Kaya Kurz on Garment Making, Chronic Illness, and Being Radicalized By Tumblr

Vicarious

Alex and Karen talk to musician, sewist, arts worker, and all around cool person Kaya Kurz about her life as a multi-faceted artist. Kaya shares her self-described “flukey” journey from music school to her current job working for an arts non-profit, and how her idea to take up sewing as a covid hobby turned into a passion project that has become one of her main forms of artistic expression as well as a tool for both advocacy and community on her Instagram page that chronicles her work. They talk about Kaya’s chronic illness and how that has impacted her creativity, especially in the realm of garment making, and explore many different topics that are connected to the fashion industry, such as fast fashion; anti-fat bias; and the ability or inability to properly express oneself through style.

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Credits:

• Edited by Alex Scott & mixed by Will Chernoff.
• Music and artwork by Alex Scott.

Check out Alex’s solo project @lx.tox | Bandcamp | Spotify

Check out Karen’s band @realearthtones | Bandcamp | Spotify

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Resources:

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat and "You Just Need to Lose Weight" and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

https://www.aubreygordon.net/books

Fearing The Black Body by Sabrina Strings

https://www.sabrinastrings.com/books

Anti-Diet by Christie Harrison

https://christyharrison.com/books

Just Eat It by Laura Thomas PhD

https://www.laurathomasphd.co.uk/just-eat-it/