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Erin Matson
@erintothemax
Feminist Writer, Organizer. Executive Director @reproaction. @ToTheContrary Panelist. Personal views. She/her pronouns. Be awesome or don’t bother.
Jul 22, 2022 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Abortion rights folks had been trying to warn you for so long. Because society failed to take the anti-abortion movement (a totalitarian movement) seriously, now it's everyone's problem. Let's settle in for a chat about anti-abortion fake clinics, also now everyone's problem. 🧵 Anti-abortion fake clinics exist to mislead and shame people seeking abortion care. They also form the backbone of the anti-abortion movement's power. Don't be fooled into thinking these are grassrootsy efforts. They are not. (More on that later.)
Jun 6, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The struggle for abortion rights and for racial justice are deeply interconnected. I would like more white people who are interested in abortion rights to deepen their racial justice analysis for the abortion issue specifically. Controlling gender and sexuality + reproductive oppression operate in service of white supremacy by working to increase the supply of white babies. It is also intentional that the people most hurt by this "pro-life" approach are people of color, especially Black women.
Mar 24, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
There are two things happening at once with regards to the role and prominence of overt anti-abortion hatred in right-wing politics, and it's important to pay attention. This will have broad-reaching implications for the longterm politics of abortion. (THREAD) FIRST: It has long been the case that Republicans who want higher office bend over backward to be the biggest, loudest, most cruel anti-abortion leaders they can be. One example is South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who absolutely wants to be president. abcnews.go.com/Health/wireSto…
Dec 4, 2021 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
This is the perennial story about women in power — Senators, CEOs, non-profit leaders, editors, and now, vice presidents. Women are presented as too weak, too strong, too indecisive, too bullying. It serves to push out the good women leaders we have, and intimidate rising women. In particular, this odious statement from someone too cowardly to use their own name is so sexist and racist I’m going to spell it out in detail:
Nov 29, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
There is no such thing as a pro-life feminist. And thank you, I majored in Women's Studies and was literally a national officer for the National Organization for Women.

nytimes.com/2021/11/28/opi… I published this in Washington Post in response to a similar garbage column, here: washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-pro… Image
Oct 1, 2020 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
None of this is surprising. Sending people to jail is and has always been the #BigProLife agenda. THREAD: When a would-be justice asserts "life begins" at fertilization they are arguing for Constitutional personhood, a term that makes abortion and birth control illegal. It means even the potential of pregnancy has more constitutional rights that the actual people who can be pregnant.
Sep 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Do NOT give up.

This is NOT a done deal.

RBG never gave up. Put on your damn big girl pants and get ready to fight with every fingernail you have. (Source: npr.org/2020/09/18/100… ) Image
Sep 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I've been thinking a lot about Sylvia Plath novella Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom, which nods toward one of the most valuable things that can happen for women: when women speak openly to younger women about what's ahead, and join with them and guide the way to better paths. In that spirit, I'm going to say openly say something that I haven't before:
Aug 25, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD: What does it matter if a committed group of sexists lies about abortion and keeps shaming and tricking people who need reproductive health care?

#BadFaithMedicine First and foremost, it's a travesty for patients seeking abortions that a group of people buying medicine coats at the costume shop is lying to them and trying to run out the clock so they can't get the care they seek.

#BadFaithMedicine
Jul 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
My high school albums. I am still pretty much the same person. ImageImageImageImage My early ‘20s divorce albums. This music gets me through anything and everything. ImageImageImageImage
Jul 27, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
A "pro-life" mass gathering is scheduled to take place indoors. In Florida. In September.

Even Donald Trump, who seems to have zero regard for many Americans will die from COVID-19, figured out he couldn't do that and cancelled his event there.

Cancel, " @inspirelifenow "! The anti-abortion movement, which claims to care about "LIFE," continues to harass patients, providers, and communities outdoors, and engage in doorknocking and other events without social distancing. Sometimes they just laugh off COVID like it's NBD.
Jul 21, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD: A Catholic-affiliated hospital that has received $25 million in federal funds in the last two years denied a transgender man the hysterectomy he needed to thrive. Now he is suing to combat that discrimination. metroweekly.com/2020/07/transg… via @metroweekly A spokesperson for the University of Maryland hospital network tried to make this all be OK by claiming other hospitals in the network without the Catholic affiliation do provide care to transgender people. That's an insult, and not community-based care without stigma and shame.
Jul 3, 2020 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
While holding my job, I homeschooled my daughter for 60 days from March 13-June 12, with 6 days of Spring Break in between that I treated like summer camps that I have been running daily ever since, 21 days total. She completed first grade. I’d like to help you understand hours. On homeschooling days I would lay her requirements against my schedule and the weekly messages from the teacher. This is about 8 hours per week, added to 6 daily hours helping her learn (play not included). So this is 38 h/week not including being her only playmate.
Jun 29, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
To be clear, the government forces institutions to give a speech against sex work in order to provide life-saving HIV work. Not good policy that will have real consequences around the globe. So much to unpack in Kavanaugh: "foreign organizations operating abroad have no First Amendment rights."
Jun 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NEW VIDEO: Head of Big 'Pro-Life' group talks to @reproaction outside oral arguments for June Medical Services v. Russo (same decision we may get soon), lies repeatedly + undermine's anti-abortion false claim they care about women's health and safety (BS!) reproaction.org/action/sfl-ant… We talked to her about case where Louisiana woman who needed a HEART TRANSPLANT was forced to take an ambulance to Texas in order to get the abortion she needed ASAP. Meanwhile the anti-abortion argument before SCOTUS was women need timely care in local hospitals🤔
Jun 7, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
WOW! BIG! STRUCTURAL! CHANGE!

Can’t wait to see a new model of community-led public safety coming out of Minneapolis. I’m proud of the city. It will always be my hometown. 💗 Activism matters.

A better future is possible.

Disbanding Minneapolis Police is a huge step toward healing and building systems of keeping people safe that actually keep people safe.
May 23, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Didn’t read this until now, because I wasn’t ready. Last night I cried through dinner discussing how my generation of moms is being pushed out of and/or downgraded in the workforce. Tbh, the commentary from childfree feminists on here is stifling. thelily.com/i-had-to-choos… If you think this is about marrying the right man, you’ve got it so incredibly wrong. That is one tiny, oddly shaped piece of the puzzle.

*Note, I’m going to use heterosexual marriages as default here, because that IS where I’m hearing about the most problems.
May 13, 2020 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM: Governments forcing face-to-face doctor visits to get abortion pills that are safe, effective, and simple to use. There is no reason to needlessly expose people to the risk of COVID-19. #AbortionCantWait womenonwaves.org/en/page/7592/d… . @reproaction has worked on self-managed abortion w/ pills for years. Having trained folks around the country, I can assure you people can learn how to use abortion pills on their own. Restrictions on abortion pills should be lifted NOW. #AbortionCantWait reproaction.org/sma
May 6, 2020 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD: Hundreds of thousands of people stand to lose insurance coverage for birth control at the hands of the Supreme Court, which is hearing a case today. npr.org/2020/05/06/848… The ability for an individual to control whether and when to become pregnant is a critical, game-changing equation for the status of women in our country.
May 1, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Watching @JoeBiden on @Morning_Joe for how he is going to reply to allegations of sexual assault against him. His response matters immensely. “I don’t remember any complaint ever having been made.” Says his campaign has not reached out to her.
Apr 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
My kid is 6. If they sent us no additional material, we are good to go until sometime in October or November going full-time through the summer.

Note to non-parents: This is not like set it and forget it. This is she needs constant help or direct instruction all day long. I have so much empathy for people who are bored out of their minds and craving human contact. The working parents in your life are in another universe. We are not reading books or running out of shows to watch.

We don't have time to brush our hair.