Feminist Buzzkills

SPECIAL PODISODE! THREE YEARS SINCE THE FALL OF ROE? Woof. It’s been a heavy three years and an even heavier past few weeks. 

June 24th marks the 3rd anniversary of the fall of Roe (sobs). So, diving into what has happened to abortion access since then means bringing in THE BIG GUNS. It’s big Buzzkill energy as Lizz welcomes the incomparable constitutional genius Dr. Michele Goodwin to talk about just how damn far we’ve fallen and what legal challenges are ahead. Also sharing her reflections is abortion provider extraordinaire, CEO of Whole Woman’s...

Welcome back to your weekly dose of Feminist Buzzkilling! Moji’s off on a well-deserved vacay, but Lizz is holding it down despite this week’s abobo news spawning a major ewww alert. Prepare yourselves.

We’re approaching the three-year anniversary of the obliteration of Roe and guess what? Lizz unpacks a study on how ye olde gender gap on abortion is getting even WIDER. Spoiler: turns out chivalry isn’t dead, WE are. Feminist Buzzkills also orders a FULL STOP to studies about cis, straight men’s feelings. Expect all that, plus lots of Lizz yappin...

Your favorite Buzzkills are BACK with a pod that is gonna knock your dang socks off. Lizz and Moji break down healthcare carpetbagger Dr. Oz’s latest EMTALA bullshit. The Grifter-In-Chief’s administration made it clear this week that they’re coming full force for a 2022 guidance that mandated hospitals provide EMERGENCY abortions. It’s giving “Make America Flatline Again.” PLUS: we dive into fresh, steaming hot pile of Texas trash as cops in the Drone Star State scoured over 80,000 license plates to track down ONE abortion patient. Spoiler alert: the story is fishmarket funky. OH, and shoutout to Illinois for...

Woof. The anti-abortion cretins really brought their fuckery to the yard this week. The BS popped off from the Lone Star State all the way to the UK, so Lizz and Moji are back to lay it all out for you with some incredible guests, and dish on the week’s good, bad, and mostly bad abortion stories! You know—the usual. Your Buzzkills will break down the tragic FIVE MONTH criminalization of a Texan woman's miscarriage, the motives of last week’s attack at the Palm Springs IVF clinic, and learn that the enemy of our enemy is not ou...

Scared? Got Questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod!

What’s going down in abobo town this week? Lizz and Moji gotchu and are reminding everyone to HOLD THE APPLAUSE – Yes, Trump’s DOJ just asked to dismiss a lawsuit aiming to restrict mifepristone access, but nope, it’s not the feminist victory you think it is. Your Buzzkills break down why the anti-abortion playbook is still...

Rest In Power to our dear friend and activist, Jill Sobule. We did it all with you, Jill, and will continue to carry you with us in all our work.

This week, your Feminist Buzzkills are once again joined by our very own, funny AF Alyssa Al-Dookhi! Sometimes you just need an extra hand in taking out the abobo-related trash that piles up throughout the week – and this week’s trash is STACKED. The anti-abortion grifters are grifting this week as they hard-launched a fuckton of fake science on the dangers of abortion pills. It’s straight up bul...

Scared? Got Questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod!

Your fav Buzzkills are talking about the trend of reclassifying things like abortion meds and birth control, and then outlawing them in the process! You know, the ol’ “make them sound terrible then use it to strip away your rights” trick. We’ve also got lots to say about the Catholic Papi's passing and what he DIDN'T do...

Scared? Got questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod!

Your Buzzkills are BACK with a brand new episode and to remind you that in space, no one can you hear you scream… that your (Jeff Bezos) feminism sucks! Lizz and Moji bring you this week’s WTF moments of a Catholic hospital system suing because… a fetus isn’t a person! Plus, they break down the Grand...

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Scared? Got Questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod!

ATTENTION BUZZKILLAHSSSSS! WE DID A LIVE THING – in DC! Yep. Your “Feminist Buzzkills” joined forces with the “Boom! Lawyered” pod for an epic live show!

