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After struggling to raise her siblings and start an art career, Wanda Gág’s life changed almost instantly with the publication of her first children’s book. Part two of her story looks at how her books sustained her financially so she could also make the art she wanted. Research: Anderson, Phil. "Gág, Wanda (1893–1946)." MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/person/g-g-wanda-1893-1946 Cox, Richard W. “Wanda Gág The Bite of the Picture Book.“ Minnesota History. Fall 1975. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/44/v44i07p238-254.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&__hsfp=979038277 Cox, Richard, and Julie L’Enfant. “Old World Symphony.” Minnesota History. Spring 1996. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/55/v55i01p002-015.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&__hsfp=979038277 Gág , Wanda. “Growing Pains.” Coward-McCann. 1940. https://ia801401.us.archive.org/10/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.88331/2015.88331.Growing-Pains-Diaries-And-Drawings-For-The-Years-1908-1917.pdf Gág , Wanda. “Millions of Cats.” Coward-McCann. 1928. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Millions_of_Cats/2YjWAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Gág , Wanda. “The Funny Thing.” Coward-McCann. 1991. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Funny_Thing/c1nhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Gág , Wanda. “SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS.” Coward-McCann. 1938. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/Gág -snow/Gág -snow-00-h-dir/Gág -snow-00-h.html Gág , Wanda. “Snippy and Snappy. Coward-McCann. 1931. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/Gág -snippy/Gág -snippy-00-h-dir/Gág -snippy-00-h.html Gregory, Alice. “Juicy As a Pear: Wanda Gág’s Delectable Books.” The New Yorker. April 24, 2014. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/juicy-as-a-pear-wanda-ggs-delectable-books?_sp=0d46b6ea-f03e-46b9-aa69-dd7bd3c6100b.1742826428861 Hurley, Beatrice J. “Wanda Gág - Artist, Author.” Elementary English, vol. 32, no. 6, 1955, pp. 347–54. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41384370 Keller, Sara. “Reciprocal Connections: Wanda Gág and her Hometown Community of new Ulm, Minnesota.” Kappa Omicron Nu. https://publications.kon.org/urc//v9/Interconnected-Through-Art/keller.pdf Popova, Maria. “Pioneering Early-Twentieth-Century Artist and Creative Entrepreneur Wanda Gág on Our Two Selves and How Love Lays Its Claim on Us.” The Marginalian. March 11, 2015. https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/11/wanda-Gág -growing-pains-me-myself/#:~:text=By%20Maria%20Popova,was%20already%20on%20her%20deathbed. Scott, Alma. “Wanda Gág : The Story of an Artist.” Kessinger Publishing. 2007. Showalter, Elaine. “These Modern Women: Autobiographical Essays from the Twenties.” Feminist Press at CUNY. 1989. “Wanda Gág.” Wanda Gág https://wandaGág house.org/wanda-Gág / Wigglesworth, Michael. “The Day of Doom.” Spiral Press. 1929. Accessed online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000889310&seq=9 Winnan, Audur H. “Wanda Gág .” University of Minnesota Press. 1993. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As an artist and writer Wanda Gág is well known for her children’s books. But this first of two parts about her life covers her own unusual childhood, which went from quirky fun to intense hardship when her father died. Research: Anderson, Phil. "Gág, Wanda (1893–1946)." MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/person/g-g-wanda-1893-1946 Cox, Richard W. “Wanda Gág The Bite of the Picture Book.“ Minnesota History. Fall 1975. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/44/v44i07p238-254.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&__hsfp=979038277 Cox, Richard, and Julie L’Enfant. “Old World Symphony.” Minnesota History. Spring 1996. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/55/v55i01p002-015.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&__hsfp=979038277 Gág , Wanda. “Growing Pains.” Coward-McCann. 1940. https://ia801401.us.archive.org/10/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.88331/2015.88331.Growing-Pains-Diaries-And-Drawings-For-The-Years-1908-1917.pdf Gág , Wanda. “Millions of Cats.” Coward-McCann. 1928. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Millions_of_Cats/2YjWAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Gág , Wanda. “The Funny Thing.” Coward-McCann. 1991. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Funny_Thing/c1nhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Gág , Wanda. “SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS.” Coward-McCann. 1938. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/Gág -snow/Gág -snow-00-h-dir/Gág -snow-00-h.html Gág , Wanda. “Snippy and Snappy. Coward-McCann. 1931. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/Gág -snippy/Gág -snippy-00-h-dir/Gág -snippy-00-h.html Gregory, Alice. “Juicy As a Pear: Wanda Gág’s Delectable Books.” The New Yorker. April 24, 2014. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/juicy-as-a-pear-wanda-ggs-delectable-books?_sp=0d46b6ea-f03e-46b9-aa69-dd7bd3c6100b.1742826428861 Hurley, Beatrice J. “Wanda Gág - Artist, Author.” Elementary English, vol. 32, no. 6, 1955, pp. 347–54. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41384370 Keller, Sara. “Reciprocal Connections: Wanda Gág and her Hometown Community of new Ulm, Minnesota.” Kappa Omicron Nu. https://publications.kon.org/urc//v9/Interconnected-Through-Art/keller.pdf Popova, Maria. “Pioneering Early-Twentieth-Century Artist and Creative Entrepreneur Wanda Gág on Our Two Selves and How Love Lays Its Claim on Us.” The Marginalian. March 11, 2015. https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/11/wanda-Gág -growing-pains-me-myself/#:~:text=By%20Maria%20Popova,was%20already%20on%20her%20deathbed. Scott, Alma. “Wanda Gág : The Story of an Artist.” Kessinger Publishing. 2007. Showalter, Elaine. “These Modern Women: Autobiographical Essays from the Twenties.” Feminist Press at CUNY. 1989. “Wanda Gág.” Wanda Gág https://wandaGág house.org/wanda-Gág / Wigglesworth, Michael. “The Day of Doom.” Spiral Press. 1929. Accessed online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000889310&seq=9 Winnan, Audur H. “Wanda Gág .” University of Minnesota Press. 1993. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Notes and Links to Annell Lopez's Work          Annell López is the winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize and the author of the short story collection I'LL GIVE YOU A REASON from the Feminist Press. A Peter Taylor Fellow at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshops, her work has also received support from Tin House and has appeared in Guernica, American Short Fiction, Michigan Quarterly Review, Brooklyn Rail, The Common, Refinery29 and elsewhere. López received her MFA from the University of New Orleans. She is working on a novel. Buy I'll Give You a Reason   Annell Lopez's Instagram   For The Rumpus: “There's Always a Little Light, a Glimmer of Hope: A Conversation with Annell López” At about 2:05, Annell talks about her early relationship with bilingualism,  At about 4:50, Annell shouts ut the “great place” that is Newark, NJ, and recounts early memories after her immigration  At about 6:25, Annell talks about how learning English helped her develop her already burgeoning writing ability  At about 8:25, Annell highlights Garcia Marquez's work in Spanish  At about 9:35, Annell lists books and writers that were formative and transformative for her At about 13:25, Deesha Philyaw, Carlos Maurice Ruffin, Danielle Evans, and Chris Stuck, are referenced as inspiring contemporary writers At about 14:40, Annell talks about seeds for her short story collection and its makeup At about 16:10, the two discuss the collection's first story and the title character's anxiety around possible deportation   At about 19:05, Annell reflects on the dynamics of older sibling and young sibling and mother-daughter relationships, as evidenced in the “Dark Vader” At about 20:30, Annell responds to Pete's questions about colorism as shown in some of her stories  At about 22:35, from “Dark Vader,” a “problematic” Mateo is discussed, along with power dynamics, and Vanessa's reluctance to pass her GED  At about 27:00, Annell talks about a character's unnamed bipolar condition, and his son's motivations in being angry towards his father  At about 30:30, Pete asks about online news madness as referenced in the story collection   At about 32:35, Pete links two stories and the two talk about gentrification and its treatment in the collection, and Pete is complimentary of Annell's plot structure and what is “left unsaid” At about 34:35, “Love gone stale” as a theme of the book is lauded and discussed At about 37:00, Grief and depression and the bird and beautiful “Bear Hunting Season” are discussed At about 41:30, Annell talks about how her teaching did and did not inform the treatment of teachers in her collection  At about 44:30, Trauma in its many forms in the collection is discussed  At about 45:45, The two explore the title story and its focus on emotional response At about 47:50, Pete highlights a story that focuses on objectification and racism and Annell's apt second-person usage and diction; she focuses on the story's universality and realism  At about 50:05, “The Other Carmen” is explored, including ideas of body shaming, body positivity  At about 52:40, Annell explains some “Easter eggs” and “crossover characters” and Pete is complimentary of story endings At about 53:40, Pete asks Annell about the importance of staged photoshoots in a story in the collection At about 55:55, Annell talks about the importance of titles after Pete cites her prowess with same At about 57:45, Pete fanboys about the collection's last story At about 59:30, Annell responds to Pete's question about significance of the collection  At about 1:00:45, Annell gives social media and other contact info You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow Pete on IG, where he is @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where he is @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both the YouTube Channel and the podcast while you're checking out this episode.       Pete is very excited to have one or two podcast episodes per month featured on the website of Chicago Review of Books. The audio will be posted, along with a written interview culled from the audio. His latest conversation, with Episode 265 guest Carvell Wallace, is up on the website. A big thanks to Rachel León and Michael Welch at Chicago Review.     Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl      Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting Pete's one-man show, his DIY podcast and his extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content! This month's Patreon bonus episode will feature an exploration of the wonderful poetry of Khalil Gibran. I have added a $1 a month tier for “Well-Wishers” and Cheerleaders of the Show.    This is a passion project of Pete's, a DIY operation, and he'd love for your help in promoting what he's convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.     The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 275 with Deborah Jackson-Taffa, whose 2024 memoir Whiskey Tender was a finalist for the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction; earned a MFA in nonfiction writing from the Univ of IA; director of the MFA creative writing program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM     The episode airs on March 11.

