Join Paulina and Jess in this interview with artist and activist Felicia DeRosa. We discuss her family history, her art career, fortune telling, and her activism, as well as the newly premiered documentary about her life by Angelo Thomas, DeRosa: Life, Love, & Art in Transition. At the time of this episode's release, the documentary is available to watch through the film festival circuit, so you'll have to stay tuned to her social media to catch it.

Follow Felicia on Instagram @feliciaderosa, view and purchase her artwork at http://www.derosaart.com/, and support her on Patreon. 

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You can find us on Instagram @romanistanpodcast, and on Facebook under the same name, and on Twitter @romanistanpod

We started a Ko-fi fundraiser to help us expand. Our goal is to release 2 episodes a month, create video content, like an advice column and other treats, and we would also like to register as a nonprofit so we can produce content by other Romani & Sinti creators. We are hoping to cover production costs, like paying for our hosting site, website, editing and producing, and all the rest. We would love it if you could contribute and spread the word. The link, Ko-fi.com/romanistan, is in our bio on Instagram, and will be in the show notes

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You can find Jess on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele, and you can find Jess’ vintage and curiosities shop Evil Eye Edit on Instagram @evileyeedit & Etsy.

You can find Paulina Verminski on Instagram @_paulina_v_ and at https://romaniholistic.com/. Follow Paulina’s store, Romani Holistic, in Corona Del Mar, CA, on Instagram @romaniholistic 

Romanistan is hosted by Jessica Reidy and Paulina Verminski

Conceived of by Paulina Verminski

Edited by Cherub

With Music by Viktor Pachas

And Artwork by Elijah Vardo

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