After getting word that SCOTUS was hearing a case that could result in eli...

Scared? Got Questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod!

Ken Paxton is at it again—arresting a midwife and two colleagues for allegedly providing abortions—so we’re shredding him to filth and exposing the absolute horror show Texas is cooking up with its latest anti-abortion bill. And guess what? NO ONE is talking about it! We’re diving in.

But it’s not a...

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This week’s episode is PACKED with all the action and info you need! We’re celebrating Abortion Provider Appreciation Week, and AAF is out on the road doing the important work of showing our support for the heroes who keep abortion care alive. Dr. Ashley Jeanius, OB-GYN and abortion provider, joins us to talk about how she feels celebrated during this special week and how YOU can show love and support for the providers in your life.

But that's not all! We dive into the latest battlefronts, starting with the...

Scared? Got questions about the continued assault on your reproductive rights? THE FBK LINES ARE OPEN! Just call or text (201) 574-7402, leave your questions or concerns, and Lizz and Moji will pick a few to address on the pod!

The good news trickled in this week with the Supreme Court saying hell-to-the-no to anti-abortion stalkers!! Woooohoooooo! PLUS, your Feminist Buzzkills got all the tea to fill you in on why Justices Sam ALEAKo and Ginny’s husband are throwing a tantrum about not having the opportunity to shame us further. OH and what happens when a h...

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Buckle up, we’ve got a banger for you! This week on Feminist Buzzkills, Lizz holds it down alone as Moji is off on a birthday vacay, so wish our favorite Pisces all the best! Missouri fucked around and found out, so Lizz drills into what the hell is going on with the “Mother of the West’s” pregnancy registry and how it’s really just a taxpayer-funded stalking site. Plus, JD Vance causes MANARCHY IN THE UK, and IVF gets a boost from the POS POTUS. 

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Roses are red, violets are blue, we’re ready to fuck some shit up – how about you? Nothing says “love” like living through the current soul scorchings and still showing up every day to make a difference! On this week’s pod, your Feminist Buzzkills are diving deep into Indiana gutting HIPAA for abortion patients, redefining and coming after birth control, and how some badass Indiana doctors are fighting back! What does that mean for the rest of us not living there? A whole hell of a lot! PLUS, remember that New York do...

CONGRATS, you survived week two of Sir Agent Orange. And that is a feat because he’s working OVAHTIME to try and kill us all. Good news is your Feminist Buzzkills are on it, and in this episode, we bring you all the abortion news from national and local that is next-level fuckshit. 

You’ll meet Rep. Claudia Tenney, a gender traitor for upstate NY emerging in Congress with a creepy twist on “Life begins at conception. And there’s a great update on that undercover fetus fetishist who made those doctored Planned Parenthood videos. Guilty! Bam! 

Who a...

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The first awful week ends with March for Madness – IT’S HEAVY ON THE MADNESS!

Your Feminist Buzzkils are out here using facts and belly laughs to break down the early returns of how the anti-abobo gorgons will fuck with our rights. Let’s snap you out of your facism fatigue, stat! 

Every one of you is an abobo warrior, and we salute you (in a very normal human way).

Trump's first week ended with the anti-abortion mayhem known as the March for L...

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Your Feminist Buzzkills are BACK, BABY!! And we’ve got marching orders for the year ahead. Look, no one needs a crystal ball to know that 2025 is going to SUCK ASS. With the inauguration of the Queef-in-Chief, the confirmation of the cabinet of blunders, and the March For Life, this inauspicious start to the year bears grim tidings. As always, your Buzzkills GOTCHU on what to keep your ears and eyes peeled not just for the next 300+ days, but also the abobo tea from this week! From updates on the trash act...

