The MATRIARCHITECTS Podcast
1) Carmen Maria Machado—Writing In The Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado is the author of Her Body and Other Parties, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize. Her new acclaime...Show More
2) adrienne maree brown—Pleasure Activism
adrienne maree brown is the author of Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds and Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good. She is a writer, social justice facilitator, pleasure acti...Show More
3) Sonya Passi—FreeFrom Violence, Freedom to Thrive
Sonya Passi is the founder and CEO of FreeFrom, a national organization on a mission to create pathways to financial security and long-term safety for survivors of gender-based violence. Sonya has bee...Show More
4) Julie Schwietert Collazo—Immigrant Families Together
Julie Schwietert Collazo is the co-founder and director of Immigrant Families Together (IFT). Immigrant Families Together is a grassroots collective founded in response to the zero tolerance immigrati...Show More
5) Amy Irvin—Abortion Access, Reproductive Justice, & Story Sharing to End Stigma
Amy Irvin is the executive director of the New Orleans Abortion Fund and served as the first intake coordinator. She has worked at abortion clinics in New Orleans and Atlanta and earned her Master of ...Show More
Amy Irvin—Abortion Access, Reproductive Justice, & Story Sharing to End Stigma
47:53 | Jun 21st, 2019
6) Dr. Yaba Blay—Celebrating Professional Black Girl Culture
Dr. Yaba Blay is a New Orleans native, distinguished homegirl, content creator, cultural worker, professor and producer of Professional Black Girl. As a researcher and ethnographer, Dr. Blay uses pers...Show More
7) Nishta J. Mehra—Writing At The Intersection Of Myriad Identities
Nishta J. Mehra is the author of the new book BROWN WHITE BLACK: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion. She is also the proud first-generation daughter of Ind...Show More
8) Adiba Nelson—Why Inclusion and Representation Matters
Adiba Nelson is a writer, author, performer, mom, wife, and occasional rabble-rouser. Adiba spoke about her work to increase inclusivity and representation of children with disabilities to children’s ...Show More
9) Jade Beall—The Healing & Transformational Power of Photography
Jade Beall is a world-renowned photographer whose projects, including The Beautiful Body Project and The Bodies of Mothers, have transformed perceptions of beauty. We talked about perceptions of the b...Show More