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LYSSA HARADZIN began working at Planned Parenthood’s Liberty Avenue clinic about four months before a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion warned of a seismic shift coming to the American abortion landscape.

She had previously worked as a healthcare assistant in a general hospital, and took a pay cut to move into reproductive care because she values the work. But she soon felt frustrated by .#0!#'4#" 12 $ʉ',% 1&-02 %#1 ," ', "#/3 2# training, and joined the organization’s new union !& .2#0 2- ʉ'%&2 $-0 !& ,%#

Since last month’s ruling on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Haradzin and other organizers say trigger laws restricting abortions in neighboring states have doubled the demand for procedures in Western Pennsylvania, adding substantially to what they already described as an unsustainable workload.

“It’s hard to take on other peoples’ stress when you’re worried about your own life, and you’re worried about how you’re going to pay your bills.”

“I was motivated to do this work, in general, because it’s something I believe in strongly,” Haradzin tells Pittsburgh City Paper, noting the cancer and STD screenings and other preventative care services the organization provides in addition to abortions.

“There is a ton of need now,” says Jocelyn Kirkwood, another healthcare assistant and union member at Planned Parenthood’s Downtown location. “Right now, if you wanted to get an appointment for an abortion, we’re 1!&#"3*',% $-0 !2- #0 $ 5# & " "#/3 2#

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“There’s been a huge increase in demand for that,” she says.

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Jocelyn Kirkwood, healthcare assistant at Planned Parenthood, poses for a portrait Downtown on Fri., July 22.

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Pittsburgh area workers are part of a growing national organizing movement within the family planning sector, where the pace has picked up rapidly since the Dobbs ruling.

Last week, more than 400 employees from dozens of Planned Parenthood locations across the Midwest voted in favor of unionizing. Representatives from these groups have reported similar upheaval and spiking demand as conservative states there have restricted abortion access.

Kirkwood said she finds assurance in their shared struggle.

“We are a part of the broader movement,” she says. “We’re connected with all the Planned Parenthoods nationally.”

But here in Pittsburgh, members say progress has been slow despite their head start over many other chapters.

Initially, Kirkwood says, negotiations seemed to be picking up pace after PPWP appointed Sydney Etherege as its new CEO at the end of 2021. But in recent months, she says, that momentum has waned.

Now, “we kind of get the same response which is, ‘we’re working on it,’ but we don’t see a lot of results from that,” Kirkwood adds.

Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania declined to comment on details, but told City Paper they are "supportive of workers and their right to unionize."

"PPWP has been working with the

union to address issues related to hiring, including increases to the entry-level wage rate," says Sara Dixon, PPWP's public relations manager.

Kirkwood and Haradzin stress their efforts are as much about improving their capacity to serve the public as about improving their material conditions.

And, ultimately, they say these goals are intertwined.

Since the Dobbs ruling, the Downtown Planned Parenthood clinic has posted two new openings for healthcare assistants, but Haradzin suspects the advertised payscale might be turning away applicants and slowing the hiring process.

“With the uptick in the number of volunteers we’re seeing, I can’t imagine that there aren’t more people that want to apply or have applied,” Haradzin says.

“If anything’s stopping them, it would be the starting wage.”

Downtown’s clinic currently has nine healthcare assistants, but Haradzin says they need 15 to adequately tackle their workload.

Kirkwood says hourly wages for PPWP health care assistants start at $16, but she says postings at other Pittsburgh area employers often start at $20 or higher.

According to more than 2,000 salaries compiled by Indeed.com, the average base salary for a healthcare assistant in the United States is $19.49 per hour.

Haradzin says being short-staffed not only presents workload challenges but also adds to the emotional stress of a job

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A May 2022 rally and march to defend abortion rights in Downtown Pittsburgh

that is fundamentally challenging even with the right resources.

“It’s hard to take on other peoples’ stress when you’re worried about your own life, and you’re worried about how you’re going to pay your bills,” she says.

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“It feels like we are tied to train tracks and we’ve been seeing this train coming from far away and nothing has been done to help us.”

Fifteen months into their negotiating efforts calling for “improvements to our working conditions, better staffing, and a fair contract,” according to a press release, union workers are hoping to speed along the process by rallying public support.