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HOE-HOE-HOLY shit, it was a wild year, Buzzkillianas! *Mariah Carey voice* IT’S TIIIIIIIIME… For our annual year-in-review! It's been a hellacious year in abortlandia, and on this last pod of 2024, the Feminist Buzzkills are re-crapping the year in all things repro! Fueled by lethally spiked eggnog, we made our lists and checked them twice, figured out what stories were the naughtiest, the nicest and the bizarre AF-est! 

And the best part? We’re bringing it to you with the help of Feminist Buzzkills elves – AAF and FBK Writer...

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Your favorite guest host is back – Alyssa “Dooks” Al-Dookhi! Lizz is off prepping for her mega-fun end-of-year comedy shows, so AAF’s Head Writer and comedy superstar is back to hold it down with Moji. Trump’s cabinet is out here looking like your abuela’s junk drawer, so your Feminist Buzzkills are diving deep into it all so you don’t have to! We’re highlighting the worst of the bunch (spoiler: the bunch is ROTTEN AF) from his doom box of picks and breaking down what each one means for the future of...

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ENCORE ALERT! The Feminist Buzzkills are off recharging for the rest of this month, so, we’re leaving y’all with some extra brain juice and serotonin to help you prep for the holidays – an ENCORE POD EPISODE of when we brought in a badass duo of guests to gear us up for those not-so-jolly conversations that may come up at the holiday dinner table. It went a little something like this…

Happy Oh-Shit-It’s-The-Holidays, Buzzkillians! Are you bracing yourself for the holiday season? No need to fear – the L...

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First off, we love you and know you are feeling lost, afraid and targeted. You are not alone. 

We’re gonna be real with you: we had a whole post-election breakdown planned with results and analysis and blah blah FUCK ALL THAT. Instead, we wanted to sit down with you, unscripted and real, offering a pod that holds space for your feelings and give you a start to regroup. 

AAF OGs Kristin Hady (Programs Director and resident Extremist Whisperer) and Cara McLane (Director of Communications and AAF Adven...

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ATTENTION BUZZKILLIANS: It’s our last podcast before the possible end of Democracy, so we (plus a couple of special guests) are dropping our two cents on why y’all should be FLEXING THAT VOTER MUSCLE! Got the right to vote? GO EXERCISE THAT SHI! 

AND OBVI, rage levels spiked this week as we stumbled across something called the “Aryan Nation Freedom Fest.” It’s exactly what it sounds like – PLOT TWIST: Wait till you hear how it is connected to anti-abortion maternity homes. In more exciting news – An Arizona abortion...

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** AAF wants to remind listeners: If you are undocumented, you are legally entitled to abortion care, as long as it complies with the abortion laws of whatever state you are in.**

AAF is looking for NY-based folks to volunteer and march in the Halloween day parade with us! Interested? Email programs@aafront.org for more deets!

Abortion pill sniffing dogs and bodily autonomy snatching AGs? It must be spooky season! All Hallow’s Eve is nigh so let us commence with the witchy descr...

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WE DID A THING! Get your ear holes ready for our must-listen training sesh, Operation Save Abortion: Ballot Initiatives! November's election is creeping up, and we want to make sure YOU are geared up to protect abortion wherever you are. We’ve rallied together an all-star trifecta of folks who put in the WORK for pro-abortion ballot initiative campaigns from two of the TEN states that have abortion on their ballot, PLUS a guest from a state whose abortion amendment won last year! You're about to get ALLLLL the tea from ballot init...

SO MANY MISOGYNISTS, SO LITTLE TIME! This week, we’re spilling tea on how Ron DeSATAN is preparing for November’s election by sending his doorknocking harassholes (AKA Florida cops) to scare the shit out of people who signed the abortion ballot petition. PLUS, this week laid out a Smorgasbord of Smug online and we highlight and drag the most foul of the white guy “abortion bans don’t kill people” takes. AND OMG! We’re debuting a new game this episode, muahaha!

PLUS WE’VE GOT GUESTS!! Legal genius, and Strict Scrutiny podcast co-host, Kate Shaw, digs...

