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Thread: 1/ Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar recommended MRS AMERICA on Friday Fix https://www.crowdcast.io/e/fridayfix-ep2/register?utm_campaign=FF2&utm_source=Website&utm_medium=Blog

DOC NYC Friday Fix (Ep 2) - Crowdcast

Register now for DOC NYC's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Friday May 01, 2020 at 2:00 pm EDT.

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2/ @Raphaellochka & I have thoroughly enjoyed MRS AMERICA and grateful for the fact checkers like @new_girl_friday on @Refinery29 https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/04/9664064/mrs-america-actors-characters-in-real-life

How The Cast Of 'Mrs. America' Compares To The Real People

A big part of the series is how the cast of "Mrs. America" compares to the real people they're portraying. We'll let you be the judge.

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/04/9664064/mrs-america-actors-characters-in-real-life

3/ and @MeredithBlake in @latimesent on MRS AMERICA https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-04-29/mrs-america-phyllis-schlafly-gay-son-brenda-marc-feigen-fasteau

Fact-checking 'Mrs. America': A couples debate, Phyllis Schlafly's gay son

We sort through what's fact and what's fiction in "Mrs. America" episode five, “Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc."

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-04-29/mrs-america-phyllis-schlafly-gay-son-brenda-marc-feigen-fasteau

4/ and @nina_channing in @Slate on MRS AMERICA https://slate.com/culture/2020/05/mrs-america-episode-8-accuracy-national-womens-conference.html

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Mrs. America’s Episode About the National Women’s Conference

Did Betty Friedan make a dramatic reversal on lesbian rights? Did a housewife really get high and eat garbage? We break it all down.

https://slate.com/culture/2020/05/mrs-america-episode-8-accuracy-national-womens-conference.html

5/ thx to @DahviWaller’s work on @MrsAm_FXonHulu, I will definitely be reading @SpruillMarjorie’s history of the women’s movement DIVIDED WE STAND https://www.processhistory.org/women-unite-spruill/

Women Unite! Lessons from 1977 for 2017

Forty years ago, in a very different political climate, when the Republican and Democratic Parties supported the women’s rights movement, tens of thousands of women converged on Houston, Texas, for a...

https://www.processhistory.org/women-unite-spruill/

6/ Bringing this thread full circle, #MrsAmerica fans should look out for 9 TO 5: THE STORY OF A MOVEMENT debuting at a June festival online soon TBA https://variety.com/2020/film/news/american-factory-director-julia-reichert-1203530811/

‘American Factory’ Director Julia Reichert on Staying True to Her Activist Roots

"American Factory" co-director Julia Reichert talks about staying true to her lefty activist roots and winning an Oscar at 73.

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/american-factory-director-julia-reichert-1203530811/

7/ I confess I thought of ERA as a historic relic until two year ago when @GloriaAllred made it’s current status a main talking point in our @PureNonfiction interview https://purenonfiction.net/pn-66-attorney-gloria-allred-seeing-allred/

PN 66: Attorney Gloria Allred on “Seeing Allred”

The lawsuit "Summer Zervos v. Donald Trump" is among the high profile cases handled by attorney Gloria Allred. The Netflix film “Seeing Allred,” directed by Sophie Sartain and Roberta Grossman,...

https://purenonfiction.net/pn-66-attorney-gloria-allred-seeing-allred/

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