnette P. Willis, and Kim Youngblood 2. SisterSong - https://www.sistersong.net/reproductive-justice 3. The Hyde Amendment & Rosie Jimenez - https://www.texasobserver.org/rosie-jimenez-abortion-medicaid/ 4. Reproductive Justice: An Introduction by Loretta J. Ross and Rickie Solinger 5. Texas Abortion Clinics - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/18/741117422/for-supporters-of-abortion-access-troubling-trends-in-texas and https://prochoicetexas.org/resources/the-texas-timeline-of-abortion-restrictions/

In this introductory episode, get to know Leslie and why she decided to make a podcast!