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Hey there, fabulous Buzzkillians! Welcome to PART THREE of our Netroots Nation series! Remember when the AAF gang went to Baltimore earlier this summer to yap about abortion at THE coolest conference for progressive activists, AKA Netroots Nation?! The Buzzkills did three podcasts, and this is the last one in the series. It is a great episode but bittersweet because Moji got visited by La ‘Rona fairy and had to stay home, but filling in is AAF Programs Director, the incomparable Kristin Hady! 

Being at Netroots meant we go...

ENCORE ALERT! The Feminist Buzzkills are signing off for a two week end-of-summer break! But, no need to fear – we’re leaving y’all with some extra brain juice to help you prep for the November elections. We’re dropping an ENCORE POD EPISODE of when we brought in an all-star team of experts to break down SCOTUS’ EMTALA ruling to keep you company while we’re offline. It went a little something like this…

The Supreme Court FINALLY made up its mind on the fate of the Emergency Medical and Labor Act (EMTALA) earlier this summer, and your Femin...

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How do your Feminist Buzzkills pregame for a week of yapping to politicians at the DNC about the importance of medication abortion? By dropping an ENCORE PRESENTATION of our Mifepristone SCOTUS ruling episode to remind you what is at stake in this election. 

MIFEPRISTONE IS HERE TO STAY… For Now. Back in June, the Supreme Court ruled UNANIMOUSLY in favor of  keeping the abortion pill mifepristone available, but only because even these woman-haters had to rule that the monsters who brought this case had ZERO skin in the game. This episode cove...

Moji and Kristin are taking over the Buzzkill podosphere this week and spoiler alert: they’re winning the gold for being the most Buzzkilliest of feminists! Get an earful as they dive into their Olympics obsession to find abortion wherever they can and catch y’all up with every fresh horror coming out of SCOTUS, from information leaks to articles of impeachment to court reform, plus the real-world consequences of the latest near-total abortion ban to take effect in Iowa so we can ALL be in the know. 

WHO’S BUZZKILLIN’ WITH US THIS WEEK? The incredible Oliver Ha...

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Welcome to PART TWO of the Feminist Buzzkills LIVE taping from Netroots Nation, AKA the largest gathering of progressive writers, activists, and organizers in America! In part two of this mini-series, Lizz and AAF Programs Director, Kristin Hady, get to share with you more of our shenanigans from earlier this month with a V SPECIAL GUEST!

Ever heard of a little thing called Chevron deference? Most peeps didn’t hear about it until recently, when the Supreme Cucks threw it on the chopping block. So, what in the...

HELLOOOOO FROM NETROOTS NATION!

The Feminist Buzzkills are in Baltimore taking Netroots Nation, AKA progressive summer camp for writers, activists, and organizers from all over the world! And guess what? We’re delivering y’all an amazing LIVE podcast taping with an audience and everything! Guest-hosting with Lizz from Netroots is AAF Programs Director Kristin Hady, pinch-hitting while Moji is down with the ‘VID. So send the Moj some good vibes while you listen to this week’s episode!

GUEST ROLL CALL: Fan fav Pamela Merritt, Executive Director of Medical Students for Choice...

OYEZ! OYEZ! SCOTUS has dropped the EMTALA decision… Which should have been front and center in last night’s “Grumpy Old Men” reboot, but never fear, YOUR BUZZKILLS ARE HERE! The Supreme Court FINALLY made up its mind on the fate of the Emergency Medical and Labor Act (EMTALA) yesterday and your Feminist Buzzkills HAVE FACTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT IT!

What in the abobo hell even was the Idaho v. United States case? Why is this NOT a win and NOT enough? How did the clown justices react? How does this affect other places, like Texas? An...

