Podcasts about if i was your girl

Anna and Miranda discuss "If I Was Your Girl" by Meredith Russo (she/her). In addition to loving this book, Anna makes an announcement and appeals to the author for another book. They also talk about ways to be a better trans ally during this time and would love your suggestions in the comments. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-queer-here/support

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Authenticity was the heart of our last episode “INTERSTATE and Authentic Trans, Queer, and Asian-American Representation.” Our discussion included artists Kit Yan and Melissa Lee and experts AC Dumlao of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund and Sheena Brevig of the Center for Scholars and Storytellers. The quintet (including host Ruthie Fierberg) deliberated about how we ensure authentic representation and how we can get producers, theatres, and studios to greenlight projects that have non-white or non-male or non-straight or non-cis central characters. We just need more.  In every mini-episode, Ruthie recommends one piece of art that connects to the previous week's larger themes. If you INTERSTATE or the conversation around it intrigued you, Ruthie recommends more stories you should explore. In the vein of “more, more, more,” Ruthie decided to offer multiple suggestions of art to put on your list, add to your queue, and place on your shelf. If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo The Crazy Rich Asians trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, Rich People Problems) by Kevin Kwan Amateur by Thomas Page McBee Find your nearest Independent Bookstore to purchase. Never Have I Ever, Netflix The Sex Lives of College Girls, HBOMax Connect with your host! Ruthiefierberg.com  IG: @whywetheater / T: @whywetheater IG: @ruthiefierceberg / T: @RuthiesATrain Why We Theater is a product of the Broadway Podcast Network produced by Alan Seales and edited by Derek Gunther.  Our theme music is by Benjamin Velez. Hear more at BenjaminVelez.com. Special thanks to Genesis Johnson, Leigh Silverman, Suzanne Chipkin, Wesley Birdsall, Elena Mayer, Patrick Taylor, and Dori Berinstein.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An amazing episode and author is in store for you this week on the KPL Podcast! Jigisha and Ryan are joined by poet, composer, teacher, and bestselling novelist, Ryka Aoki! They will be discussing her latest powerful release, Light From Uncommon Stars. Then Ryan shares some must read "own voices" transgender titles in our readers advisory segment. All this, a poetry reading, and much more on this week's KPL Podcast!  1. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune2. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan3. If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo4. Dreadnought by April Daniels

The mere concept of Chattanooga. Join Haley and Kayla as they cover If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo.

In deze aflevering praten de geeks met hun gast Dan Hassler-Forest over het boek Brave New World. Samen met de uitzending over 1984 vormt deze aflevering een tweeluik over dystopieën. Is de wereld die Huxley schetst wel zo weerzinwekkend? We praten over de voordelen van een gezinsloze samenleving, over waarom een vier-urige werkdag niet werkt en natuurlijk over drugs. We staan uitgebreid stil bij de overeenkomsten met 1984 en de vraag waarom juist deze twee sciencefiction boeken zo veel aandacht krijgen. De terugblik: Ook Dan keek naar de The Underground Railground (Amazon Prime). Ondanks al het geweld geeft de serie hem hoop. Tip: niet bingen. De comedyspecial Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) vond hij buitengewoon grappig. Grimmig, donker en heftig. Linda genoot op Netflix van het derde seizoen van Special en het tweede seizoen van Feel Good. Het is bijzondere televisie, met scherp oog voor intersectionaliteit, nooit eerder vertoond. Tegelijkertijd beseft ze dat slechts een selecte groep kijkers dit ziet. Ze tipt ook nog If I Was Your Girl, het eerste boek van Meredith Russo over een trans pubermeisje. Thom breidde zijn filmkennis uit met Hercules in New York, de eerste film van Arnold Schwarzenegger. Soms leuk, maar voornamelijk saai en verwarrend. Dan merkt op dat je beter naar Arnie's doccu Pumping Iron kijkt. De vooruitblik: Dan kijkt uit naar het eerste seizoen van Sweet Tooth (Netflix), over mensdiermutanten, en naar seizoen 2 van Ted Lasso (Apple TV), over voetbal. Linda heeft alle afleveringen van Mare of Easttown (HBO) opgespaard. Thom heeft zin in het huiswerk voor de volgende keer (Serenity & Firefly) en om naar de bioscoop te gaan, bijvoorbeeld om The Devil Made Me Do It te kijken.