Despite facing significant discrimination in the male-dominated culinary industry, Chef Rossi transformed her rebellious upbringing and passion for food into a successful career as a pioneering chef and author. Her journey is a testament to resilience, creativity, and living authentically. Chef Rossi is the catering director, owner and executive chef of the Raging Skillet, a cutting edge catering company known for breaking any and all rules. She has earned a reputation as the one to call when it's time to do something different.  Rossi, who credits America as her hometown, grew up in a camper wedged on the top of a Ford pickup truck, and had visited most of the United States by the time she was 10.  She has a wacky sense of humor, loves  international food fusions that reflect her Hungarian Yiddish background, and her love of all things. Rossi has been published in outlets including the Daily News, New York Post, Time Out New York, and McSweeney's to name a few. She has been the food writer of the Eat Me column for Bus Magazine since 1998. Hosting her own hit radio show on WOMR and  WFMR in Cape Cod, now in its 19th season, Rossi has been featured on the Food Network,  NPR  and has been a popular blogger for Huffington Post. Her first memoir, The Raging Skillet, The True Life Story of Chef Rossi, was published by the Feminist Press to rave reviews. It was adapted for the stage, and has been a smash hit touring the country.  In addition to the memoir, Rossi has written two full length plays, a number of one act comedies, and a one woman stage adaptation of Queen of the Jews.  Her new memoir,  the Punk Rock Queen of the Jews was released this spring. What You Will Hear in This Episode:  02:54 Rossi's Rebellious Beginnings 06:17 The Birth of a Chef 13:18 Challenges of Being a Female Chef 19:20 Standing Up to Discrimination 23:21 Starting a Zen Kitchen 28:19 The Essence of Kosher Food 33:30 Living in a Hasidic Community 37:02 Parental Perceptions and Success   Quotes “I do love a chance to hang out with other bad ass babes.” “I think I might've started rebelling from birth.” “Food equals love.” “Once you use the F bomb and the S bomb and the MF bombs.”   Mentioned: The Raging Skillet IG:  @ChefRossiNYC Fb: Chef Rossi NY   eConnect with Bonnie Gendered Ageism Survey Results Forbes article 5 Tips to own the superpower of your age IAMMusicGroup   Purchase my book Not Done Yet on Amazon:  If you enjoyed this episode of Badass Women Podcast, then make sure to subscribe to the podcast and drop us a five-star review.  

Azanique is a professional multi-hat wearer who thrives in building community, both online and offline. Sitting in between corporate philanthropy and social impact, she has recently finished her master's degree in digital communication analytics and sits on the Young Feminist Leaders Council at Feminist Press. As a creative and connector, Azanique runs a monthly book club dedicated to amplifying Black authors and is a Southern lifestyle content creator at lotsofsass.com. At the end of the day, you can find Azanique planning her next dinner party tablescape, cuddling with her dog Max or snuggling on the couch with a good thriller. Social Media: www.lotsofsass.com  instagram.com/lotsofsassblog Substack: Where Art Meets Home Favorite Black-owned business: @estellecoloredglass Favorite sparkling water: limoncello la Croix

Summary This month on Strangers we have some short stories by Margaret Killjoy, Folk Tales of the Lowlands of Cekon, a set of folk stories set in the world Margaret's new book The Sapling Cage from Feminist Press. The word of the month is about faeries being sketchy. Guest Info Margaret Killjoy (she/they) can be found on IG @MargaretKilljoy or on twitter @magpiekilljoy. You can find more of her essays on Substack at: margaretkilljoy.substack.com Publisher This podcast is published by Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org or on Twitter @tangledwild. You can support this show by subscribing to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness Host The host is Inmn Neruin. You can find them on instagram @shadowtail.artificery Reader The Reader is Bea Flowers. If you would like to hear Bea narrate other things, or would like to get them to read things for you check them out at https://voicebea.wixsite.com/website Theme music The theme song was written and performed by Margaret Killjoy. You can find her at http://birdsbeforethestorm.net or on twitter @magpiekilljoy

I'm joined today by author and witch Michelle Tea to chat about her newest book, Modern Magic. We talk all about growing up as a goth witch in the 80s, finding your own ritual groove in your practice, playfulness in witchcraft, and more! Find the Book: ⁠Modern Magic⁠ An enchanted sibling to the cult classic Modern Tarot, Modern Magic: Stories, Rituals, and Spells for Contemporary Witches, by professional tarot reader and feminist Icon, Michelle Tea provides a fascinating, magical history of spiritual traditions from around the world—giving all the tools, spells, and rituals to navigate our stressed-out lives. Witty, down-to-earth, and wise, Tea bewitches us with personal tales about crafting her magical practice and coming into her own. She pairs enchanting stories from her days as a goth teen in Massachusetts with insights from her experiences as an adult to share her observations about the world as well as her vision for what it could be. Modern Magic gives us the tools to tap into a stronger, distinctive magic that lies within us, one that incorporates queer, feminist, anti-racist, intersectional values.  About Michelle: ⁠Website⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠X⁠ Michelle Tea is the author of over a dozen books, including the cult-classic Valencia, the essay collection Against Memoir, and the speculative memoir Black Wave. She is the recipient of awards from the Guggenheim, Lambda Literary, and Rona Jaffe Foundations, PEN/America, and other institutions. Knocking Myself Up is her latest memoir. Tea's cultural interventions include brainstorming the international phenomenon Drag Queen Story Hour, co-creating the Sister Spit queer literary performance tours, and occupying the role of Founding Editor at DOPAMINE Books, a Los Angeles-based, non-profit press that publishes work by edgy, emerging queer writers. In addition to helming the imprints Sister Spit Books at City Lights Publishers, and Amethyst Editions at The Feminist Press, Tea produced and hosted the popular Your Magic podcast, wherein she read tarot cards for Roxane Gay, Alexander Chee, Phoebe Bridgers and other artists, as well as the live tarot show Ask the Tarot on Spotify Greenroom and Instagram. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witch-wednesdays/support

A new 'Craftwork' episode about the art of literary translation. My guests are Julia Sanches and Heather Cleary, co-translators of Reservoir Bitches, the debut story collection by Dahlia de la Cerda, available now from the Feminist Press. Reservoir Bitches is the official September pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Dahlia de la Cerda is a writer and activist based in Aguascalientes, Mexico. She is the author of Perras de Reserva, which won the 2019 Premio Nacional de Cuento Joven Comala, and Desde los Zulos. She is also the cofounder of the feminist organization Morras Help Morras. Reservoir Bitches is her English-language debut. Julia Sanches translates literature from Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan into English. Born in Brazil, she now lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Heather Cleary is an award-winning translator of poetry and prose whose work has been recognized by English PEN, the National Book Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation, among others. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and is the author of The Translator's Visibility: Scenes from Contemporary Latin American Fiction. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch Twitter Instagram  TikTok Bluesky Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode, we wrap up our conversation on I'll Give You a Reason by Annell López (Feminist Press 2024), covering the second half of the short story collection. Pick up a copy at https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/ill-give-you-a-reason Have a question for our upcoming interview with Annell? Drop it in the comments below! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/literallyliterary/support

This episode, we begin our discussion on the first half of I'll Give You a Reason, the debut short story collection by Annell López from Feminist Press (2024), and winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize (given to a debut work by a woman or nonbinary author of color), which is meant to "uplift much-needed stories and inspire a new generation of writers." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/literallyliterary/support

Celebrate Gil Cuadros with Kevin Martin, Rafael Pérez-Torres, & Amy Scholder. Opening by Greyson Wright & readings by Joseph Cassara & Flavia Elisa Mora. City Lights & the SF LGBT Center celebrate the publication of "My Body Is Paper: Stories and Poems" by Gil Cuadros, edited by Pablo Alvarez, Kevin Martin, Rafael Pérez-Torres, & Terry Wolverton, foreword by Justin Torres. Published by City Lights Books. Purchase "My Body Is Paper" here: https://citylights.com/my-body-is-paper-stories-poems/ Purchase "City of God" here: https://citylights.com/city-lights-published/city-of-god/ Since "City of God" was published by City Lights 30 years ago, it has become an unlikely classic (an “essential book of Los Angeles” according to the LA Times). The book has touched those who find in his work a singular evocation of Chicanx life in Los Angeles around the time of the AIDS epidemic, which took his life in 1996. Little did we know, Cuadros continued writing exuberant works in the period between his one published book & his untimely death at 34. This recently discovered treasure, "My Body Is Paper," is a stunning portrait of sex, family, religion, culture of origin, & the betrayals of the body. Tender & blistering, erotic & spiritual, Cuadros dives into these complexities which we grapple with today, showing us how to survive these times & beyond. Gil Cuadros (1962–1996) was a groundbreaking gay Latino writer whose work explored the intersections of sexuality, race, & spirituality. Diagnosed with HIV in 1987, Cuadros channeled his experiences into "City of God," capturing the raw emotions of living with a life-threatening illness. His lyrical intensity & unflinching honesty shined a light on marginalized communities & familial expectations. "City of God" has gone on to become a classic of Chicanx literature. Kevin J. Martin is the executor of the Estate of Gil Cuadros, & a longtime copyeditor & writer. He serves as Senior Writer & Associate Editor for MagellanTV, where he writes on various topics related to art & culture. Rafael Pérez-Torres is professor of English & Gender Studies at UCLA & author of "Movements in Chicano Poetry and Critical Mestizaje," co-author of "Memories of an East L.A. Outlaw," & co-editor of "The Chicano Studies Reader." Amy Scholder is a literary editor & documentary filmmaker known for amplifying the stories of marginalized artists & activists. Amy began her career as an editor at City Lights. She has since served as US Publisher to Verso Books, later joining 7 Stories Press as Editor & Chief. In 2008, Scholder left 7 Stories to become the executive editor of the Feminist Press at the City University of New York. Scholder was approached by director Pratibha Parmar & producer Shaheen Haq to help finish their hybrid documentary feature, "My Name Is Andrea," about Andrea Dworkin. She became an executive producer of the film, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. Joseph Cassara is the author of "The House of Impossible Beauties" (Ecco), winner of the 2019 Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction & finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction. A graduate of Columbia University & the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he currently serves as the George & Judy Marcus Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at San Francisco State University. Flavia Elisa Mora is a queer, Mexican migrant artist, activist, & community organizer raised in occupied Ramaytush Ohlone land, in La Mission. Her main two foci are muralismo & Flor y Canto poesía. Flavia's work delves into the exploration of her identity, relationships, migration story, family & community history. She is a published writer, performs poetry throughout the Bay, & is one of the lead artists for the mural "Alto al Fuego en la Misión," located on 24th and Capp, SF. Event originally broadcast from City Lights' Poetry Room on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation. citylights.com/foundation

