Suki Wessling
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Writer, The Babblery producer, teacher.
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Someday I hope we'll have a memorial holiday for them:
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Say Their Names: The Women Who Died After Being Denied Emergency Abortion Care
Women Who Died After Being Denied Emergency Abortion: Josseli Barnica, Yeniifer Alvarez-Estrada Glick, Amber Nicole Thurman, Candi Miller, Porsha Ngumezi, Taysha Wilkinson-Sobieski, Nevaeh Crain, Tier...
https://msmagazine.com/2026/04/04/women-died-emergency-abortion-miscarriage-doctors/
about 21 hours ago
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NEW on Substack: How far can a liar go till you know youâre being had? It depends on the temperature of the water.
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about 24 hours ago
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On the little original sin of the Internet and the daily terrors it introduces:
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@eff.org
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Excellent piece: "We ride at dawn."
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I'm saddled up and ready to go.
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@wingsradio.bsky.social
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Could This Be the Last Womenâs History Month?
As Womenâs History Month is quietly dismantled under Trump's attacks on history and DEI, a collective feminist refusal is taking shape.
https://msmagazine.com/2026/03/27/womens-history-month-trump-resistance-feminist/
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When you're doing an interview for your lil' homegrown podcast and your guest says: "Just so you know, I have a hard stop at 1:30 because I'm going to be on the Daily Show!" Watch for Cindy Cohn interview on women's privacy wherever you get your podcasts or on
BABBLERY.com
and
WINGS.org
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10 days ago
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At our local No Kings Rally I asked sign holders to do dramatic readings. Check out some fun, inspiring, short audio!
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Minibabble: The Signs of No Kings -
An Audio Montage I walked around my local No Kings 2026 Rally and asked people to do dramatic readings of their signs. Some are more dramatic than others, but all....
https://babblery.com/2026/03/minibabble-the-signs-of-no-kings/
11 days ago
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When rely on natural processes, human behavior comes to some sort of balance. But moving everythingâincluding gamblingâto our phones is throwing everything out of whack.
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13 days ago
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NOW STREAMING on The Babblery: MINIBABBLE EPISODE- She Called to Apologize: A story of exclusion and grace
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Listen to transgender theorist Sandy Stone and musician Nancy Vogl speak about trauma, exclusion, acceptance, and moving forward together.
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15 days ago
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NOW STREAMING on The Babblery: Transgender elder Sandy Stone reflects on the past, present, and future of trans people in the US.
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16 days ago
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Yesterday was a gorgeous day on the Central Coast of California. So why was it harshing my mellow?
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19 days ago
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A message from trans icon Sandy Stone to young people:
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Check out the episode:
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@sandystone.bsky.social
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Sandy Stone: A message to transgender youth
YouTube video by KSQD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBYpjre9k7k
21 days ago
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NOW STREAMING on The Babblery: Sandy Stone on the power of the 70s women's movement
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21 days ago
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NEW on the Babblery: Sandy Stone on intolerance of trans people and hope for the future:
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An Amazing Time to be Alive with Sandy Stone -
BABBLERY.com: Transgender icon Sandy Stone on TERF hatred, from the 1970s women's communities to today.
https://babblery.com/2026/03/an-amazing-time-to-be-alive-with-sandy-stone/
22 days ago
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TOMORROW on The Babblery: Sandy Stone on the fight for trans rights. Subscribe:
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23 days ago
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I'm really excited that my upcoming episode of The Babblery is with trans icon Sandy Stone. Sandy is a friend, a co-volunteer at KSQD, and a provocative thinker who never stops engaging with people and spreading her message of acceptance and support.
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25 days ago
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I interviewed Enid Baxter Ryce last week for The Babblery (episode forthcoming). I wanted to share this amazing piece in progress now. Stunning story. I hope someday it will be on the shelves of a bookstore near you.
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Chapter 8: The Pages in the Wall â Enid Baxter Ryce
This is my great-grandfatherâs last manuscript, written while he was incarcerated in the Lvov Ghetto, before the g-ddamn Nazis murdered him. He hid it in a wall, and his son, my grandpa, risked his li...
https://enidryce.com/book-of-trees/the-pages-in-the-wall-5-parts-to-follow
25 days ago
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Why are people willing to suffer the consequences of living in California? I think it has something to do with the dream⊠and with their Dream.
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25 days ago
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NEW on Substack: We canât truly see a womanâs beauty until we see her as she is.
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The beauty of older women
On using the mirror to appreciate ourselves
https://open.substack.com/pub/babblery/p/old-women-beautiful-women?r=h87dy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
28 days ago
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Thanks to KPFA Radio for including the Babblery's feature on the African American Composer Initiative in their 2026 International Women's Day programming:
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about 1 month ago
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NEW on Substack: When I saw a page on the World Wide Web in 1992 (or was it 93?), I had no idea how weird our lives were about to get.
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Alone with my brain on the Internet
Reflections on the World Wide Web of Weirdness
https://open.substack.com/pub/babblery/p/alone-with-my-brain-on-the-internet?r=h87dy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 1 month ago
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The Babblery is being featured on this weekend's International Women's Day Broadcast on
@kpfa.org
. Check out the schedule!
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about 1 month ago
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NEW on Substack: What do the Epstein files mean to women?
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about 1 month ago
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Decades before the Matrixâs red pill, women had Our Bodies, Ourselves:
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NEW on Substack: When knowledge is uncoupled from community.
