Podcast appearances and mentions of Vivek Shraya

Farah Ghafoor is an award-winning Canadian poet whose debut poetry collection, “Shadow Price,” is about the climate crisis. She sits down with Tom Power to explain the finance term her book is named after, and how she sees the role of the poet during a crisis. She also reads an excerpt from her book called “The Last Poet in the World.” If you're looking for more conversations with writers and poets, check out Tom's chat with Emily Austin on her poetry collection “Gay Girl Prayers,” or guest host Vivek Shraya's chat with Haudenosaunee poet Kenzie Allen on her complex relationship to Pocahontas.

Author and psychotherapist Farzana Doctor shares the books that helped shape her as a person and as a writer; Danzy Senna opens up about her novel and GMA Book Club pick Colored Television; Nashlyn Lloyd on taking inspiration from The Creative Act by Rick Rubin; how not to be a bad husband with Ravi Singh; and the one book Jean Mills loves to re-read on this episode of The Next Chapter.Books discussed on this week's show include:Aurat Durbar: Writings by Women of South Asian Origin edited by Fauzia RafiqueGod Loves Hair by Vivek ShrayaMullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras by Jonah BlankThe Marrow Thieves by Cherie DimalineInfinite Audition by Charlie PetchThe Creative Act by Rick RubenThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherAutopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renee LavoieThree by DA MishaniSee Now Then by Jamaica Kinkaid

This isn't just any episode of Queerly Recommended. This is the hundredth episode! To celebrate, Kris and Tara look back over the last four years and pick out the top five recommendations they each made since this whole bag of cats (black and orange) started. Of course, despite the strict format, they add some honourable mentions because limitations are for cowards. Official Recommendations Kris's top five recommendations  Dickinson (Apple TV) The Old Guard (Netflix) A League of Their Own (Amazon Prime Video) Heartstopper (Netflix) The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Honourable mention: Summerland (2020) Tara's top five recommendations Hoosier Daddy by Ann McMan and Salem West The Headmistress by Milena McKay The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya The Beebo Brinker Omnibus: Ann Bannon's Pulp Classics Truth and Measure/Above All Things by Roslyn Sinclair Honourable mentions: The Queen (1968) and We're Here (HBO). Works/People Discussed Landman (Paramount+) Canada's Drag Race, season 5 (Crave) RuPaul's Drag Race, season 17 (MTV) Dragon Age: Veilguard (Bioware) Balatro (LocalThunk) Support & follow the show Buy us a Ko-fi Sign up for our newsletter on Substack Facebook: @QueerlyRecommended Instagram: @queerlyrecommended Bluesky: @queerlyrec.bsky.social Threads: @queerlyrecommended Get all our links on Linktr.ee

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New BOOKSPO, and this time we're talking about THE ELEVATOR, by Priya Ramsingh, a book about modern love that read like a breeze, but also tackles important questions about race, trauma, toxic relationships, eating disorders and life in the city. It's the story of Aria and Rob, who are familiar to each other from encounters in their building's elevator, and about what transpires between them when these nearly-strangers match on a dating app. Will they? Won't they? The course of love never did run smooth! But along the way, we meet a wider cast of characters who comprise Rob and Aria's community, including the wonderful Mila, a character whose creation was informed by Ramsingh's reading of Vivek Shraya's memoir, I'M AFRAID OF MEN. Pickle Me This is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Priya tells me about how her diverse and multicultural cast of characters was not by design, per se, but instead a reflection of the Toronto she lives in and wants to celebrate in the novel. And one of favourites (and those of many readers too!) is the character of Mila, Aria's neighbour and friend, whose own story—growing up against the backdrop of her Filipino mother's nail salon where she was supported and encouraged in subtle and interesting ways as she came into her identity as a trans woman—is just as captivating as those of the main characters. And while details of Mila's life were indeed inspired by the memoir I'M AFRAID OF MEN (which Ramsingh notes she'd read before, and perhaps had lingered in her subsconscious) the character herself appeared to Ramsingh almost fully formed, which was the most wonderful creative gift. Aria Ramdeen is learning to love herself—and her favourite foods—again. No guilt, no toxic boyfriend. Full of newfound confidence, she subscribes to LoveinTO, a Toronto-based dating website, where she's matched with a crush she's had for years: the attractive light-haired man who lives in her building. Aria messages him on the app, but there's no response, leaving her quite embarrassed.Rob Anderson, who's recently divorced, secretly admires Aria. He just lacks the confidence to approach her. And since he's let his LoveinTO sub­scription lapse, he doesn't see Aria's message. Suddenly, Aria seems guard­ed when they run into one another, and the pair endure months of long, awkward silences together in the elevator. Until one day, Rob decides to give the app another chance and subscribes again.A fresh and entertaining modern story of two people from different back­grounds who find each other despite the pitfalls of dating technology, opin­ions from friends and family, and their own personal trauma. The Elevator will leave readers feeling hopeful about love, food and life in a big city.Priya Ramsingh is a writer and photographer. Her debut novel, Brown Girl in the Room, was published by Tightrope Books (2017). Her short story, Pies for Lunch, was shortlisted for best short fiction in 2021 by The Caribbean Writer. She is a former reporter and diversity columnist for Metroland Media, and she continues to write op-eds for the Toronto Star. In her spare time, Priya is a wildlife photographer and naturalist. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Ramsingh now lives in Toronto. For more about Priya, please visit her website – https://priyaramsingh.ca/ Get full access to Pickle Me This at kerryreads.substack.com/subscribe