Poetry about Love between Women from the 19th Century The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 285 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: 19th century poetry Connections and cross-references between women poets Sources mentionedIn addition to being found in the following sources, the text of many of these poems have been taken from various online sources not mentioned. Castle, Terry (ed). 2003. The Literature of Lesbianism: A Historical Anthology from Ariosto to Stonewall. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 0-231-12510-0 Domna C. Stanton. 1986. The Defiant Muse: French Feminist Poems from the Middle Ages to the Present. The Feminist Press, New York. ISBN 0-935312-52-8 Donoghue, Emma. 1997. Poems Between Women: Four centuries of love, romantic friendship, and desire. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-231-10925-3 Faderman, Lillian (ed). 1994. Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present. New York: VIking. ISBN 0-670-84368-4 Faderman, Lillian. 1999.To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America – A History. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. ISBN 0-395-85010-X Greene, Ellen (ed). 1996. Re-Reading Sappho: Recepton and Transmission. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 0-520-20602-9 Griffin, Farah Jasmine. 1999. Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends: Letters from Rebecca Primus of Royal Oak, Maryland, and Addie Brown of Hartford, Connecticut, 1854-1868. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ISBN 0-679-45128-5 Johnson, Thomas R. (ed). 1961. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston. ISBN 0-316-18413-6 Vicinus, Martha. 2004. Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0-226-85564-3 A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Annell López is the author of the debut story collection I'll Give You a Reason, available from The Feminist Press. Winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize. López is a Dominican immigrant. A 2022 Peter Taylor fellow, her work has received support from Tin House and the Kenyon Review Workshops and has appeared in American Short Fiction, Michigan Quarterly Review, Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere. López is an Assistant Fiction Editor for New Orleans Review and just finished her MFA at the University of New Orleans. She is working on a novel. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch Twitter Instagram  TikTok Bluesky Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Rossi talks about her new memoir “The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews” with  Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™. “The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews” is published by She Writes Press and filled with fabulous rich characters, hilarious dialogue taking the reader on a ride into a secretive oppressive Jewish Orthodox world and beyond to be released on April 23rd. Rossi grew up in New Jersey where she was expected to just marry a nice Jewish boy and to be a good kosher Jewish girl but by the age of 16 the rebellious Rossi was more interested in exploring the punk rock scene of the 80's and her sexuality. Then her adventure seeking days came to a screeching halt when her parents kidnapped her and dumped her with a Hasidic rabbi known for reforming wayward Jewish girls in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Rossi was forced to relinquish her pink hair and Sex Pistols T-shirt for maxi skirts and long-sleeved blouses in this repressive, misogynistic culture straight out of the nineteenth century where she endured not only bone-crushing boredom but also outright abuse and violence. Fortunately Rossi knew there was a better future for her as she broke free from her oppressors and made her way to NYC where she thrived. Beginning as a bartender the opportunity arose in the catering industry as she talked her way into any cooking job she could get. Rossi a self-taught chef and self-made entrepreneur ended up launching The Raging Skillet one of the most sought-after catering companies in NYC that Zagat dubbed as “the wildest thing this side of the Mason-Dixon Line”. We talked to Rossi about her inspiration for writing “The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews” and her spin on our LGBTQ issues.  Rossi is the catering director, owner and executive chef of The Raging Skillet for over three decades. She has earned a reputation as the go-to company for out-of-the-box catering and weddings. The Raging Skillet has been voted one of New York's Top Five Wedding Caterers by The Knot from 2009 through 2023. Her first memoir, “The Raging Skillet: The True Life Story of Chef Rossi” was published by The Feminist Press in 2015 and turned into a stage production “Raging Skillet” by playwright Jacques Lamarre that toured nationally. Currently Rossi has written two full-length plays, a number of one-act comedies, a one-woman stage adaptation of Queen of the Jews and numerous screenplays.        For More Info… LISTEN: 600+ LGBTQ Chats @OUTTAKE VOICES

Join us for a conversation with Chef Rossi about her memoir, The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews! It's a rollercoaster that whisks you through a world bursting with rich characters, uproarious dialogue, vivid snapshots of the Orthodox community and the gritty, pulsating 1980s New York City scene -- raw, on the edge, but gloriously alive. Rossi was raised in a conservative Jewish family, expected to toe the line, marry right, and play by the kosher rulebook. But at 16, she flipped the script, blossoming into a rebellious renegade, craving adventure over conformity. And just as she tasted freedom, her parents swooped in, yanked her away, and dropped her off with a Chasidic rabbi in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Rossi has been published in outlets including The Daily News, The New York Post, Time Out New York, and McSweeney's, to name a few. She has been the food writer of the “Eat Me” column for Bust magazine since 1998, hosts her own hit radio show on WOMR and WFMR in Cape Cod called Bite This, now in its nineteenth season, has been featured on The Food Network and NPR and has been a popular blogger for The Huffington Post. Her first memoir, “The Raging Skillet: The True Life Story of Chef Rossi” was published by The Feminist Press to rave reviews. In addition to memoir, Rossi has written two full-length plays, a number of one-act comedies, a one-woman stage adaptation of Queen of the Jews, and launched the Raging and Eating podcast.   EPISODE LINKS: Website Instagram Facebook Buy the book   Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.   SHOW LINKS: Website Join our Facebook group Follow our Facebook page Instagram Episode archive Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here More of Denise's info is here Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here Denise and Cindie's books

#paganism #pagan #paganhistory The Top 5 Biggest Misconceptions in Paganism, providing a critical, academic perspective based on peer-reviewed sources. This video is a must-watch for anyone interested in Pagan studies, religious studies, or seeking to understand the true nature of modern Pagan practices and beliefs. 1 - The Ancient Religion Hypothesis 2 - The Great Witch Hunt and Pagan Martyrdom 3 - Christian Holidays and Pagan Origins 4 - The Universal Triple Goddess 5 - The Primordial Mother Goddess Archetype 00:00 Support Angela's Symposium 00:24 Introduction: Historical Misconceptions of Paganism 01:45 The Historicity of Paganism 03:17 Margaret Murray – the pagans' survival myth 05:01 The Great Witchhunt 06:01 Feminist Pagan Theology 09:41 The myth that Christians coopted Pagan Festivals for their Holidays 10:25 The History of Samhain 14:02 Complex syncretism between Pagan and Christian religions 15:37 The origins of Christmas and Pagan misconceptions about it 17:41 The origins of the name of Easter from Eostre and Pagan misconceptions 20:53 The concept of the Triple Goddess 23:22 The idea of the Primordial Goddess 25:20 The idea of a Mother Goddess may be patriarchal 28:20 Myth and History in Individual Practice 30:52 The concept of Perennialism 34:47 The importance of differentiating history and mythology in Paganism CONNECT & SUPPORT

Writer and performer Travis Alabanza joins Jonathan on this week's Curious Now to talk about some of the differences between club culture in the U.S. and U.K., some current issues facing the LGBTQIA+ community, and how they hope we can all come to see gender nonconformity. Travis Alabanza is an award-winning writer, performer, and theater maker. After being the youngest recipient of the Artist-in-Residency program at Tate Galleries, Alabanza's debut show Burgerz toured internationally to sold-out performances in London, São Paulo, and Berlin, and won the Edinburgh Fringe Total Theatre Award. You can follow Travis on Instagram and Twitter @travisalabanza, and the Feminist Press on Instagram and Twitter @feministpress. Their memoir None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary is available now via Feminist Press or wherever books are sold. For more information on the news stories we covered this week, head to @curiouswithjvn on Instagram. You can go to iwillvote.com for more information on polling locations and voting in your area! Tune in next Monday for another episode of our other new series Pretty Curious, all about beauty—and every Wednesday for an all-new episode of Getting Curious. Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious, Curious Now, and Pretty Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our producer is Chris McClure. Our associate producer is Allison Weiss. Our engineer is Nathanael McClure. Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radical Publishing Futures returns with a conversation between Meg Arenberg and director of Feminist Press Margot Atwell. Margot offers some perspective on the pioneering role of the Feminist press and its interdisciplinary journal WSQ, not only for radical independent publishing in the US but for women and gender studies as an academic field, as well as its ongoing relationship with the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. Meg and Margot also discuss the affinities between roller derby and feminist publishing, the special joys of working collaboratively with a small staff where everyone is involved in the acquisitions and editing processes, accessibility tools, and the work of building community with readers and indie bookstores alike.Margot Atwell is a writer, editor, publisher, and community funding expert and before taking on the executive director role at Feminist Press just over a year ago, she directed publishing at Kickstarter and also worked previously at the independent publisher Beaufort Books, and founded and ran the micropress Gutpunch. Margot is the coauthor of The Insider's Guide to Book Publishing Success (from Beaufort Books) and Derby Life: A Crash Course in the Incredible Sport of Roller Derby (from Gutpunch Press). Meg Arenberg is the managing editor for the Radical Books Collective.

Anne Elizabeth Moore is the author of the essay collection Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes, available from The Feminist Press. It is the official May pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Moore was born in Winner, SD. She is the author of Unmarketable (2007), the Eisner Award-winning Sweet Little Cunt (2018), Gentrifier: A Memoir (2021), which was an NPR Best Book of the Year, and others. She is the founding editor of Houghton Mifflin's Best American Comics and the former editor of Punk Planet, The Comics Journal, and the Chicago Reader. She has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Ragdale Foundation. She is a Fulbright Senior Scholar, has taught in the Visual Critical Studies department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and was the 2019 Mackey Chair of Creative Writing at Beloit College. She lives in the Catskills with her ineffective feline personal assistants, Taku and Captain America. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 156 Notes and Links to Namrata Poddar's Work        On Episode 156 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Namrata Poddar, and the two discuss, among other things, Namrata's multilingual upbringing in Mumbai and abroad, her early reading, her early reading and writers who inspired her with their decolonial and other writing, her “living with her characters” for many years for her wonderful debut novel, how she would label/distinguish the novel, and salient themes of misogyny, home and its shifting definition, class division, and diaspora.        Namrata writes fiction and nonfiction, serves as Interviews Editor for Kweli, and teaches literature and writing at UCLA. Her work has appeared in several publications including Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Longreads, The Kenyon Review, and The Best Asian Short Stories. Her debut novel, Border Less, was a finalist for Feminist Press's Louise Meriwether Prize. Buy Border Less   Namrata Poddar's Website   2022 LA Times Article: “Namrata Poddar's debut novel traverses borders — and conventional storytelling”   February, 2022 LA Times Review: “Review: A novel set in L.A. and Mumbai aims to reinvent the South Asian immigrant novel” At about 7:10, Namrata discusses the title's significance and her positioning “borderless” as two words   At about 7:40, Pete shouts out an original usage of language in Namrata's book   At about 8:10, Namrata responds to Pete's questions about her relationship with languages and the written word in her childhood   At about 13:40, Pete asks Namrata about how her ancestral lands of Rajahstan and the Tar Desert   At about 15:30, Pete uses the famous Toni Morrison quote in asking Namrata about representation and its connection to her own book; Namrata expands upon her early assigned reading and the “divorce” between colonized readings and the English she heard in her daily life   At about 18:10, Namrata lists writers who inspired her in her younger days; she cites both writers with colonial and non-colonial foci, including her “first brush…with the world of literature” in America's Children by Rushdie   At about 25:35, The two discuss Frantz Fanon and him as part of the tradition/”legacy” that has inspired Namrata   At about 27:25, Namrata lists and describes some of the many countless writers who thrill and inspire her, including Natalie Diaz and Melissa Febos, and Imani Perry   At about 30:10, The two discuss Sandra Cisneros' skill and standout stories   At about 31:15, Namrata reflects on the title's myriad meanings for her book Border Less    At about 34:20, Pete notes the clever book structure and asks Namrata to talk about how she labels her book and why; she notes ideas of “fragments” coming from many non-Western traditions, and how her epigraph from Edouard Glisaant relates   At about 40:25, Pete wonders about the story 9/12 and talks about the alchemy of what makes it a great story/chapter; he asks Namrata what she thinks the story “accomplishes” and she connects the chapter to other parts of the book   At about 43:30, The two discuss the dynamics of the dynamic first story, and Pete   At about 44:50, The two discuss the “Ladies Special” chapter and Pete notes Mumbai serving as a character on its own, and Namrata discusses the myriad significance of som many parts of the story    At about 50:10, Pete notes some salient themes, including financial issues and class divisions, from the book, and Pete highlights      At about 55:00, The two discuss ideas of stability and independence, and Pete shares a simple but powerful quote from the book   At about 56:00, Namrata expands on the hyphens that mark those in the Indian Diaspora and differing views of, and experiences with, a return to India   At about 59:45, Pete discusses ideas of connectedness and ancestral ties    At about 1:00:30, Namrata outlines the paradox that is set up with families that are scattered “yet find family in each other,” as well as the evolving definition of “family”   At about 1:03:10, The two discuss the significance of the haveli that has been in Día's family for generations    At about 1:04:00, Namrata responds to Pete's questions about continuity in the book and writing a book that is a family saga that spreads out over many decades and multiple generations   At about 1:07:40, Namrata and Pete discuss Ricki, Día, and other strong female characters who buck the traditional gender roles and Ricki's father's nostalgic writing At about 1:10, Namrata gives her rationale for ending the book with a chapter that she uses    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.     Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.    Please tune in for Episode 157 with Ilana Masad. Ilana is a queer Israeli-American writer of fiction, nonfiction, and criticism; her work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times, LA Times, and many more; she is the author of the critically-acclaimed and awarded novel All My Mother's Lovers.     The episode will air on December 20.