Members organized a public protest for July 26 outside the City-County Building, where they planned to inform supporters about how their ability to provide abortion services hinges on securing better contracts and more staff.

“We want to show [management] that we have this support, we have the community of Pittsburgh behind us — you need to give us this,” Haradzin tells City Paper ahead of the rally.

Local officials have voiced broad

and incriminations from out-of-state prosecutors. Allegheny county council is working on parallel legislation.

In a statement to City Paper prior to the rally, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey says he supports the union’s organizing efforts.

“Mayor Gainey strongly supports the workers of Planned Parenthood, and stands with them in their fight for better wages and staffing levels that will allow them to give the best possible care for their patients,” Gainey’s spokesperson Maria Montaño wrote in a statement. “It is critical now with the influx of patients from across the region that we support the front-line workers providing this critical care, and we are proud to support them and their work.” •

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Chloe Newman, owner and founder of Crust Worthy, makes sourdough bread at her home on Thu., July 21, 2022.

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.EGANS don’t have to be left out when it comes to finding a wide range of breads and baked goods in Pittsburgh. Crust Worthy, a onewoman operation, offers a menu worth salivating over, including “the best cookie in Pittsburgh.”

Chloe Newman, Crust Worthy’s founder and owner, is originally from Rhode Island but moved to Pittsburgh in 2009 to attend Carnegie Mellon University, where she obtained a dual degree in art and chemistry. But after various art-related jobs and a stint in the

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film industry, she says she “kind of fell in and out of food service jobs.”

It was while working as a pastry assistant at Garfield’s Gluten Free Goat that she says she learned a lot about running a small program and the “ins and outs of a small specialty bakery.”

“I decided I wanted to pursue my passion on my own terms,” she adds.

Newman says after she started working at Gluten Free Goat, she started baking in her home for friends. One loaf turned into two, then two turned into four, and it quickly grew to the point where she

believed it was time to start operating out of a kitchen space.

That led to her starting to work out of The Bakery Society, a former community kitchen in Mt. Oliver, where she officially formed Crust Worthy as a business in 2019. Newman says once she got started, she quickly threw herself into the farmer’s market circuit, regularly making appearances at three locations where she was able to gain a customer base.

Crust Worthy has a wide-ranging menu for a one-woman operation, but almost all of the items have one thing

in common: sourdough. Newman says that her sourdough has fewer holes than most, making it ideal for sandwiches, toasts, and more.

Besides the bread, customers also come for Newman’s sourdough chocolate chunk sea salt cookies, which she says people have told her is “the best cookie in Pittsburgh.”

Although she often gets inquiries, Crust Worthy doesn’t have a storefront, and since The Bakery Society closed up shop, she now operates out of a microbakery space in her home, where she

prepares her goods which customers can buy at the Bloomfield Saturday Market.

Newman says she never envisioned Crust Worthy as a brick-and-mortar artisan bakery because Pittsburgh already has its fair share of those. But she has considered joining Crust Worthy into a bakery cooperative.

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Newman also tries to source local as much as possible, from the fruits and vegetables to the wheat that go into her creations.

“We’re pretty transparent as a business about how important it is for us to source our ingredients locally. Most of the fruits and vegetables that we get that are incorporated into specialty breads and pastries are locally sourced from the market often,” she says. “All of the flour that we get is also locally sourced, and there’s really a lot of heart and soul that goes into that kind of regional pride and wanting to support that local economy” Almost all of the baked goods available on the menu are vegan, with one option — the dark chocolate tahini cups — being gluten-free. Newman says that

she formerly followed a vegan diet and learned to bake accordingly, so it was easy to carry over those skills and recipes. With gluten-free products, she is forthcoming about the fact that the facility she works out of is not gluten sensitive, which is why she doesn’t offer as many of those options.

Going from presenting at three different farmer’s markets down to just one has given Newman some of her free time back, which she likes to spend outdoors hiking, camping, foraging, and taking up tennis.

She says she has slowly started to reconnect with her artist self.

As a trained artist, Newman says she loves the hands-on aspect of running her business, which includes hawking her wares at markets where she talks to old and new customers. She also gets a lot of joy out of creating flavors with seasonal ingredients and spices, as well as locally sourced goods from farmers in the area.

