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Joy Uprising the podcast that asks how do you prioritize joy? Joy Uprising brings Gabby Rivera and her favorite revolutionary humans together to honor joy in a chaotic world. As a writer and speaker who focuses on queer Latinx joy, Gabby knows how vital it is to share our experiences and best practices in order to build that healing, abundant joy. And who better to be in conversation with than people whose very existences push against the chaos and uplift their communities. In this new podcast, Gabby asks how folks are rooting joy in their work, personal and spiritual lives. The goal? To share all that good bouncy healing revolutionary joy with all the humans who need it most. i.e. every single one of us.

Gabby Rivera


    • Dec 1, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 42m AVG DURATION
    • 15 EPISODES


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    Queer Love in the time of Corona with Anayvette & Gabby

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 54:09


    Gabby and her boo, Anayvette explore love in lockdown and how they continue to find joy every single day . Anayvette shares her healing joyful practices as a queer Latina femme mama and offers insight into the radical future of LGBTQ love . 

    Queer Korean Drumming & Soft Trans Masc Energies

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 47:16


    Gabby and Tate talk soft ancestral healing via drumming and building community. Rate shares their journey into learning more about their Korean heritage as a biracial human and the joys of finding queer Korean community.  

    Gabby interviews Author CB Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 52:06


    Gabby and cb lee, author and self-proclaimed disaster bisexual talk writing adventure stories, baby-making during the pandemic and how joy finds its way into cb's works. cb offers insight into curating the chillest poly-est chosen family and letting joy find its way to you.  

    Joyful Healing with Mom

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 50:45


    Gabby and her mom talk healing through homophobia, evangelical church and making gay crocheted blankets. Gabby's mom offers her story on how she went from anti-gay to gay parade when both her kids came out.  

    Evette Dionne: Free Black Girls and Love to Joyful B*tches Everywhere

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 52:20


    Gabby and the CEO of Bitch Magazine, Evette Dionne, talk bad bitch joy and reclaiming media for BIPOC. Gabby talks about how Bitch magazine helped her navigate the crushing white supremacy of American news media especially during the pandemic. Evette gives us insight into her journey to CEO status and all the ways she is moving towards joyful Black parenthood.

    Joy Uprising Podcast Beautiful Chorus

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 45:22


    In this season we have transitioned from the formally known Joy Revolution Podcast to Joy Uprising Podcast ! This season we will discuss pandemic , healing , meditation mantras and leading in love , Light and above all Joy !! In this episode we interview Alexandra Love lead member of the group Beautiful Chorus !

    Kelly Brown Douglas: Joy in being divine & Queering Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 40:49


    Tamara Santibanez: Joy in Tattoos & Geting Kinky

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 39:22


    Chicana Tattoo artist Tamara Santibanez shares her feels on how getting inked can be healing and the importance of Tattoo artists to practice consent. Also, Gabby gets a crash course in kink and just might cry. Cuz that's what butch tia's do. CREDITS Host & Co-Creator: Gabby Rivera @quirkyrican Co-Creator & Producer: Kat Lazo @itsKatLazo  Audio Engineer: Marcela Carbajal @uniqbeing Joy Revolution Theme Song: Angelica M. Rodriguez Joy Revolution Theme Song Vocals: Trent https://instagram.com/the.holding.space?igshid=tmgp6dxj4lck Logo Design: https://emulsify.art/ Bookkeeping: Marcy Mejia  Special Thanks To Julissa Contreras Special thanks: Jo Volpe and the New Leaf Literary & Media Inc. team. Contact Joy Revolution Podcast: joyrevolutionpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @JoyRevolutionPodcast  https://www.instagram.com/joyrevolutionpodcast  

    Vanessa Martir: Joy in Choosing yourself, Queer-Momma-Writer Style

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 43:29


    Gabby sits with her hermana from another mother, writer Vanessa Martir to talk about queer motherhood and professional rebirth. Vanessa shares her deeply personal experience of having a mom who didn't show her love. She calls it being “unmothered” and teaches others how to write through the pain. Gabby also gets the scoop on Vanessa's hot-carpenter-butch wife and they explore the age old question of - “Do you put a plastic bag in your rice?” CREDITS Host & Co-Creator: Gabby Rivera @quirkyrican Co-Creator & Producer: Kat Lazo @itsKatLazo  Audio Engineer: Marcela Carbajal @uniqbeing Joy Revolution Theme Song: Angelica M. Rodriguez Joy Revolution Theme Song Vocals: Trent https://instagram.com/the.holding.space?igshid=tmgp6dxj4lck Logo Design: https://emulsify.art/ Bookkeeping: Marcy Mejia  Special Thanks To Julissa Contreras Special thanks: Jo Volpe and the New Leaf Literary & Media Inc. team. Contact Joy Revolution Podcast: joyrevolutionpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @JoyRevolutionPodcast  https://www.instagram.com/joyrevolutionpodcast