Episode 155 Notes and Links to Robert Jones Jr.'s Work       On Episode 155 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Robert Jones, Jr., and the two mainly discuss, among other things, the festive national Book Awards 2022, his early reading of comic books, his life-changing exposure to James Baldwin's work, his incredible Son of Baldwin platform, a dearth of representation for Black queer people that led him to write the book he wanted to read, the wonderful literary community and its inspiration for his work, and the work of art that is The Prophets, with its myriad standout lines, memorable characters, and structure that makes it a true classic and work of art.    Robert Jones, Jr., is the author of The New York Times bestselling novel, The Prophets, which won the 2022 Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and the 2022 NAIBA Book of the Year Award for Fiction. It was also a finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction and was named a notable book by The New York Times and one of the best books of 2021 by Time, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, NPR, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post, among many others. His writings have been featured in The New York Times, Essence, and The Paris Review, as well as in the critically acclaimed anthologies Four Hundred Souls and The 1619 Project. Subscribe to his newsletter Witness at robertjonesjr.substack.com. Buy The Prophets   Join Witness, Robert Jones, Jr.'s Substack   Robert Jones, Jr.'s Website   July, 2022, from NPR's All Things Considered-“Son of Baldwin — a place for discussions of race, sexuality and gender — retires” 2021 Review of The Prophets from The Guardian-by Holly Williams: "The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr review – outstanding debut"     At about 7:10, Robert describes the incredible experience he had at the recent National Book Awards    At about 8:10, Robert outlines his early reading and writing influences, and the indelible mark left by comic books, libraries, and Wonder Woman   At about 11:30-15:50, Robert's response to Pete's question about representation in what Robert read growing up connects to ideas of connectedness and internalized and external ideas of queerness, acceptance, and inspiration for his own writing    At about 15:50, Robert discusses loneliness versus uniqueness and the ideas of “polic[ing] gender”   At about 18:40, Pete wonders about James Baldwin's impact on Robert-Robert talks about being introduced to Baldwin “rather late” but being swept away by “Here Be Dragons,” among many other of Baldwin's works, and how a quote from James Baldwin's brother in the documentary, The Price of the Ticket  was the catalyst for the Son of Baldwin platform   At about 22:35, Pete talks about how closely Son of Baldwin and James Baldwin have been linked in recent years, including an incorrect attribution of an important quote   At about 25:15, Robert lists and describes some of the countless people to whom he gives credit and love for their inspiration and encouragement, as seen in his book's extensive Acknowledgments    At about 27:50, Pete and Robert sing the praises of Kiese Laymon, and Robert speaks so highly of Kiese tremendous help in getting Robert and his book    At about 30:05, Robert talks about contemporary writers like Deesha Philyaw, Dawnie Walton, Maisy Card, Mateo Askaripour, Jason Mott, and Xochitl Gonzalez whose work thrills and inspires and challenges him, and he shouts out an outstanding upcoming 2023 book from Jamila Minnicks    At about 32:50, Robert gives background on research for The Prophets, the time spent writing it, and the seeds for the books that largely came from his university studies   At about 37:25, Robert responds to Pete wondering what Robert was able to do by making his book fiction and not nonfiction    At about 39:00, Robert and Pete discusses connections between the invasion of African countries by Europeans, and how the forced religiosity connects to an encroaching and new homophobia and white supremacy    At about 41:50, The two discuss Amos from The Prophets and the “conundrum” that he faces with regards to Isaiah and Samuel, as well as Amos' role as preacher and Christian convert, as well as connections to modern preachers   At about 45:25, the two discuss Isaiah and Samuel, the book's protagonists, and their love and their backstories and their shared knowledge of being alone and “loaded onto a wagon like stuff”   At about 47:55, Robert responds to historical ideas of homosexuality sometimes seen as a tool to disrupt Black communities and explains how Paul, the book's slavemaster, sees Isaiah and Samuel's relationship and a “threat to capitalism”   At about 50:40, The two connect the hypocrisy of Paul and his philandering and    At about 51:45, Pete cites the book's unique/Biblical structure and talks about the book's starting with “the ancestors”; he asks Robert about the “you” to whom the ancestors spr   At about 53:10, Robert describes a dream that was hugely influential and transformative for his book   At about 55:00, Robert discusses the ways in which Isaiah and Samuel are unified, and how they are rendered as distinct    At about 58:25, Robert talks about the importance of names for enslaved peoples and for the slave owners, and he talks specifically about Isaiah's original name, its significance, and its importance in his relationship with Amos   At about 1:01:00, Robert and Pete discuss tovo and toubab, Beninese and Wolof words, respectively, and their connections to early African encounters with European invaders   At about 1:02:35, the two discuss the book's parallel storyline that involves Isaiah's familial lineage in Kasongo, a mythical kingdom in Africa; Robert homes in on the vastly-different ideas of gender identity in pre-colonial Africa   At about 1:05:30, Pete wonders about the role of Timothy in the book and Robert expands upon ideas of rapists and rape   At about 1:07:45, Robert discusses sympathy and writing characters who are seemingly 100% detestable, and ideas of oppression and oppressors and their connections with Timothy, Ruth, James, and Paul    At about 1:11:00, Pete focuses on Paul's behavior and his rush to justify his evil behavior through the Bible and Christianity; a scene from the book involving Adam, Paul's son, is highlighted    At about 1:12:35, The two discuss a scene of degradation and Robert highlights it as a scene where a lot is happening behind the scenes/under the surface with the crafty Essie and Maggie    At about 1:14:00, Pete highlights the incredibly-skillful ways in which Robert homes in on individual stories to draw the reader's attention and sympathy/empathy   At about 1:15:20, Robert talks about an exciting upcoming project, a second novel     You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.  Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content! This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.    Please tune in for Episode 156 with Namrata Poddar. Namrata writes fiction and nonfiction, serves as Interviews Editor for Kweli, and teaches literature and writing at UCLA. Her work has appeared in several publications including Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Longreads, The Kenyon Review, and The Best Asian Short Stories. Her debut novel, Border Less, was a finalist for Feminist Press's Louise Meriwether Prize.    The episode will air on December 13.

Join Chris in conversation with Kemi Alabi, author of Against Heaven (Graywolf Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Kemi Alabi is the author of Against Heaven (Graywolf Press, 2022), selected by Claudia Rankine as winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award. Their poems and essays appear in the Atlantic, Poetry, the Nation, Boston Review, the BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2, Best New Poets 2019, and elsewhere. Selected by Chen Chen as winner of the 2020 Beacon Street Poetry Prize, Kemi has received Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and Brittle Paper Award nominations along with fellowships from MacDowell, Civitella Ranieri, Tin House and Pink Door. Kemi believes in the world-shifting power of words and the radical imaginations of Black queer and trans people. As cultural strategy director of Forward Together, they built political power with cultural workers of color through programs like Echoing Ida, a home for Black women and nonbinary writers, and annual art campaigns like Trans Day of Resilience. The Echoing Ida Collection, coedited with Cynthia R. Greenlee and Janna Zinzi, is available now from Feminist Press. Born in Wisconsin on a Sunday in July, Kemi now lives in Chicago, IL. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tpq20/support

“I'm still trying to make sense of a culture of caregiving that ‘good mothers' are good caregivers…A ‘good mother' is someone who doesn't question or resist caregiving, whereas men are never socialized into that narrative.”Namrata Poddar Namrata Poddar writes fiction and non-fiction, is an editor for Kweli journal and teaches literature and writing at UCLA. Her work has appeared in several publications including Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Longreads, The Kenyon Review, and The Best Asian Short Stories. Her debut novel, Border Less, was a finalist for Feminist Press's Louise Meriwether Prize, and is longlisted for The Center of Fiction First Novel Prize. Namrata joined Kaitlin in this episode to talk about: Her book, Border Less - a novel about the migratory journal of Dia Mittal,an airline call center agent in Mumbai who is searching for a better life. Becoming a Mother-Writer: Notes on Reconciling the Personal, the Professional, and the Political - an essay she wrote for Poets & Writers. How she experiences her mothering identity as a feminist living in a patriarchal society. More about Namrata Poddar: Website:http://www.namratapoddar.com/ (http://www.namratapoddar.com/) Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/writerpoddar/ (https://www.instagram.com/writerpoddar/) Related Resources: Find out more about Border Less -https://bookshop.org/a/86159/9781736176788 (https://bookshop.org/a/86159/9781736176788) Namrata's essay, Becoming a Mother-Writer | Poets & Writers: https://www.pw.org/content/becoming_a_motherwriter_notes_on_reconciling_the_personal_the_professional_and_the_political (https://www.pw.org/content/becoming_a_motherwriter_notes_on_reconciling_the_personal_the_professional_and_the_political) Camille T. Dungy's 2017 nonfiction book, Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys Into Race, Motherhood, and History - https://bookshop.org/a/86159/9780393356083 (https://bookshop.org/a/86159/9780393356083) Angela Garbes new book, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change - https://bookshop.org/a/86159/9780062937360 (https://bookshop.org/a/86159/9780062937360) Sylvia Federici, Revolution at Point Zero: https://bookshop.org/a/86159/9781629637976 (https://bookshop.org/a/86159/9781629637976) Please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and give us a rating. This will help us reach more listeners like you who are navigating the joys and pitfalls of artistic and parenting identities. For regular updates: Visit our website:http://postpartumproduction.com/ ( postpartumproduction.com) Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/postpartumproductionpodcast/ (@postpartumproductionpodcast) Subscribe to our podcast newsletter on Substack:https://postpartumproduction.substack.com/ ( https://postpartumproduction.substack.com)

The Little Sleep Ladies are talking Queer Horror with a new release from Feminist Press called It Came From The Closet ! Marissa is going to tie in a modern Queer Horror Book with Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt. We LOVE discussing Horror theory and so we had so much fun filming this episode, and reading these books, and we hope you also give them a chance! Also as a warning, this video was only lightly edited, so please forgive us for our ums and stutters and heavy breathing and whatever else may bother your ears. Next week Marissa will be continuing our discussion of It Came From The Closet and Liza will be bringing us another Queer Horror Fiction Book to talk about!

