Welcome! Becca here. Substack sucks, so now I'm using Ghost.io - I'm hoping it will be a more permanent home for this warm/smart/yummy corner of the internet. I've transferred you over automatically, but if a millionth newsletter no longer serves you, I understand. PS: Now it's called Becca's Newsletter (working title).

I've been having such an amazing time on tour. So far I've been to NYC, Atlanta, LA, SF, and Seattle - each stop has filled my heart to the brim. It's wonderful to spend time in community with people who have abortions and people who love us. I'll share some highlights down the road, but here are the upcoming dates:

Richmond: Friday 2/13, 7:00-9:00pm at Shelf Life Books, in partnership with Blue Ridge Abortion Fund

DC: Tuesday 2/17, 7:00pm at Lost City Books, in conversation with Renee Bracey Sherman (author of Liberating Abortion) and in partnership with Lavender Fund (there will be a bake sale, yes I am baking the things)

KC: Friday 2/20, 5:30pm at Equal Minded Cafe in partnership with Helianthus Books and MO Abortion Fund

Virtual: A is For Book Club 3/5 6:00-7:00pmCT

Chicago: Wednesday 3/11, 7:00-8:30pm at Women & Children First in partnership with Chicago Abortion Fund

Boston: 3/26, 6:00pm at All She Wrote Books in conversation with Amy Littlefield (author of the upcoming Killers of Roe) and in partnership with EMA Fund (link to come!)

I wrote a piece for Lit Hub:

Becca Rea-Tucker on Why We Shouldn’t Feel Bad About Our Abortions

My second book, The Abortion Companion: An Affirming Handbook for Your Choice and Your Journey, is about to come out, and I’m feeling fussy. I’m scrolling through the long-finished page spreads, no…

Literary HubBecca Rea-Tucker

And was quoted in this article for Marie Claire UK:

US Anti-Abortion Groups Are Quietly Targeting UK Women’s Healthcare

American anti-abortion money and legal tactics are gaining ground in Britain, putting UK women’s abortion access and healthcare protections at risk.

Marie Claire UKMischa Anouk Smith

I was a guest on the rePROs Fight Back podcast:

Becca Rea-Tucker on Her New Book: The Abortion Companion — rePROs Fight Back

If you’re planning to have an abortion soon or you have had one in the past… if you’re feeling a strong emotion (or many of them) before or after receiving care… or if you are looking to support a friend,  Becca Rea-Tucker ’s (author, baker, and reproductive rights advocate) new book,&n

rePROs Fight BackFiras Nasr

The Feminist Book Club podcast:

The Abortion Companion with Becca Rea-Tucker

As access to abortion is being increasingly restricted, trustworthy resources for abortion care and loving someone through an abortion can be difficult to

Feminist Book ClubRenee Powers

And Shout Your Abortion's Abortion Academy:

And: tap below to listen to me read a section from the audiobook. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to read my own book - my voice is just a download away when you're having a hard time in the clinic/could use extra reassurance/just need to pass the time!

Texas Tech University - specifically the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - canceled a planned lecture by Dr. Shelley Sella (author of Beyond Limits: Stories of Third-Trimester Abortion Care) on abortion care later in pregnancy and they need to answer for it, y’all. Dr. Sella is the first woman to openly practice third trimester abortion care in the US. Her teaching is a gift, and students deserve to learn. Including the Medical Students for Choice chapter, a recognized student organization, that invited her. This is shameful and unacceptable. We don't have to put up with it. Read more here.

Becca Rea-Tucker (@thesweetfeminist) on Threads

Abolishing ICE is a reproductive justice value. It’s a reproductive rights value. It’s a family value. It’s a human value. Please join us.

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Love,

Becca

PS: Thanks for sticking with me while I figure out this move!