This week, Sam finally watches season 1 of Star Trek: The Original Series. Tessa reads If I Was Your Girl, a young adult novel about a trans girl coming of age in the South, and Andy tells us all about Gankutsuou, an anime adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo. 00:56 - Sam finally watches season 1 of Star Trek: The Original Series 15:36 - Learning the wrong lessons from pop culture 30:48 - Tessa reads If I Was Your Girl, 45:31 - Andy tells us all about Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

After a fortuitous series of social media connections, Meredith Russo joins us for a chat that encompasses a little bit of class politics, a little bit of video gaming and a little bit of punning.In addition to giving us an overview of her career, Meredith tells us about the ways that fiction is always already autobiography, how her work addresses the traditional depictions of the American South and why we expect trauma (but not romance) in trans YA narratives.Plus: Meredith's "secret plan" to turn up the heat on cis readers with each successive book, rants about the watering down of YA and also…the ridiculousness of Rent, the musical!Wanna connect with the show? Use #HKHSPod on Twitter:Brenna: @brennacgrayJoe: @bstolemyremoteMeredith: @Mer_Squared / Meredith's PatreonHave something longer to say or a minisode topic? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com. See you on the page and on the screen!

Listen to librarians Jordan, Megan & David chat about these titles available to borrow free from your library: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (6:33) - https://ohdbks.overdrive.com/media/2420638 What We Do In The Shadows directed by Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi (8:17) - https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11950543 Blak and Blu by Gary Clark Jr. (10:51) - https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/10980787

