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Nia King's trying to figure out if her dream of making a living as an art activist is beyond reach. In this podcast, she seeks advice from other political queer artists, trans artists, and artists of color who seem to have figured out how to make art and make rent without compromising their values.
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Episode 118: Queer & Trans Comics & Zines
A panel featuring four of Nia King's favorite artists: Sawyer Lovett, Joe Hatton, Vo Vo, and Cristy C. Road. Zines played a crucial role in reducing social isolation for many of us, whether we were one of the only punks of color in our scene (Nia in Boston, Joe in the Dakotas, and Vo in Sydney, Australia), or the only gay in our rural Virginia town (Sawyer). Cristy C. Road discusses growing up in Miami's predominantly Black and brown punk scene and using zines to process heartbreak and trauma.
Shout out to Amirah Mizrahi for the transcription and Maliha Ahmed for running tech.
Listen to the interview here or in iTunes. Support the podcast here. Read the transcript here.
Other important zinesters that received shout-outs (or should have include): Mimi Thi Nguyen, Jackie Wang, Lauren Jade Martin, Suzy X, Osa Atoe, Adee Roberson, Lawrence Lindell, Breena Nuñez, Ajuan Mance, the Queer Zine Archive Project, Jenna Freedman/the Barnard Zine Library, etc. This list truly never ends.
A panel featuring four of Nia King's favorite artists: Sawyer Lovett, Joe Hatton, Vo Vo, and Cristy C. Road. Zines played a crucial role in reducing social isolation for many of us, whether we were one of the only punks of color in our scene (Nia in Boston, Joe in the Dakotas, and Vo in Sydney, Australia), or the only gay in our rural Virginia town (Sawyer). Cristy C. Road discusses growing up in Miami's predominantly Black and brown punk scene and using zines to process heartbreak and trauma.
Shout out to Amirah Mizrahi for the transcription and Maliha Ahmed for running tech.
Listen to the interview here or in iTunes. Support the podcast here. Read the transcript here.
Other important zinesters that received shout-outs (or should have include): Mimi Thi Nguyen, Jackie Wang, Lauren Jade Martin, Suzy X, Osa Atoe, Adee Roberson, Lawrence Lindell, Breena Nuñez, Ajuan Mance, the Queer Zine Archive Project, Jenna Freedman/the Barnard Zine Library, etc. This list truly never ends.
PAST Episodes
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- Nia King* - queer Black/white podcaster and cartoonist
- Kim Tillman* - Black queer pop musician
- Micia Mosely* - Black lesbian stand-up comic
- Magnoliah Black - fat Black queer burlesque performer
- Julia Serano* - (white) writer and trans activist/scholar
- Ryka Aoki - Japanese-American transgender writer
- Julio Salgado - undocumented queer Mexican-American illustrator
- Love Corazón - Mexican/Alaskan Native trans woman of color writer
- Yosimar Reyes* - undocumented queer Mexican-American poet
- Julia Serano, pt 2* - (white) writer and trans activist-scholar
- Fabian Romero - Indigenous Chicano queer trans poet
- Day Al-Mohamed* - Bisexual Arab-American writer and senior advisor the US Dept. of Labor
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- Miss Persia and Daddie$ Plastik, pt 2* - Drag queen and musicians/performance artists
- Sapna Kumar* - Indian-American lesbian comedian
- Nick Mwaluko* - Tanzanian-American transgender playwright and journalist
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- Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler* - Black transgender documentarian and social entrepreneur
- Kiam Marcelo Junio - queer Filipino-American visual and performance artist
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- Kiley May* - Native trans woman filmmaker and journalist
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- Tina Takemoto* - queer Japanese-American performance and video artist
- Queer Rebels* - Celeste Chan and Kali Boyce
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- Ajuan Mance - Black trans queer visual artist
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- Elena Rose - queer trans mixed Filipina woman performance poet and minister
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- Osa Atoe - queer Black zinester and punk musician
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- Sam Levin, pt 2 - queer mixed Chinese reporter
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- jia qing wilson-yang - queer trans mixed Chinese-Canadian novelist and musician
- Anthony J. Williams - queer Black non-binary male writer and organizer
- Anthony J. Williams, pt 2 - queer Black non-binary male writer and organizer
- Sarah Burke - queer mixed Filipina journalist and former managing editor of the East Bay Express
- Paradise Khanmalek - queer Iranian-American visual artist and poet
- Gabby Rivera - queer Puerto Rican novelist and comic writer
- Gabby Rivera, pt 2 - queer Puerto Rican novelist and comic writer
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- Teresa Ellis - Black queer femme burlesque performer and fitness instructor
- Teresa Ellis, pt 2 - Black queer femme burlesque performer and fitness instructor
- Andre Perez - queer trans mixed Puerto-Rican filmmaker and oral historian
- Andre Perez, pt 2 - queer trans mixed Puerto-Rican filmmaker and oral historian
- Joamette Gil - nonbinary queer Afro-Cuban comics artists, editor, and publisher
- Joamette Gil, pt 2 - nonbinary queer Afro-Cuban comics artists, editor, and publisher
- Venus Di'Khadijah Selenite - Black trans dyke poet
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- Jackie Wang - queer mixed Chinese writer and poet
- Jackie Wang, pt 2 - queer mixed Chinese writer and poet
- Malcolm Lasalle - non-binary queer Black writer
- Arielle Twist - Cree Two-Spirit Indigenous trans woman poet
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- Alex Smith - queer Black sci-fi writer, visual artist and musician
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- Gabriela Watson-Burkett, pt 2 - (straight) Afro-Peruvian/Brazilian filmmaker and producer
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