Before the Thursday meeting Polly messaged the group saying she got the President of SCSU Robbyn Wacker to do a panel with us. I send a okay emoji. On Thursday November 20^th Polly, Kseniia, and I, did a mens’ panel instead of having a formal meeting like we do every Thursday. We did this panel on Thursday because it is when all the men could get together. It was my turn to lead the panel. I was a little nervous and improvised what I was saying. The panel went great and it was over an hour long it could have gone on longer. After the panel Polly messaged me say, “You did great”.  Then Polly emailed Kseniia and I, asking us to come up with some questions for the girls’ panel for Saturday and that she was going to lead the panel. I sent my questions to Polly write away. I posted on Tik Tok and Instagram about how I was feeling on my period

Saturday, we did the girls’ panel. I think this was the most successful panel because these twelve years old had a lot to say. It was interesting. These twelve years old gave me hope for the future. After the panel Kseniia, Polly, and I talked about how we are doing on our blog and on social media. We talked about how many more blog or posting we had to do.

Sunday rolls around. We have an interview with President of SCSU Robbyn Wacker over Zoom. Me being me I half read Pollys’ messaged and thought we only had time to asked President Wacker two questions only. During the interview Polly asked me to go first and I did not pull up my questions before the interview started. I asked Polly to go first. Wacker saved me say she did her homework and answered my questions. Throughout the entire interview with President Wacker I felt embarrassed. When it was over, I crawled into my bed.

Monday, I finally had the energy or will power to type up a blog about how I was feeling. In this blog I talked about how I handled my feelings before the pandemic and how I handle them now. Mental health became my theme for my two Instagram post. I posted two pictures one of food and the other of coffee. I have also started my portfolio.

 

Kseniia, Polly, and I met on our usual Thursday at 5:30pm. We talked about what videos we wanted to do. I threw out a bunch of topics we can cover our videos on, but all of my ideas got rejected because of the research we would have to do in order to correctly state true facts and not spread misinformation to the public. Somehow, we came to the idea of having a men’s panel where we ask men question about women. We talked about how many men we should invite. Polly made a quick phone call to ask her son to be a part of the panel. He said yes. After that phone call. I ask for a summary of what we are doing because our Zoom calls with each other last over an hour and a half. I wanted to make sure I got everything we were doing. At the end of the Zoom Polly and Kseniia asked if I could lead this panel and I said yes. Polly also mention that we should all have two questions each. Not even an hour later Polly sends her questions for the men’s panel to Kseniia and I. While I was in the middle of writing mine.

Friday after work Polly sent a message in the group chat. I somehow did not read the message all the way and I agreed to do a panel on Sunday at 5:45pm. I quickly wrote my questions down for our special quest and sent them to Polly through email so she could write a script. I also posted once on Facebook, twice on the blog, twice on Instagram, while editing descriptions and adding hashtags to the post.

Sunday, we did out panel with our guest Frances. Kseniia lead it, and it went well. My group and I meet after words to talk about how well the panel went, we looked over our social media platform to see how we were doing. Polly, Kseniia, and I talked about how many more videos we wanted to do. Then we looked over our questions for the men’s panel and we end up editing Kseniia question because Polly thought gentleman was an outdated word nobody used anymore. Polly emailed us our questions again so they could not look like they have forward three different times.

 

Monday, I created my script for the men’s panel and emailed it to my group.

My group and I meet on Thursday November 5^th, at 5:30pmish. We talked about how we were going to split the work among us. Polly mention how we should do a women panel over Zoom to count as our video. She asked Kseniia and I to come up with two questions for us to do and that we should send them over email so we could look at them beforehand to formulate our answers for the panel on Sunday. I mention how we should have guest on our panel. Polly agreed that our panel should have a wide range of women of different ages. The person I wanted on the panel said no to me. We all looked over video ideas on Google Docs and talked about which ones we should do. After the meeting ended Polly sent us the recorded Zoom and her questions. While I worked on my questions Kseniia sent in hers over email.

Before the Sunday night panel, I published three blogs on our webpage together, posted two pictures on Instagram, posted three videos on Tik Tok. My group and I met 15 minutes beforehand to prep ourselves and go over what we were going to talk about and do. We did the women panel at 5:45pm on November 8^th our guest age range from 25-60. It was nice to hear from these women who grew up in these different eras than I did. The panel lasted over an hour. After the panel my group and I got together to talk about how well we did. We agreed to see each other next Thursdays at the same time as usual.

When we’re not in meetings with each other over Zoom we were texting each other on Facebook Messenger squeezing ideas out of each other and sending each other our post from our socials. I posted links in the D2L discussion page where to find my posting for this project on the magical world of the Internet.  Kilborn fixed my links for me. I didn’t click on the URL tab to put them in that way. I posted a picture on my Instagram and posted two more videos on my Tik Tok. My group mate texted me over messenger asking for my opinion about what questions she should asked to her friends, so she can make a video. I told her to do both the questions. Now I am here typing his blog about what I did.

