#TakeRoot13: Loretta Ross' Keynote Address

Keynote address from Take Root conference, red state perspectives on reproductive justice. Took place in Norman, Oklahoma, February 15 and 16, 2013.

  1. National Advocates for Pregnant Women, Lynn Paltrow is introducing Loretta Ross @Take_RootRJ #takeroot13
  2. Lynn Paltrow introducing Loretta Ross who founded @SisterSong_WOC, was instrumental in founding RJ movement #takeroot13
  3. "The amazing thing is she tells the hard truths and people still talk to her!" @LynnPaltrow on Loretta Ross #takeroot13
  4. .@LynnPaltrow, introducing loretta ross: she tells the hard truths and people still talk to her! #takeroot13
  5. I look around #takeroot13 and I feel like as a woman, these are my people. Learning so much about how reproductive justice affects everyone.
  6. I don't care about pissing people off. That is what professional feminism does. Loretta Ross #takeroot13
  7. Loretta Ross: I'm the "I read the history and I got pissed off" girl! #takeroot13
  8. "I always piss people off. That's what professional feminism does." #takeroot13 http://pic.twitter.com/TADjsXFN
  9. "I don't mind pissing ppl off. That's what professional feminists do." - Loretta Ross #takeroot13
  10. "I'm the 'I read the history and got pissed off' girl." Loretta Ross at #takeroot13
  11. "We didn't design [repro justice] to eclipse "pro choice."" - Loretta Ross #takeroot13
  12. "I am not that kumbaiyah girl, I am that girl who read history and gets pissed the f*ck off" - Loretta Ross #takeroot13
  13. we who created reproductive justice didn't expect it to overtake pro-choice -loretta ross #takeroot13
  14. "I don't care about posting people off. That's the job of a professional feminist." --Loretta Ross @Take_RootRJ #takeroot13
  15. I'm not a kumbaya girl, I'm a 'read the history and got pissed' girl. -Loretta Ross #takeroot13
  16. "We didn't design reproductive to replace pro-choice. Pro-choice is a very good word." #takeroot13

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1) historian of slavery in 17th c Caribbean. 2) progressive. 3) @flyoverfeminism 4) #prochoice / @kyboomu 5) tennis fan. 6) romance novel reader/reviewer.

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