S1 E10: Festival Artists on Working Intersectionally to Speak Out, Create Change, Dance Blind & Heal

6 gorgeously interesectional artists share honestly (and humorously) about the beauty and challenges of working together to create art that heals our lives and cultureThese artists (together with about 6 more who couldn't join us!) helped make the #HealMeToo Festival's Self/Worth Variety Show a moving, sumptuous and transformative event: Raquel Almazan, Maybe Burke, Yvette Heyliger, Micaela Mamede & Krishna Christine Washburn.Reviewing the list of keywords for this episode tells the whole story:Intersectional, Immigrant, Undocumented, Racial Justice, Race, Disability, Blindness, Gender, Transgender, GNC, Nonbinary, Whiteness, Privilege, Sex Work, Stripper Shoes, Healing, MeToo, Cancel Culture, Feminist, Sexual Violence, Workplace Harassment, Coercion, Assault, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Vulnerability, Rage, Mental Health, Trauma, Victim, Survivor, Honesty, Healing, Creating, Creativity, Dance, Performing Arts, Storytelling, Spoken Word, Culture. Interested to learn more about Intersectionality? Read a recent VOX interview of Kimberle Crenshaw, who coined the term in the late ‘80s, building on the work of other leaders for racial justice, including bell hooks.The #HealMeToo Podcast is hosted by Hope Singsen--the artist, creativity researcher and survivor-activist who founded the #HealMeToo Festival in NYC this Spring. You can watch excerpted work from the Festival on the episode details page. That's where you'll also find our guests' full bios and photos, and while there, can link to other #HealMeToo Festival performance videos, and sign up on our email list to hear about future pop-up #HealMeToo Festival events.Subscribe now. Let's talk about how we can #HealMeToo.Find the #HealMeToo Podcast on Apple Podcasts at bit.ly/hm2pod. Or visit healmetoopodcast.com to find links to other platforms.The recording facilities and engineer for this episode were provided through the generous support of Fr. James Hauver, Pastor of St. Columba Church, and Fr. Walter Niebrzydowski of The Fr. Walter Outreach, inc., a nonprofit organization working to repair the effects of sexual violence and gender oppression. You can learn more about their mission to promote the true, the good, and the beautiful through spirituality, media, and technology at fatherwaltersparish.org.Recorded & Engineered by Corey KaupEdited by Hope SingsenMusic performed by Micah Burgess:If I Can by Hope Singsen & Dillon KondorRockabye by Hope Singsen, Dillon Kondor & Micah BurgessGorgeous Fire by Hope Singsen & Dillon KondorSupport the show