The Femtastic Podcast

By Katie Breen

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Katie Breen interviews feminist activists, researchers, and advocates working to make women's issues...well, non-issues. Katie explores issues of reproductive rights, pay equity, abortion, birth control, sex ed, paid family leave, breastfeeding, periods, reproductive healthcare, domestic violence, sexual assault, and LGBTQ issues - examining topics through the lens of intersectional feminism and reproductive justice.

Episode Date
Katie's Reaction to the Overturning of Roe
Jun 29, 2022
The Loophole That Lets Abusers Keep Their Guns
Jun 13, 2022
How Does Being Denied an Abortion Affect Someone's Life?
May 31, 2022
Part 2: How Crisis Pregnancy Centers Use Clients' Private Data Against Them
May 17, 2022
Part 1: Crisis Pregnancy Centers 101 - How Your Tax Dollars Fund Fake Women's Health Centers
May 03, 2022
What Do the FDA's Updates Mean for Access to Medication Abortion?
Apr 17, 2022
A Glimpse Into a Post-Roe Future: Funding Abortion in a State That's a "Destination" for Them
Apr 05, 2022
Using Information to Overcome the Gender Pay Gap
Mar 22, 2022
The Meaning of a 6-Week Ban on Abortion
Mar 08, 2022
Reproductive Justice 101 with SisterSong
Feb 22, 2022
The Very Recent, Racist History of the Anti-Abortion Movement
Feb 08, 2022
How to Raise the Next Generation of Feminists
Jan 25, 2022
Seeking Abortion in Texas Today
Jan 11, 2022
How the Pandemic Drove Women Out of the Workforce
Dec 27, 2021
When choosing abortion is impossible: People who consider but don't obtain an abortion
Dec 14, 2021
A clinic making mail-order abortion a reality
Nov 30, 2021
Why the Gender Gap in Medical Research Hurts Us All
Nov 15, 2021
Discovering Your Grandma Spied on Nazis
Nov 02, 2021
Why Representation in the Arts (including Podcasts) Matters
Oct 19, 2021
Battling for Reproductive Rights: The Last 100 Years and Today
Oct 05, 2021
The Largest Contraceptive Access Program in the Country
Sep 21, 2021
Are You Prepared for the Cost of Parenthood?
Sep 07, 2021
What's Up with the TX Abortion Ban and How Can People All Over the US Access Abortion Pills Online
Sep 03, 2021
Can We Stop Treating Women's Health like a Niche Category?
Aug 24, 2021
The Inclusion Rider: An Update
Aug 10, 2021
Women of Color in Cannabis
Jul 27, 2021
Lifting Restrictions on Medication Abortion
Jul 13, 2021
What Happened When Texas Banned Abortion During COVID-19
Jun 28, 2021
Disability as Diversity
Jun 14, 2021
SCOTUS Could Overturn Roe v. Wade Next Year
Jun 02, 2021
What Does Work-Life-Relationship Balance Look Like in 2021?
May 14, 2021
Healing and Accountability: A Story of Interpersonal and Institutional Trauma
May 02, 2021
On-Screen Portrayals of Abortion and Why They Matter
Apr 16, 2021
Global Vaccine Equity and Why You Should Care About It
Mar 29, 2021
Spotlight on Intimate Partner Violence, Part 2: Demystifying Emotional Abuse
Mar 02, 2021
Spotlight on Intimate Partner Violence, Part 1: IPV and How COVID is Exacerbating It
Feb 16, 2021
Maternal Mortality, Racism, and the Importance of Postpartum Care
Feb 02, 2021
Your Legal Rights During COVID-19
Jan 29, 2021
Your COVID-19 Vaccine Questions Answered
Jan 18, 2021
What You Need to Know About China Today
Dec 21, 2020
A Black Mother's Answers to White Women's Questions
Dec 08, 2020
Getting "The Pill" Over-the-Counter
