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Roxane Gay Reads from Difficult Women and Talks with Saeed Jones

By Roxane Gay — 2017

The author of Bad Feminist, Gay has two new books on the way: the short-story collection Difficult Women and Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body. She reads from Difficult Women, followed by a conversation with BuzzFeed’s Saeed Jones.

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Toni Morrison Interview on Woman.Life.Song with Clarissa Pinkola Estes and Others

A conversation with Jessye Norman, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Toni Morrison, and Judith Weir about Weir’s “woman.life.song,” a collaborative effort to express universal experiences of womanhood.

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Toni Morrison
2019
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Disability and Body Image

Discussing what I think are the 5 biggest challenges that disabled people face in developing a healthy/positive body image and how I tackle them.

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2016
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BIPOC Girls and GNC Youth Tell Their Stories | Our Stories: In Vivid Color | Official Trailer

Our Stories: In Vivid Color is a multimedia initiative to amplify the lived experiences and dreams of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) women, girls and gender non-conforming youth, ages 14–24, across the United States and Puerto Rico.

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2021
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Asian American Women Share Struggles With Beauty Standards

For most women, the pressure to be "beautiful" is difficult, but Asian American women face a unique challenge.

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2019
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Are You “AAPI” or “Asian American”? It’s Complicated. | A People’s History of Asian America

How many A’s in AAPI? Dolly & Adrian hear from South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander voices to explore the pros and cons of disaggregating Asian American as a statistical category.

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2021
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Can Filipinos claim “Pacific Islander”? | Breaking The Tabo | Episode 3 | One Down

Filipino Americans are often wondering - are they classified as Hispanic, Asian, or Pacific Islander!? In this week's episode, we explore the classification of "Pacific Islander" and if Filipinos fit into that definition, while also taking a look into the creation of the term "Asian American."

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2020
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An Indigenous Spoken Word Artist Explores the Word “Indian”

Mitcholos Touchie, or A Mind With Wings, is a Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ/ Nuučaan̓uɫ artist from a small village on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. He joined us for our Spoken Word residency in 2017. While here, he performed one of his pieces that explores the nature of the word “Indian.

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2017
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Cristina Ibarra, Documentary Filmmaker | 2021 MacArthur Fellow

MacArthur Fellow Cristina Ibarra is crafting nuanced narratives about borderland communities, often from the perspective of Chicana and Latina youth.

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2021
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Saeed Jones: Writing Yourself Out of “The Room”

In this clip from Overheard, poet and author Saeed Jones talks about why he wrote his memoir, “How We Fight for Our Lives.”

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Saeed Jones
2019
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Saeed Jones on Growing Up Black and Gay in the South | Xtra

Xtra’s senior editor Eternity Martis spoke to Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight For Our Lives, about writing, self-care, protest and how people of colour and LGBTQ2 folks can fight for their lives in the Trump era.

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Saeed Jones
2020
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