Issues for Your Tissues

Vagina Monologues Held Open Casting Call for February VDay Production

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Thu, 9 Jan 2020 23:56:00 -0600

Director Heather Ross, Producer Jeana Rich, and Stage manager Kim Bond join me to talk about the Vagina Monologues, VDay, One Billion Rising, vaginas, the open casting call for the production, gender-based violence, and being survivors.

Reveal Beauty Serves Local Survivors

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:12:00 -0600

Candace, local organizer for Reveal Beauty, joined me and apprentice Heather Ross to talk about breaking ground in Austin, hosting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking, their programs, volunteerism, and more.

Immunize Texas Takes You Back to School

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:08:00 -0500

Jinny Suh and Lacy Walker of Immunize Texas join me to talk flu shots, conspiracy theorists, school vaccination rates, lackluster state policies, and public health.

Abortion Access Front and Lizz Winstead Bring Do Re #MeToo to Austin

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 03:27:00 -0500

Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show, author of Lizz Free or Die and founder of Abortion Access Front (Abortion AF), joined me to talk about Abortion Access Front, its Do Re #MeToo tour, Tuesday, September 17th Austin stop, and clinic support.

May Is for Moms, Maternal Health, and Monica

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Thu, 30 May 2019 23:30:00 -0500

Monica McLemore RN, MPH, PhD joined me to talk about her work at the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California San Francisco, her research, her teaching, her patients, and her recent piece in May's issue of Scientific American.

Author Brooklyn James Shares Her Birth Stories in Book

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Thu, 23 May 2019 22:00:00 -0500

Local author and mother of two, Brooklyn James joined to talk about her book, Born In the Bed You Were Made in which she illustrates the differences between her first birth in hospital and second birth at home. Her midwife, Genevieve Schaefer CPM joined to share as well.

Citizen Documentary Makers Shifting the Paradigm

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 23:00:00 -0500

Director Leah Carlisle and some of the all woman crew of the documentary film, Citizen, joined me to talk about the movie, filmmaking, and women in media.

MasterPOS

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 23:13:00 -0500

Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewire.News joined me to talk about the SCOTUS decision on Masterpiece Cake Shop and other federal cases she's been watching for us.

OutYouth Brings Awareness and Compassion to LGBT Community

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 20:05:00 -0500

Kathryn Gonzales joined me to talk about end of year celebrations for OutYouth, their programs, and the Gavin Grimm case.

Trump Tries to Tie Providers' Hands with Domestic Gag Rule

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Fri, 8 Jun 2018 01:59:00 -0500

Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewire.News joins to talk us through legal ramifications of Domestic Gag Rule.

BossBabes ATX Are Talking to Everyone We Know

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Fri, 8 Jun 2018 01:49:00 -0500

BossBabes joined me to talk about their new program, #EveryoneWeKnow which deals with the aftermath of #metoo.

Texas' Special Session Post-Mortem

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 23:36:00 -0500

This week family physician and regular Houston Chronicle public health op-ed author Dr. Bich-May Nguyen MD and Mary Tuma Women's Health Reporter at the Austin Chronicle joined me to talk about the effects of the special session on women's health.

Bro, Sexism, and the Workplace

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 18:57:00 -0500

Sociologist Dr. Holly Wood PhD and Heather Ross cofounder of Austin Chapter Women in Games and NARAL Pro-Choice Texas board member joined me to talk about the Google bro memo and the reactions to it.

Special Session's Adverse Outcomes

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:02:00 -0500

Teddy Wilson Staff Reporter at Rewire News joined me to talk about the special session and its impact on Texans.

Rewire's Care in Chaos Illustrates Clinic Harassment

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Sat, 5 Aug 2017 21:24:00 -0500

Issues for Your Tissues episode from July 27, 2017 featuring Calla Hales lead Administrator of Charlotte, NC's A Preferred Women's Health Center and Lindsay Beyerstein, Investigative Journalist and Director of the documentary Care in Chaos which featured Calla and the clinic prominently.

Care in Chaos is Rewire News' first documentary production.

Sexual Health Alliance Going Texaswide in addition to Nationwide

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Thu, 3 Aug 2017 20:06:00 -0500

Stefani Threadgill and Heather McPherson of Southwest Sexual Health Alliance joined me to talk about their new Dallas location. Stefani is the Director of the Dallas location. Houston location starts up soon too.

Sexual Health Alliance Stakes New Ground

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:41:00 -0500

Sexual Health Alliance brings their programs to the Chicago area and builds a sister branch.

VDay 2017

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:28:00 -0500

The organizers of Austin's 2017 VDay joined me to talk about the event and its importance.

The Modeliest of Model Legislation

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Mon, 6 Feb 2017 22:15:00 -0600

Aimee Arrambide of Fund Texas Choice and Public Leadership Institute with co-host Sonia Van Meter of Stanford Campaigns. We talked about Aimee's work crafting and editing model reproductive justice legislation.

Legislative Update with Teddy Wilson

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Wed, 1 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600

Teddy Wilson of Rewire News joined me and Sonia Van Meter of Stanford Campaigns for a Texas 85th Legislative Session update. There's never enough time to talk about all of the bills that will affect reproductive justice.

Jessica Mason Pieklo and Robin Marty Lay It Out in Crow After Roe

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:52:00 -0600

Jessica Mason Pieklo co-author of Crow After Roe, written with co-author Robin Marty, joined me to talk about reproductive rights and intersectionality, particularly how individual states' legislatures are serving as testing grounds for laws eroding women's right to bodily autonomy. You can find Jessica and Robin's work all over the internet; both are at Rewire News.

Women's March in Austin Saturday

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 21:03:00 -0600

Tonight's show featured Women's March on Austin organizers Sylvia Holmes, Melissa Fiero, Beth Andre and Simone Laurent.

The Big Pink Bus Brings Mammograms to the People

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 01:54:00 -0600

Isabel Stevens of the Big Pink Bus, Seton's mobile mammography clinic joined me to talk about the services they provide 6 days a week. They perform free mammography all over town for low-income, uninsured women over 40 who qualify. Call 512-324-3375 to make an appointment.

Abortion Conversation Projects Work to Combat Stigma

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Sat, 7 Jan 2017 15:15:00 -0600

Terry Salas Merritt, the Board Chair of Abortion Conversations Projects, and Sonia Van Meter joined me to talk stigma and ways to undo it.

Vagina Monologues 2017

katie@koop.org (Katie Vitale) — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 01:08:00 -0600

Heather Ross, Laura, Erin, Ramona, and Brenda joined me to perform and promote the 2017 production of the Vagina Monologues in Austin benefiting SafePlace. Heather is directing this year! The annual production of the Vagina Monologues is part of the VDay & 1 Billion Rising event celebration that goes on through much of February.