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Ruth Hayes
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Animator, artist, educator. Check out my films on vimeo.com/ruthhayes, and flipbooks for sale at https://www.etsy.com/shop/RuthHayesFlipbooks.
South Carolina: As if the Grief Were Not Enough
Another Case of Criminalizing Pregnancy Loss

-20% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage.
-There are no laws governing the disposal of fetal tissue.
-The majority of people criminalized for pregnancy loss are women of color.
October 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Some shots from today’s rally. A great, boisterous crowd!
October 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A great turnout in Olympia WA today. Happy resistance!
October 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Georgia: As if the Grief Were Not Enough
A Case of Criminalizing Pregnancy Loss

To read more about this case, see jessica.substack.com/p/georgia-wo... and visit www.abortionclinicfilmcollective.org for more media about reproductive rights.
October 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Texas: As if the Grief Were Not Enough
To read more about this case, see jessica.substack.com/p/texas-jail.... @abortioneveryday @abortionclinicfilmcollective
October 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
An oldie, but sadly still relevant.
August 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Sign waving during yesterday’s rush hour in Olympia, WA.
August 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Olympia WA, today. After a couple of hundred of us waved signs during rush hour.
July 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
San Diego area folks, here’s an opportunity to see my film Reign of the Dog: A Re-Visionist History as part of the North Park Film Festival. An oldie but a goodie! Especially in these times.
July 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A few shots of the No Kings Rally in Olympia WA today.
June 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
May 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
April 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
April 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Olympia WA, yesterday. About 5000 strong!
April 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Olympia WA yesterday.
April 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Fundraiser: USING FILM AS A TOOL FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE.
benefitting @camelbackfamilyplanning
March 27th at Third Street Theater, Phoenix
Doors: 5:30pm
Film Screening: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
followed by Q&A with filmmaker Kristy Guevera Flanagan @vaquerafilms and clinic director Dr. Gabrielle Goodrich.
March 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Twenty postcards, all addressed and ready to celebrate the Ides of Trump. Won’t you join me? Mail your postcards on Saturday, 3/15! Flood the White House and support USPS!
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
March 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Ides of Trump!
March 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
More phytograms of witch hazel flowers, this time with a few mahonia blossoms and filbert catkins soaked in turmeric infused chemistry and left to develop on Kodak Vision 2 color negative film stock for 18 hours in the greenhouse. #phytography #experimentalanimation #cameralessfilm #ics_film
March 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you’re near Pullman WA or Moscow ID, do come view these films produced by members of the Abortion Clinic Film Collective March 3rd and 4th!
www.abortionclinicfilmcollective.org
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Olympia Washington today
February 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A sequence I made in 1989 in response to US interventions in Central America, updated.
February 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Winter phytography experiments using witch hazel flowers in turmeric infused developer, on 4 different film stocks. Exposed for about 2 hours under regular room lighting on a gray snowy day in the PNW. #phytograms #directanimation #experimentalanimation
February 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Seattle area friends, Gimlet will screen March 7-8 as part of the “larval” edition of this new animation festival. I hope to see you there! seasluganimation.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Paranoia flipbook, available for your flipping pleasure at www.etsy.com/listing/1134...
February 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM