I’ve admired the work, songwriting, and guitar shredding of musician, writer, and organizer Amy Klein for years. Amy is an incredibly thoughtful, inspiring, and knowledgeable Brooklyn-based artist and and in this episode she shares powerful reflections about building a life and vision as a feminist musician and writer. In this conversation Amy and …

Aurora Lady is a Los Angeles-based artist and visionary who is not only a bad ass feminist illustrator, stylist, glitter make up artist, and fashion designer, but one of my creative guides. She is a constant source of inspiration and someone I can trust to hear me out and give feedback on my wildest ideas and biggest, boldest, scariest, hairiest pl…

Corinna Rosella of Rise Up! Good Witch is a writer, zine maker, anthropologist, herbal magic maker, tarot reader, and the host of the Rise Up! Good Witch podcast who hails from Northern California and is currently based in Joshua Tree. Corinna and I met in Portland, Oregon in 2000, where we moved from rural areas on opposite sides of the country wh…

James Spooner is a visual artist, a parent of two, and a vegan tattoo artist who runs Monocle Tattoo in Los Angeles. James embodies the DIY spirit and has built his life around his punk rock values and is the creator 2003’s Afropunk documentary and is currently work on a graphic novel which is chronicles his experience growing up as a teenaged blac…

Marlee Grace is a dancer, writer, podcaster, creative advisor, and the author of the book How to Not Always Be Working. She also runs Center, an artist residency and creative space in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She will be leading a dance and writing workshop entitled Composition + Practice in the Catskills May 17 to 19, 2019. I first met Marlee in 20…

This episode features musician, artist, and illustrator Tae Won Yu, of the band Kicking Giant. Tae was deeply involved in and influenced by the early Riot Grrrl and do-it-yourself scene in New York, Washington DC, and Olympia, Washington, where he lived for about a decade throughout the 1990s. Tae, and his music, art, and commitment to creating com…

In this episode I catch up with Nicole J. Georges, a writer, illustrator, podcaster, and professor, among many other things. She is the author of the award winning graphic novels Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home and Calling Dr. Laura. She also is a professor at California College for the Arts and is the host of the podcast Sagittarian Matters. …

In this episode my guest is cosmic, femme, punk visionary Taleen Kali. Taleen is a musician, writer, publisher of the independent magazine Dum Dum Zine, and sound healer based in Los Angeles. She’s also the composer of the show’s theme music! We talk about discovering punk through downloading songs from Napster; transitioning to playing punk as a c…

In this episode I catch up with Katy Otto, a drummer, writer, activist, and parent who hails from the Washington DC area and currently lives in Philadelphia. She has played in bands such as Del Cielo, Trophy Wife, and Bald Rapunzel and currently plays in the band Rainbow Crimes. She has also run the independent record label Exotic Fever for 20 year…

This episode features Doctor Lauren Jade Martin, feminist sociologist of reproduction who researches the social impact of assisted reproductive technologies. Her first book, Reproductive Tourism in the United States: Creating Family in the Mother Country, is published by Routledge. Lauren is currently Associate Professor of Sociology and coordinato…

Introducing Riot Woman, a podcast which features creative conversations with artists, academics, and activists who identified with or were influenced by the punk and Riot Grrrl subcultures. Meet author Eleanor Callott Whitney and hear about how Riot Grrrl and punk music changed her life and introduced her to feminism in the 1990s. Hear briefly from…