Talk Town x FLUID Festival

The porn industry is often critiqued for mistreatment of sex workers and promotion of unrealistic ideals. But theres a rebellion going on. Female and queer sex workers and porn directors are reinventing porn, focusing on female pleasure and deconstructing gender tropes, as well as ethical and fair production. Director Jo Pollux and sex tech writer Oli Lipski joined Talk Town host Maia Kahlke Lorentzen for a talk about the new porn rebellion and its potential.This podcast is a recording of that conversation that took place on stage at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen on August 16th 2021 as part of FLUID Festival.FLUID Festival is a space that celebrates women, genderqueer and non-binary identities during Copenhagen 2021. Talk Town and FLUID festival joined forces joined forces to host a series of interesting talks during WorldPride in Copenhagen 2021.   About the speakers:  Oli Lipski (she/her) is a freelance Sex Tech Researcher for SEXTECHUIDE, and a Content and Marketing Writer for the adult sex ed platform, Beducated. With a Masters in Sexual Dissidence; an upcoming sex and law podcast; and ongoing Sensuality Coaching training, she strives for social change and personal empowerment through sexual liberation, sensual wellbeing, and queer activism. ⁣Jo Pollux is a queer femme photographer and filmmaker focusing on the investigations of desire, kink, storytelling and fantasy. Her unique visual expression started to take shape when she lived in Paris, where she met a group of artists who inspired her. She started studying at Arts and Communication at The Academy of Fine arts in Vienna and finished her degree in Berlin, where she currently resides and takes inspiration from the stories between the walls of the city.A list of recommendations as mentioned in the talkPlatforms/Kollektiv: https://pinklabel.tv/https://meow.wtf/https://afourchamberedheart.com/http://www.aortafilms.com/homehttps://arthousevienna.at/en/https://brightdesire.com/https://getcheex.com/https://www.poryes.de/en/https://www.sexclusivitaeten.de/https://www.urbansmut.com/en/urban-smut-home-english/https://blueartichokefilms.com/https://www.hyenaz.com/https://twitter.com/InsatiablePicshttps://cumdifferent.com/https://www.strangesavagelives.net/http://www.feuerzeugfilms.com/https://www.instagram.com/sfp.filmfest/https://sked.link/lusterypovhttps://www.hardwerk.com/https://www.sexschoolhub.com/explore/People: https://www.sadielune.com/https://www.jopollux.com/https://lilithterra.com/https://www.finn-peaks.com/https://www.pinabrutal.com/https://beducated.com/

As more and more countries in Europe join in on the legeslative and cultural backlash against LGBT rights, we speak with four brave women who are at the frontline of these struggles. Julia from Poland, Kristine from Latvia, Olga from Russia and Lilly from Bulgaria joins us at the FLUID stage for a talk about the current situation in their countries, efforts of organising in the struggle against the backlash and how we as a community can show international solidarity and drive change.This podcast is a recording of the conversation “Fighting the backlash” that took place on stage at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen on August 19th 2021 as part of FLUID Festival.FLUID Festival is a space that celebrates women, genderqueer and non-binary identities during Copenhagen 2021. Talk Town and FLUID festival joined forces joined forces to host a series of interesting talks during WorldPride in Copenhagen 2021. About the speakers:Lilly Dragoeva is Executive Director of Bilitis Foundation, the oldest active LGBTI organization in Bulgaria, and Coordinator of Sofia Pride. Between September 2018 and September 2020, Lilly has served as Regional Director for Region 15 and Board Member at InterPride, and since September 2019 she is also Secretary of the Board of Directors of the European Pride Organizers Association (EPOA). Olga Baranova is the former director, and current programme director of the Moscow Community Center, which she runs from afar, as she resides in the US for safety reasons. She has worked with with the Russian LGBT Network providing safe houses and financial support to 100 LGBT Chechens who came to Moscow, fleeing persecution in their home countries.Kristine Garina (pronouns she/her) was born and raised in Riga, Latvia. She is one of the founders of Association of LGBT and their friends MOZAIKA, the national LGBT+ rights advocacy organisation in Latvia.. Kristine was a co-chair of EuroPride 2015 in Riga and following that was elected to lead European Pride Organisers Association (EPOA). She was one of the three co-chairs of Global Pride 2020. Julia Maciocha is an activist and organiser from Poland. She's the leader of the foundation which is organizing the march and pride party in Warzaw. Furthermore, she works at Feminoteka, an NGO dedicated to ending violence against women and holds a degree in wild animal protection.About the host: Maia Kahlke Lorentzen is a Copenhagen based tech-activist, write and advisor. As part of the coop Cybernauterne she researches digital culture, online hategrouos, and teaches digital self-defence and cybersecurity. She's been on the organising team of the feminist festival Talk Town for two years.  