My group and I had met with each other twice in the last week and have been message each other through Facebook since the meetings, trying to figure out the answers to our questions about the group project. As we stumble along trying to answer questions to the best of our abilities, we have made a decision to combine all three of our ideas since they were all closely related to each other. Our project is now about reimaging women’s rights. We plan to use Tik Tok, Instagram, and YouTube for our project.

Also, too we have not yet decided a name for a group project. I have suggested a few names and so has Kseniia. Polly felt those names we have suggest did not encumber what the project is, and who the project is for. The name for this project is up in the air. I think some suggested would help us at the moment. Kseniia has drafted a schedule to show Polly and I when things should be done at a specific time. So, we can all be on the same page for this project. On our blog, we have decided to introduce ourselves as well as write a blog post that should be 400-1000 words about the issue we want to focus on in women rights. We talked about doing a video and when we can all get together to make one.

Also my group and I were confused about, if we should post stuff for our project on our personal page or create a fake account to post, or create a page to share and post things. Polly is going to talk to Professor Kilborn on Wednesday, about making a page on social media and posting on that page instead of posting on our personal social media page. Fingers cross.

Did you know having a sense of community unites us. Being a part of a community can make us feel as though we are a part of something greater than ourselves. [1]

This is Zaya and in my blog I will be talking about how I will bring reproductive rights into real world places.

Signs and Slogans

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I would bring reproductive rights into a physical sense by adding more buttons to my backpack about reproductive rights, and wearing shirts, bracelets with slogans such as Keep Abortion Legal and such. I would put stickers on my laptops/phone with slogans written on them too. Also, I would put signs in my window about reproductive rights since college students walk across my lawn anyway. They might as well learn too.

Look

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I would get people thinking about reproductive rights by wearing shirts with slogans that end in a question mark. Or having one of those pictures of a penguin on my shirt that say move to the left, go to the right, look under the beak and in the end it would say, “Your body your choice go check out Planned Parenthood today.

 Talking

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I would bring reproductive rights into a social sense by talking to people, sharing memes, videos, and post about it on different mediums. In hopes somebody from wherever sees the post about reproductive rights and talks about it with other people.

 

[1]“The Importance of Having Strong Communities.” Dunmore Borough Pennsylvania, 5 June 2019, dunmorepa.gov/news/importance-strong-communities/.

 

Did you know “Human beings are wired to connect – and we have the most complex and interesting social behavior out of all animals,”[1]

This is Zaya and in this blog I will be talking about how Reproductive Rights will connect to a larger audience.

I imagine the social connection over reproductive rights, to be about stories that are spoken verbally or written down as well as pictures of protests that are seen, memes that people are tagged in, movies and signs people make, posted on social media or being done in the real world. Stories, pictures, and movies, to me are how people connect with each other young or old. We can used these three categories to spread awareness about reproductive rights.

 Stories

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Stories help get messages across because of their use of pathos, which is using emotions to persuade people to care about what you are talking about. It might invoke an interest in people to keep listening and wonder, but the story being told cannot be long or people lose interested too. Stories that are told through text over any media must not go over eight paragraphs or have small font. They have to be short and sweet, but stories also needs to be fun to keep them going.

Pictures

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Pictures/memes help, because who does not like a great laugh occasionally about uterus’s flicking people off and having writing underneath it that says, “my uterus my rules” to people who want to control it.  Also, pictures/memes say a lot compared to stories because we get to see what is going on with our own eyes.

Videos

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Movies and videos help because they inform the mass public about reproductive rights in real time. I have seen some doctors on Tik Tok answering questions about pregnancy, birth control, vaginal care, and more.

 

If people see reproductive rights represented like this, they are most likely to go seek out information for themselves without people pushing them to do so. I know personally if I find something about reproductive rights on any media platform. I will Google it. By having access to social media we can reach a bigger audience to bring awareness of reproductive rights.

[1] Penttila, Nicky. “In Sync: How Humans Are Hard-Wired for Social Relationships.” Dana Foundation, Dana Foundation, 13 Nov. 2019, dana.org/article/in-sync-how-humans-are-hard-wired-for-social-relationships/.

[2]“Caucasian Delegates Networking during Conference.” GoGraph, www.gograph.com/clipart/caucasian-delegates-networking-during-conference-gg101228675.html.

[3] “Uterus Cartoon Photos, Royalty-Free Images, Graphics, Vectors & Videos.” Adobe Stock, stock.adobe.com/lv/search?k=uterus+cartoon.

[4] Times, Global. “TikTok Ban Demonstrates Barbaric Act of Rogue US: Global Times Editorial.” Global Times, www.globaltimes.cn/content/1196404.shtml.