Amber-Sekowan Daniels is the creator of the new Crave series “Don't Even,” which follows two best friends in late ‘90s Winnipeg as they face uncertain futures after high school. Amber joins guest host Vivek Shraya to reminisce about the ‘90s, talk about what inspired the show, and what advice she'd give her younger self.

You may know Priyanka as the winner of “Canada's Drag Race” Season 1 or, if you grew up in Canada, you may remember her as kids show host Mark Suki on YTV's “The Zone.” Priyanka has just released her debut full-length album, “Devastatia,” which she calls a love letter to anyone who feels like they don't fit in. She sits down with guest host Vivek Shraya to talk about the record and learning to believe in herself.

A woman who's been wrongly accused of murder — and is sentenced to be executed — curses the town that did it to her. This is the story told in the play “Snow in Midsummer,” directed by Nina Lee Aquino. Nina joins guest host Vivek Shraya to tell us why she was drawn to this 13th century play and why it still resonates today.

The Canadian band Wild Rivers has just released their third album, “Never Better.” Vocalist Devan Glover joins guest host Vivek Shraya to tell us how turning 30 freed her from trying to be cool and shaped the album. Plus, she sets up a song from the record.

The Haudenosaunee poet Kenzie Allen has a complex relationship to stereotypical Indigenous figures like Tiger Lily and Pocahontas. But in her debut book of poetry, “Cloud Missives,” she doesn't completely reject these figures outright. Kenzie joins guest host Vivek Shraya to talk about the collection, which is set to come out later this month. She also reads a poem for us, titled “In Which I Become (Tiger Lily).”

This episode we're discussing the format of Non-Fiction Graphic Novels & Comics! We talk about what we even mean when we say “non-fiction,” comics vs. graphic novels, art vs. writing, memoirs vs. other stuff, and more. Plus: It's been over 365 days since our last gorilla attack! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Join our Discord Server! Things We Read (or tried to…) Moi aussi je voulais l'emporter by Julie Delporte This Woman's Work by Julie Delporte, translated by Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen Sông by Hài-Anh and Pauline Guitton Kimiko Does Cancer by Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza Why I Adopted by Husband by Yuta Yagi The Art and Life of Hilma af Klint by Ylva Hillström, translated by Karin Eklund Go to Sleep (I Miss You): Cartoons from the Fog of New Parenthood by Lucy Knisley Nuking Alaska: Notes of an Atomic Fugitive by Peter Dunlap-Shohl My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders by Monzusu, translated by Ben Trethewey The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone by Joseph Tychonievich and Liz Kozik Other Media We Mentioned Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Fun Home (musical) (Wikipedia) Maus by Art Spiegelman Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, translated by Mattias Ripa Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel Displacement by Lucy Knisley Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned and Judd Winick Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer by Sylvie Rancourt, translated by Helge Dascher Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley The Mental Load by Emma The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel What Is Obscenity?: The Story of a Good for Nothing Artist and Her Pussy by Rokudenashiko Homestar Runner Button Pusher by Tyler Page Last of the Sandwalkers by Jay Hosler Clan Apis by Jay Hosler Ping-pong by Zviane Dumb: Living Without a Voice by Georgia Webber When David Lost His Voice by Judith Vanistendael Blankets by Craig Thompson Smile by Raina Telegmeier Dog Man by Dav Pilkey Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide by Kate Charlesworth Links, Articles, and Things Harvey Pekar (Wikipedia) Joe Sacco (Wikipedia) Japanese adult adoption (Wikipedia) In the name of the queer: Sailor Moon's LGBTQ legacy The Spectre of Orientalism in Craig Thompson's Habibi Cultural Appropriation in Craig Thompson's Graphic Novel Habibi 35 Non-fiction Graphic Novels by BIPOC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. This Place: 150 Years Retold Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei with Elettra Stamboulis & Gianluca Costantini Nat Turner by Kyle Baker The Talk by Darrin Bell The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui I'm a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De la Cruz Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America by Joel Christian Gill and Ibram X. Kendi Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Man, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito: a Graphic Memoir by Shing Yin Khor Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada, and Ko Hyung-Ju In Limbo by Deb J.J. Lee This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer Steady Rollin': Preacher Kid, Black Punk and Pedaling Papa by Fred Noland Citizen 13660 by Mine Okubo Your Black Friend and Other Strangers by Ben Passmore Kwändǖr by Cole Pauls Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey by Edel Rodriguez Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine by Mohammad Sabaaneh A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi Grandmothers, Our Grandmothers: Remembering the "Comfort Women" of World War II by Han Seong-Won Death Threat by Vivek Shraya and Ness Lee Palimpsest: Documents From A Korean Adoption by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank "Big Black" Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Dawud Anyabwile, and Derrick Barnes The High Desert by James Spooner They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker Feelings by Manjit Thapp The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Ronald Wimberly and Braham Revel Bonus list: 21 Non-Fiction Manga Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Join our Discord Server! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email!

