From physical to mental and emotional harm, women are consistently the target of violence. shannonrwatts joined michelebgoodwin’s OnTheIssuesPod to unpack how we can make a better world—one where we’re all safe to be in our bodies.
Welcome to 15 minutes of feminism, part of our “On the Issues with Michele Goodwin” at Ms. magazine platform. As you know, we report, rebel and we tell it just like it is, and in fact, we count our minutes in feminist terms too. And I couldn’t be more pleased than in this time and Women’s History Month to bring to you a collaborative series that we are doing with Supermajority on Supermajority’s rules. And in fact, we are diving into Rule #1, “Our lives are safe.
Shannon, I’m really so pleased that you’ve taken time to come onto our show as we are lifting up the special campaign with Supermajority, and I want to start off with asking you about the following. The early months of 2023 have been marked by a tragic surge in mass shootings.
And so I started a Facebook page that just said it was time for women to rise up against the gun lobby in this country and to protect our families and our communities, and if you know anything about women, you know that they were going to make that happen. They took my Facebook post and they ran with it and created what is now the largest grassroots movement in this country.
So the levers of power that we can pull are using our voices, we’re more than half of the country’s makeup, but also our votes, right? Especially swing voters, you know, women in those states where we can really make a difference, and you know, this…yes.
Now, to your point, I mean, gun violence is now the leading cause of death among children in America. Homicides are the leading cause of maternal death in this country, nearly 70 percent of which are carried out with a firearm. So when you’re working on an issue where literal lives are on the line, you want it to go as quickly as possible.
Guests and listeners, that’s it for today’s episode of On the Issues with Michele Goodwin at Ms. Magazine. I want to thank each of you for tuning in for the full story and engaging with us. We hope you’ll join us again for our next episode where you know will be reporting, rebelling, and telling it just like it is.
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