Learn more about Carmen Maria Machado at: carmenmariamachado.comFollow Carmen at: @carmenmmachado on InstagramPick up a copy of It Came From The Closet at the Feminist Press website!You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts: Sara Century: @saracentury (Instagram and Twitter), S.E. Fleenor: @se_fleenor (Instagram and Twitter), and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter.Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts.Support us by joining our Patreon Community.Keep in touch with us and see what we're up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.comBitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Check out our other projects! Learn more about Queer Spec at: QueerSpec.com

Joe Vallese joins us to talk about the queer horror anthology It Came from the Closet, which he conceived of and edited with The Feminist Press. Read the episode transcript: https://hybridpubscout.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/71-Joe.Vallese-transcript.pdf Find us on... Our website: hybridpubscout.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/hybridpubscout/ Twitter: twitter.com/hybridpubscout Instagram: www.instagram.com/hybridpubscoutpod/ Our newsletter: eepurl.com/gfajR9

This episode was unplanned, but when Barbara Ehrenreich died on September 1, 2022, we felt an urge to honor her memory and the profound influence she has had on the American left, socialism, feminism, and our collective thinking about class struggle. From her work in the women's health movement of the 1960s, to her theorizing (with  ex-husband John Ehrenreich) of the "professional-managerial class" in the 1970s, to her explorations of Reagan-era yuppie pathologies, and her renowned exposé of low-wage work in 2001's Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich has been an essential and nuanced guide to the inner-life of American class conflict in the latter half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. To undertake this journey through an extraordinary body of work, we're joined by two brilliant writers who have both — in their own way — taken up  Ehrenreich's profound ethical and intellectual challenge: Alex Press, staff writer at Jacobin magazine (and KYE's favorite labor journalist); and returning guest Gabe Winant, University of Chicago historian and author of The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care.As Gabe writes in his stunning obituary last week, "Ehrenreich's specialty was to reveal her readers to themselves by showing them the other. Her humor and projection of personal vulnerability were particularly deft techniques for asking the reader to see their own position, often through identification with Ehrenreich: she invites this, beckoning you to follow her into her subject, and then suddenly wheels around on you—and you are caught out." We hope this episode can manage something of that technique for the listener, that you might find yourself "caught out" too, thinking deeply about where you fit into the story Barbara is telling — and what it might call on you to do, fight for, or think harder about. Enjoy.  Further Reading: Barbara & John Ehrenreich, "The Professional-Managerial Class," Radical America, March 1977. — "The New Left and the Professional Managerial Class," Radical America, May 1977.— "Death of a Yuppie Dream," Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Feb 2013. Barbara Ehrenreich & Deirdre English, Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers, The Feminist Press, 1973.Barbara Ehrenreich, Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class, Pantheon, 1989. Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Metropolitan, 2001. Barbara Ehrenreich, "Preface to Klaus Theweleit's Male Fantasies Volume 1: Women, Floods, Bodies, History," U of Minnesota Press, 1987. Gabriel Winant, "On Barbara Ehrenreich," n+1, Sept 9, 2022. — "Professional-Managerial Chasm," n+1, Oct 10, 2019. — "The Right Kind of Worker," Know Your Enemy, May 2022. Alex Press, "On the Origins of the Professional-Managerial Class: An Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich." Dissent, Oct 22, 2019. David Rieff, "White Bread, White Dread (review of Fear of Falling)," LA Times, Aug 20, 1989.   This episode of Know Your Enemy is dedicated to Barbara Ehrenreich (1941-2022) and all those who loved and learned from her.

Luke Dani Blue is the author of the debut story collection Pretend It's My Body, available from The Feminist Press. It is the official September pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Blue's stories have appeared in the Colorado Review, Crab Orchard Review, and have been included on the list of the year's most distinguished stories in Best American Short Stories 2016. Originally from Michigan, Luke (they/them) is a two-time college dropout and time-traveling Victorian invalid who resides most reliably on the internet. They are also an astrologer.  *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mom shares her honest stories and learnings of going from one kid to two and how it affected her mental health in ways she never expected. She shares what she wishes she knew and how you can be more prepared for postpartum a second time. 28 | Emily Adler Mosqueda of Postpartum 365 Since experiencing postpartum depression late in her second postpartum, Emily Alder Mosqueda has become an advocate for postpartum time. Emily regularly shares peer-reviewed research on postpartum topics on her Instagram to shift the cultural understanding of how long the postpartum time lasts and the issues that can and do arise after six months postpartum. Carley, the Founder of Hello Postpartum, is sitting down with Emily to hear about her personal experience of welcoming her second baby. Listen in as they discuss the process of going from one kid to two, the differences in pregnancies for each person, and much more. Going from one kid to two No two pregnancies are the same, as society leads us to believe. Emily talks through many of the struggles she faced with her second pregnancy. Compared to her first, her general feeling of wellness and anxiety went from bad to worse. Learning to cope with these changes took a lot of inner work, practicing coping methods, and yet another shift in the family dynamic. Is the second child harder? The second child isn't always harder, but there are many things mothers may not expect when bringing home another baby. Just because we have experienced pregnancy and raising a child does not mean that the second child will be a cakewalk. Women are 20% more likely to suffer from mental health issues after a second child. But because most women see a second pregnancy differently than the first, many warning signs are missed, even by the health care providers we put our trust into during that time. And remember, it is just as - if not more - essential to support your mental health as it is to support your family. What to know about having a second child Siblings need attention just as much as a new baby. It is important to set aside time for them, away from the baby, to keep the bonds between mother and child strong and avoid any unwanted jealousy. Learning from your past experiences will help you better prepare for your postpartum recovery. A good support system is probably more important the second time because the balance has shifted from focusing on one child to two. Having as strong of a postpartum plan as possible will help alleviate unwanted stress, and better prepare you for what's to come. Hold the mother until she asks you to hold the baby. What I've learned going from one to two kids We never stop learning from our experiences. During a second pregnancy, there is less of a focus on what clothes my newborn will wear and more on supporting the health and wellness of mothers and their families. Society places so much shame on certain emotions surrounding motherhood. But just because we don't possess all of the warning signs of mental health issues doesn't mean we aren't suffering. There are things you are tied to in motherhood that you have never been tied to before. Dr. Andrea O'Reilly of Feminist Press stated that Motherhood is the unfinished business of feminism. It is a time to receive, not to give. Be open to receiving -whether from a therapist or a friend cooking for you - so you can slow down and focus on yourself. Topics covered The second time around (02:18) Older siblings and the second pregnancy (17:08) Pregnancy bandwidth (21:01) Postpartum support international (25:33) Certain emotions for women (35:15) Mother-centered feminism (39:36) References to perfectionism (46:29) The final question (48:00) Additional resources Explore the resources shared in this week's episode PMAD info Dr. Aron's book, The Highly Sensitive Parent Feminist Press: started by Matricentric Feminist Dr. Andrea O'Reilly featuring books on mothering and advocacy Follow Emily on Instagram @postpartum365 and @emilyadlermosqueda Other family resources you might enjoy Four Tips for Sharing the Domestic Load After Birth How to Cope with a Toddler and a Newborn New Baby? Six Tips on Setting Boundaries with Family

Please remember to rate and review our podcast on Itunes, CastBox or on our website! Please check out our Patreon and Youtube as well. CHISME DE LA SEMANA: Batgirl movie chisme. ON MY RADAR: LOVE EVERLASTING #1 Series from award-winning creators TOM KING and ELSA CHARRETIER BOOK REVIEW: Rave by Jessica Campbel @jessica_campbell_art EN LA LIBRERIA: IT CAME FROM THE CLOSET Anthology & Party - A spooky celebration for a new Feminist Press anthology of queer and trans writers on their favorite horror films. http://kck.st/3zL3cqn JUNTOS Y FUERTES: HOMEBOY 5K RUN / WALK Homeboy Industries provides hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated people, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community. www.homeboyindustries.org SALUDOS: Hector Gonzalez Rodriguez III - El Peso Hero: Sicario War successful Kickstarter! @el_peso_hero http://kck.st/3cDJm8f

Cassandra Lane is the author of We Are Bridges, a stunning memoir that explores memory and strength as it moves between twentieth-century rural South and present-day Los Angeles. The book won the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize and was published in 2021 by The Feminist Press. In our conversation, Cassandra shares how she came to the decision to be a mother after years believing it would prevent her from living a writer's life. As Cassandra also splits her time writing, teaching, acting as editor-in-chief for LA Parent Magazine, and being a mother to her 15-year-old son, she has some valuable words of wisdom for writers aiming to balance family and career. You can learn more about Cassandra's work on her website. Her book, We Are Bridges, can be found on Bookshop.org or Amazon. Keep up with Cassandra on Twitter @casslanewrites or Instagram @cassandra.lane71. Other Resources Mentioned: Toni Morrison and Motherhood: A Politics of the Heart by Andrea O'Reilly Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000 by Alice Walker Sustainable Arts Foundation – Supporting Artists And Writers With Children Pen Parentis – Parenting, Done Write