“It’s a small-scale communitysupported bakery and I think it’s really amazing that it’s been able to not only survive, but thrive over the past three and a half years,” she says. “I never really thought that it would actually work out and then I’m pleasantly surprised every year when it looks like it’s going to happen again.” •

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How would you define your style?

Always dress for the position you want which is why I dress like a missionary. I would say my style is a news anchor in a sandstorm or a recently demoted CEO. Who are your style inspirations?

Grimace, Ronald McDonald, and the Fry Kids.

When was your first independent style/fashion moment as a kid?

My preferred outfit in elementary school was zebra-striped Zumba pants, Dwayne Wayne’s flip glasses, and an oversized Donkey Kong T-shirt.

You are approximately 8-feet-tall in drag. How do you find all your fabulous

clothes? Do you have a favorite designer?

As someone who is 6’6” out of drag, I used to dread having to find clothes that fit me. Over the last decade, I have really embraced wearing what works for me instead of trying to figure out what works for everyone else. Now, I can commission unique pieces from local tailors, artists, and costume designers. My favorite designers

can be found in the 1982 Sears or a 1998 International Male catalog.

As we were taking photographs, I was teasing you about becoming the next Allegheny County Executive but you do a lot of community work and support for folks. How did you begin this work, why is it important to you, and is there any way we can support your service?

That’s the next Allegheny County Executor.

And the first item on my agenda will be to cut off the water and power to Fitzgerald’s home. Joking aside, I have been raising funds and distributing them directly to community members and local organizations here in Pittsburgh since 2014, and, so far, we have given out over $25,000 and are on our way to hitting $50,000 by 2025.

If you want to help, you can send funds to $princessjafar and @princessjafar on Cash App and Venmo. You can also write letters and build a friendship with incarcerated individuals through Women in Prison or you can volunteer with PA United.

Tell me about what you’re wearing and your makeup and hair choices.

I love the colors so much! The mix is bringing me joy.

My makeup’s not bad, it’s just drawn that way. You’ll have to ask the animators about my wardrobe. Special shoutout to the women in the Ink and Paint department. I am drawn to gem tones and gold and always want to hint at being a genie.

Do you have any gifts from someone that you are wearing now or wear often?

I wear my Teta’s [Lebanese for grandmother] rosaries every day. In my drag,

I am channeling the strong women in my family, especially my Aunt Josie who always reminded me of Elizabeth Taylor or Jackée Harry.

Do you have a gift to yourself that you wear often or now?

I was never celebrated as a kid, always told to tone it down and suppress myself, so now, as an adult, I celebrate myself every day, loudly and proudly.

I appreciate how you challenge the white-washed drag scene in Pittsburgh.

What can be done to make things more representative of the multicultural reality of Pittsburgh?

Pittsburgh is a hyper-segregated city and its art scenes reflect that. I manage performers, and I have diversity riders built into our contracts that demand shows reflect Pittsburgh’s diverse communities in terms of race, religion, gender expression, and ability.

As audience members, call and complain to management when you see all-white show flyers. As performers, I know it feels like you have to take every opportunity and cannot rock the boat, but it really is up to you to think outside of yourself and take note of who is not being represented and demand that they be. As show producers, start valuing and humanizing non-white, non-cis performers for a start.

Is there anything I left out that you would like to share?

People often ask me how I pull off bold outfits, but the only secret to pulling something off is by putting it on! •

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“I Do Not Say You Are Lying, I Say I Do Not Believe You” by Robin Bernstein

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QUICK GLANCE at the Beauty & Terror series by artist Robin Bernstein may register as a straightforward emulation of elaborate crests or logos from a bygone age. A closer look suggests that they are actually fiber paintings constructed from brightly colored threads woven into evocative images.

Both would be wrong, however. The 18 works are actually created using a long, painstaking process where thousands of tiny pieces of cut string are pressed into a bed of wax and brushed onto cut plywood.

Rather than represent a family or brand,

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the works depict the violence and horrors of the Holocaust, as well as the courageous figures who tried to stop it.

One of the Beauty & Terror paintings, “I Do Not Say You Are Lying, I Say I Do Not Believe You,” is part of the Fiberart International exhibition on view through Aug. 20 at Contemporary Craft and the Brew House Association in Lawrenceville.

As part of its mission to elevate textile art, the show’s organizer, the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, partnered with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh to present two special events allowing Bernstein to discuss her practice and technique.