In this conversation activist Tone Frank from Greenland and activist and poet Sylvia Thomas from the US discuss activist strategies, art and performance as tools for decolonisation, queer liberation and dismantling the patriarchy with host CHIEF.This podcast is a recording of the talk "Decolonising Queer activism" that took place on stage at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen on August 18th 2021 as part of FLUID Festival.FLUID Festival is a space that celebrates women, genderqueer and non-binary identities during Copenhagen 2021. Talk Town and FLUID festival joined forces joined forces to host a series of interesting talks during WorldPride in Copenhagen 2021. About the Speakers: Sylvia Thomas is a poet and activist from the United States. She identifies as a Queer, Transgender, and Intersex woman. Her poetry reflects LGBTQ+ History, sexuality, being Transgender, living in the Midwest of the United States, and joy. She has been performing spoken word poetry for 6 years, giving a voice for Queer and Transgender people in her community. Sylvia is excited to return to Copenhagen since her last visit in Winter Pride 2018. Sylvia also dedicates her time working in her community. She works at a Non-Profit providing services in HIV Prevention. in order for the Transgender community to have component medical care in her state, Sylvia consults with medical providers in providing proper medical services. She is also an organizer for TRANSGLAM, an event in her city to make joyful space for the Transgender community in Indiana. Tone Frank is a lesbian indigenous Inuk from Nuuk, Greenland. Tone works with an intersectional approach in her advocacy for liberation for indigenous peoples and for the queer community. She is currently based in Copenhagen and is a board member of Nalik, an NGO that advocates and works towards for decolonization and creating equality for Inuit.About the host:CHIEF is a rapper from Copenhagen who, with her political consciousness, creates a new wave of activism through music.CHIEF has an Old-School vibe with the ordinary sound we know from the hip hop scene today. She is active in human rights and antidiscrimination activism. 

Sophie Labelle is a cartoonist and activist, who's been drawing the webcomic Assigned Male since 2014. This has earned her both dedicated fans around the world, but also enemies, the latter have organised several online hate-campaigns against her.  Listen to Sophie in conversation with Talk Town host CHIEF about her work with Assigned Male, on art and comics as activism and on where we go next in the struggle for trans-rights.  This podcast is a recording of the talk "Serious Trans Vibes" with Sophie Labelle, interviewed by Talk Town host CHIEF, that took place on stage at Gammel Strand on August 14th 2021, as part of FLUID Festival.    FLUID Festival is a space that celebrates women, genderqueer and non-binary identities during Copenhagen 2021. The Feminist festival Talk Town and FLUID festival joined forces to host a series of interesting talks during Copenhagen 2021.    About the speaker:  Sophie Labelle is a neurodivergent trans cartoonist and novelist from Montréal, in French Canada. She is the author of the webcomic Assigned Male, which has been running since 2014, and the Ciel novel series. She likes to collect rocks and lives in Finland with her husband and their cat Laszlo. ''The Best of Assigned Male'' was recently published by Hachette UK.About the host: CHIEF is a rapper from Copenhagen who, with her political consciousness, creates a new wave of activism through music.CHIEF has an Old-School vibe with the ordinary sound we know from the hip hop scene today. She is active in human rights and antidiscrimination activism. 