 This week I'm talking with country music artist Lauren Lucas.  Lauren has been signed to Warner Brothers and has also been an independent artist. We discuss the pros and cons of a signed vs. unsigned artist as well as publishing and touring as an indie artist.Show Notes:Sponsors: Edenbrooke Productions - We offer consulting services and are offering listeners a 1-hour introductory special. To request more info on consulting services, email Marty at contact@johnmartinkeith.com. Talking Points:*Knowing multiple instruments will get you more work.*You can’t be an island in this business.*Start building a foundation locally and get out playing shows.*A family friend knew a guy in Nashville that came to check me out and ending up signing me to an artist development and publishing deal in Nashville.*The development deal eventually fell through but while in college I got cast as a main character in the Broadway version of Urban Cowboy in New York.*I ended up writing a song that was used in that Broadway show and was my first major placement.*A professor connected me with a producer in town who ended up putting me with different co-writers all the time and we were recording demos.*He pitched the songs to Warner Brothers Records and I went in to audition and got my first record deal that way.*They released my first single and I went on a radio tour and also got to open for Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, Lone Star and others.*The order of events can work differently depending on the situation. For some people, once you sign a record deal, then you have team put around you such as a booking agent, management, publisher, promotion, etc.*For some, if you have label mates, then you can get put on a tour opening for others on your roster.*Doors open up to have these companies be on your team because they see a label putting money behind you so that helps them to believe in what you are doing especially if you are successful because there is a lot of money to be earned.*You’re lessening the risk for yourself when you can align with a company like that.*When you sign a record deal and start working with a publisher, they are going to tell you to keep bringing them songs.*Once the album was halfway finished, publishers who didn’t like my songs before now wanted to sign me based off the same songs.*That caused me to have a chip on shoulder and I didn’t sign with them.*Because of that and when I lost my record deal, then I was an island and I didn’t have a team around me to help pitch me to other labels and help me get back on my feet.*There are so many artists that are signed to major label record deals that have albums that have never seen the light of day or have been signed and let go before anything ever happened with them.*The guy who helped get me signed was temporarily running the label and he got replaced when I released my first single and the new guy had a different vision and my album never came out.*When you’re trying to get a record deal and you’re the new kid with little success, you don’t have negotiating power for your contract, the label does.*The other route some people go is focusing on songwriting and getting hits with other artists, then you have more leverage to negotiate because of that success.*I transitioned into songwriting and released a couple of independent EPs.*There is value into taking your destiny into your own hands and working hard and making bold decisions.*There is also value in building a team around you and gaining credibility before making those bold decisions.*It feels like when you’re waiting on other people that it’s taking forever.*My expectations were skewed and I thought it was all supposed to happen right away.*Once you sign a record deal it can take 5 or 6 years for anything to really take off and that’s after signing a deal.*For those us that never give up, we’re the ones that end up being successful.*After my label deal ended, I was able to sign a publishing deal with Jewel Coburn of Ten Ten Music who had Alan Jackson, Keith Urban and Mark Irwin writing for them at different times. She started a new company called Eleven Eleven Music and I wrote for that company.*So many great songs end up in a drawer because there is only so much room for songs to get cut.*I’ve written for Danielle Peck and had a song used on Shark Tank that she recorded. I had a song placed in a movie as the end credits song with Dakota Johnson. I also had a song placed in a movie called Americanizing Shelly.*I own my publishing now because I am focusing more on tv/film music.*I was in the band Farewell Angelina and they recorded some of my songs as well.*It’s a big deal when you get songs cut with major label or indie artists because when they get sales or radio play you get paid, even little by little it adds up.*Also as a performer with music services like Muzak, you get checks every quarter.*Farewell Angelina got to open for The Bacon Brothers for the past couple of years and I knew a guy in the industry who is a talent buyer and needed a band to open for them at a show and asked if we wanted to come.*We hit it off with them and have been able to continue working with them and even starting writing music with them.*Now I get to open for The Bacon Brothers as a solo artist and I am doing my career on my terms.*I am making my best music now. You make different decisions depending on what your priorities are.*In my 20’s I just wanted to be famous and I made desperate choices.*Looking back now it wasn’t about the music.*Now I just want to make great music and I don’t want to be on the road unless that’s what I want to do.*I’m happier and freer and I think it’s coming across in the music.*If you are married and wanting to be a touring artist, make sure you have a good foundation of what your dreams are and what you intend to do so that’s clear up front and the other person knows this is a really big part of who you are and what you want to do and gives the a chance to decide if they want to be a part of that lifestyle if you’re not married yet.*Always have consistent home based check ins and keep them in the top of your mind and communicate with them when you’re apart.*There are no office hours. You’re potentially working all the time because even after a show the people bringing you in may want to go out and you feel obligated to do that.*You kind of always have to be “on.”*When I do my own booking I develop a form email of what I want to say (and personalize it for each person) and I’ll make a dropbox folder of head shot, a link to music or video that will help sell the package and put a link for them to download.*So many venues want you to submit and pitch to them in a specific way. Either call between certain hours or email them with a very specific subject line in the subject heading, or they don’t want a link but they want attachments.*So a lot of time is spent looking up where you want to go and what’s a good routing and then finding a venues that fit your style of music and finding out how they want you to contact them.*It’s extremely time consuming and tedious.*If a large booking agency signs you and you are a new act without much of a track record, they’re not always able to get you amazing gigs.*Your success begets more success.*They depend on that before they can get you major touring opportunities.*There are smaller booking agencies that will get you into small towns but are consistent gigs and will help route tours for you.*If you look up booking agents that work with wedding or cover bands, many of them have other departments that focus on different types of artists.*Make emails as enticing and as brief as possible.*Mark on your calendar a time to follow up.*www.laurenlucas.comNashville singer/songwriter, Lauren Lucas, knows first-hand the familiar story of a small town, Carolina girl moving to a music city, only to have her dream locked away in the vault of a major label. Once she was free to release music in her own way, Lauren partnered with Grammy- winning engineer, Chad Carlson, for her critically acclaimed EP, If I Was Your Girl. With Lucas' engaging melodies and soulful voice, the project caught the attention of Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley, who requested to hear the title track in an on-air radio interview with Hall-Of- Fame DJ, Gerry House.In 2011, armed with another project titled, On with the Show, Lucas explored new points of view, both lyrically and musically. She blended her rootsy-soul with more pop-tinged melodies, reminiscent of her influences, such as Jonatha Brooke, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer, and Norah Jones. The Academy of Country Music and Tony Award nominee shows depth and maturity with her new single, “Go Home Paul.” This is the singer/songwriter’s fifth studio release and it finds her in new territory showcasing her musicianship on guitar and intimate vocals. Written by Lucas and Grammy nominated hit songwriter, Jay Knowles (Harry Connick, Jr., George Strait), the story of, “Go Home Paul,” makes the listener feel as though they’re keeping a secret or eavesdropping on a private conversation.The track features noteworthy studio veterans including Park Chisolm (Kevin Costner & the Modern West, Aubrey Sellers) on arrangement and additional guitars, Alex McCollough (John Prine, Jim Lauderdale) of True East Mastering, and a long-overdue reunion with Pat McMakin (Ray Charles, Dolly Parton) leading the helm with production and mixing.Lauren said, “‘Go Home Paul’ has been one of my favorite songs that I’ve been a part of as a songwriter. I’ve had both women and men come up to me after shows and tell me they relate to the story, so I’m thrilled to finally have it recorded and released into the world! Some of my favorite songs to listen to as a fan evoke emotion in me because they cut right to the truth. I hope we wrote this song personal enough that it feels universal to the listener.” This is only the first of a string of new music releases planned for the remainder of the year and into 2020. In addition to her own music, you’ve heard Lauren’s work As a songwriter and composer on Broadway, on other artist’s projects, in films and on television, including ABC’s hit reality show, Shark Tank. As a touring artist, Lauren has shared stages with Kenny Chesney, Old Dominion, Blake Shelton, Billy Currington, Maroon 5, Gabe Dixon, Maia Sharp, and The Bacon Brothers (Kevin and Michael), to name a few. Lauren spent nearly three years touring with an all-female harmony band called, Farewell Angelina and penned several songs on their latest record. You can catch Lauren on the road as she teams up again with the Bacon Brothers in support of her new music. 

First off, thank you to this week's sponsor, LoganArch!   We're continuing our NaNoWriMo series with a LIVE episode from Geek Girl Con!   Mallory Cohen of Malaray of Sunshine and WhatchYA Readin? Podcast is here to chat all things Young Adult and LGBTQAI+ fiction.   I learn a lot about what's happening in the book community: bookstagram, booktube, and book pinterest (which I just found out about!). We also go through a ton of recommendations, and we compiled a list for you of recommendations from our audience during the Q+A that happened after the recording if you want to read along with fellow members of The Sartorial Geek community:   "Circe" by Madeline Miller  "Blood Heir" (Blood Heir Trilogy #1) by Amélie Wen Zhao "Let's Talk About Love" by Claire Kann "If I Was Your Girl" by Meredith Russo "Just One Damned Thing After Another" (The Chronicles of St Mary's #1) by Jodi Taylor  "The Library Book" by Susan Orlean Die #1 by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans (Illustrator), Jamie McKelvie (Illustrator), Clayton Cowles Check Please (web comic written and drawn by Ngozi Ukazu) And Mallory put them all onto a Goodreads shelf for us! If you enjoy book things, please follow Mallory and check out her podcast WhatchYA Readin? Have a great week and stay nerdy! Special thanks to our editor + music composer Dan Ison and our executive producers for this episode LoganArch and Karen Hallion.   If you enjoyed this episode, you'll probably also love the rest of our episodes. Click here to check out the archives! Join our Patreon for bonus gifts and content!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/sartorial-geek. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brenna and Joe stumble into a fairy tale world that compels them to do everything they're told...so long as it's compare Gale Carson Levine's 1997 Ella Enchanted and Tommy O'Haver's over-the-top wacky 2004 adaptation, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this week! The book proves to be a good example of how straightforward and non-subversive books for young adults were in the 90s, while the film makes good use of a game Anne Hathaway's capacity for physical comedy, but goes over board on extra characters and bad CGI. Plus: come for the discussion about misused WOC and stay for the jokes about how uncomfortable Hugh Dancy looks! In homework: Brenna recommends unreliable narrator book A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa B. Sheinmel while Joe has high hopes for Kai Cheng Thom's Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir. Other Trans and Non-Binary YA Lit recommendations: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo Girl Mans Up by M.E. Girard If you want to connect with the show, use #HKHSPod on Twitter: Brenna: @brennacgray Joe: @bstolemyremote Or send us an email at hkhspod@gmail.com. See you on the page and on the screen!

