On this episode of Blessed Be The Brains, Natalie follows up on the projects she's been working on the last couple months while she has been MIA from the podcast series. She discusses her work with Julia Mejia who is running for Boston City Council at-Large, becoming the Branding Director for Ethereal & Co., a women led and run women's wellness brand, and the story behind the creation of Blessed Be The Brains' online shop. Here are important links, tags, and resources from this episode: Blessed Be The Brains: website and instagram and twitter Julia Mejia for Boston City Council at-Large: website and instagram and twitter  Ethereal & Co.: website and instagram Caitlin Clarkson Pereira Planned Parenthood ACLU Yellowhammer Fund Victory Fund --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blessedbethebrains/support

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Ep. 6: Natalie's Life Update: Julia For Boston, Ethereal & Co., and Blessed Be The Brains' Online Shop

On this episode of Blessed Be The Brains, Natalie shares her personal story of having to the ER on her half birthday due to debilitating period pain. She discusses how talking about periods and vaginas is still taboo and how women's health needs to be taken more seriously.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blessedbethebrains/support

Ep. 5: How My Trip to the ER Made Me Realize We Need to Talk About Women’s Health More

On this episode, Natalie discusses the history of the body positivity movement, how its evolved, where it is now, and how media plays a significant role. She emphasizes the importance of representation in the media and the dangers FaceTune has on what "beauty" is. She addresses the importance of social media for community building and educating yourself on topics. If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, the following handles have been Natalie-approved as experts on these topics: @lexiemanion, @betteringbecca, @colleenmwerner, @selfloveliv, @etherealandco, @kenziebrenna, @danasuchow, @khal.essie, @shotstoshakes, @iskra, @alyssanewms, @jacklyn.lune, @accio_ashna, @lavendersageco, @nourishandeat, @jameelajamilofficial.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blessedbethebrains/support

Ep. 4: Body Positivity and the Dangers of Facetune

In this episode, Natalie discusses a recap of current events from the past two weeks. After much deliberation, she narrowed down her list to talk about the Gillette advertisement, the government shutdown, Karen Pence's job at an anti-LGBT school, Chris Brown accusations, the MAGA teen controversy, the 3rd annual Women's March, and the latest on Mueller's investigation. If you are sensitive to the transgender military ban that was enacted, please skip 11:40-13:30 in this episode. If you are sensitive to rape or sexual assault please skip from 13:55-16:10. I want to make sure my podcast is informative but also do not want compromise the wellbeing of an individual. Also, please excuse the sirens in the background at one point, Boston is a busy city. If you have any questions or need clarification on the topics discussed today–reach out to Natalie @natateaaa on Instagram!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blessedbethebrains/support

Ep. 3: Current Events Recap: Gillette Advertisement, Government Shutdown, MAGA Teen, and more

Welcome back to Blessed Be The Brains! For this first real episode, Natalie talks about who she is, how she grew up, and how that led her to creating this podcast series. Natalie is currently a full time student at Boston University studying political science and minoring in women's studies and sociology– will she graduate on time? Who knows! Stay subscribed to find out. Make sure to subscribe and follow @BlessedBeTheBrains on Instagram if you haven't already. If you have suggestions on topics you want to hear discussed, slide into our DMs– they're always open! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blessedbethebrains/support

Ep. 2: Meet Your Host, Natalie Held

Welcome to Blessed Be The Brains! A new political & feminist podcast series by Natalie Held inspired by Margaret E. Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Episodes are every other Friday and ideas, suggestions, feedback, and conversation are always welcome in our Instagram DMs or you can email us your thoughts. Tag us in posts on Instagram that you want to see us cover using #BlessedBeTheBrains!  Instagram: @BlessedBeTheBrains Twitter: @BlessedBeBrains Email: BlessedBeTheBrains@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blessedbethebrains/support

Ep. 1: Blessed Be The Brains is Born!

Welcome to Blessed Be The Brains! A new political & feminist podcast series by Natalie Held inspired by Margaret E. Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Episodes are every other Friday talking about the latest in pop culture and media. Ideas, suggestions, feedback, and conversation are always welcome in our Instagram DMs or you can email us your thoughts. Tag us in posts on Instagram that you want to see us cover using #BlessedBeTheBrains! Instagram: @BlessedBeTheBrains Twitter: @BlessedBeBrains Email: BlessedBeTheBrains@gmail.com Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blessedbethebrains/support