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about 1 month ago
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On separatism with Joan Gelfand:
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about 1 month ago
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This is the sort of excellent reporting that a good journalist can do: investigate every step in the chain that falls when one link is broken. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...
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Opinion | What Happened in Chicago When Science Became the Enemy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/opinion/doge-hiv-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OVA.Ep3w.o7F_ijjM7S7X&smid=url-share
about 1 month ago
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"The internet, for all it gives us, it takes away so much personal connection. People need to go out and be with each other and it's gotten so easy to isolate. So we are in a very, veryâa strange moment." Joan Gelfand
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about 2 months ago
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Two Strange Moments with Writer Joan Gelfand on The Babblery
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about 2 months ago
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Beautiful, joyous essay about being in the resistance in Minneapolis. (Gift link)
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Opinion | In the Resistance, We Drive Minivans
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/opinion/minneapolis-ice-resistance-minivans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFA.pFuD.lf8XsiwRW06L&smid=nytcore-android-share
about 2 months ago
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Iâve been diving into the way the mid-70s womenâs movement has become more relevant than ever. Hereâs an interview with author Joan Gelfand on how two âstrange momentsâ bookend her writing career.
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Two Strange Moments with Writer Joan Gelfand -
Writer Joan Gelfandâs life so far has been bookended by what she refers to as âstrange moments.â As a teenager, she left New York City for the allure of the....
https://babblery.com/2026/02/two-strange-moments-with-writer-joan-gelfand/
about 2 months ago
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NEW on Substack: Some thoughts on the futility of trying to show others what's what.
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about 2 months ago
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Insightful article about the history of white people drawing attention to the civil rights causes of non-white people. Gift link:
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The Transformative Power of the White âRace Traitorâ
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/magazine/minneapolis-good-pretti-race-traitors.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L1A.mv2X.E5K1Pnbc4E9S&smid=nytcore-android-share
about 2 months ago
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NEW on Substack: Our democracy is imperfect by design, so now is no time to give up and declare it a dystopia.
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about 2 months ago
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So much accessible, passionate writing about womenâs lives on Substack! Check out these writers.
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Women's lives, illuminated
A reading list of straightforward feminist perspectives by thoughtful women (and a guy)
https://open.substack.com/pub/babblery/p/womens-lives-illuminated?r=h87dy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 2 months ago
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NEW on Substack: Black history is American history. No matter what we do to try to separate ourselves, we'll come back to a country founded on diversity.
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NEW on Substack: Many Americans have lived their lives carefully, allowing others to do the difficult work of democracy. But now itâs time for all of us to take on the risks that will put us back on the path to joy.
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2 months ago
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Prof. Suki
2 months ago
NEW on KidsLearn: What does it mean for kids to put out an anthology of their writing? Some thoughts on the challenge my students faced when they joined together to create an anthology of short fiction.
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NEW Minibabble: What does it take to make a film in a country without a functioning government? Haitian filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin on shooting her film N Ap Boule.
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Minibabble: On the Set with Filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin -
What does it take for an independent filmmaker to shoot a film in a country that lacks a functional government? Haitian filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin speaks about the difficulty of shooting her short...
https://babblery.com/2026/01/minibabble-on-the-set-with-filmmaker-alexandrine-benjamin/
2 months ago
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The latest on Substack: Why be scared of sharks when I was in the most danger crossing a parking lot on foot? I have some thoughts.
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2 months ago
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What color should this revolution be? I suggest RED as the symbol of resistance to honor Good and Pretti. That will force MAGA to retire their awful hats and force the media to stop the spreading the lie that Americans can no longer unite. We can and we must.
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Minnesota is the Beginning of an American Color Revolution
Ordinary people are ready to save democracy
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/minnesota-is-the-beginning-of-an?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=h87dy
2 months ago
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Now streaming:
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NEW on the Babblery Substack: If Gen X is the âloserâ generation, perhaps our role is to understand and support the losers.
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We bear witness to a generational trauma, and it is causing trauma to the witnesses as well. How do we bear it?
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3 months ago
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Now streaming on The Babblery:
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NOW STREAMING:
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There are so many little-noticed actions detailed in this long list. I urge you to read it. We all must bear witness to what is happening.
@msmagazine.com
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One Year In: 53 Ways the Second Trump Administration Is Harming Women and Families
A sweeping, year-one rundown of how Trumpâs second-term power grabs and policy rollbacks are eroding womenâs rights, healthcare and economic security, includingâfrom dismantling the Womenâs Bureau at ...
https://msmagazine.com/2026/01/20/trump-administration-harming-women-families-workplace-health-dei/
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NEW on The Babblery: Taking Care of Ourselves with Haitian Filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin
babblery.com/2026/01/taki...
For one up-and-coming director, lifting up her people is her fundamental purpose.
3 months ago
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We heard Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words broadcast in our streets this morning, but are we ready to take on the fierce urgency of now?
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"We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now"
In order to honor the legacy of a man who died for our sins, we have to keep broadcasting his words.
https://open.substack.com/pub/babblery/p/we-are-confronted-with-the-fierce?r=h87dy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
3 months ago
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The Babblery's interview with Haitian filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin is coming out next week. In the meantime, you can get a taste of it from the version I created for Women's International News Gathering Service (WINGS):
wingsradio.org/wordpress/?p...
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3 months ago
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