    Louie Ortiz-Fonseca: Joy in Queer Papichulo History

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 35:42


    Gabby sits down with creator of “Gran Varones” Louie Ortiz-Fronseca and talks about what inspired him to start archieving Queer Latinx history on the gram, 90s freestyle, MTV Real World's Pedro Zamora, and the glory that is queen Mariah Carey. Louie reflects on being a queer Afrolatino dad and curating the YouTube show Kiki's with Louie for LGBTQ youth. CREDITS Host & Co-Creator: Gabby Rivera @quirkyrican Co-Creator & Producer: Kat Lazo @itsKatLazo  Audio Engineer: Marcela Carbajal @uniqbeing Joy Revolution Theme Song: Angelica M. Rodriguez Joy Revolution Theme Song Vocals: Trent https://instagram.com/the.holding.space?igshid=tmgp6dxj4lck Logo Design: https://emulsify.art/ Bookkeeping: Marcy Mejia  Special Thanks To Julissa Contreras Special thanks: Jo Volpe and the New Leaf Literary & Media Inc. team. Contact Joy Revolution Podcast: joyrevolutionpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @JoyRevolutionPodcast  https://www.instagram.com/joyrevolutionpodcast

    Cristy Road: Joy in Tarot & Punk Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 23:39


    Cristy Road takes us through the creation of the world's queerest deck of tarot cards “Next World Tarot”. Cristy drops all the Chicana punk chisme about her experience navigating a gritty, male-dominated music industry and her feels on how punk music is inherently revolutionary. PS- She's obsessed with Green Day btw! CREDITS Host & Co-Creator: Gabby Rivera @quirkyrican Co-Creator & Producer: Kat Lazo @itsKatLazo  Audio Engineer: Marcela Carbajal @uniqbeing Joy Revolution Theme Song: Angelica M. Rodriguez Joy Revolution Theme Song Vocals: Trent https://instagram.com/the.holding.space?igshid=tmgp6dxj4lck Logo Design: https://emulsify.art/ Bookkeeping: Marcy Mejia  Special Thanks To Julissa Contreras Special thanks: Jo Volpe and the New Leaf Literary & Media Inc. team. Contact Joy Revolution Podcast: joyrevolutionpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @JoyRevolutionPodcast  https://www.instagram.com/joyrevolutionpodcast

    Johanna Toruño & Amy Quichiz: Joy in Queer Latina Love on Instagram

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 41:25


    Gabby talks with “Unapologetically Street Series” artist Johanna Toruño and “Veggie Mijas” founder Amy Quichiz about being an Instafamous queer young couple. Johanna and Amy offer tips on how to successfully navigate being such a public couple. They also get real about centering community, activism and self-care while in the middle of such a deep gooey beautiful love. CREDITS Host & Co-Creator: Gabby Rivera @quirkyrican Co-Creator & Producer: Kat Lazo @itsKatLazo  Audio Engineer: Marcela Carbajal  @uniqbeing Joy Revolution Theme Song: Angelica M. Rodriguez Joy Revolution Theme Song Vocals: Trent https://instagram.com/the.holding.space?igshid=tmgp6dxj4lck Logo Design: https://emulsify.art/ Bookkeeping: Marcy Mejia  Special Thanks To Julissa Contreras Special thanks: Jo Volpe and the New Leaf Literary & Media Inc. team. Contact Joy Revolution Podcast: joyrevolutionpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @JoyRevolutionPodcast  https://www.instagram.com/joyrevolutionpodcast

    Maria Hinojosa: Joy in being the Tia of Journalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 38:15


    Ari Fitz: Joy in being a Black Nonbinary Human in Love with the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 41:53


    Gabby and viral Youtuber Ari Fitz share the story of how they fell into friendship love in France. Ari encourages us all to play with gender while sharing their journey into YouTube stardom and crushing the modeling industry as a nonbinary human. CREDITS Host & Co-Creator: Gabby Rivera @quirkyrican Co-Creator & Producer: Kat Lazo @itsKatLazo  Audio Engineer: Marcela Carbajal @uniqbeing Joy Revolution Theme Song: Angelica M. Rodriguez Joy Revolution Theme Song Vocals: Trent https://instagram.com/the.holding.space?igshid=tmgp6dxj4lck Logo Design: https://emulsify.art/ Bookkeeping: Marcy Mejia  Special Thanks To Julissa Contreras Special thanks: Jo Volpe and the New Leaf Literary & Media Inc. team. Contact Joy Revolution Podcast: joyrevolutionpodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @JoyRevolutionPodcast  https://www.instagram.com/joyrevolutionpodcast

    Gabby Rivera: Why I Needed A Joy Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 36:27


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