Bernstein, an artist and educator based in the California Bay Area, partly attributes Beauty & Terror to her own upbringing as a Jewish person whose family came to the United States at the turn of the 20th century to escape the pogroms in Russia. She recalls that her relatives rarely if ever discussed the event that saw the mass genocide of Jews across Europe by Germany’s Nazi regime.

“I don’t know if I lost family in the Holocaust; chances are that I did,” says Bernstein in a phone interview with Pittsburgh City Paper. “But I have a Jewish education. I mean, I went to public school,

but I went to Hebrew school and I was bat mitzvah’d, and I was involved in my Jewish youth group. And I grew up without a solid understanding or knowledge of the history of the Holocaust.”

She partly attributes this to the years it took for Holocaust survivors to even address what happened to them. “I knew it was important, obviously, and, of course, I knew the mantra ‘never again and never forget,’” adds Bernstein. “But I didn’t really know, it wasn’t presented to me.”

This, coupled with the startling prevalence of Holocaust deniers she found on the internet, pushed her to create Beauty

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& Terror. She recently finished the series after 13 years, as each work took anywhere from four to six months to complete.

Originally a wood carver, Bernstein was exposed to the string and wax technique during a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. She explains that it comes from the Indigenous Huichol people, who “make yarn paintings as part of their spiritual practice.”

“And I was overtaken by it,” she says.

As she began to experiment with the craft, she says she started using smaller and smaller pieces of string rather than yarn so that she could “get more detail.” “[M]y interest in the Holocaust and my exposure to Holocaust history was rising at the same time, and it just seemed like a very powerful match,” says Bernstein.

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She says Beauty & Terror covers “a range of aspects about the Holocaust, including the camps and the raids and death marches and such,” as well as “redemptive stories or acts of resistance.”

She points to “I Do Not Say You Are Lying, I Say I Do Not Believe You” as an example of the horrific event’s more redemptive stories. The piece features the visages of Jan Karski, a Polish resistance fighter and diplomat, and Felix Frankfurter, a

former U.S. Supreme Court Justice. The title comes from a response Frankfurter reportedly gave after Karski tried to warn him about the atrocities happening in Poland at the hands of the Nazis.

“He was like the messenger. He was like a Cassandra,” says Bernstein, referencing the prophetic Greek mythological figure. “You know, he’s telling, he’s warning, he sees what’s happening, and isn’t believed.”

To help expand on her presentation, taking place Thu., July 28 at Brew House, Bernstein will be joined by Pittsburgh artist Marcel Walker, who works on the CHUTZ-POW! comic book series produced by the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh.

The series, like Beauty & Terror, also pays tribute to the heroic figures of the Holocaust.

Bernstein believes the string-and-wax technique, which she will demonstrate during a workshop on Sat., July 30 at Contemporary Craft, allows her to create visually stunning works that deceive their devastating subject matter, as explained in an accompanying paragraph.

“So you’re standing there, you’re kind of overwhelmed by the colors and the numbers and images, and then you can read what the piece is about,” says Bernstein. “So it’s not about repelling the viewer, it’s about attracting them and bringing them in. So it’s like you’re using beauty as bait to bring the viewer in because if you do need to get your message across, you need your viewer to spend enough time. That’s my intention.” •

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UGUST Pittsburgh City Paper Book Club selection – How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen? by Lori Jakiela There are few writers in the region more versatile than Lori Jakiela, a professor and director of English and Creative/Professional Writing at the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburgh.

She’s published memoirs, essay collections, and volumes of poetry. In her new collection of poetry, How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen?, Jakiela tells Pittsburgh City Paper the book “indulges my obsessions — Hemingway, mortality, family, Justin Bieber’s ‘Forgive’ tattoo, my complicated relationship with former supermodel Cindy Crawford, and so on.”

Be sure to grab a copy of How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen? at shop. riverstonebookstore.com and join the conversation during the August Pittsburgh City Paper Book Club. •

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.NPROTECTED conjures a single thought — why would Billy Porter ever return to Pittsburgh? The memoir for the multi-hyphenate talent, who has dazzled on Broadway, screen, and the red carpet, details such horrible abuse in his hometown that the question feels more than warranted. And still, Porter comes back to do shows, lead Pride events, and even film his debut movie here.

