Alaina Demopoulos at The Guardian:
Madelyn Ritter expected to leave the St Louis date of Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts Tour with merch – she didn’t expect to also go home with some free emergency contraception.
But that’s just what she saw upon entering the stadium. There, right by the women’s bathrooms, was a table where concertgoers could donate to abortion funds and pick up free condoms and morning-after pills, also called Plan B.
“We noticed it immediately,” said Ritter, who is 25 (and, as she jokes, “too old” to love the 21-year-old pop star). “I was like: ‘What’s this about?’ They told me it was free, so my sister, her friend and I all took some. I personally don’t need it, but I’m going to save it in case something bad happens.”
Last month, in conjunction with her world tour, Rodrigo launched the Fund 4 Good campaign, which aims to protect women’s and girls’ reproductive rights. A portion of sales from the tour will go toward the fund. As part of the initiative, Rodrigo paired with the National Network of Abortion Funds, which connected her with local chapters at various stops on the tour.
“There are plenty of singers making a stand about social issues, but I’ve never seen anything like this,” Ritter said.
Abortion is illegal in Missouri. (It is only permitted in the case of an emergency that threatens the life of a pregnant person.) Missouri Republicans are also trying to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides reproductive healthcare like STI screenings and contraception in the state.
Activists who staffed the table Ritter stopped by came from Right by You, a youth-focused text line that connects Missouri teens to abortion care out of state, birth control and information about their rights, and the Missouri Abortion Fund, which helps people cover the cost of an out-of-state abortion.
God Bless Olivia Rodrigo! Glad to see her taking a stand against Missouri's oppressive anti-abortion laws by giving out free emergency contraception items.
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PinkNews: Olivia Rodrigo hands out free Plan B tablets at Missouri tour, where abortion has a total ban
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Family dynamics and drama in S2 rotpl
i would like to see more family stuff in S2.
Valdovinos sent their son to military school and allowed Olivia to marry a teacher after locking her inside all summer. How do they feel about their parents after all that?
Gil's mom seems to resent his dad, which Gil seems uninterested in hearing about (who would want to hear their mom badmouth their dead dad). Meanwhile Gil is the "man of the house" and feels the pressure, even though his mom dotes on him.
Cynthia has her mysterious mom and a dad that we know nothing about ( except he is likely a mechanic).
in the facciano family we have the mom trying to pass for white/ assimilate, the daughters who are proud of their Puerto Rican heritage, and the dad who doesn't seem to eager to get involved in their conflicts.
there is shy guy and his dad who pressures his son to box.
Potato 's family deals with a mentally ill veteran dad. His mom apparently has little understanding, or at least chooses to use shouting as a motivator. Meanwhile potato chooses to help and cheer his dad up and look after his siblings.
Then we have the nakagawa family who survived the interment camps and yet seem to be doing fine. Apart from the parents being somewhat scared of their own daughter.
lets not get started on Susan's and buddy's families.
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My predictions and general wants for grease:rise of the pink ladies
Predictions and wants;
Edward(shy guy) becomes a contender for a romance like maybe with Susan or Smth or even olivia
Frankie has some type of romance with susan
The pink ladies learn about Cynthia relationship with lydia
Frankie doesn't get added to Jane's love interest and is just for conflict and backstory
Buddy stays in theatre
Wants;
I want hazel and wally endgame (sorry buddy and hazels little window romance has absolutely nothing on land don't look so bad)
I want Cynthia to come out to the pink ladies fully by her own admission
I want Richie and Jane endgame
I want a Frankie and Susan romance
Susan to apologize for her cruelty to them and they find out about how bad her mom is
Mr Daniels arrested
We learn more about other parts of the world and characters
I wanna see some of their familes
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olivia & naomi x wagonz x freexmoney
full shoot up on patreon link in bio!
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i’m just saying
if they didn’t hate each other’s guts, olivia and susan would be a powerful duo because they are both fucking insane
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