Did you know in 2016, women of reproductive age (18 to 44) were most familiar with birth control pills and condoms; only 31 percent of those women had heard a lot about two more-effective methods, intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants.[1]

Did you know about 4 in 10 women of reproductive age viewed sterilization, the rhythm method, and withdrawal as very safe. [1]

This is Zaya and in this blog I will be talking about uniting people with different experiences about reproductive rights.

What is it?

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Reproductive rights are the right to choose what to do with your own body. What does it mean to have these rights? They help make abortions safe, contraception available and help normalized family planning on your own terms. Some young men and women do not know anything about reproductive rights at all due to the lack of the Birds and the Bees talk from their parents as well as little information and few sex education classes available in their area.

Reason to Know

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One of the reasons why Reproductive rights information should be widely available is to provide better information to all people. One day my thirteen-year-old sister came in to the living room and started singing “I just had an abortion” while doing the floss dance. I had to explain to her what an abortion was because her mom never gave her talk the Birds and the Bees talk,  like my own mom gave me when I was her age. She stopped singing that song and walked away mortified. I think I ruined her childhood. Also, there is a picture going around on the net where young women are asking their boyfriends what an IUD is, and their boyfriends’ responses are sad and uninformed.  Women are laughing at their men. What if your man did not know about condoms and somehow you got pregnant?

Should Know

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I believe young men and women should know what an IUD is as well as other contraceptives methods in detail. Some methods have a 10% fail rate and not all contraceptives will work with your body in the same way. Your friend might tell you her implant helps her lose weight while someone else’s implant might make them bleed for weeks on end. It is different for everybody. This information is something many young women and men do not know, because they are not informed by the school or their parents.

The Stakes

Most young people hear bad things about Reproductive rights because they have been given a bad rap in the media, thanks to the government making those rights a political issue. It should instead be an issue between you and your doctor and not the government. Your body;your rules.  If young people do not know what Reproductive Rights are, the consequences are unwanted pregnancies, STD’s spreading, and unhealthy relationships.

 

[1] Shartzer, Adele, et al. “Knowledge Gaps and Misinformation about Birth Control Methods Persist in 2016.” Urban Institute, 4 May 2020, www.urban.org/research/publication/knowledge-gaps-and-misinformation-about-birth-control-methods-persist-2016.

 

Did you know around the world, more than 200 million women who want to avoid pregnancy face an unmet need for modern contraception. [1]

Did you know each year, approximately 1.8 million people acquire new HIV infections, more than 350 million people need treatment for curable STIs, and approximately 266,000 women die from cervical cancer. [1]

This is Zaya and in this blog I will be talking about how I imagine myself as a Civic Agent.

Website

How do I imagine myself as a civic agent? A person willing to take action about reproductive rights. I imagine myself promoting sites and places that bring awareness to reproductive rights such as the “infamous” Planned Parenthood. They are about more things besides abortions, they also advocate for women’s health. The other website I will promote is “The Right to Decide”, which is a site that shows contraceptive deserts and where to find clinics that offer a full range of choices for contraception. I will also promote the site “Status of Women”.  This site includes information about reproductive rights and statistics in each state.   It is easy to navigate and find the information you are looking for, state by state. An example question is, “Does Montana provide sex education?”, and you can easily see that the answer yes. By promoting these sites, I also will be guiding people to the right information about reproductive rights, not the bad sites, who claim abortions are bad.

Inform

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I also will be informing people out on the web or in person that Planned Parenthood does STD screenings/ care and gives low cost birth control. They go in depth about effects and convenience of birth control, provide pap smears, provide men and women health services, and provide LGBTQ+ services as a normal clinic would do. Also, I will Inform people that birth control does other things besides prevent pregnancy. Some women do need birth control because they have medical conditions an example is endometriosis. Mayo Clinic says, “endometriosis is an often painful disorder in which tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus — the endometrium — grows outside your uterus.” The use of some types of birth control can help control the hormone responsible for the buildup of tissue.

Buttons

I will wear the buttons that I got from the Women’s Center and from my mother-in-law to push the agenda of reproductive rights and, hopefully, they will not get stolen like last time. I am still upset that my handmaids button got stolen off my backpack, because I cannot find another like it. The buttons make a great conversation starter and help to put a thought in your head like a Bernie sticker does on the back of a minivan. It’s just there and proud, and is bound to either fuck up your day or improve it.

 

 

[1] Boyer, Jesseca. “A Time to Lead: A Roadmap for Progress on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Worldwide.” Guttmacher Institute, 30 Oct. 2018, www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2018/09/time-lead-roadmap-progress-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights-worldwide.