Jordan talks with Michelle Tea about her new memoir (Knocking Myself Up), making the decision to get pregnant, her tarot practice, and creating a queer family. MENTIONED: The Rider-Waite Tarot Valencia by Michelle Tea XOJane.com Buddhism Michelle Tea is the author of over a dozen books, including the cult-classic Valencia, the essay collection Against Memoir, and the speculative memoir Black Wave. She is the recipient of awards from the Guggenheim, Lambda Literary, and Rona Jaffe Foundations, PEN/America, and other institutions. Knocking Myself Up is her latest memoir. Tea's cultural interventions include brainstorming the international phenomenon Drag Queen Story Hour, co-creating the Sister Spit queer literary performance tours, and occupying the role of Founding Director at RADAR Productions, a Bay Area literary organization, for over a decade. She also helmed the imprints Sister Spit Books at City Lights Publishers, and Amethyst Editions at The Feminist Press. She produces and hosts the Your Magic podcast, wherein which she reads tarot cards for Roxane Gay, Alexander Chee, Phoebe Bridgers and other artists, as well as the live tarot show Ask the Tarot on Spotify Greenroom. For more Thresholds, visit us at www.thisisthresholds.com Be sure to rate review and subscribe on your fav platform! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi there, Today I am overjoyed to be arts calling Estela González! About our guest: Estela González holds an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in Latin American literature. As a binational and bilingual writer, she tells stories in English and Spanish about race, class, gender, and environmental justice. Growing up in Mexico, Estela regularly visited her family in Mazatlán, where decades-long intensive development has led to the demise of beaches and sea turtle colonies. Her research and support of fishermen protecting sea turtles in the Sea of Cortés deepen her reflections on environmental justice, race relations, and sexuality. Her work is featured in the Barcelona Review, the Cobalt Review, Connotation Press, Cronopio, Flash Frontier, Flyway Magazine, Kudzu House, Label Me Latina, La Colmena, Luvina, the Fem, and the Revista Mexicana de Literatura Contemporánea, as well as in outstanding collections such as Best of Solstice Literary Magazine, Feminine Rising (Cynren Press, 2019), and Under the Volcano. Arribada was a 2019 finalist for Feminist Press's Louise Meriwether Award. Arribada, now on sale here: https://bookshop.org/a/84546/9781947976313 Estela on Twitter: https://twitter.com/5estelagonzalez Thank you so much for this inspiring conversation, Estela! -- Re: the latest attack on abortion rights, please consider visiting https://www.podvoices.help for resources during this difficult time. Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing the podcast and sharing it with those who love the arts, your support truly makes a difference! Check out cruzfolio.com for more podcasts about the arts and original content! Make art. Much love, j This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Dando continuidade aos destaques da sexta edição do InterLivro - Encontro internacional de profissionais do livro, realizada pelo PublishNews dentro da programação do Papo de mercado na Bienal de SP; neste episódio extra, teremos outra importante mesa apresentada no evento. A repórter Talita Facchini conversou, em inglês, com Juergen Boos, presidente da Feira do Livro de Frankfurt e com Margot Atwell, diretora-executiva da Feminist Press sobre desafios, tendências e oportunidades que cercam o mercado editorial global. A conversa intitulada “O fut4uro da indústria do livro” fez parte do quarto dia da programação do InterLivro. Nesse bate-papo, Boos e Atwell falam sobre o retorno presencial do maior evento literário do mundo – a Feira de Frankfurt –, da importância de dar voz aos grupos e indivíduos marginalizados, sobre os novos caminhos que as empresas podem percorrer para aumentar sua receita, dentre outros assuntos. Lembrando que lá no Youtube, você pode ver a entrevista com legendas e também pode ver outras mesas que fizeram parte do InterLivro 2022. Este podcast é um oferecimento da MVB Brasil, empresa que traz soluções em tecnologia para o mercado do livro. Além da Metabooks, reconhecida plataforma de metadados, a MVB oferece para o mercado brasileiro o único serviço de EDI exclusivo para o negócio do livro. Com a Pubnet, o seu processo de pedidos ganha mais eficiência. https://brasil.mvb-online.com/home Já ouviu falar em POD, impressão sob demanda? Nossos parceiros da UmLivro são referência dessa tecnologia no Brasil, que permite vender primeiro e imprimir depois; reduzindo custos com estoque, armazenamento e distribuição. Com o POD da UmLivro, você disponibiliza 100% do seu catálogo sem perder nenhuma venda. http://umlivro.com.br Este é o episódio número 225 do Podcast do PublishNews do dia 14 de julho de 2022. Eu sou Fabio Uehara e esse episódio conta a participação de Talita Fachinni e a edição de Fabio Uehara. E não se esqueça de assinar a nossa newsletter, nos seguir nas redes sociais: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook e Twitter. Todos os dias com novos conteúdos para vocês. E agora: Juergen Boos e Margot Atwell --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-do-publishnews/message

In this episode of The Working Artist Project, Darrian Douglas and Gregory Agid talk to artist-cum-activist Gerald Watkins Candice Hoyes about new music and her unique career path. Candice Hoyes is poised to “shape the artist-cum-activist role." (NPR) In 2020, she released “Zora's Moon,” the first single of her mostly self-penned upcoming EP. This jaunty retro-soul escapade is her response to this moment: an ode to Black girlhood. Candice brings otherworldly vocalism to her new single, "Waiting for the World (Tired)," which features the 1930 poem "Tired" by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes set in a lyrical Afro Futuristic soundscape. Candice is a 2020 winner of the inaugural NYC Women's Fund for Film, Music, and Media. She has performed with, opened for, and recorded with artists ranging from Lin Manuel Miranda to Chaka Khan to Wynton Marsalis. Candice was commissioned by the National Black Theater and Michelle Obama's When We All Vote to co-create a new work to empower Black voters leading into the 2020 US Presidential election. ​ Candice returns to Carnegie Hall, Caramoor, and more this summer. Recent performances include 2021 We Out Here Fest (UK), NYC JazzFest, Nublu JazzFest, the Public Theater, and the Blue Note. As an activist, she collaborates with the Feminist Press, Well-Read Black Girl, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights in Law, Harlem Arts Alliance, Women in Music, and numerous grassroots organizations. She has produced her feminist performance-lecture series for Jazz at Lincoln Center and CUNY for three consecutive seasons. Candice has written for Shondaland, Blavity, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, and spoken and performed at TED HQ. ​ ​ Her brand new project is co-written with GRAMMY-award-winning pianist, Sullivan Fortner (Paul Simon, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Dianne Reeves). The project is produced by GRAMMY-award-winning multi-instrumentalist Casey Benjamin (Anderson . Paak, Robert Glasper, Q-Tip) and features performances by vibraphonist Joel Ross (Marquis Hill, Makaya McCraven), trumpeter Keyon Harrold (Nas), Chiara Fasi (Solange). Candice's family hails from Jamaica, and she is an honors graduate of Harvard University, where she studied Sociology and African American Studies and Columbia Law School.https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/podcast (#Podcast) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/hiphop (#hiphop) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/theworkingartistproject (#theworkingartistproject) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/neworleans (#neworleans) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/musiceducation (#musiceducation) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/newyork (#newyork) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/marketing (#marketing) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/branding (#branding) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/business (#business) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/art (#art)

Estela González, author of Arribada (2022), holds an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in Latin American literature. As a binational and bilingual writer, she tells stories in English and Spanish about race, class, gender, and environmental justice. Growing up in Mexico, Estela regularly visited her family in Mazatlán, where decades-long intensive development has led to the demise of beaches and sea turtle colonies. Her research and support of fishermen protecting sea turtles in the Sea of Cortés deepen her reflections on environmental justice, race relations, and sexuality.Her work is featured in the Barcelona Review, the Cobalt Review, Connotation Press, Cronopio, Flash Frontier, Flyway Magazine, Kudzu House, Label Me Latina, La Colmena, Luvina, the Fem, and the Revista Mexicana de Literatura Contemporánea, as well as in outstanding collections such as Best of Solstice Literary Magazine, Feminine Rising (Cynren Press, 2019), and Under the Volcano. Arribada was a 2017 finalist for the Feminist Press's Louise Meriwether Award.ArribadaCynren Press, 2022A World Without Books was created to help writers connect with readers during the pandemic. This Micro-Podcast provides authors a platform to share stories about writing, discuss current projects, and consider life without books. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you podcast.Past Forward is a public podcast service and book initiative. As a nonprofit organization, our creative media is designed to amplify the voices of community leaders by providing a platform to share stories about civic engagement and cultural enrichment. For further learning, our Re-Mind initiative focuses on educational accessibility. We collaborate with experts and curate book collections inspired by topics from our podcast. This program creates a path for curiosity and provides access to millions of books at a discount price.

Juniper Fitzgerald talks about her upcoming book, Enjoy Me Among My Ruins published by Feminist Press. Viewing her story as a reclamation project, she talks about playing with structure and writing against the progressive linear timeline by sharing fragments of her experiences as a sex worker, an academic and a mother, the significance of Lolita, journal entries, and letters to Dr. Scully.

Jennifer Baumgardner is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and lecturer. Baumgardner joined The Feminist Agenda to discuss the need to publish feminist children's books, letting projects go, and editing the new feminist book review LIBER. Originally from Fargo, Baumgardner has been working in New York City at the intersection of feminism and publishing for three decades, beginning in 1993 as an intern (and later editor) at Ms. magazine. From 1997 on, she wrote dozens of features for a diverse array of magazines (Glamour, Teen Vogue, Bust, Dissent, Harper's Bazaar, Harper's, The Nation, Elle, New York Times, etc.), authored/co-authored seven books (including Manifesta, Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics, and Abortion & Life) and wrote, directed, and produced two feature-length documentaries (It Was Rape and I Had an Abortion). Baumgardner has keynoted at more than 250 colleges and universities and, in 2002, co-founded Soapbox Inc., a speaker's bureau. She was writer-in-residence at the New School from 2008 to 2012. From 2013 to 2017, Baumgardner was the publisher and chief executive of the Feminist Press, where she relaunched their children's publishing, created the award-winning queer imprint Amethyst Editions with Michelle Tea, and established the Louise Meriwether prize for a debut author of color. From 2017-2021, she was editor in chief of the Women's Review of Books, a long-running feminist print review out of Wellesley. In December, she left Women's Review to edit the new feminist book review LIBER, with Katha Pollitt and others. She lives in the Village with her husband, two sons, and two cats. Ways to support The Feminist Agenda podcast: Archer & Olive: Use code feminista10 to save 10% on most items Buy books my Bookshop site Purchase books mentioned and reviewed in this episode through my Bookshop affiliate links: Find most of Jennifer's books at Bookshop Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine Check out Liber and subscribe! Support indie feminist media! Follow The Feminist Agenda on Twitter

She was an outsider, an experimenter, a “rebel realist” and a feminist. You may not have read the short stories of Malika Moustadraf (1969-2006), since her work fell out of print after her untimely death. But tales of Moustadraf's fierce talent never stopped circulating, and now her work is back in print in Arabic and also set to appear in Alice Guthrie's English translation. The US and UK editions of this collection have different titles. The US edition of Moustadraf's stories, Blood Feast, is out from The Feminist Press, while the UK edition, Something Strange, Like Hunger, is out from Saqi Books. There is also an audiobook, narrated by Amin El Gamal and Lameece Issaq. We talk about another important Moroccan author whose work was in danger of falling out of circulation, Ahmed Bouanani, in an earlier episode: Writing to Remember. The Arabic re-issue of the collection, which includes the late stories, is available from  منشورات الربيع, available online from a number of retailers.

