Episode 5 - "Thank God for Abortion" with Viva Ruíz (Thank God For Abortion)

Jonah Hill might think it's totally cool to manipulate his girlfriend as long as he couches it with the hottest trending psycho-babble. But we see right through this same old song and dance of men controlling women's bodies. So a year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, we call on artist and activist Viva Ruíz to remind pricks like him of some basic human rights.

Viva Ruíz, whose work has been featured in festivals and art spaces across the U.S. and Europe, uses their artwork to fight for reproductive healthcare access and freedom. In 2015, they founded the "Thank God for Abortion" initiative, which employs various means such as t-shirt designs, art installations, rallies, and parties to destigmatize abortion and normalize it as a necessary part of healthcare. If you're not familiar with their work, they received a Creative Capital Artistic Activism Award in 2022. Check out this amazing picture of them dressed as the Pope, standing outside the Vatican with a giant sign that reads "Thank God for Abortion."

Follow Viva @chocolatinaruiz on Instagram

Follow @thankgodforabortion

Here's some homework for you nerds who love to read:

https://reproductiverights.org/maps/abortion-laws-by-state/

https://web.archive.org/web/20120903233020/http://eng.bioetica.ro/atdoc/RRBv8n1_2010_Damian_EN.pdf

https://archive.org/details/privatemoralityi0000boer/page/272/mode/2up

https://www.glowm.com/section-view/item/375

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6759734/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Tiller

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