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MIFEPRISTONE IS HERE TO STAY!! For Now… The Supreme Court did a thing that we actually aren’t pissed about! This week, the Supremes ruled UNANIMOUSLY in favor of the abortion pill mifepristone! The Court rebuffed an unfounded and politically-charged challenge to the drug from anti-abortion assholes, and not even oppression’s handmaid Brett Kavanaugh took the bait. Good news can’t be celebrated without a whole lot of bitching and dragging of the anti-abobo scheming that also went down this week. Who’s on our shitlist? Some misogynist visionary clowns pulling som...

Congrats on another week of surviving and fighting the patriarchy! Get your earholes ready because this week was a doozy. I think we all know by now, what happens in Texas does NOT stay in Texas. What BS are the womb hounds that run the Lone Star State pulling now? Their new kink is to blame doctors for people being denied abortion care. PLUS, the professors at University of Texas drank the kool-aid and are suing to be able to FLUNK students who get abortions. Apparently, 2+2=WHORE!

Oh, and remember the Zurawski v. Texas case w...

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Biscuits, BBQ, and Bodily Autonomy - guess which one you won’t find in the South? We are in FULL rampage mode over the latest update out of Louisiana. The clown governor just signed into law a horrifying bill that reclassifies FDA APPROVED AND EXTREMELY SAFE abortion medications as "controlled dangerous substances." What does this mean for pregnant Louisianans? We brought in Tyler Barbarin of Louisiana Abortion Fund to unpack it all.

PLUS, Texas hits us where it hurts...TWICE. We drag the Texas Health Department for filth for rep...

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Lizz is out this week, but MOJI IS NOT ALONE. The fabulous and funny AF Abortion Access Front Head Writer, Alyssa “Dooks” Al-Dookhi, is BACK in the house to lead us through the anti-abortion fire – I mean, co-host – yet again! What do we got for y’all this week? Oh, how our tea spilleth over…

We’ve got an UPDATE on that dusty-ass 1864 anti-abobo law Arizona clowns have been obsessed with resurrecting, and spoiler: it’s GOOD NEWS! PLUS, your Feminist Buzzkills are dishing the dirty deets on how deranged Alabama...

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This episode was taped LIVE from the stunning Brownstone Cowboys Magazine HQ! We hosted an intimate in-person convo with Justice Correspondent for The Nation, Elie Mystal where we spilled all the dirty deets on abortion and the courts with a small audience of abortion-loving peeps. Get an earful of your Feminist Buzzkills and Elie decoding the EMTALA case that went before SCOTUS, why you need to replace being “pro-choice” with being “anti-forced birth,” and how these robed rogues are luring us into a “fetal personhood” dystopian nightmare. 

We also have TWO live a...

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It’s the 100TH EPISODE of The Feminist Buzzkills podcast! Since our first episode broadcast live from Washington DC on the day of the Dobbs oral arguments, Feminist Buzzkills has been your #1 stop for all things abobo, and for that WE THANK YOU! 

How does the ONLY weekly podcast from the activists on the ground celebrate 100 episodes? By doing a hilarious Feminist Buzzkills walk down memory lane! Our fabu FBK producers surprise Moji and Lizz with FIVE very, very special guest peeps for this extravaganza. The womb warri...

The Feminist Buzzkills are in FULL rage mode this week as our heads are still spinning from Arizona’s latest assault on people with a uterus. The ghouls on Arizona’s Supreme Court ruled that an 1864 abortion ban will be enforced in less than TWO WEEKS. Plus, what does it mean when three judges agree that Indiana’s near-total abortion ban does in fact violate Hoosiers’ religious freedom? 

And the anti-abobo clowns Ohio try to push a whole new pile of nonsense on their constituents. Listen to Moji and me drag it for the stank filth that it is.  <...

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What went down with bodily autonomy this week? The South is indeed Southing! The Florida Supreme Court hit the Sunshiners where it hurts– right in the ute. We bring you all the tea on what the Florida six-week ban means for abortion seekers throughout the South. BUT can the state’s ballot initiative save the day? AND what happens when Texas fucks around and charges a woman with MURDER for self-managing her abortion?! They find out the hard way as this superstar in the Lone Star State sues their asses straight to he...