Diversity Issues Podcast

In this episode, we're kicking of something a little different. Diversity Issues Presents: Social Justice Star Trek. We watched Star Trek Deep Space Nine episodes Past Tense parts 1 and 2. In a transporter accident, crew members find themselves in the far past of 2024! They find themselves in the middle of a very tense time of socio-political upheaval. It's interesting both as sci-fi, and how it relates to current events.

Hosted and Produced by:

Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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CosmoKnights is a sci-fi comic by Hannah Templer about a group of women fighting in gladiatorial style combat for the freedom of princesses being forced to marry against there will in a patriarchical system.

Hosted and Produced by:

Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/

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We're back for Season 3! We kick the season off with a great comic Queen of Bad Dreams by Danny Lore. Queen of Bad Dreams is set in a reality where certain people known as psychics can manifest entities from their dreams into reality. The story follows Inspector Judge Daher, a law enforcement agent as she tracks down a woman who manifested from the dreams of the son of a powerful politician. There are great themes around power dynamics and self discovery.

Hosted and Produced by:

Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/

Facebook: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast

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Twitter: @div_iss_pod

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It's been a fun season! We take a few minutest to talk about the season. We talk about how and why it was different from season 1 and plans for season 3.

Hosted and Produced by:

Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/

Facebook: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast

Instagram: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast

Twitter: @div_iss_pod

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Queer representation is on the rise in popular culture, but are we where we should be in terms of equitable portrayals of LGBT people and queer relationships? We'll talk about queer characterization & expression as well as how pop culture depicts queer relationships.

This is a recording of a panel we submitted to the Dragoncon 2019 Digital Media Track. A special thanks to our moderator and panelists for a great panel!

Moderator:

Ellie Collins @ellie_a_collins

Pannelists:

Carmella Smith @TWA1stLady

CB Lee @cblee_cblee

Michael Williams @mcmanlypants

Robyn McGlotten

Tracy Holt

Edited by Tracy Holt

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/

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"You are of the of the Pantheon. You will be loved. You will be hated. You will be brilliant. Within two years, you will be dead."

The Wicked & The Divine is an epic comic from writer Kieron Gillen and Image comics. What happens when young people are suddenly bestowed with awesome power, but also with a short time to use it? What happens when you throw in an external threat and internal treachery? What are the repercussions of this power? The Wicked & The Divine is a great look at these questions and many more. Join us as we discuss this comic, as well as the great representation that has been woven in.

Hosted and Produced by:

Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/

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LaGuardia is a comic miniseries from award winning Science Fiction writer Nnedi Okorafor and illustrated by award winning artist Tana Ford. In LaGuardia we are presented a story about immigration and closed borders and people helping extra-terrestrials who have been able to reside in Nigeria immigrate to the United States where the borders are closed to them. This is a story of struggle and of protest.

Hosted and Produced by:

Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/

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In this episode, we have three comics about magical girls. We discuss Kim Reaper from Oni Press, Jonsey from Boom Box! and Agents of the Realm a webcomic that has also been self published in print. These are each comics that center around girls and young women with fantastic powers. They are fun reads with great representation of various groups. We had fun reading them and talking about them.

Hosted and Produced by:

Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/

Facebook: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast

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In this episode we talk about comics that can help you on your ally journey. We focus on three varieties, educational, historical, and fun. We talk about what to look for and how to find them.

Hosted and Produced by:

Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/

Facebook: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast

Instagram: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast

Twitter: @div_iss_pod

Email: [email protected]

Recorded live at Heroescon 2019 in Charlotte NC, we interview two of the creators of Bitter Root from Image Comics. Chuck brown is one of the writers and Sanford Greene is the artist. Bitter Root is a comic dealing with Sangerye family as the defend the against monsters known as Jinoo with the back drop of the Harlem Renaissance. They give us insight into the creation of Bitter Root, and why they decided to include certain themes and narratives.

Find stuff about them here:

https://bitterroot.bigcartel.com/

Chuck:

https://twitter.com/Cbrown803

Sanford:

https://www.instagram.com/sanfordgreene/

https://twitter.com/sanfordgreene

https://codegreene.blogspot.com/

Hosted and Produced by:

Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt

Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/

Facebook: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast

Instagram: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast

Twitter: @div_iss_pod

Email: [email protected]