Category: Politics

Babblery: Same Name, New Mission for 2023

Posted on December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 by suki

What is The Babblery about? In two words: women’s lives.

Religious views of abortion: more nuanced than you might think

Posted on September 19, 2022 by suki

Recently a friend of one of my adult children said to me, “So I hear you hate Catholicism.” I explained that this was a rather large mischaracterization about my feelings….

Authors on children’s books and representation

Posted on September 12, 2022September 13, 2022 by suki

As a lover and writer of children’s books, I think that books for kids are now and has always been about representation. Kids naturally see themselves in stories, and they….

Women’s bodily autonomy in the post-Roe era

Posted on August 4, 2022 by suki

In this podcast, Suki Wessling and Christine Barrington interview two pioneers in the movement for legal midwifery and home birth. Kate Bowland and Raven Lang provide inspiration for women to continue to fight for the legal right to bodily autonomy.

Red state doctors: Come to California. We’ll let you practice medicine without politics.

Posted on July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 by suki

Doctors: Sick of politics telling you how to practice medicine? Come to California! We’ll appreciate you.

Pounding the pavement for our rights

Posted on July 4, 2022October 16, 2022 by suki

Like many people of my ilk, I wasn’t sure a celebration was in order today. But the radio station where I am a programmer, KSQD, put out a call for….

Abortion stigma: the root of healthcare confusion

Posted on July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 by suki

This podcast presents a special Independence Day panel discussion about abortion and California’s status as an Abortion Sanctuary State. We discuss the roots of abortion stigma, and how stigma manifests itself everywhere from conversations between friends to communications between healthcare providers. We also discuss California’s status as a sanctuary station for abortion seekers, and what that will mean for our healthcare system.

On women and people

Posted on July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 by suki

I’ve decided that it’s necessary to start referring to women as “people” whenever possible. For too long in human history, the word “people” didn’t include women. Women were possessions, chattel, dogs, chicks, and 10s. When men thought of “people,” they generally thought of themselves exclusively.