On this episode, our guest is Stephanie Atkinson, an Army veteran and war resister who now works with nonprofits Veterans for Peace and Courage to Resist to bring the truth about military recruitment to heavily-recruited high school students. Besides sharing her inspiring personal story, we discuss everything from military “feminism” to our favorite dystopian fashion (spoiler alert: Blade Runner ftw).
Featured music on this episode is “If You Ain’t Cheatin’ You Ain’t Tryin’” and “Just A Little Cog” by Joy Damiani
GET INVOLVED
Veterans for Peace
https://www.veteransforpeace.org/
Courage to Resist
https://couragetoresist.org/
Truth in Recruitment
https://truthinrecruitment.org/
READ STEPHANIE’S WRITING
https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2011/proud-deserter
LEARN MORE
Shoshana Jackson
https://www.msnbc.com/podcast/shoshana-johnson-was-america-s-first-black-female-prisoner-war-n1283841
Jessica Lynch
https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/20/us/jessica-lynch-where-is-she-now/index.html
Lynndie England
https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a170/lynndie-england-1/
Book: Bananas, Beaches, and Bases by Cynthia Enloe
https://bookshop.org/p/books/bananas-beaches-and-bases-making-feminist-sense-of-international-politics-cynthia-enloe/6561808?ean=9780520279995