Adamant Eve

In this episode, Wen Chan, Luis Cifuentes, and Michelle Deng sit down with Stephanie Booth, who has a masters degree in public health specializing in epidemiology, to discuss COVID-19. They discuss myths about the virus, what it means to racialize disease, and the implications coronavirus has on our systems.

In this episode, we wanted to commemorate the importance of Indigenous activists and the incredible work that they do. First we hear from Dr Dawn Lavell-Harvard about the connection between Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Children, and Two Spirit and the resource extraction industry. Afterwards, we hear from Randi Monkman about what drives their activism and support for Wet'suwet'en land defence. Hosting by Wen Chan, Autumn Moronchuk and Andy Silva. Editing and show production by Rose-Eva Forgues-Jenkins.

You can check out the Unist'ot'en 2020 Legal Fund here: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/unistoten2020legalfund
And the activist's guide to supporting at this link: http://unistoten.camp/supportertoolkit2020/?fbclid=IwAR0Z-Aq405z-PAQd5TrkWtr_6EHhpiGdKulBq8HvO46k8dtlnuwEcX_bzJo.

In this episode, Michelle Deng and Rose-Eva Forgues-Jenkins interview Law professor Ubaka Ogbogu about Indigenous Healthcare and law systems in Canada. They cover topics such as Jordan's Principle, and discuss why Indigenous sovereignty is so crucial when it comes to healthcare.

In this episode we talk about some of our the highlights for Adamant Eve in 2019, and share clips from our favourite episodes of the year

In this episode Justin Ducharme tells us about his film Positions as well as the poetry anthology that his co-edited poetry anthology Hustling Verse. 

The Vancouver Short Film Festival describes the film Positions as "the story of a queer, Indigenous, male sex worker in Vancouver". Watch the trailer here: https://www.cfmdc.org/film/4717

Hustling Verse is co-edited by Justin Ducharme and Amber Dawn. "In this trailblazing anthology, more than fifty self-identified sex workers from all walks of the industry (survival and trade, past and present) explore their lived experience through the expressive nuance and beauty of poetry". You can purchase the anthology here: https://www.amazon.ca/Hustling-Verse-Anthology-Workers-Poetry/dp/1551527812

In this episode, Michelle Deng and Wen Chan continue their exploration of the representation of Asian women in media. For this episode, they are joined by Carol Jacob to talk about the differences between East Asian and West Asian representation, and how this impacts their lives.