White supremacy is an ever-evolving ideology of hate that attempts to blend into mainstream society. After experiencing neo-Nazi violence first-hand in her hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, Emily Gorcenski began to fight back using her skills in research and data, tracking white supremacist crimes across America and diving into the secret underbellies of many white supremacist organizations. Her research shows that far-right extremism is a much more complicated creature than what the media portrays, and the connections between American and European far-right movements is an alarming threat that needs to be exposed. She'll discuss a new model for understanding white supremacy not as a single ideology or movement, but as an accumulation point of many forms of intersectional hate... and what we need to understand to fight back.    This podcast is a recording of the talk "The New Whit Supremacy in Europe and the US" with Emily Gorcenski, interviewed by Talk Town host Maia Kahlke Lorentzen, that took place on stage at Gammel Strand on August 15th 2021, as part of FLUID Festival.      FLUID Festival is a space that celebrates women, genderqueer and non-binary identities during Copenhagen 2021. The Feminist festival Talk Town and FLUID festival joined forces to host a series of interesting talks during Copenhagen 2021.     About the speaker:   Emily Gorcenski is a data scientist and social justice activist. She moved to Berlin, Germany from Charlottesville, Virginia, where she helped organize anti-fascist demonstrations during the Summer of Hate in 2017. She is a survivor of neo-Nazi terrorism and now uses her technical and media skills to reshape the narrative around hate and extremism.About the host:  Maia Kahlke Lorentzen is a Copenhagen based tech-activist, write and advisor. As part of the coop Cybernauterne she researches digital culture, online hategrouos, and teaches digital self-defence and cybersecurity. She's been on the organising team of the feminist festival Talk Town for two years.  

In an industry where money, power and respect is earned, queer and females are often setback, putback and laid off. In this talk Talk Town host CHIEF and a panel consisting of queer and female musicians and DJ's highlight some of the major issues with the music industry and the music scene.This podcast is a recording of the conversation "You're pretty good for a... Women and QTIBIPOC in the music scene" that took place on stage at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen on August 17th 2021 as part of FLUID Festival. FLUID Festival is a space that celebrates women, genderqueer and non-binary identities during Copenhagen 2021. Talk Town and FLUID festival joined forces joined forces to host a series of interesting talks during WorldPride in Copenhagen 2021. About the speakers:SuzieTheCockroach: Suzie the cockroach a.k.a Anthony is an eclectic Brazilian artist and DJ based in Copenhagen. As a DJ, Suzie is known for creating energetic mixes that are heavily inspired by the musical landscape he grew up in as well as his deep passion for contemporary global south sounds. Soundcloud link: soundcloud.com/suziethecockroachSophie West: Sofie Westh (she/her) is co-founder of Another Life. Another Life is a new Copenhagen-based community which focuses on better representation of minoritised people in the Danish music industry. We have started, and are engaging in, various projects including a thorough mapping and examination of representation and discrimination in the Danish music scene.DJ BALACLAVA: “I've been a DJ for a few years under the name BALACLAVA and mainly play music from the house genre with a focus on music from international artists, not just Western, with a political and activist profile. I was taught by the organisation Future Female Sounds, back in the fall of 2019, and now I am an active part of the musical underground, but have previous experience in the music industry as a concert photographer, lighting technician, booker and manager for small labels. On the perfect level, I am bisexual and identify myself as non-binary, even though I am " femme "and thereby appear as a woman through appearance and personal aesthetics."Soundcloud link:https://soundcloud.com/balacl-avaDJ Turkish Delight aka Chelar Ali: I'm a techno / trance dj and is a part of the metacat dj collective where we put a lot of focus on different genres. We also do events and produce music in Nature Tales production / label which is an ambient music label.In addition, I am the radio manager for UUMPHFF radio every Saturday, which is a community radio for the global majority.About the host: CHIEF is a rapper from Copenhagen who, with her political consciousness, creates a new wave of activism through music.CHIEF has an Old-School vibe with the ordinary sound we know from the hip hop scene today. She is active in human rights and antidiscrimination activism.