Perhaps this is due to Porter powering through his circumstances, as a Black man, as a gay man, as the son of a devoted but chronically ill mother, as a vibrant personality in a drab industrial town.

In Pittsburgh, he survives being violently bullied by classmates (much of it described in vivid, heartbreaking detail) and sexually abused by his stepfather.

It’s also in Pittsburgh that he attends the Creative and Performing Arts magnet school and studies drama at Carnegie Mellon University.

From there, he begins his theater career and, with each chapter, experiences his share of setbacks and triumphs, including winning $100,000 on Star Search (the 1980s predecessor to America’s Got Talent). In 2013, he wins a Tony for the Broadway show Kinky Boots, and then a Grammy for the show’s cast album the following year.

What seems like an unstoppable ascent hits even more obstacles with an HIV diagnosis around 2007, and the entertainment industry’s racism and homophobia. Porter more than calls out the latter with a number of justified tirades, many of which would raise the eyebrows of any musical theater fan. “Here I was, a Tony and Grammy Award winner, and I couldn’t book the stupidest of television shows,” Porter writes at one point.

Then comes Ryan Murphy and Pose. Then comes the red carpet appearances that allow Porter to display his daring lifelong love of fashion, dating back to his childhood habit of sneaking into his aunt’s room to try on her clothes and high-heeled shoes.

The book feels cinematic, as linear, traditional memoir bumps into more subjective bits that provide glimpses into the current-day struggles clearly brought on by the trauma Porter details. This ambitious approach elevates the work and gives it an artistic flair deserving of Porter, as well as balancing his tough, seemingly unflappable exterior with moments of true vulnerability.

Porter also seeks a kind of justice for his mother, Cloerinda Jean Johnson Porter-Ford, a woman doomed by careless doctors to a life of pain and stigma (her degenerative neurological condition is attributed to her botched birth).

Their relationship unfolds in Porter’s own words and touching exchanges, including what appears to be a transcribed interview between mother and son.

Unprotected satisfies as a natural extension of the author, a rare feat in a genre often devoid of creativity and honest reflection. With each chapter, it seems clear that Porter was destined to succeed regardless and in spite of Pittsburgh. We should feel honored that he still comes back. •

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THU., JULY 28 STAGE • IRL Some people will do anything just to get a little privacy. That’s the case for the protagonist in A Bad Year for Tomatoes, the latest production from South Park Theatre.

The stage comedy follows a famous actress who tries to keep her nosy new neighbors away by inventing a murderous sister. Her plan backfires, however, when the imaginary sibling only draws more attention. The morbidly funny farce is recommended for audience members 12 and up. 7:30 p.m.

Continues through Aug. 6. Brownsville Road and Corrigan Drive, South Park. $16. southparktheatre.com

FRI., JULY 29 MUSIC • IRL Grammy Award-winning artist Mýa will grace Pittsburgh with her presence during the Black Pride Week Concert at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center. The singer behind “It’s All About Me,” “Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are),” “Take Me There,” and other hits will be joined by Amir White, Diiviine, and JayBMusic for an event meant to support LGBTQ people and their families in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

7 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $23-33. trustarts.org

SAT., JULY 30 ART • IRL Alternate Histories Studio continues its series of pop-ups with a visit from Pittsburgh ceramic artist Jen Cloonan. The event allows guests to meet Cloonan and shop from a selection of her functional, hand-thrown bowls, plates, mugs, and other items. They can also learn about Cloonan’s classes and her upcoming shows. Fans of Alternate Histories will also find movie monster-infused cards, prints, and other gifts available to buy. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 517 Greenfield Ave., Greenfield. Free. alternatehistories.com

SUN., JULY 31 EVENT • IRL

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Summer Sounds returns to the Hazelwood Green Plaza for another evening of live outdoor entertainment. This time around features music and comedy by the Polkamaniacs, a circus arts performance

by O’Ryan the O’Mazing, and Funky Dawgz Brass Band, a Connecticut-based group that fuses traditional New Orleans R&B with hip hop and other genres. There will also be plenty of food and beverages, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, from various local vendors. 5 p.m. Music at 6 p.m. Lytle Street and Eliza Street, Hazelwood. Free. hazelwoodlocal.eventbrite.com •

^ Mýa

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