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  Moji & Dooks AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
December 6, 2024 at 11:00 PM

Trump’s Cabinet Looks Like Your Abuela’s Junk Drawer

Your Feminist Buzzkills are diving deep so you don’t have to Hear ye, hear ye Buzzkillas!WE MISSED YOU! Moji here! I’m back after a short break to bring y’all a fresh pod drop! Drumroll please… your favorite guest host is back – Alyssa “Dooks” Al-Dookhi! Lizz is off prepping for her mega-fun end-of-…
  Lizz & Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
December 3, 2024 at 12:59 PM

AAF is your coach for abortion activism. AND YOUR GIFT IS MATCHED TODAY!

On this Giving Tuesday, help us a build a bodily autonomy war chest!  Dear john, It really sucks when you can’t rejoice that a painful slog of a year is coming to an end because you know the next year will very likely be worse. But even in this moment, we at Abortion Access Front want you to know th…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
November 29, 2024 at 2:55 PM

The Only Way Forward is Through Action!

Trust us, we know.Hi john, We wanted to check in on you – how was Thanksgiving? Was it full of love and gratitude? Or was it full of hate gloating? Maybe a little of both! And if you’re someone who had to travel for your holiday, even the most amazing relatives can push that freshness expiration. Bu…
  Lizz & Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
November 26, 2024 at 4:47 PM

It’s the AAF TMI holiday letter! Lots about Abortion. Nothing about Dad’s acid reflux...

Abortion Access Front and our team did A LOT in 2024... and we're just getting started. Dearest john, Season's Greetings, it's your Aunt Lizz with our 2024 Abortion Access Front Holiday letter! This year brought so much AAF family news - some good, some iffy, and some that you never wanted to know, …
  Lizz & Moji AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
November 22, 2024 at 11:01 PM

POD ENCORE ALERT: Pass the salt… and maybe some birth control for your unprotected Holiday convos!

The Feminist Buzzkills are gearing y’all up for the holidays! Weeeee! Happy “Oh-Shit-It’s-The-Holidays,” Buzzkillians! It’s Thanksgiving next week! For a lot of you, that means dealing with certain Relatives for Liberty – but, Moji and I GOT YOU! (If you don’t have any crappy relatives, then that’s…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
November 20, 2024 at 1:39 PM

Déjà vu all over again… but AAF will meet the moment.

Let’s rest, grieve and rage… then we’ll get to work together.  Hey john,In the immortal words of Abortion Access Front patron saint Leslie Jordan...   We’re not going to lie to you. It’s going to be a challenging road ahead. At the same time that we as individuals are trying to cope with this new re…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
November 19, 2024 at 2:55 PM

It’s Raining Lawsuits – Let It Pour!

We're tired of it raining men.Hi john, We know these past two weeks have been a shit sundae with a Matt Gaetz cherry on top for all of us. But our only option is to lace up our ass-kicking boots and get to work. It will take a lot of commitment to create the world we all deserve… so get ready! Whate…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
November 12, 2024 at 2:55 PM

We Are Just Getting Started

And you will WANT TO COME ALONG WITH US FOR THE RIDEHi john,What a week. The collective rage that we share with you all is real and palpable, and in the days following the election, it has felt all-consuming. How do we move forward when the future feels so full of menace for ourselves, our friends, …
  Lizz & Moji AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
November 8, 2024 at 11:25 PM

Post-Election Pro-Abortion Buzzkill Blues w/ Jessica Valenti

And What You Can Do To Channel That Into Action Hey Friends. Lizz here. First off, We love you and know you are feeling lost, afraid and targeted. You are not alone.  BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS: You can count on your Buzzkills and Our AAF Team To Guide You Into Action.  This week, AAF = An Awful (lot of…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
November 5, 2024 at 2:55 PM

Abortion Codified – Coming to a State Near You TOMORROW!

