Diversity Issues Podcast

This is a special episode in commemoration of Juneteenth. The Emancipation Proclamation came into effect for persons enslaved in the Confederate states on January 1 1863, and was enforced throughout the south in April of 1865. Texas being isolated did not receive word until Union troops arrived in Galveston in June. On June 19th 1865, Union General Gordon Granger announced the emancipation order for slaves being held in Texas. Juneteeth also know as Freedom day is an American holiday in commemoration.

For this episode, we have selected four graphic novels of telling stories of Black people enslaved in the south. The first two, The Hammer and The Anvil and The Life of Fredrick Douglass tell the story of Fredrick Douglass, on as more of a history and the other in more narrative form. The Hammer and The Anvil also has the story of Abraham Lincoln in parallel to that of Douglass. The third book, The Brave Escape of Ellen and William Craft, is a account for young readers of Ellen and William's escape to freedom. The final book, a work of fiction, is the graphic adaptation of award winning science fiction author Octavia E. Butler's book Kindred. Kindred is a book about a woman from 1976 being pulled back in time to the time of slavery due to a connection with one of her ancestors.

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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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In this Episode, we talk about Alters from Aftershock comics. Alters is about a young trans woman named Charlie. In the first volume, she is comic to accept her true self and has superpowers which manifest. She finds herself dealing with both transitions. In the second volume she is a more established hero dealing with coming out, and learning to connect with a poor black mother who is developing powers of her own. In this episode, we talk about various issues from trans representation to the fact that the author is a cis man writing the story of a trans woman.

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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This week we are diving into Horror comics. We talk about three comics that showcase diverse characters and/or themes. We talk about MCMLXXV and Infidel from Image Comics as well as Abbot from BOOM! They are fantastic reads and made for some great discussion!

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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We are huge Star Trek fans, so we had to do a Star Trek episode at some point. We talk about the comic anthology Waypoint which has stories from the first five Star Trek Series. For this episode, we are joined by our friends Derek and Josh who are two of the stars of The People vs Star Trek Voyager podcast from Shadeaux Public Radio.

Here are places you can find out more about their podcast:

https://www.shadeauxpublicradio.com/pvstv/

Twitter: @PvSTVpodcast

Back in March, we were on their podcast as guests. That episode can be found here:

https://www.shadeauxpublicradio.com/pvstv/2019/3/16/case-36-remember

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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Jeremy Whitley has written for major publishing houses Marvel, Dynamite and IDW. We got to sit down with him at NC Comiccon Raleigh Oak City to talk about his current series Unstoppable Wasp and Rainbow Brite and his creator owned series, Princeless, which is published by Action Labs.

http://jeremywhitley.com/

https://twitter.com/jrome58

http://princelesscomic.tumblr.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/)

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Matt Connor is a Psychiatrist, an organizer for NC Comicon and huge comic book fan. He consulted on The Unstoppable Wasp about the mental health of Nadia. We talked to Matt ahead of our next episode will be an interview with Jeremy Whitley, writer of The Unstoppable Wasp recorded Live from NC Comicon Raleigh (Oak City Comicon).

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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This episode is named for the hashtag started by Laverne Cox. In this episode, we review some comics featuring trans characters and trans creators. We have two that we included for their educational content and for the experiences of trans people that are presented. The other two are created for entertainment but feature trans characters prominently and are good examples of trans representation.

Laverne Cox speaking about #TransIsBeautiful

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/news/a46179/laverne-cox-interview-trans-is-beautiful-nyfw/

https://www.colorlines.com/articles/laverne-cox-genesis-her-transisbeautiful-movement

Trans Charities:

https://southernequality.org/resources/transinthesouth/

https://marshap.org/

https://www.twocc.us/

https://www.lambdalegal.org/

https://transgenderlawcenter.org/legalinfo

Trans and gender non-conforming folk to follow on social media

Twitter

• Devin Michael Lowe
• Kat Blaque (You Tube)
• Raquel Willis
• Munroe Bergdorf

Instagram

• ALOK
• DeeTrannyBear
• Munroe Bergdorfs

Facebook

• Trans Women of Color Collective
• Assigned Male Comics

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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For this episode, we talk about Man-Eaters by Chelsea Cain. Man-Eaters presents a world where young women turn in to large vicious cats during their periods. It provides great commentary on the problems with how we think and talk about young women and their bodies in our society.

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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We're back with part 2 of our romance episode. In this episode, we continue our romance conversation. Romance can come in lots of different forms. Some of the relationships we discuss are same sex, interracial, age gap, and non-monogamous relationships. If you haven't heard part 1, we recommend you listen to it first.

Comic Links:

Letters for Lucardo

Open Earth

Strangelore

The Young Protectors

We Have to Go Back

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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This is our first episode under a new format we're trying where we talk about multiple comics under a topic rather than a single comic. In this episode, we talk romance! Romance can come in lots of different forms. Some of the relationships we discuss are same sex, interracial, age gap, and non-monogamous relationships. This one ended up running long so we made it two episodes. Look for part 2 in two weeks!

Comic Links:

Letters for Lucardo

Open Earth

Strangelore

The Young Protectors

We Have to Go Back

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]