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they are afraid of men (credit to Vivek Shraya), unpack the question of "camp", revisit a past beloved film, and consider the positives and negatives of straight-to-streaming cinema. Read on "The Many Layers of May December" on Vox.This week's movies are: The Royal Hotel (2023), May December (2023), Garden State (2004), Eileen (2023), and Leave The World Behind (2023).Follow along onInstagram: @baddad.raddadLetterboxd: kylieburton Letterboxd: ElliottKuss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vivek Shraya's coming-of-age play and book “How to Fail as a Popstar” has been turned into a new series for CBC Gem. Vivek talks to Tom about adapting her autobiographical play for the screen, the power of failure, and how she still hopes this show will make her famous.

The Grimmer is a new YA novel with a modern twist on gothic fiction, Vivek Shraya answers The Next Chapter's version of the Proust questionnaire, sibling rivalry is at the center of Michael Crummey's latest fiction, and more.

Vivek Shraya wants to talk about failure. She has a new TV series on CBC called “How to Fail as a Popstar”. Vivek says that failure is what keeps her up at night. Why didn't she become the next Madonna? Did people think she was too brown? Too queer? Or maybe she was too held down by people's expectations? Vivek embraces the failure, and argues we need to stop focusing on resilience and allow for disappointment. Meanwhile, Vivek is an associate professor, a filmmaker, the author of several books, a musician, and a huge success. She's also written, produced and starred in this new series. Vivek talks to us about what it's like to cast herself, starting out as a nerdy little brown boy singing at the West Edmonton Mall, to the transgendered woman she is now with a big story to tell. You can watch the video of the recording here on YouTube. A transcription of the show is available here. We love writing and would love for you to read what we write. Sign Up for our Substack Newsletter. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Wendy and Maureen at womenofir@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robyn Stewart, of Women in Media Podcast Episode #51, nominated this week's guest for a future episode as someone she admired in the music industry. While we tried to connect this summer, our schedules didn't align until this fall and I was excited to learn that she was sitting on an exciting announcement!! She is the creator and writer of the new CBC Gem Original Series How to Fail as a Popstar, a Canadian Screen Award winner, and a Polaris Music Prize nominee. Her best-selling book I'm Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel,” which we'll discuss in this interview, and she is the founder of the award-winning publishing imprint VS. Books, which supports emerging BIPOC writers. Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, TV, film, and fashion. Vivek has been a brand ambassador for MAC Cosmetics and Pantene, and she is a director on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. Read More about Vivek Shraya: https://vivekshraya.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With her new web series How to Fail As a Popstar premiering on CBC Gem this Friday, October 13th, multimedia polymath Vivek Shraya is here to discuss the movie that had a profound impact on her younger self: The Bodyguard, Mick Jackson's 1992 thriller-slash-romance starring Whitney Houston as a megastar who hires Kevin Costner as her protection -- only for them to realize their relationship is much more than just professional. Your genial host Norm Wilner always wondered about that rule.

