Today, we mark the anniversary of the Dobbs decision with an insightful podcast featuring members from the second cohort of the rePROFilm and Peace is Loud Collective Lens Program. We’re joined by some truly inspiring storytellers who are here to remind us that we’ll never stop fighting for reproductive justice - especially through a means as powerful as media; And why it is so important as a filmmaker to think about impact, and what that means to you, through a holistic lens. We’re so thrilled to have spent the better part of the last year with these phenomenal makers and to champion their films. Thanks to all of them for joining us and thank you for listening - we hope it offers you a glimmer of hope!

Hosted by Asha Dahya featuring filmmakers:

• Abortion & Women’s Rights: 1970 - Mary Summers, Karen Weinstein, Jane Pincus
• Her Pretty Vagina - Kiah Clingman
• Now That We Are Together - Patricia Balderas Castro
• Outcry: Alchemists of Rage - Clare Major and Rivkah Beth Medow
• Pros & Cons - Kenyetta Johnson
• Show Me The Line - Kelsey Ianuzzi
• Teddy - Lauren Santucci

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Learn more at reprofilm.org or follow us at @reprofilm. The rePROFilm Podcast is executive produced by mamafilm. Looking forward to bringing you our next conversation!

Fat activist Allison Graham talks to photographer Shoog McDaniel about what it was like to be on the other side of the lens for the documentary about their life and art practice.

“I want people to see the movie and not be able to see a difference between the beautiful spring water and the beautiful Belly. I want it to be one and the same.” — Shoog McDaniel on the Periodical Podcast

“My work is about highlighting bodies and lives that are often overlooked by popular society. I enjoy photographing fat bodies, trans bodies, and queer bodies. People with gap-toothed smiles and missing buttons … I strive to connect the viewer of each photo to beauty within themselves, through understanding the brilliancy of diversity, by showing them that there are many ways to be beautiful.” — Shoog McDaniel, from a statement on ShoogMcDaniel.com

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Learn more at reprofilm.org or follow us at @reprofilm. The rePROFilm Podcast is executive produced by mamafilm. Looking forward to bringing you our next conversation!

It’s a very compassionate thing to do to see yourself as you are and not hate yourself.” — Allison Graham on building fat community in her hometown

Advocate and community-builder Allison Graham joins guest host Emily Christensen for a conversation about why she likes the word fat, body positivity vs. fat liberation, and how anti-fat bias shows up in the work she does as a therapist and advocate for survivors of sexual violence.

More recently, Allison has been working to build fat community in Wichita, Kansas, and she discusses her motivation and goals around that work.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of the Periodical Podcast, in which Allison interviews photographer and “How to Carry Water” documentary subject Shoog McDaniel.

**Allison and Emily do mention weight, weight loss and body size over the course of our conversation. We also talked about sexual violence in the context of Allison's work as a therapist, and advocate. If these are sensitive subjects for you, please take care.

Support the show

Learn more at reprofilm.org or follow us at @reprofilm. The rePROFilm Podcast is executive produced by mamafilm. Looking forward to bringing you our next conversation!