Or we are going to be REALLY pissed.Hi john, Omg – it’s finally here. Election Day. Spooky season is over, but now we wait to see what real world horrors are about to be unleashed. We’re nauseous, nervous, excited, a little bit gassy, but we’re ready. There is nothing to do but sit and wait, so grab…
  Lizz & Moji AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
November 1, 2024 at 10:05 PM

T-MINUS FIVE TIL THE ABORTION ELECTION!!!

AND YOU BETTER BE FLEXING THAT VOTING MUSCLE! Howdy Buzzkillians, Moji here! I still can’t get over how much fun we had strutting through the NYC Halloween Parade in our Mife and Miso pill getups yesterday! But that’s not all that’s going down in the abobosphere this week…GOT THE RIGHT TO VOTE? GO …
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
October 31, 2024 at 6:26 PM

MINNESOTA Senator Tina Smith Debates 19th Century Purity Ghoul Anthony Comstock

It’s a scare-larious Instant Abortion AF Classic BIG NEWS AAF’ers, Today Abortion Access Front is bringing you THE political event of the season. A debate about access to reproductive care between ACTUAL living Minnesota Senator Tina Smith and the reanimated zombie of Anthony Comstock—yes, the 1873 …
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
October 29, 2024 at 1:55 PM

What in the Florida DeSantishenanigans is Going On?

See what we did there? You know you like it.Hi john, In case you haven’t noticed, Spooky Season is also the new name for election season as everything has just gone absolutely batty in the last few weeks before the election. Don’t get caught in the tangled conservative web of anti-abortion misinform…
  Lizz & Moji AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
October 25, 2024 at 10:05 PM

Abortion Pill Sniffing Dogs and Braindead AGs

It Must Be Spooky Season! Moji and Lizz here! We’re back, Buzzkills, and doing a classic FBK pod. All Hallow’s Eve is nigh so let us commence with the witchy descriptions of this week’s episode. HAIR-RAISING BS AFOOTUsing “Mississippi” and “abortion” together in the same sentence always evokes terro…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
October 22, 2024 at 1:55 PM

Trick-or-Treat But Assholes Only Pick Trick

They probably also put toothbrushes in the candy bowlHi john, As we get ready for the spookiest night of the year, the abortionsphere reminds us that there is nothing scarier than the constant attacks on our bodily autonomy and freedom! We’ve been busy sewing the final touches on our costumes, but w…
  Lizz & Moji AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
October 18, 2024 at 10:01 PM

PUT YOUR BALLOT WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS

Wake up babe, Operation Save Abortion: Ballot Initiatives just dropped WE DID A THING! Get your ear holes ready for AAF's 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 whereve…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
October 15, 2024 at 1:55 PM

Who Needs a Gyno? You’ve Got Ken Paxton!

I'm sure he'll keep the speculum warm.Hi john, Hey y’all – your friends at Abortion Access Front are sending so much love and support to all who are being ravaged by the extreme weather conditions, and hope you and your loved ones are safe. But as we know, extremism isn't only in our weather pattern…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
October 8, 2024 at 5:10 PM

Abortion On My Mind In Georgia

Accompanied by plenty of rage eye twitches and random angry guttural scream, as one does.Hi john, The Abortionsphere is one giant roller coaster, and you never know what will greet you when you wake up each day. One minute is joyful, the next is horrific, and every second in between is just waiting …
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
October 1, 2024 at 1:55 PM

It’s Officially Comstocktober!!

It’s Comstock Act Awareness Month so let’s fight to destroy it!Hi john,Here at Abortion AF we are officially dubbing this month Comstocktober! With the spooky season upon us, we want to slay this zombie law once and for all, then celebrate with ALL the caramel apple flavors (SUCK IT, pumpkin spice)!…
  Lizz & Moji AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
September 27, 2024 at 10:06 PM

Project 2025 Is About as Clear as Florida’s Swamp Water

And It Might Be the Next US Government’s New Favorite Lethal Weapon Howdy Abobo Pardners!  Moji here – Lizz and I ARE BACK! After quite the hiatus, we’re excited to be Buzzkillin’ and man we are neck deep in it!! So much smack to talk so here’s a preview of what’s coming to your earholes. So Many Mi…
  Team Abortion AF · [email protected]
September 24, 2024 at 4:41 PM

Corrected Graphic: Yes - it IS the anti-abortion movement’s fault!