In this episode, Linda first celebrates with her co-producer, Marco Timpano, that the podcast has been named a Finalist for the People's Choice Podcast Awards. Then she chats about the new Barbie movie around which there has been so much hype. She differentiates between change and transformation in relation to gender, and then applies this to the wonderful literary work of Vivek Shraya, including People Change. If you haven't seen her How to Fail as a Popstar, join the club: Linda wasn't able to get tickets, but she was able to hear her speak about this work at the Vancouver Literary Festival and read it in book form. Linda also makes reference to her song, Showing Up - have a listen here (at the 4.17 mark).In the Takeaway, she connects Shani Mootoo's Cerebus Blooms at Night and Moving Foreward Sideways Like a Crab to the notion of transformation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jackie Khalilieh was diagnosed with autism as an adult, which — among other things — led her to look back at her teen years with a new perspective. Now, she's written a YA novel, “Something More,” which is a teen romance about a protagonist who also happens to be on the spectrum. Jackie tells guest host Vivek Shraya about how her own experience inspired the story. Plus, Devon Portielje of Half Moon Run tells the story behind the band's new song, “9beat,” from their new album, “Salt.”

On this week's episode, Sylvie and Chris return to the archive of moving images that is the NFB for an out and proud double bill of short, queer animation. A bittersweet, neon-soaked eulogy to a dingy gay bar in Edmonton where outcasts could find community, chased down with a stick-figure tribute to a beloved indie pop duo summarizing their career. They have a lot more in common than you would expect as we found out when we broke down their aesthetics, productions, and messages. Plus some Waterloo college bar hopping memories and why queer history in all its forms is important to archive. Films discussed are Vivek Shraya's Reviving the Roost (2019) and Ann Marie Fleming's A Short Film about Teagan & Sara (2018). Both films are available on the NFB website (https://www.nfb.ca/animation/). If you liked what you heard please and wish to support the show, please consider subscribing and leaving a review on your podcatcher of choice. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/CartoonNightPod?s=20 Chris' Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cinemacreep Sylvie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sylvieskeletons Theme song by https://soundcloud.com/hvsyn Logo designed by https://www.rachelsumlin.com/

Paul Seesequasis began collecting archival images of Indigenous peoples after his mother commented on the negativity that so often surrounded this history in Canada. Paul shares with guest host Vivek Shraya how important it was to find the names and stories behind these photos, and how powerful it is to have the images reclaimed from places like museums and other non-Indigenous archival sources.

In 2011, the Canadian artist and writer Ian Kamau had just lost a job and an important relationship, and processing that grief led to a deep artistic journey into his own family history. Ian shares with Q guest host Vivek Shraya how sadness can quietly ripple through generations, and how togetherness in that grief led to his new live show, Loss.

You might've first seen Grace Dove in the 2015 film “The Revenant” alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. Now, she stars in the film “Bones of Crows,” which follows a Cree code talker who's dealing with the effects of intergenerational trauma. Grace tells guest host Vivek Shraya about the importance of this project being Indigenous-led, how the film helped her to heal from her own trauma, and what she hopes audiences take away from the story. Plus, Caroline Rose tells Tom the story behind their new song, “The Doldrums.”

With a writing career spanning more than 50 years, Susan Musgrave is currently one of five shortlisted poets for the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize. She tells Tom how her 19th book of poetry, “Exculpatory Lilies,” helped her grieve the deaths of her husband and daughter. Plus, Vivek Shraya tells the story behind her song “Colonizer,” off her brand new album, “Baby, You're Projecting.”

Vivek Shraya is a constantly churning force for creativity. She's an author, playwright, filmmaker, a professor of English Literature, a poet, an active champion of BIPOC, women- and femme-identifying artists though initiatives she's launched, and she's an absolute joy on social media.  Vivek's new album is Baby, You're Projecting, out now via Mint Records. Her debut label release offers a brilliantly crafted, heart-on-sleeve glimpse into her own personal experiences and perspectives. It traces deeply felt, masterfully created musical stories that ring so true, we can probably all see ourselves in them somewhere; they feel like they have something important to say to all of us.   Vivek's been writing songs since age 13 and crafting albums for a good 20 years now. Always at the core of her art is personal experience, offering a wide range of often very frank, unflinching perspectives. Being an Albertan of South Asian heritage, growing up queer, being trans, making pop music into her 40s - all are experiences which have in some way inspired or informed her creativity over the years.   Some songs on her latest album are responses to societal issues like pervasive toxic masculinity and sexism, ongoing colonial attitudes, and the takedown culture fostered by of our extremely online current moment. Other songs on the record are simply about friends, family, and heartbreak.   While some moments do feel heartbreaking, others are powerfully affirming, even anthemic! She and longtime collaborator/producer James Bunton have hit a whole new level of sophistication in crafting this album, and Vivek is digging deeper than ever. The album is also accompanied by a companion short film that weaves some of these musical stories into a larger, visually spectacular arc.  This is Vivek Shraya | Singing Free and Loud!  Producer: Scott Zielsdorf | Host: Grant Stovel | Graphics: Shaun Friesen | Music: Doug Hoyer 

May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Here at Keep It Fictional we want to take the opportunity to express our thanks for all the opportunities to read books written by authors of Asian descent. Thank you for your great contribution to literature. Books mentioned on this episode: A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin, I Went To See My Father by Shin Kyung-sook, translated by Anton Hur, The Dwellers by Eliza Victoria, and People Change by Vivek Shraya. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

Hi lovelies, Welcome back to 50 PLUS A TIP podcast! This week's episode Riley wants to know all about your uterus as we struggle with the math of getting older. We give our two cents on a Reddit post - AITA for demanding a refund on drinks I bought a stpper? And get ready for more relationship ruining polls - should your partner be liking other peoples s*xy ig pictures and dming them that they're hot? In other exciting news: We FINALLY review Vivek Shraya‘s book (@vivekshraya on Instagram) “I'm Afraid of Men”. Unsurprisingly, we loved it!  And lastly we answer your listener questions: how to make your dorkiness an asset at work; best flexibility apps; safety tips for inside and outside the club.  Don't forget to RATE, REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE to 50 PLUS A TIP Podcast and as always, have a wonderful week and happy wh0re-ing

Summary:   "Turn your back and see how true my aim is." This week we are talking about the incredible movie The Woman King. Also discussed: Andrea Warner's new hair, Vivek Shraya's new album, and revamping the Oscars broadcast.      Show notes:   21 wolf cut hair ideas for 2022, whether you're edgy, chic or glam (Glamour) Gina Prince-Bythewood on the Oscars Shutout of ‘The Woman King': “This Awards Season Was an Eye-Opener” (Hollywood Reporter)     Recommendations: Andrea W.:  Baby You're Projecting by Vivek Shraya (music) Lisa:  Sharper (Apple TV+) Andrea G:  Studio Ghibli Forever! (Retrospective at VIFF Theatre in Vancouver)   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From:  Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture. Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan. Press play and come hang out with your new best friends. Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.  

Poet Rupi Kaur talks about her new writing guide, Healing Through Words, plus her own journey with writing and overcoming writer's block. Artist Vivek Shraya shares more about her autobiographical solo stage show How To Fail As A Pop Star, which is focused on the true story of her life in music. Director Darren Aronofsky talks about the difficulty of casting the lead in his latest film, The Whale, and why Brendan Fraser was perfect for the part. Canada Reads is back for another round! Join us as this year's line-up of all-star books are revealed live alongside their all-star champions.

The children's book Revenge of the Racoons flips the narrative about the much-despised pests. But it's also a story for grown-ups.

On the heels of his debut album, Canadian R&B singer RealestK tells us how he became an overnight sensation, what happened after his song blew up on TikTok and why getting bullied for his music never slowed him down. Authors David A. Robertson and Vivek Shraya talk about running their own imprints to help new writers get their foot in the door of the Canadian publishing industry. British food writer and television cook Nigella Lawson talks about her latest cookbook, Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories, and tells us why guilt has no place in the kitchen.

On the heels of his debut album, Canadian R&B singer RealestK tells us how he became an overnight sensation, what happened after his song blew up on TikTok and why getting bullied for his music never slowed him down. Authors David A. Robertson and Vivek Shraya talk about running their own imprints to help new writers get their foot in the door of the Canadian publishing industry. British food writer and television cook Nigella Lawson talks about her latest cookbook, Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories, and tells us why guilt has no place in the kitchen.

Summary:   "Copper and wool anniversary." We celebrate our seventh anniversary by reviewing all our favourite and least favourite things we've had to watch since we started recording.      Show notes:   Revenge of the Raccoons by Vivek Shraya (book)   Pop This! and Small Stage aim to find best dance movie ever (Daily Hive)   Recommendations:  Lisa:  Pop This! Episode 58: Holiday gift guide 2016 Andrea W:  Pop This! Episode 327 - Is Sort Of the best show on TV?  Andrea G:  Pop This! Episode 259: The Sound of Music   Music credits "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Vivacity" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture. Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan. Press play and come hang out with your new best friends. Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.  

