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Tonya speaks Active Activism with Clark County Poet Laureate  Emeritus Vogue Robinson.

Vogue M. Robinson – poet, author, mentor, and teaching artist – has an appreciation for human beings who put truth and heart into words. She served as poet laureate of Clark County, Nevada and is the first Black woman to receive the Silver Pen award from the Nevada Writers' Hall of Fame. Her first poetry collection, Vogue 3:16 is available in both print and audiobook format. Robinson serves as a teaching artist within classrooms, community centers, nonprofits, retirement communities, and of course, inside your computer. Vogue resides in Las Vegas, NV, with her family. You’re invited to visit her website www.vogue316.com for books and visual art.

Support Vogue's work:

https://vogue316.com
https://leftofcenterart.org/
https://poetrypromise.org/
https://linktr.ee/vogue316
https://lasvegas.citycast.fm/

Vogue's 52 Love Podcast appearance: https://youtu.be/kl8nayht8R8

Tonya's Twitter and Instagram: @Tonya Todd
Tonya's website: www.mstonyatodd.com

In this episode, Jess speaks with Jane Austen mega fan, writer and college professor Tony Farina about Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. Tony explains the intricacies and brilliance of the characters and the underlying social commentary in this book, and in the process convinces Austen-skeptic Jess to give it another try. Tony also talks about growing up with ADHD, finding his way through divorce and writing his YA novel Welcome to Mansfield. 

Find Tony on Instagram @a.r.farina 

Visit Tony’s website and sign up to receive Tony’s newsletter: www.arfarina.com 

Pre-order Tony’s novel Welcome to Mansfield https://4horsemenpublications.com/product/welcome-to-mansfield-the-austen-chronicles-book-1/

Find host Jess on Instagram @jess_bdavies

Welcome to Femme on Film where host Ria Carrogan and a guest chat about films made for women, about women, by women… just awesome lady (and those who identify as awesome lady folk) content that has often been unfairly maligned, misunderstood by critics, and are often way ahead of their time and need a revisit.

This is a place to discuss all of this, and more!

This episode was the first ever Femme on Film episode. It was first published on Comics in Motion on 24 October 2021.

In this episode, Ria and Tony Farina discuss 2001’s Josie and the Pussycats, whether the critical mauling it received was deserved and just how ahead of its time it was. There’s swearing, feminist rants, Ria’s shockingly loud laugh and a short visit to the Rosario Dawson Appreciation Society.

If you would like to come and chat about a film for Femme on Film, drop Ria a message via [email protected].

You can check out Ria and Tony’s chat about the Josie and the Pussycats comics over at Indie Comics Spotlight: https://plinkhq.com/i/1350425403/e/1000539245718

Follow Ria on Instagram @riacarrogan and get in touch if there’s a film you would like to talk about!

You can connect with Tony at https://www.arfarina.com/

Intro and outro music: Say You Will by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

It's time for Ria's Questions! This episode the Collective discusses smells. Smelly (in a good way) soap, weird smells they like, and just smell in general. Listen and come join in the conversation.

Thank you to Tony Farina for the amazing Ria's Questions intro music.

https://www.riasquestions.com/

Ria leads a discussion with Alyson, Tonya and special guest Michelle Yang about the women of HBO's The Last of Us. They discuss the naunced female characters, all who have their own agency and point of view and how this enhances the overall story.

Michelle is a writer and mental health advocate and you can follow Michelle's amazing work at michelleyangwriter.com or via Instagram: @michelleyangwriter

Alyson and Ellen Birkett Morris (Author of Lost Girls, Abide and Surrender) discuss a scene from the White Rock episode of Pamela Adlon’s show, Better Things (Season 2, Episode 9, see a trailer here). Pamela plays Sam, a single mother of three girls. In this episode she takes them to Canada for a magical visit with her aunt and uncle. During the visit secrets are revealed and the youngest daughter, Duke, sees a ghost the locals call, "The Sad Lady.” In the scene we discuss, Duke acknowledges and says good-bye to the ghost. This is a scene Ellen has watched, considered and written about. You can read her Newsweek essay here. At first Ellen wasn’t sure why this episode affected her so deeply but after repeated viewings and reflection she was able to understand it and appreciate it in a new way.

It’s a beautiful scene and conversation, join us.

And she also wrote about it for Newsweek, here.

Ellen’s Instagram: @ellenbirkettmorris

Ellen’s website: www.ellenbirkettmorris.ink

Alyson’s Twitter and Instagram: @byalysonshelton 

Alyson’s Website: www.alysonshelton.com

Ada, Ria, Tony Farina and Amy Bobeda gather in the Dickinsons front room to discuss the final season of AppleTV's Dickinson. They discuss Emily's place amongst war poets, how women have to adapt to survive and thrive and the atrocities of the American Civil War. And poetry, of course.

Find out more about Riot by Walter Dean Myers https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/6450024

Find out more about Tony and when his book will be published: https://www.arfarina.com/

Find More of Amy's Work at amyglenbobeda.com

Follow Ada at www.aamccartney.com and @aa_mccartney on Instagram.

Find Ria @riacarrogan on Instagram.

Tonya speaks Active Activism with Marta Kauffman

Marta Kauffman is an American television writer and producer. She is best known as the co-creator of the NBC sitcom Friends. She also produced Veronica's Closet and Jesse. From 2005 to 2006 she was an executive producer on Related. She co-created the HBO series Dream On and the Netflix series Grace and Frankie. She heads a production company called Okay Goodnight.

Tonya's Twitter and Instagram: @Tonya Todd - Tonya's website: www.mstonyatodd.com

Emily's Website: https://emilystoddard.com 

Order Divination With a Human Heart Attached: https://emilystoddard.com/poetry-book 

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/emilystoddard 

The Poetry Bulliten: https://www.poetrybulletin.com 

The Collective discuss butts. Bums. Bottoms. Arses. Asses. BUTTS. And the best bit of them. And remember - consensual butt touching is sexy. Non-consensual butt touching is not and it is sexual assault. Don't be a butt-head.

Read more Ria's Questions at riasquestions.com