No matter how many lies they try to tell otherwise!OUR CORRECTION: Our deepest apologies for the typo in our graphic. Her correct name is “Amber Thurman."Hi john, We missed you! AAF is back from break, rested and diving back into the abortionsphere in ways that are the opposite of demure and ladylik…
  Team Abortion AF · [email protected]
September 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Yes - it IS the anti-abortion movement’s fault!

No matter how many lies they try to tell otherwise!Hi john, We missed you! AAF is back from break, rested and diving back into the abortionsphere in ways that are the opposite of demure and ladylike. And after reading this week’s news, it’s clear that we’ll all need some rest to deal with the anti-a…
  Lizz, Moji & Kristin AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
September 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM

A Pro-abortion Reverend and A Pro-Abortion Catholic Walk Into A Podcast

AND GABBED WITH TWO FEMINIST BUZZKILLS! Welcome to PART THREE of our Netroots Nation series!  Lizz here! Remember when the gang and I went to Baltimore earlier this summer to yap about abortion at Netroots Nation, THE coolest conference for progressive activists?! The Buzzkills did three podcasts a…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
September 9, 2024 at 8:01 PM

SAVE THE DATE: Oct 8th. AAF is hosting a training on how YOU can help get November Ballot Initiatives passed

Hi john, Get ready! We are launching OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: Ballot Initiative edition!  We know it can be overwhelming trying to figure out what you can do to protect abortion rights. One big thing you can do is help us get every single ballot initiative passed so LFG!   Tuesday, October 8th, AAF …
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
September 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Medication Abortion was HOT TO GO at the DNC this year!

1 mife and 4 misos...get your abortions to go!Hi john,Y’all…we are TIRED! AAF just got back from a week in Chicago evangelizing about medication abortion to anyone and everyone we could find who showed up for the Democratic National Convention!  And how did we do it you ask…Meet Mife and the Misoton…
  Lizz, Moji & Kristin AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
August 30, 2024 at 10:05 PM

RUN IT BACK: It’s our breakdown of the SCOTUS ruling on EMTALA… ROUND DOS!

Re-serving up some more brain juice to help you prep for the election. Lizz here! Before we left for the DNC, Moji and I dipped into our vault and thought a refresher on the SCOTUS EMTALA case was just what you needed because we were too busy making good trouble out in the Chicago streets to do a po…
  Lizz & Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
August 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Last chance for me to give YOU one of these fab shirts!

Hey john, Can I tell you just how fantabulous my birthday month continues to be? Abortion Access Front has been smashing it during August, thanks to monthly donors who keep a steady stream of moolah available so we can make the most impact! And if you can make a monthly donation of $20 or more, I'l…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
August 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Fund variety shows, not fake clinics!

We are WAY more fun, amiriteHi john,Happy Friday, folks! As always, Abortion Access Front is here to bring you the download of the latest and (too often) so-damn-far-from the greatest news happening in the reprosphere every week. We’re hitting your inbox a little bit early this week as we prepare to…
  Stephanie Oster, AAF · [email protected]
August 14, 2024 at 6:40 PM

Fwd: Hello, Leo Season! This is my BIRTHDAY MONTH and I have A GIFT FOR YOU!

Did you see Lizz's email?Hey john, I wanted to make sure you saw this email from Lizz. We're celebrating her birthday all month and all she really wants is to provide more support to abortion providers and to build a stronger pathway for accessible abortions and life-saving reproductive healthcare f…
  Lizz, Moji & Kristin AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
August 9, 2024 at 10:05 PM

POD PON DE REPLAY: Breaking down the SCOTUS Mifepristone case, AGAIN!

All the gyal pon the dancefloor wantin' some more (of our medication abortion episode) THE BUZZKILLS ARE GOING TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHI-TOWN! How do the Feminist Buzzkills prep for a week of yapping to politicians about the importance of medication abortion? By sending Lizz on a…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
August 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Project 2025 douchebag resigns, and AAF is heading to the DNC!