This week it’s a #throwbackthursday as we chat about a book that came out in 2016. The Stonewall Book Award winning, If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo. (Transcript) In today’s episode… Today we’re discussing If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo. Amanda is a normal high school girl and for the first time she’s given the chance to live like one. She’s a transgender teen who moves back in with her estranged father after the bullying and attacks at her old school become too much. At her new school no one knows she used to look like a boy, she’s just the pretty new girl. And it isn’t long before she has a group of good friends, a boyfriend on the football team and something that looks like the life she’s always wanted. […] The post If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo appeared first on Nouvelle ELA Teaching Resources.

This is Book Plate's discussion of Forever Young Adult's July 2017 book club pick, If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo. Spoilers. Some swears. Recorded at Oakland Music Complex. Background music courtesy of Body Void. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fya-book-plate/support

This week we get a very politically charged love at first sight short story by Meredith Russo (author of If I Was Your Girl) from the Meet Cute book called Somewhere That's Green! Theme Song by Man With Roses

Guest: Lisa Keating from My Purple UmbrellaThis amazing women tells the story of how she went from being a massage therapist with a gift for crafting to becoming an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights in WA state through her nonprofit, My Purple Umbrella. Ideas referenced in the show:HB2661 Anderson- Murray Background HIB details; HIB Resources from Tacoma Public SchoolsTeaching conflict management for kids Pre-K through 5th grade--Kelso’s ChoiceSCDM - each school building has a committee that works on school-wide initiatives. It’s a great place to start if you want to make positive change happen in local schools.Language changes over time, be patient with the process and also have grace for yourself and others Timeless or Terrible: Tanning   Do Your Fudging Homework:Lisa: Check out My Purple Umbrella’s book club - the Queerest Book Club Ever - at King’s Books on the first Monday of each month. The book for March is Queer: a Graphic History by Meg-John Barker.Annie: One Teacher in Ten, edited by Kevin Jennings and 50 Queers Who Changed the World by Daniel Jones.Hope: YA books! Simon vs. the Homosapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli, None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio and If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo.

2 In Books/ Podcast Beth’s Bookshelf Podcast: #6 Meredith Russo – If I Was Your Girl, Transgender Characters in Literature, and Art. Today’s episode of Beth’s Bookshelf is going to be really interesting because I have Meredith Russo along with me to talk about her book; If I Was Your Girl. If I Was Your Girl is a story that has meant to so much to people everywhere and is a huge inspiration. It was chosen by Zoella for her WHSmith book club, and is a huge hit on Goodreads! Meredith Russo is on the podcast today to talk about the process of writing the fantastic novel, the inspiration behind the plot and characters, and about the representation of transgender characters in literature. We also had a chat about how just because you’re an artist, particularly an artist belonging to a minority group, doesn’t mean it’s your responsibility to always talk about ‘the struggle’. Meredith is an incredibly interesting writer and I can’t wait to see what other works she brings us. You can follow her for updates... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah Dotts Barley is the Senior Editor at Flatiron Books, an imprint of Macmillan. She edits Flatiron's Young Adult list, which includes recently released AMERICAN GIRLS by Alison Umminger, IF I WAS YOUR GIRL by Meredith Russo, and the forthcoming CARAVAL by Stephanie Garber. Paul and Sarah talk about the process of acquiring and editing books, the challenges of marketing to teenage boys, and what makes a good author-editor relationship.

Ronnie Ray and Gisla Stringer discuss: Performing for her Family, Her Audition Process, Acting in LA vs Chicago, Moving to Los Angeles from Chicago, Acting with her Daughter in The Piano Lesson, Playing a Butch Lesbian in the movie If I Was Your Girl, No Limitation Acting and Playing a Transgender Male and much more.