[2] Bott, Ed. “How to Build a Website for Any Business: Your Step-by-Step Guide.” ZDNet, ZDNet, 4 Dec. 2019, www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-build-a-website-for-your-business-your-step-by-step-guide/.

[3] Killeen, Pierre, and \. “Social Media for Online Public Participation.” Thornley Fallis, 1 May 2013, thornleyfallis.com/social-media-advice-for-marketing-your-public-participation-program/.

According to the experts, the average person has up to 700 skills ready to be used at any time! You don’t need to excel at a skill to claim you have it. [1]

This is Zaya and in this blog I will be talking about how I will address Reproductive Rights to you, beautiful people.

Resources and Skills

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I will be addressing my topic by using numbers, but thanks to Covid-19 numbers do not mean a thing if they are forged or people do not believe in the numbers that are presented in front of them. So, instead I will be using real life stories to get my message across about reproductive rights. Stories help connect people, and make them think of other stories that have been told from other people about Reproductive Rights. I will inform people why we should have reproductive rights. I can also tell people the long history of reproductive rights through a time line.

Goals and Tactics

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The goal I have in mind is to tell women if they do not want to have a baby now, nobody can force them to have a baby. Another goal is to tell women that birth control does not just help prevent pregnancy, but it also helps with other things going on in the uterus. The tactic I will use is persuasion. I will persuade people with facts, details, and stories about reproductive rights. I will remind people that it is 2020 and our perception of women is not up to date.

Measure your Success

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I will measure my success by how many people retweet , share my hashtag, read/share my blog with their peers. You cannot really measure success for a topic like this unless, for example, a bill passes for free birth control or if Ruth Bader Ginsburg comes back from the dead. I want this topic not to be looked down upon but to be looked up at and loved like Coca Cola.

 

[1]“Skills Quiz – Alis.” Government of Alberta, 19 Aug. 2020, alis.alberta.ca/careerinsite/know-yourself/skills-quiz/.

[2] Jennex, Kathryn. “STORY TELLING – Successful Blog -.” Successful Blog, 24 Aug. 2020, www.successful-blog.com/1/story-telling/.

[3] Petrone , Paul. Most People Are Bad at Making Goals. Here’s How to Do It Right., 29 May 2017, www.linkedin.com/business/learning/blog/productivity-tips/most-people-are-bad-at-making-goals-here-s-how-to-do-it-right.

[4] Bucci, Anthony. “What Makes a ‘Successful’ Business?” You Are Being Redirected…, 11 May 2015, njbmagazine.com/monthly-articles/what-makes-a-successful-business/.

 

 

 

Did you know that Oregon is ranked number one for women reproductive rights, while Minnesota is ranked 16th and South Dakota is ranked 51st on that list. [1]

Also, more than 19 million women of reproductive age living in the US are in need of publicly funded contraception and live in contraceptive deserts. Living in a contraceptive desert means that they lack reasonable access in their county to a health center that offers the full range of contraceptive methods. [2]

As usual this is Zaya and in this blog I am going to talk about what I am fighting for and who I am fighting against.

What am I fighting for?

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It seems as though this fight about women bodies has been a man’s fight and not a woman’s fight. Because men in government want to control women bodies. I know women have not been well documented or not document at all until well after the 19th Century. So, it is hard to know if Women have been fighting for the right to choose before then. The first suffrage movement happened on August 18th, 1920 and we have been fighting for about a hundredish years after that, for the right to choose what we want to do with our bodies.  Men have penis not uterus so they should just stay out of the fight. They have their bodies while women have theirs.

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It is 2020 I hope everything is well documented to show what women were fighting for. I am fighting for reproductive rights and the right for women to choose what to do with their own bodies. I am fighting for free birth control for all women who cannot afford to have another child or do not see one in their five-year plan. I want every woman to be able to get an abortion with no questions asked or need parental consent. I want doctors to stop telling us we are too young to get our uterus taken out at the age of eighteen. When I say I don’t want kids I mean it. Do not attack me with the phrase “You’ll change your mind when you get older” I know what I want and so do other women who do not want kids. I want sex education to be available at every public school, so every kid knows what sex is and what a healthy relationship is. So, they do not get bamboozled into a relationship they hate and have kids with that person.

Who am I fighting against?

Who am I fighting against? It is simple the people who want to control women’s bodies. The people who pushed the Heartbeat Act and banned abortion, which forces women to drive to states that allow abortion. The states where they have contraceptive desert where women cannot get access to birth control, who need it so they do not spend their days curled up into a ball because their cramps have fully taken over their body. I am fighting for women to treated as human.

 

[1] “Reproductive Rights.” Women in the States, 26 Oct. 2015, statusofwomendata.org/explore-the-data/reproductive-rights/.

[2]“Birth Control Access.” 2020 | Power to Decide, powertodecide.org/what-we-do/access/birth-control-access.