Two unrelated but equally hilarious happenings. Hi john, BIG things happening at the AAF HQ! Your squad at Abortion AF are gearing up to head out to the Democratic National Convention to evangelize about medication abortion. HINT: it involves costumes and singing! But have no fear- we’re still here …
  Lizz & Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
August 5, 2024 at 5:40 PM

Hello, Leo Season! My Birthday is TODAY and I have A GIFT FOR YOU!

Tell the world what you are fighting for with a shirt that goes hard... Hey john, Wait. What is this sensation that I’m feeling on my birthday? Could it be…hope? Dare I say enthusiasm!? Well, hot damn! A tidal wave of optimism is dispelling the funk of persistent existential dread and I. AM. HERE.…
  Lizz, Moji & Kristin AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
August 2, 2024 at 10:11 PM

It takes an Olympic Village to reform the court

And our vote is the fencing team! Winning the gold for being the most buzzkilliest of feminists! Kristin here again – this time joining my bougie bestie Moji to fill in while Lizz is out celebrating Leo season and her birthday! Moji and I dive into our Olympics obsession to find abortion wherever we…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
August 2, 2024 at 12:00 PM

It’s HOT ABORTION SUMMER and LIZZ’S BIRTHDAY, and WE WANT TO CELEBRATE!

We're HOT TO GO… but we need your help!  Hey john, Even though this summer has been creeping along and July has lasted 60 days, it’s finally August and the birthday month of our very own brat-in-residence and chief abortion officer, Lizz Winstead! In honor of her birthday (and other democracy-relat…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
July 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM

To say “abortion” or to not say “abortion…”

Hi john, Is it just us, or does it feel like the last two weeks have lasted for about fourteen lifetimes? While the news cycle is giving us all whiplash, it doesn’t stop the work from being done! We’ve been out on the road preaching the incredible work of indies wherever we can – including bringing…
  Lizz, Moji & Kristin AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
July 26, 2024 at 10:05 PM

The Supreme Court wants to regulate YOUR fishery!

And it just gets fishier from there We went to Netroots Nation 2024 and all we got was this DOPE podcast series.  Lizz here! This week we get to share with you part two of THREE of our shenanigans at Netroots Nation. Moji had to hang back at home with a case of La ‘Rona, so I was joined by AAF Progr…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
July 23, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Not Girl Summer kicking off THIS WEEK in Milwaukee!

Our deepest apologies for anyone living in Milwaukee rn. Hi john, WE’RE BACK! We took a break last week because this month has been PACKED. Between showing up at Netroots Nation, hosting three live Feminist Buzzkills podcasts, galvanizing folks to repeal the Comstock Act, teaching them about ALL the…
  Lizz & Moji AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
July 12, 2024 at 10:00 PM

WE’RE LIVE FROM NETROOTS IN BALTIMORE!

Yes, we booked an Air-Abobo-N’B Lizz here! This week your Feminist Buzzkills are at summer camp for progressives AKA Netroots Nation 2024, which means today’s pod was recorded LIVE and boy was it a thrill! Joining me on the pod today is AAF Programs Director Kristin Hady, pinch-hitting while Moji i…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
July 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM

What's red, white, and blue all over?

Anti-abortion losers after we smack down their evil plans! Hi john, AAF is back at work after an extended weekend celebrating raging about the state of America, and we are FIRED UP! We’re about to spend the rest of this week at one of our favorite conventions, Netroots Nation, chatting up all of the…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
July 2, 2024 at 3:15 PM

EMTALA dropped…TWICE!?

