831 Comadres

Join the Comadres Frenchy and Sam this week for a beautiful conversation with the first-ever artist in residence at Alísal Center for Fine Arts, Le Joe! Our talk lets us into Le Joe's world of intersectionality as he discusses his forthcoming exhibit scheduled for September. We also talk inspiration, que es un Artist in Residence anyways, y de donde vienen todo sus ideas para su arte. Grab your cafecito o cerveza per usual y tune in to another artist talk with your favorite Comadres!

Mutual Aid is described as voluntary exchange of resources and services for mutual Benefit. Simply of Service or S.O.S. does exactly that. The Comadres Frenchy and Sam are joined in studio by Ricky Camarena and Lisa Navarro of S.O.S. to discuss their recent trip to the Tijuana boarder. Along with their comrades from across the tri county area they collected donations and joined forces with San Diego based charity We Stand United to distribute them to asylum seekers at our southern boarder. With a first hand account of what they saw and heard this episode is sure to shed a new light on the fight that our brothers and sisters face at the hands a predatory government on BOTH sides!

Growing up, we all struggle with our identity and wonder if we are taking the right path in life. But imagine discovering your true identity if that of a transgender woman? Our guest this week went through that journey while helping raise her younger brother before she celebrated her 18th birthday. The Comadres Frenchy and Sam welcome Mirella Herrera to the show. She sits with us to talk about her transition, how she learned to be comfortable being her true self and how she learned to become a legendary make-up artist. Ya saben gente, grab your cerveza or cafecito and get ready to catch all this tea!

As with so many cultures, we as Raza often express love thru food. This week's guest takes it to another level. Sewa Yuli, or @mi_xacanito on IG, is a Food justice advocate and co-creator of Teo"Zine"Tli. Their Zine is "a humble ofrenda in honor of our precious seeds." The Comadres Frenchy and Sam check-in with Sewa from occupied Kumeyaay land. A.k.a San Diego, Ca, and get to hear about how a summer in Sonora Mexico 🇲🇽 con sus abuelitos forever changed their perspective on food. Tune in this week con unos frijoles por que hambre van a tener.

Who do you know that can handle working with youth in their community, has a security business, is opening up a tattoo shop, and manages to show up for our gente?? The Comadres Frenchy and Sam welcome the homegirl known as @Hrtlss1 on IG to the show. Checking in from Santa Ana, Southern California, we finally get to talk about the Unity Rally she held back in March for Street Vendors. This homegirl decided to use her platform to bring some light to the tragedies happening to our hard-working gente and hooked up with Brown Issues in the process. It only took 1 person to care for this event to come to life, and it turned out beautifully. Grab your cerveza or cafecito and tune in cause from NorCal all the way down to SoCal, we building bridges of unity ✊🏾

Did you know that in all of the United States, there are only 15 lesbian bars? Even fewer spaces exist in Mexico, so where are all the queer enamoradas to go? Síguenos a Instagram donde dos mujeres poderosas viven su amor a todo dar en su pagina @QueerEnamoradas. Kim Guerra, creator of Brown Badass Y Bonita y Ana Sheila Victorino of Tamarindo Podcast, join the Comadres French y Sam desde CDMX. We had the pleasure of una platica about everything from being a face of Latinx lesbians, baptizando en iglesia siendo gay and photo shoots in Coyoacán. Nothing was off the table with these two amazing mujeres. So grab a beverage and listen til the end cause Kim gives the Comadres a huge exclusive about her book Mariposa!!!!

"Gay" /gā/ : meaning "joyful", "carefree", "bright and showy" The Comadres Frenchy and Sam continue celebrating Pride Month by acknowledging members from the LGBTQ2S+ community that we Stan! From writers to rappers, a hairdresser turned TV personality, a comedian, and even a bruja, some of our favorite people/personalities son gay. Members of LBGTQ2S+ take up space in all areas and aspects of the world, and the Comadres are all the way here for it! Having them show up as their authentic selves nos da mucha felicidad and we wanted to knowledge that. So grab your favorite drink and listen up as we talk about members of the community that make us feel súper gay.

It's Pride Month, and the Comadres Frenchy and Sam give a very Loud and Proud welcome to el Compa Reyes. Better known as Reyes de Oz or @NacoFace on socials, Reyes is an openly gay danzante. Y ya lo sé! A lot of you raised an eyebrow at that. Pero tune in and learn about Dual Spirit peoples. Porque in the ancient cultures, Mexica aka Aztec, dual spirits existed and were regarded within the community! We are dropping some knowledge, and it's us, so you know we had to get the tea also!! Reyes explains what "Jotería" en Mexico is like and how it differs from "Los Gays" in the U.S. 🏳️‍🌈 Agárrate una bebida y listen up.

*Trigger Warning: conversations regarding depression & suicide* Lots of folks know Ernest aka Ness from The Beerded Bean fame. Others are aware that he is co-owner of OldTown Antiques and owner of The Rose Books and Obscurities. But few know the story prior to these successes. The Comadres Frenchy and Sam sit down with the Compa Ness and talk about how his hard-learned life lessons and intuition lead to these business ventures. The story includes a move to Sin City, finding a calling in business, fast cars, high-rise apartments, and beautiful women. We all know how this story goes...or do we?? Grab a cafecito or a cervezita and listen up to some comadreando.

Trigger Warning: conversations regarding eating disorders

Body Positivity is talked about a lot these days. But beyond social media hashtags and buzz words of the moment, what does it really mean to embrace one's own body fully? In this episode, the Comadres, Frenchy & Sam, welcome Karissa to the show. This badass community activist shares how they had to overcome an eating disorder on their journey to embrace their body completely. We talk about unlearning the programming of the mainstream media's standard of beauty and also sex work. Tune in y listen up while Karissa explains how and why they stopped giving a damn about what society thinks, aka "unlearning," and started listening and loving their body instead!