Shaun and Naomi from The Queer Songbook Orchestra are our guests on What's Your Forte this week! They chat to Kathryn and Kirsten about the importance of music in building an uplifting community, as well as the ensemble's history and their new Queer Songbook Youth Orchestra program. They also give advice on charting a career in music and geek out about jazz, My Chemical Romance and their favourite gigs. If you'd like to play with the youth orchestra, check out queersongbook.com/qsyo. Founded by Shaun in 2014, the Queer Songbook Orchestra is a 14-piece chamber pop ensemble dedicated to expressing and uplifting 2SLGBTQ+ narratives, while providing opportunities for mentorship and other supports to queer, trans, questioning and allied youth. A collaborative, community-based project, the Queer Songbook Orchestra have worked with 200+ collaborators, toured extensively throughout Canada and were longlisted for the 2018 Polaris Prize for their collaborative album with Vivek Shraya. Watch it on YouTube, and subscribe for more! Shaun Brodie (he/him) is a classically trained trumpet player with a performance degree from the University of Victoria, and extensive experience as a session and freelance musician. Performing live and in-studio with acts such as Basia Bulat, Broken Social Scene, Father John Misty and many others, Shaun has toured internationally and appeared on a wide spectrum of stages including The Late Show with David Letterman and the Glastonbury Festival. Naomi McCarroll-Butler (she/her/ze/zir) is a saxophonist, clarinetist and instrument maker from Toronto. She is interested in the overtone series, breathwork in the unique somatic journey of trans and gender-non-conforming people, and the creation of aural trance environments. An active collaborator, Naomi plays with many artists including Jeremy Dutcher, and her work as a composer and improviser has been featured by the Canadian Music Centre, Women From Space Festival and the Guelph Jazz Festival. Her piece CHRYSALIS was premiered in July as the Artist in Residence for the 2022 Toronto Jazz Festival.

In Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art (Duke University Press, 2022) Nicole Erin Morse examines how trans feminine artists use selfies and self-representational art to explore transition, selfhood, and relationality. Morse contends that rather than being understood as shallow emblems of a narcissistic age, selfies can produce politically meaningful encounters between creators and viewers. Through close readings of selfies and other digital artworks by trans feminist artists, Morse details a set of formal strategies they call selfie aesthetics: doubling, improvisation, seriality, and nonlinear temporality. Morse traces these strategies in the work of Zackary Drucker, Vivek Shraya, Tourmaline, Alok Vaid-Menon, Zinnia Jones, and Natalie Wynn, showing how these artists present improvisational identities and new modes of performative resistance by conveying the materialities of trans life. Morse shows how the interaction between selfie creators and viewers constructs collective modes of being and belonging in ways that envision trans feminist futures. By demonstrating the aesthetic depth and political potential of selfie creation, distribution, and reception, Morse deepens understandings of gender performativity and trans experience. Daniela Meneses Sala is Peruvian Academic and Journalist. She holds an MSc in Gender (Sexuality) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In October, she is starting a PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge University, funded by the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art (Duke University Press, 2022) Nicole Erin Morse examines how trans feminine artists use selfies and self-representational art to explore transition, selfhood, and relationality. Morse contends that rather than being understood as shallow emblems of a narcissistic age, selfies can produce politically meaningful encounters between creators and viewers. Through close readings of selfies and other digital artworks by trans feminist artists, Morse details a set of formal strategies they call selfie aesthetics: doubling, improvisation, seriality, and nonlinear temporality. Morse traces these strategies in the work of Zackary Drucker, Vivek Shraya, Tourmaline, Alok Vaid-Menon, Zinnia Jones, and Natalie Wynn, showing how these artists present improvisational identities and new modes of performative resistance by conveying the materialities of trans life. Morse shows how the interaction between selfie creators and viewers constructs collective modes of being and belonging in ways that envision trans feminist futures. By demonstrating the aesthetic depth and political potential of selfie creation, distribution, and reception, Morse deepens understandings of gender performativity and trans experience. Daniela Meneses Sala is Peruvian Academic and Journalist. She holds an MSc in Gender (Sexuality) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In October, she is starting a PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge University, funded by the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

In Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art (Duke University Press, 2022) Nicole Erin Morse examines how trans feminine artists use selfies and self-representational art to explore transition, selfhood, and relationality. Morse contends that rather than being understood as shallow emblems of a narcissistic age, selfies can produce politically meaningful encounters between creators and viewers. Through close readings of selfies and other digital artworks by trans feminist artists, Morse details a set of formal strategies they call selfie aesthetics: doubling, improvisation, seriality, and nonlinear temporality. Morse traces these strategies in the work of Zackary Drucker, Vivek Shraya, Tourmaline, Alok Vaid-Menon, Zinnia Jones, and Natalie Wynn, showing how these artists present improvisational identities and new modes of performative resistance by conveying the materialities of trans life. Morse shows how the interaction between selfie creators and viewers constructs collective modes of being and belonging in ways that envision trans feminist futures. By demonstrating the aesthetic depth and political potential of selfie creation, distribution, and reception, Morse deepens understandings of gender performativity and trans experience. Daniela Meneses Sala is Peruvian Academic and Journalist. She holds an MSc in Gender (Sexuality) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In October, she is starting a PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge University, funded by the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

In Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art (Duke University Press, 2022) Nicole Erin Morse examines how trans feminine artists use selfies and self-representational art to explore transition, selfhood, and relationality. Morse contends that rather than being understood as shallow emblems of a narcissistic age, selfies can produce politically meaningful encounters between creators and viewers. Through close readings of selfies and other digital artworks by trans feminist artists, Morse details a set of formal strategies they call selfie aesthetics: doubling, improvisation, seriality, and nonlinear temporality. Morse traces these strategies in the work of Zackary Drucker, Vivek Shraya, Tourmaline, Alok Vaid-Menon, Zinnia Jones, and Natalie Wynn, showing how these artists present improvisational identities and new modes of performative resistance by conveying the materialities of trans life. Morse shows how the interaction between selfie creators and viewers constructs collective modes of being and belonging in ways that envision trans feminist futures. By demonstrating the aesthetic depth and political potential of selfie creation, distribution, and reception, Morse deepens understandings of gender performativity and trans experience. Daniela Meneses Sala is Peruvian Academic and Journalist. She holds an MSc in Gender (Sexuality) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In October, she is starting a PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge University, funded by the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

In Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art (Duke University Press, 2022) Nicole Erin Morse examines how trans feminine artists use selfies and self-representational art to explore transition, selfhood, and relationality. Morse contends that rather than being understood as shallow emblems of a narcissistic age, selfies can produce politically meaningful encounters between creators and viewers. Through close readings of selfies and other digital artworks by trans feminist artists, Morse details a set of formal strategies they call selfie aesthetics: doubling, improvisation, seriality, and nonlinear temporality. Morse traces these strategies in the work of Zackary Drucker, Vivek Shraya, Tourmaline, Alok Vaid-Menon, Zinnia Jones, and Natalie Wynn, showing how these artists present improvisational identities and new modes of performative resistance by conveying the materialities of trans life. Morse shows how the interaction between selfie creators and viewers constructs collective modes of being and belonging in ways that envision trans feminist futures. By demonstrating the aesthetic depth and political potential of selfie creation, distribution, and reception, Morse deepens understandings of gender performativity and trans experience. Daniela Meneses Sala is Peruvian Academic and Journalist. She holds an MSc in Gender (Sexuality) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In October, she is starting a PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge University, funded by the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

In Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art (Duke University Press, 2022) Nicole Erin Morse examines how trans feminine artists use selfies and self-representational art to explore transition, selfhood, and relationality. Morse contends that rather than being understood as shallow emblems of a narcissistic age, selfies can produce politically meaningful encounters between creators and viewers. Through close readings of selfies and other digital artworks by trans feminist artists, Morse details a set of formal strategies they call selfie aesthetics: doubling, improvisation, seriality, and nonlinear temporality. Morse traces these strategies in the work of Zackary Drucker, Vivek Shraya, Tourmaline, Alok Vaid-Menon, Zinnia Jones, and Natalie Wynn, showing how these artists present improvisational identities and new modes of performative resistance by conveying the materialities of trans life. Morse shows how the interaction between selfie creators and viewers constructs collective modes of being and belonging in ways that envision trans feminist futures. By demonstrating the aesthetic depth and political potential of selfie creation, distribution, and reception, Morse deepens understandings of gender performativity and trans experience. Daniela Meneses Sala is Peruvian Academic and Journalist. She holds an MSc in Gender (Sexuality) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In October, she is starting a PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge University, funded by the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

In Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art (Duke University Press, 2022) Nicole Erin Morse examines how trans feminine artists use selfies and self-representational art to explore transition, selfhood, and relationality. Morse contends that rather than being understood as shallow emblems of a narcissistic age, selfies can produce politically meaningful encounters between creators and viewers. Through close readings of selfies and other digital artworks by trans feminist artists, Morse details a set of formal strategies they call selfie aesthetics: doubling, improvisation, seriality, and nonlinear temporality. Morse traces these strategies in the work of Zackary Drucker, Vivek Shraya, Tourmaline, Alok Vaid-Menon, Zinnia Jones, and Natalie Wynn, showing how these artists present improvisational identities and new modes of performative resistance by conveying the materialities of trans life. Morse shows how the interaction between selfie creators and viewers constructs collective modes of being and belonging in ways that envision trans feminist futures. By demonstrating the aesthetic depth and political potential of selfie creation, distribution, and reception, Morse deepens understandings of gender performativity and trans experience. Daniela Meneses Sala is Peruvian Academic and Journalist. She holds an MSc in Gender (Sexuality) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In October, she is starting a PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge University, funded by the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

In Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art (Duke University Press, 2022) Nicole Erin Morse examines how trans feminine artists use selfies and self-representational art to explore transition, selfhood, and relationality. Morse contends that rather than being understood as shallow emblems of a narcissistic age, selfies can produce politically meaningful encounters between creators and viewers. Through close readings of selfies and other digital artworks by trans feminist artists, Morse details a set of formal strategies they call selfie aesthetics: doubling, improvisation, seriality, and nonlinear temporality. Morse traces these strategies in the work of Zackary Drucker, Vivek Shraya, Tourmaline, Alok Vaid-Menon, Zinnia Jones, and Natalie Wynn, showing how these artists present improvisational identities and new modes of performative resistance by conveying the materialities of trans life. Morse shows how the interaction between selfie creators and viewers constructs collective modes of being and belonging in ways that envision trans feminist futures. By demonstrating the aesthetic depth and political potential of selfie creation, distribution, and reception, Morse deepens understandings of gender performativity and trans experience. Daniela Meneses Sala is Peruvian Academic and Journalist. She holds an MSc in Gender (Sexuality) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In October, she is starting a PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge University, funded by the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/technology

In Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art (Duke University Press, 2022) Nicole Erin Morse examines how trans feminine artists use selfies and self-representational art to explore transition, selfhood, and relationality. Morse contends that rather than being understood as shallow emblems of a narcissistic age, selfies can produce politically meaningful encounters between creators and viewers. Through close readings of selfies and other digital artworks by trans feminist artists, Morse details a set of formal strategies they call selfie aesthetics: doubling, improvisation, seriality, and nonlinear temporality. Morse traces these strategies in the work of Zackary Drucker, Vivek Shraya, Tourmaline, Alok Vaid-Menon, Zinnia Jones, and Natalie Wynn, showing how these artists present improvisational identities and new modes of performative resistance by conveying the materialities of trans life. Morse shows how the interaction between selfie creators and viewers constructs collective modes of being and belonging in ways that envision trans feminist futures. By demonstrating the aesthetic depth and political potential of selfie creation, distribution, and reception, Morse deepens understandings of gender performativity and trans experience. Daniela Meneses Sala is Peruvian Academic and Journalist. She holds an MSc in Gender (Sexuality) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In October, she is starting a PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge University, funded by the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/photography

Vivek Shraya on Next Time There's a Pandemic, Susanna Kearsley takes our Proust questionnaire, and Katherena Vermette revisits The Break, and more.

This one goes out to the Canadians!! Harper - the latest entry into the extended Pip Podcast Universe - joins me to discuss Canada's Drag Race, T4T romance, and being a returning bisexual and converted cat person. Harper is also a Pisces so I refrain from any Pisces slander this episode. Follow the pod on instagram Follow Harper on Instagram Harpers pronouns are they/he Season 1 - 2.40 mins Season 2 - 28 mins Tarot - 51 mins Agenda - 56 mins Content and Trigger Warnings: Main segment: racism, body image Agenda: gender feels, coming out, misgendering, being out at work, binding, top surgery References: Canada's Drag Race Season 1 & 2 People Change by Vivek Shraya

The history and activism of communities of colour and navigating the intersection of culture and queerness.Guests:Chevi Rabbit (she/her)Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware (he/him)Vivek Shraya (she/her)

Listen to prolific and acclaimed Author, Playwright, Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Filmmaker and dear long time friend of Elise, Vivek Shraya drop truth bomb after truth bomb about failure in the music industry, and how she discovered that owning her failures and the continued showing up for herself after she failed, was the way through the disappointment.  A must listen for artists, singers and all creative beings or anyone who struggles with the concept of failure. 

I talk with Vivek Shraya about her writing process and her writing, including How to Fail as a Popstar and The Subtweet. The episode transcript is available right here.Photo of Vivek Shraya by Heather Saitz, The podcast theme song is "Tall Girl" by Wares from the album Survival, which you can (and probably should) get via Bandcamp. (This song appears courtesy of Wares and Mint Records.)Our logo was designed by Rojina Farrokhnejad at HandMadeDesign. t4t is recorded and edited on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Parker and Mike delve into two new books this week on Graphic Novel Podcast, Maids by Katie Skelly and Death Threat by Vivek Shraya. Very different books, but both discuss death. Also, Ignatz award winners and Joe Shuster award nominees. Lastly, we are starting a new segment reviewing mini comics. If you have or know anyone that would like us to review their comics, DM us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graphicnovelpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/graphicnovelpodcast/support

In "The Subtweet," author, visual artist, musician, and university professor Vivek Shraya cuts to the heart of ambition, competition, and what it's like for a person of colour in music and art. Nam Kiwanuka talks to her about the experiences that led to writing a commentary on diversity, arts, and social media culture, and also about her mentorship of older writers through VS Books, her publishing imprint, a division of Arsenal Pulp Press.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.