ep. 15: How to Argue Your Case with Imani Gandy
"I mean, the best thing to do is to understand the issues, to understand how the courts work, how it is that cases move their way through the courts. In terms of what you can do to prevent some of these whack jobs from being elevated to the bench, not much." - Unladylike guest Imani Gandy. (Photo: Pexels)
As the Supreme Court rolls the dice with women's and LGBTQ people's rights, how do you channel your rage and choose your battles? Cristen and Caroline talk with Rewire.News legal analyst — and self-described Angry Black Lady — Imani Gandy about issues that are flying under the radar and how to keep your eyes on the balls that matter.
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More from Imani
Read: Rewire.News // Angry Black Lady Chronicles
Listen: Boom! Lawyered
Resources
Sources
Gandy, Imani. How false narratives of Margaret Sanger are being used to shame black women. Rewire.News. Aug. 20, 2015.
Gandy, Imani. Public funding for abortion isn't a thing, but here's why it should be. Rewire.News. Sept. 30, 2015.
Gandy, Imani. The Ku Klux Klan isn't a protected class, so get a grip already. Rewire.News. Dec. 6, 2017.
Gandy, Imani and Jessica Pieklo. Bakers and bare breasts will determine the limits of free speech. Boom! Lawyered podcast. Nov. 2017.
Green, Emma. Should pro-life clinics have to post information about abortion? The Atlantic. March 19, 2018.
Miller, Stephen A. and Leigh Ann Benson. 'Masterpiece Cakeshop v. CCRc': A difficult balance for justices. The Legal Intelligencer. Jan. 11, 2018.
NARAL. Crisis pregnancy centers lie: The Insidious threat to reproductive freedom. 2015.
Oyez. Bowers v. Hardwick.
Pusey, Allen. June 26, 2003: Court overturns Bowers v. Hardwick. ABA Journal. June 2012.
More about our guests
Wanda James: Twitter // Instagram // Simply Pure
Maya Elisabeth: Whoopi & Maya website // W&M insta // Om Edibles website // OE insta
Mona Zhang: Twitter // Website // Word on the Tree
Sources
Aspan, Maria. Why Women Founders Are Ruling Legal Marijuana. Inc. May 2017.
Cabot, Heather. Women in Weed Clap Back at Federal Government's Threat to Legal Pot. Forbes. Jan. 4, 2018.
Coughlin-Bogue, Tobias. The Word 'Marijuana' Versus the Word 'Cannabis.' The Stranger. April 13, 2016.
Duberman, Amanda. Women Are Leading the Charge for Racial Justice in Legal Weed. HuffPost. Jan. 18, 2018.
J. Walter Thompson Intelligence. "High Times: From Joints To a Lifestyle Movement: The Rise of the Cannabis Economy." February 2018.
Lewis, Amanda Chicago. How Black People Are Being Shut out of America's Weed Boom. BuzzFeed. March 16, 2016.
Lidz, Gogo. Women in Weed: How Legal Marijuana Could Be the First Billion-Dollar Industry Not Dominated by Men. Newsweek. Aug. 20, 2015.
Livni, Ephrat. Legal Weed Is an Amazing Business Opportunity for Women. Quartz. Oct. 14, 2017.
Margolin, Madison. High Times 100 Awards Gala Brings Former Counterculture Bible Into the Mainstream. LA Weekly. March 7, 2018.
Prence, Katherine. The Herbs of Your Grandmothers. The New York Times. May 18, 1902.
Wilcox, Anna. The Origin of the Word 'Marijuana.' Leafy. March 6, 2014.