In this week's episode, Emma tells Eva about the history of domestic work, and the patterns of colonialism and racism that still permeate this area of employment. Plus, a rundown of some major successes in domestic worker collective organizing that have resulted in better wages, better working conditions, and more rights for these workers. Cover image: Colonial Dining by William Henry Jackson, 1895 Show notes: Modigliani, Kathy. “BUT WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN? CHILDCARE, WOMEN, AND DEVALUED LABOR.” The Journal of Education, vol. 168, no. 3, Trustees of Boston University, 1986, pp. 46–69, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42741755. MATHER, CELIA. “Domestic Workers: Their Time Now.” International Union Rights, vol. 17, no. 4, International Centre for Trade Union Rights, 2010, pp. 17–19, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41937560. Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar. “The Indenture of Migrant Domestic Workers.” Women's Studies Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1/2, The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2017, pp. 113–27, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44474112. Nanny Knows Best: The History of the British Nanny, Katherine Holden, History Press, 2013 https://www.domesticworkers.org/about-domestic-work/domestic-worker-history/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/03/hellraiser-juana-nicolas/ https://canadianlabour.ca/canadas-unions-call-for-recognition-of-the-importance-of-domestic-workers/ https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C189 https://www.ryerson.ca/socialjustice/social-justice-week/2020/10/united-for-domestic-workers-rights/ https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/daycare-during-wartime https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-09-06-0909050150-story.html https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/legal-scholar-fights-to-protect-domestic-workers-from-exploitative-conditions-1.5893958 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/advocates-call-for-changes-to-ottawa-s-nanny-program-1.527167 https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/campaigns/foreign-worker-rights.html https://www.vox.com/2018/4/26/17275708/housekeepers-nannies-sexual-harassment-laws https://fee.org/articles/unionizing-nanny/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/obituaries/dorothy-bolden-overlooked.html https://ca.talent.com/salary?job=nanny

When Cassandra Lane finds herself pregnant at thirty-five, the knowledge sends her on a poignant exploration of memory to prepare for her entry into motherhood. She moves between the twentieth-century rural South and present-day Los Angeles, reimagining the intimate life of her great-grandparents Mary Magdelene Magee and Burt Bridges, and Burt's lynching at the hands of vengeful white men in his southern town. We Are Bridges: A Memoir (Feminist Press, 2021) turns to creative nonfiction to reclaim a family history from violent erasure so that a mother can gift her child with an ancestral blueprint for their future. Haunting and poetic, this debut traces the strange fruit borne from the roots of personal loss in one Black family--and considers how to take back one's American story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US military camptowns were established shortly after the Second World War in 1945, appropriating the Japanese comfort stations. The Korean government actively supported the creation of camptowns for its own economic and national security interests. Utilizing the Japanese colonial policy, the US military and the South Korean government sought to control camptown women's bodies through vaginal examinations, isolation wards, and jails, monitoring women for potential venereal diseases. Denigrated as a “traitor” for “mixing flesh with foreigners,” camptown women and their labors were disavowed in Korean society.[1] However, the Korean government also depended on camptown women for its economic development: camptown women's earnings accounted for 10% of Korea's foreign currency.[2] Speaking against this silence, Grace Cho's new memoir, Tastes Like War (Feminist Press at CUNY, 2021), brings to light not only the pain and trauma of militarized violence as experienced by her mother who worked as a camptown woman in the 1960s and 1970s, but also the beauty and poignant resilience of her life. In Tastes Like War: A Memoir (Feminist Press, 2021), Cho explores the connection between food, war, trauma, family, and love. After marrying a merchant marine, Cho's mother moved to a white town of Chehalis in Washington in the 1970s. Abundance, social mobility, and progress – America promised Cho's mother what seemed beyond her grasp in Korea. However, the daily traumas of racialized violence and institutionalized abuses at her workplace furthered her fragmentation as a Third World subject whose body and subjectivity were created by complex ties between the histories of empire, militarized and sexual violence, and racialization. To understand the roots of her mother's schizophrenia, Cho delves into this history, focusing not only on the traumas but also on hope, strength, beauty, and resilience as embodied by her mother. The everyday acts of cooking Korean meals and foraging for mushrooms and blackberries signaled her mother's will to survive no matter the condition set by the global empire. Through the act of writing, Cho reconstructs the fragments of her mother's life – illustrating her mother's persistent and creative drive for life despite the historical violence that continued to condition her present and the future.  [1] First quote is from Cho, Haunting the Korean Diaspora, 94 and second quote is from Cho, Tastes Like War, 93. [2] Park, Emmanuel Moonchil, dir. Podŭrapge (Comfort). 2020; Seoul, Korea: Independent, 2020. Vimeo. Da In Ann Choi is a PhD student at UCLA in the Gender Studies department. Her research interests include care labor and migration, reproductive justice, social movement, citizenship theory, and critical empire studies. She can be reached at dainachoi@g.ucla.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abel dirige un jardín urbano comunitario en Santa Ana, donde los miembros de la comunidad pueden aprender cómo cuidar a la Madre Tierra. Hablamos de la importancia humana de los jardines, y de la tensión de siempre entre el idealismo y la seguridad. Música: Juventino Rosas, Alberto Cortez CRECE COOPERATIVE – Community resilience through urban gardening https://communityresilience.uci.edu/crece-community-resistance/ (https://communityresilience.uci.edu/crece-community-resistance/) (Student blog, en inglés) FB: https://www.facebook.com/crececommunityinresistance.co.op/ (https://www.facebook.com/crececommunityinresistance.co.op/) IG: @crece.coop  ____________________________________________________________________________ MEDICALIZATION OF CHILDBIRTH // LA MEDICALIZACIÓN DEL PARTO MIDWIVES ALLIANCE OF NORTH AMERICA https://mana.org/what-we-do/organizations-coalitions (https://mana.org/what-we-do/organizations-coalitions) (en inglés) links to local and specialized organizations in USA, Canada, and Mexico enlaces a organizaciones locales y especializadas en EE UU, Canadá, y México In English: California Health Care Foundation  Infographic site, very informative:  https://www.chcf.org/publication/infographic-overmedicalization-childbirth/ (https://www.chcf.org/publication/infographic-overmedicalization-childbirth/)  They also did a 2016 survey called “Listening to Mothers in California” with issue briefs on the childbirth experiences of various demographic groups: https://www.chcf.org/collection/listening-to-mothers-in-california/ (https://www.chcf.org/collection/listening-to-mothers-in-california/) Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English. Witches, Midwives & Nurses : A History of Women Healers. The Feminist Press, 2010 en español:  https://hollywoodhealthandsociety.org/sites/default/files/attachments/page/Overmedicalization%20of%20Childbirth_Spanish.pdf (https://hollywoodhealthandsociety.org/sites/default/files/attachments/page/Overmedicalization%20of%20Childbirth_Spanish.pdf) Barbara Ehrenreich y Deirdre English, traducido por ??. Brujas, parteras y enfermeras. Bauma, 2019. Existe una versión en pdf de solamente 41 pp. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxwZXJtYW11amVyZXN8Z3g6NWVmNTI4YTU5ZTZiMjkzOQ (https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxwZXJtYW11amVyZXN8Z3g6NWVmNTI4YTU5ZTZiMjkzOQ)  ____________________________________________________________________________ JUVENTINO ROSAS (todo en español) Wikipedia https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventino_Rosas (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventino_Rosas)  Sólo existe una biografía monógrafo de Rosas, y algo irónicamente, está escrita en inglés y por un austriaco; no se la recomendamos. Es un tema que se beneficiaría de un estudio pensativo. There is only one monograph biography of Rosas, which rather ironically is written in English by an Austrian; we don't recommend it. This is an area that could use some thoughtful scholarship. ____________________________________________________________________________ ALBERTO CORTEZ   (todo en español) Noticia de su muerte en El País, con biografía: https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/04/04/actualidad/1554397254_613657.html (https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/04/04/actualidad/1554397254_613657.html)  http://www.albertocortez.com/ (http://www.albertocortez.com/) Un sitio conmemorativo bien bonito Wikipedia en español ofrece una discografía (¡más de 40 álbumes!) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Cortez (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Cortez)  ____________________________________________________________________________ LA RADIO EN MEXICO  (todo en español) Leyva, Juan. Política educativa y comunicación social: la radio en México, 1940-1946 . México : Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1992. Romo, Cristina. Ondas,...

Abel directs an urban community garden in Santa Ana, where members of the community can learn to care for Mother Earth. We talk about the human importance of gardens, and the perennial tensions between idealism and security. CRECE COOPERATIVE – Community resilience through urban gardening https://communityresilience.uci.edu/crece-community-resistance/ (https://communityresilience.uci.edu/crece-community-resistance/) (Student blog, en inglés) FB: https://www.facebook.com/crececommunityinresistance.co.op/ (https://www.facebook.com/crececommunityinresistance.co.op/) IG: @crece.coop  ____________________________________________________________________________ MEDICALIZATION OF CHILDBIRTH // LA MEDICALIZACIÓN DEL PARTO MIDWIVES ALLIANCE OF NORTH AMERICA https://mana.org/what-we-do/organizations-coalitions (https://mana.org/what-we-do/organizations-coalitions) (en inglés) links to local and specialized organizations in USA, Canada, and Mexico enlaces a organizaciones locales y especializadas en EE UU, Canadá, y México In English: California Health Care Foundation  Infographic site, very informative:  https://www.chcf.org/publication/infographic-overmedicalization-childbirth/ (https://www.chcf.org/publication/infographic-overmedicalization-childbirth/)  They also did a 2016 survey called “Listening to Mothers in California” with issue briefs on the childbirth experiences of various demographic groups: https://www.chcf.org/collection/listening-to-mothers-in-california/ (https://www.chcf.org/collection/listening-to-mothers-in-california/) Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English. Witches, Midwives & Nurses : A History of Women Healers. The Feminist Press, 2010 en español:  https://hollywoodhealthandsociety.org/sites/default/files/attachments/page/Overmedicalization%20of%20Childbirth_Spanish.pdf (https://hollywoodhealthandsociety.org/sites/default/files/attachments/page/Overmedicalization%20of%20Childbirth_Spanish.pdf) Barbara Ehrenreich y Deirdre English, traducido por ??. Brujas, parteras y enfermeras. Bauma, 2019. Existe una versión en pdf de solamente 41 pp. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxwZXJtYW11amVyZXN8Z3g6NWVmNTI4YTU5ZTZiMjkzOQ (https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxwZXJtYW11amVyZXN8Z3g6NWVmNTI4YTU5ZTZiMjkzOQ)  ____________________________________________________________________________ JUVENTINO ROSAS (todo en español) Wikipedia https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventino_Rosas (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventino_Rosas)  Sólo existe una biografía monógrafo de Rosas, y algo irónicamente, está escrita en inglés y por un austriaco; no se la recomendamos. Es un tema que se beneficiaría de un estudio pensativo. There is only one monograph biography of Rosas, which rather ironically is written in English by an Austrian; we don't recommend it. This is an area that could use some thoughtful scholarship. ____________________________________________________________________________ ALBERTO CORTEZ   (todo en español) Noticia de su muerte en El País, con biografía: https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/04/04/actualidad/1554397254_613657.html (https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/04/04/actualidad/1554397254_613657.html)  http://www.albertocortez.com/ (http://www.albertocortez.com/) Un sitio conmemorativo bien bonito Wikipedia en español ofrece una discografía (¡más de 40 álbumes!) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Cortez (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Cortez)  ____________________________________________________________________________ LA RADIO EN MEXICO  (todo en español) Leyva, Juan. Política educativa y comunicación social: la radio en México, 1940-1946 . México : Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1992. Romo, Cristina. Ond as, canales y mensajes: un perfil de la radio en México ....

