SO2 EP6: The Gabby Petito Story

Kim and Christine discuss the tragic events surrounding and leading up to the disappearance of Gabby Petito--a vanlifer traveling to Oregon from the east coast. This case has forced a focus on systemic issues such as mental health, intimate partner violence and the lack of urgency and support for the missing and murdered indigenous and marginalized in our society.   Information shared in this episode: If you can please donate your time, resources or money to organizations or charities like  Gabbypetitofoundation.org  @mmiwhoismissing   @blackandmissingfdn  @Beyond_Equality If you didn’t already know about the horrific numbers of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two spirited people, please read up or watch these films about this ongoing tragedy: ‘Finding Dawn’ (2006) ‘This River’ (Short 2021) ‘If I Go Missing’ (2019) We’d also really recommend reading: bell hooks-- ‘The Will to Change’ & Grayson Perry’s-- ‘The Descent of Man’ for unlearning sexism Credit to: Laura and Aaron @parkingonthewildside (Instagram) Produced by: Christine Ober Music by: Pixaby.com