Bite-Sized Bits Through the Ages 1990: “His Vegetable Wife” and “Women in the Trees”

This week Maggie and Harmony read two stories from Points of Departure by Pat Murphy,  “His Vegetable Wife” and “Women in the Trees.” They explore societal lenses of femininity and depictions of domestic abuse survivors.  
What we’re reading: 
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler 
https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781538732182 
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett  
https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780525536291 
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch 
https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780553588941
 Action Resources: 
If you need help 
https://www.womenshealth.gov/relationships-and-safety/get-help/state-resources 
https://www.thehotline.org/ 
Domestic Violence and Covid-19 
https://www.cpedv.org/post/information-about-coronavirus-covid-19-and-prevention 
https://mashable.com/article/how-to-help-domestic-violence-survivors-social-distancing-covid-19-coronavirus/ 
Justice for Breonna Taylor 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFhfh4chNjo/?hl=en 
https://www.standwithbre.com/ 
https://action.justiceforbreonna.org/sign/BreonnaWasEssential/
 Prevent Trump from appointing a conservative Supreme Court Justice 
https://www.usa.gov/confirm-voter-registration 
My name is…….  I am calling because there is now a vacancy on the Supreme Court due to the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. McConnell set the precedent.  Now the Senate should follow it. No vote on a Supreme Court nominee just before or after an election until the President is seated on January 20, 2021. 
Susan Collins. Maine 202-224-2523 
Joni Ernst  202-224-3254 
Iowa Thom Tillis  202-224-6342 
North Carolina Cory Gardner Colorado 202-224-5941 
Steve Daines Montana 202-224-2651 
Martha McSally Arizona 202-224-2235
 Kelly Loeffler Georgia 202-224-3643
 David Perdue  Georgia  202-224-3521 
MITT ROMNEY…THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE TO CALL  202-224-5251 
Utah Lindsey Graham (who is chair of senate judiciary cmte) 202-224-5972 South Carolina 
Lisa Murkowsi 202-224-6665 Alaska 
Are you feeling overwhelmed about racial inequality in the U.S.? We are too! Here’s some resources we’ve found useful. If you have any additional resources you’d like to share feel free to email us at [email protected]. 
https://bit.ly/2BlrFIv
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