You can't make this shit up. Hi john, Do you ever get the feeling that someone at THE SUPREME COURT ::cough:: Alito ::cough:: likes to fuck with us all? Last Wednesday they threw us all for a damn loop when, once again, we were faced with a SCOTUS leak of the EMTALA ruling that looked ready to prote…
  Lizz & Moji AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
June 28, 2024 at 10:42 PM

WTF? Talking Golf Swings While SCOTUS Whiffs On Abortion

Your Buzzkills Will Focus on the Latter 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 La…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
June 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM

SCOTUS LEAKS OUT A HALF-ASSED RULING THAT’S GOOD-ADJACENT

Not Great, Bob. Or Should We Say, Roberts? Hi john,SOME PREGNANT PEOPLE WON’T BE LEFT FOR DEAD IN THE ER. Guess that counts as a “win” these days. As expected from the leaked decision, the 6-3 Supreme Court ruling affirmed that Idaho (and the emergency rooms in the eight other states in the Ninth Ci…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
June 24, 2024 at 12:45 PM

Today is the second Overturniversary of Roe!

And this email is positively bursting with ways to fight back! Hi john, 1,051,200 minutes - how do you measure two years under Dobbs? In ballots, in marches, in restrictions, in zombie laws? We’d keep going, but we’re not sure how to sing about and/or rhyme ‘guttural screams of rage’. In the last tw…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
June 18, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Mifepristone to save the day!

The superhero we always knew we needed! Hi john, ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! Taking us by surprise, SCOTUS Watch: Week 3 came in clutch as The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of the abortion pill mifepristone! Our favorite Feminist Buzzkills Lizz Winstead and Moji Alawode-El have a very special po…
  Lizz & Moji AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
June 14, 2024 at 10:05 PM

A UNANIMOUS PRO-ABORTION RULING FROM SCOTUS

We have a whole-ass breakdown about it HELLOOOOOO Buzzkillians! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? The Supreme Court did a thing that we actually aren’t pissed about! MIFEPRISTONE IS HERE TO STAY! FOR NOW…HOLY HELL! This week the Supremes ruled UNANIMOUSLY in favor of access to the abortion pill mifepristone! An a…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
June 13, 2024 at 3:19 PM

BREAKING: SCOTUS UNANIMOUSLY Decides To Leave Medication Abortion Access AS IS. (Corrected Subject line)

We’re poppin’ bottles in celebration… for now. Hi john,Mifepristone ain’t going nowhere! The Supreme Court – like, the WHOLE Supreme Court, like the SAME Supreme Court that overturned Roe v. Wade – just dropped their decision on the accessibility of the abortion pill mifepristone: the FDA regulation…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
June 13, 2024 at 2:54 PM

WE ARE BACK AT SCOTUS FOR EMERGENCY ROOM ABORTION CASE

We’re poppin’ bottles in celebration…for now. Hi john,Mifepristone ain’t going nowhere! The Supreme Court – like, the WHOLE Supreme Court, like the SAME Supreme Court that overturned Roe v. Wade – just dropped their decision on the accessibility of the abortion pill mifepristone: the FDA regulations…
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
June 11, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Who needs healthcare when you have ideological extremism?

All of us. Literally all of us. Hi john, We’re only on week two of our SCOTUS Watch, with no decision released yet, and have already chewed our nails down to the nubs. Why do we do this, you ask? SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO! Stick with us, kid, and you’ll know the minute the decisions come down- and not ju…
  Lizz & Moji AAF’s Feminist Buzzkills · [email protected]
June 7, 2024 at 9:02 PM

At the University of Texas, 2+2 = WHORE!

These professors are failing you, literally and figuratively. Hey Buzzkillas, AKA survivors of another week fighting the patriarchy! Lizz and Moji here again to remind y’all that times are heavy, but knowledge is power, so we’re dropping ALL the knowledge that we dug up this week for ya.TEXAS’ KINK …
  Team AbortionAF · [email protected]
June 4, 2024 at 2:45 PM

Name a state that is so pro-life, they’ll EXECUTE YOU…

We wish there wasn't more than one answer to this, though. Hi john, June may finally be full of sunshine and warm weather, but consider these feminist buzzkills on high alert: we’re on SCOTUS watch! Abortion Access Front will make sure you’re in the know as SCOTUS decides the future of access to the…