If you want to support this pod you can join my patreon https://www.patreon.com/chelseapoe HELLO ROOSTER is an intersectional feminist and a member and activist of the Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM). They are a non-binary performer of color and certified Intimacy Coordinator, studying under the tutelage of Ita O'Brien (Sex Education) and Yarit Dor (Adult Material). Hello Rooster has also been a panelist on labor rights and ethics for performers, creating the Performer Bill of Rights/Ethical Guidelines at Erika Lust Films. They have been recognised for their work as a cinematographer, performer and advocate by the Feminist International Porn Awards. They recently contributed a chapter to the book WE TOO: Essays On Sex Work And Survival published by Feminist Press. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/performerspod/support

This collection of narrative essays by sex workers presents a crystal-clear rejoinder: there's never been a better time to fight for justice. Responding to the resurgence of the #MeToo movement in 2017, sex workers from across the industry--hookers and prostitutes, strippers and dancers, porn stars, cam models, Dommes and subs alike--complicate narratives of sexual harassment and violence, and expand conversations often limited to normative workplaces. Writing across topics such as homelessness, motherhood, and toxic masculinity, We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival (Feminist Press, 2021) gives voice to the fight for agency and accountability across sex industries. With contributions by leading voices in the movement such as Melissa Gira Grant, Ceyenne Doroshow, Audacia Ray, femi babylon, April Flores, and Yin Q, this anthology explores sex work as work, and sex workers as laboring subjects in need of respect--not rescue. A portion of this book's net proceeds will be donated to SWOP Behind Bars (SBB). Rachel Stuart is a sex work researcher whose primary interest is the lived experiences of sex workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laverne speaks with Kevin Allred, author, scholar, speaker, who came on the pop culture radar when he started teaching a university course on Beyonce back in 2010. It's called Politicizing Beyonce, with a syllabus composed entirely of black feminist writers. It's his mission to facilitate conversations that disrupt America's racist and heterocentrist status quo by studying America through the eyes of female Black artists and intellectuals, like Beyonce. He draws connections through history and asks us to take a different perspective. His class has been adapted into a best-selling book, Ain't I a Diva, available at The Feminist Press. // Kevin Allred's Twitter Kevin's Website Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Hello, you wonderful witches and lovely listeners. Let's start with a content warning right off the top with this one: in the latter half of this episode, we discuss horrific violence against innocent people in myriad forms. Because the Witch Hunts of the Early Modern Period in Europe culminated in just that - the unthinkable torture and death of innocent humans, mostly women, for merely existing. Reed is back to continue the saga of examination of all that led to and resulted from these 200 plus years of hysteria and misogyny in the form of witch-hunting and trials. We get into the Malleus Maleficarum ('The Hammer of the Witch') - a text that instructed the public and clergy on how to discover, torture, and destroy 'witches' - and consider what seeds of misogyny in the Bible may have sown these thoughts and words. I still cannot believe I didn't learn about any of this in school. Episode Resources: Chauhan, R. S. (2005). "... and he shall rule over thee" The malleus maleficarum and the politics of misogyny, medecine, and midwifery (1484-present): A feminist historical inquiry (Doctoral dissertation, School of Criminology-Simon Fraser University).Briggs, R. (1996). Witches & neighbours: the social and cultural context of European witchcraft . New York: Viking.Malleus Maleficarum - Heinrich KramerGuiley, R., & McLennan, D. (1999). The encyclopedia of witches and witchcraft. Facts on File.Horsley, R. J., & Horsley, R. A. (1986). On the Trail of the" Witches:" Wise Women, Midwives and the European Witch Hunts. Women in German Yearbook: Feminist Studies in German Literature & Culture, 3(1), 1-28.Kremmel, Laura R. The Witch's Ordeal: The Treatment of Accused Witches in England. 2003. Dissertation.DeConick, A. D. (2011). Holy misogyny: why the sex and gender conflicts in the early Church still matter. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.Horsley, R. J., & Horsley, R. A. (1986). On the Trail of the" Witches:" Wise Women, Midwives and the European Witch Hunts. Women in German Yearbook: Feminist Studies in German Literature & Culture, 3(1), 1-28.Ehrenreich, B., & English, D. (2010). Witches, midwives, & nurses: A history of women healers. The Feminist Press at CUNY"The Bible and Women? We Need to Talk" - Michal Beth DinklerFind my little bro on the interwebs:Instagram - @reed_eckertTikTok - @reedeckertMore The Witch:Instagram - @thewitchpodcastTwitter - @thewitchpodcastFacebook - @thewitchpodAnd support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thewitchpodcast 

Loretta J. Ross is a Visiting Professor of Practice in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University teaching "Reproductive Justice Theory and Practice" and "Race and Culture in the U.S." for the 2018-2019 academic year. Previously, she was a Visiting Professor at Hampshire College in Women's Studies  for the 2017-2018 academic year teaching "White Supremacy in the Age of Trump." She was a co-founder and the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective from 2005-2012, a network founded in 1997 of women of color and allied organizations that organize women of color in the reproductive justice movement. She is one of the creators of the term "Reproductive Justice" coined by African American women in 1994 that has transformed reproductive politics in the U.S.    She is a nationally-recognized trainer on using the transformative power of Reproductive Justice to build a Human Rights movement that includes everyone.  Ms. Ross is an expert on women's issues, hate groups, racism and intolerance, human rights, and violence against women. Her work focuses on the intersectionality of social justice issues and how this affects social change and service delivery in all movements.      Ross has appeared on CNN, BET, "Lead Story," "Good Morning America," "The Donahue Show," "Democracy Now," "Oprah Winfrey Radio Network," and "The Charlie Rose Show. She is a member of the Women's Media Center's Progressive Women's Voices. More information is available on the Makers: Women Who Make America video at  http://www.makers.com/loretta-ross.     Ms. Ross was National Co-Director of the April 25, 2004 March for Women's Lives in Washington D.C., the largest protest march in U.S. history with more than one million participants. As part of a nearly five-decade history in social justice activism, between 1996-2004, she was the Founder and Executive Director of the National Center for Human Rights Education (NCHRE) in Atlanta, Georgia. Before that, she was the Program Research Director at the Center for Democratic Renewal/National Anti-Klan Network where she led projects researching hate groups, and working against all forms of bigotry with universities, schools, and community groups. She launched the Women of Color Program for the National Organization for Women (NOW) in the 1980s, and led delegations of women of color to many international conferences on women's issues and human rights. She was one of the first African American women to direct a rape crisis center in the 1970s, launching her career by pioneering work on violence against women.   She is a co-author of Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice, written with Jael Silliman, Marlene Gerber Fried, and Elena Gutiérrez, and published by South End Press in 2004 (awarded the Myers Outstanding Book Award by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights), and author of “The Color of Choice” chapter in Incite! Women of Color Against Violence published in 2006. She has also written extensively on the history of African American women and reproductive justice activism. Among her latest books are Reproductive Justice: An Introduction co-authored with Rickie Solinger and published by the University of California Press in 2017. She was the lead editor of Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice and Critique, co-edited by Lynn Roberts, Erika Derkas, Whitney Peoples, and Pamela Bridgewater-Toure published by Feminist Press also in 2017. Her forthcoming book is entitled Calling In the Calling Out Culture to be published in 2019.   Loretta is a rape survivor, was forced to raise a child born of incest, and she is also a survivor of sterilization abuse. She is a model of how to survive and thrive despite the traumas that disproportionately affect low-income women of color. She serves as a consultant for Smith College, collecting oral histories of feminists of color for the Sophia Smith Collection which also contains her personal archives (see https://www.smith.edu/library/libs/ssc/pwv/pwv-ross.html).  She is a mother, grandmother and a great-grandmother.    She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and holds an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law degree awarded in 2003 from Arcadia University and a second honorary doctorate degree awarded from Smith College in 2013.    AWARDS (partial)  American Humanist Association, Humanist Heroine Award, 1998  DePaul University Cultural Center Diversity Award, 2001  Georgia Committee on Family Violence, Gender Justice Award, 2002  SisterLove Women's HIV/AIDS Resource Project Award, South Africa, 2002  National Center for Human Rights Education, First Mother of Human Rights Education Award, 2004  Feminist Women's Health Center, Stand Up for Choice Award, 2005  NARAL Pro-Choice Georgia, Blazing Arrow Award, 2006  Federation of Haitian Women, Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Marie Claire Heureuse Leadership Award, 2007  Family Planning Associates, Champion of Reproductive Justice Award, 2007  United States Social Forum, Building Movements Award, 2007  Women's Medical Fund of Philadelphia, Rosie Jimenez Award, 2007  Sisters of Color United for Education, Denver, CO, 2008  Women of Color Resource Center, Sister Fire Award, 2008  Black Women's Health Imperative, Community Health Activist Award, 2008  Delta Sigma Theta, Pinnacle Leadership Award, 2008  International Black Women's Congress, Oni Award, 2010  Women Helping Women, Revolutionary Award, 2011, Foundation for Black Women's Wellness Legacy Award 2015, National Women's Health Network Barbara Seaman Award for Activism in Women's Health 2015. Woodhull Sexual Freedom Network, Vicky Award 2017.

Virgie Tovar is an author, activist and started the hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight. In 2018 she was named one of the 50 most influential feminists by Bitch Magazine. She is the founder of Babecamp, a 4-week online course designed to help women who are ready to break up with diet culture. In 2012, Tovar edited the anthology Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion and in 2018 The Feminist Press published her manifesto, You Have the Right to Remain Fat, which was placed on the American Library Association's Amelia Bloomer List. Her new book, FLAWLESS: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color, comes out in Spring 2020 from New Harbinger. She holds a Master's degree in Sexuality Studies with a focus on the intersections of body size, race and gender. She is a contributor for Forbes and was awarded the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism at Yale. Virgie has been featured by the New York Times, Tech Insider, BBC, MTV, Al Jazeera and NPR. She lives in San Francisco.