Nov 24, 2020
What's Ahead for LGBTQ+ Rights
Nov 14, 2020
What Would Amy Coney Barrett's SCOTUS Appointment Mean for Reproductive Rights?
Oct 02, 2020
The (Dope) Scientists Nextdoor
Aug 18, 2020
What the Latest SCOTUS Decisions Mean for Reproductive Rights
Jul 13, 2020
Using COVID-19 to Further Restrict Abortion Access
Jul 01, 2020
What To Do if You're Being Sexually Harassed at Work
Mar 09, 2020
How Mindfulness Makes Better Parents
Feb 27, 2020
Art as Activism with @LiberalJane
Feb 27, 2020
The Committee Helping Democratic AGs Get Elected
Jan 16, 2020
Advocating for Reproductive Health at Catholic Colleges
Dec 04, 2019
How Surviving Nazi Occupation Created a Feminist
Nov 13, 2019
Founding a Company Based on Two Things People Hate Talking About (Periods and Sex)
Oct 21, 2019
What a Body Remembers: Trauma and Mental Health
Oct 07, 2019
The Power of Solo Moms in 2019
Sep 23, 2019
Breastfeeding is Hard
Aug 08, 2019
One Woman's Pre-Roe Abortion
Jun 09, 2019
Queer and Pregnant
Apr 28, 2019
FemTech and Your (Digital) Health
Apr 05, 2019
The Oscars Edition - Inclusion Riders, Workplace Diversity, and We Guess Movies
Feb 22, 2019
Egg Freezing 101
Feb 18, 2019
Why Women Are Hurt Most by Drug Pricing
Jan 22, 2019
How Patent Law Affects Your Health
Dec 12, 2018
An Investment Fund for Women's Health
Oct 10, 2018
Women in the Homefront Battles of the Vietnam War
Sep 25, 2018
What is Obstetric Fistula?
Aug 22, 2018
Katie is Interviewed about Authentic Allyship
Aug 15, 2018
Bodies in the Media and Why Representation Matters
Aug 13, 2018
A Gymnast's #MeToo Moment and Her Journey to Justice
Jul 13, 2018
Katie's TEDx Talk: What Does Your Activism Look Like?
Jul 09, 2018
What is a Sex Coach?
Jun 23, 2018
From the Archives: A Tale of Two Veterans
May 23, 2018
Getting and Staying Present in Pregnancy - and in Life
Apr 23, 2018
How Indigenous Women Farmers Can Fight Climate Change
Feb 14, 2018
The Modern Answer to "Where Do Babies Come From?"
Jan 24, 2018
Policy Imperatives for Latino and Immigrant Reproductive Justice in 2018
Jan 06, 2018
How Menstrual Hygiene Impacts Girls Across the World
Jan 04, 2018
WTF is Mindful Birth?
Dec 19, 2017
Homeless While Woman, Mother, or Trans
Dec 05, 2017
How the Hyde Amendment Harms Women
Nov 17, 2017
How Systemic Thinking Can Change Our World
Nov 15, 2017
When Family Planning Means Sterilization
Nov 02, 2017
Hahas for Tatas - Breast Cancer at 31
Sep 28, 2017
Black Breastfeeding and Why Representation Matters
Sep 21, 2017
Abortion at Home
Aug 16, 2017
Empowering High-Achieving Women to Be Their Own Beyonces at Work
Jun 14, 2017
Cannabis and Women's Health
May 07, 2017
The Untold Stories of Women Changemakers
Apr 12, 2017
Mother and Daughter: A Tale of Two Veterans
Mar 17, 2017
The Handmaid's Tale & Trump's America
Feb 23, 2017
Teaching Parents How to Talk to Their Kids About Sex
Jan 27, 2017
Acupuncture, Reiki, and Self Care for Women's Health
Jan 18, 2017
Talking Equality and the Next Four Years with Ash Beckham
Jan 06, 2017
Conscious Period - Chemicals in Tampons and Menstruating While Homeless
Dec 07, 2016
Vote Informed
Oct 17, 2016
Breaking Down Barriers on the Road to Abortions
Sep 13, 2016
Campus Sexual Assault and Title IX
Aug 26, 2016
The Sex Ed Teacher You Wish You Had
Jul 27, 2016
A Public Defender on Domestic Violence and the Criminal Justice System
Jul 13, 2016