Love What You Love

In this conversation, recorded way back in late February, I talk with historical fiction author Diana Giovinazzo about uncovering women's stories; her strongest editor and biggest critic; why there's more to Italy than ancient Rome, the Renaissance, and the Mafia; and so much more. So find out why Diana loves badass historical women - and why you might learn to love them, too.

Find Diana and The Woman in Red:

https://dianagiovinazzo.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49080204-the-woman-in-red https://twitter.com/dianagauthor https://instagram.com/dianagauthor https://www.winewomenwordspodcast.com/

Diana's favorite charities:

Human Services Association (located in Bell Gardens, California) http://www.hsala.org/ We Need Diverse Books https://diversebooks.org/ The Los Angeles Chapter of the Women's National Book Association https://wnba-books.org/los-angeles-chapter/ We the Protesters Inc http://www.wetheprotesters.org/ Fisher House https://fisherhouse.org/

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A rotating list of my favorite nonprofits:

Vote Forward https://votefwd.org

Vote.org https://www.vote.org/

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Pauline Loven is a talented and experienced historical costumer and one of the three women running Crow's Eye Productions, a film company with a popular YouTube channel. We talk about making connections across time and space, history in your own backyard, embracing mistakes, and so much more. So find out why Pauline loves historical costume - and why you might learn to love it, too.

Find Pauline:https://www.youtube.com/CrowsEyeProductions https://twitter.com/periodwardrobe https://www.instagram.com/periodwardrobe https://twitter.com/Crowseyeuk https://www.instagram.com/crowseyeproductions/

To learn more about historical dress and historical research, Pauline recommends:

American Duchess, particularly their books on 18th century dressmaking and beauty: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35000294-the-american-duchess-guide-to-18th-century-dressmaking

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41150317-the-american-duchess-guide-to-18th-century-beauty

Sally Pointer https://www.sallypointer.com

The School of Historical Dress http://theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk

Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 5 http://theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk/?page_id=465

A good place to start learning about de-colonializing historical costume (and history): https://www.instagram.com/latooles/

Pauline's favorite charities:AgeUK https://www.ageuk.org.uk/ Childline UK https://www.childline.org.uk/

A rotating list of my favorite nonprofits:Higher Heights Leadership Fund https://www.higherheightsleadershipfund.org/ Humane Society Silicon Valley https://www.hssv.org/ Openhouse https://www.openhouse-sf.org/ The Nature Conservancy https://www.nature.org/en-us/ World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/

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In this episode I talk with Emitsu Geez, an avid scent collector with a very cool YouTube channel. We talk about choosing fragrances, scent and memory, how long you can keep fragrances (spoiler: longer than you think), and so much more.

Find out why Emitsu loves fragrances - and why you might learn to love them, too.

Find Emitsu:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SimplyPutScents Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplyputscents/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SimplyPutScents/

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A rotating list of my favorite nonprofits:

Higher Heights Leadership Fund https://www.higherheightsleadershipfund.org/ Human Rights Campaign Foundation https://www.hrc.org/hrc-story/hrc-foundation Southern Poverty Law Center https://www.splcenter.org/ The Sierra ClubFoundation https://www.sierraclubfoundation.org/ The Trevor Project https://thetrevorproject.org Town Cats of Morgan Hill https://www.towncats.org/ Vote.org https://www.vote.org

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In this episode I chat with Arthur Woo, a true aficionado of nerd culture (with the collections to prove it). We talk origin stories, when Star Wars isn't Star Wars, diversity in the comic book world, and so much more. So find out why Arthur loves nerd culture - and why you might learn to love it, too.

Chat with Arthur on Twitter https://twitter.com/artwoo

Here are some of Arthur's recommendations for creators you should check out:

Christopher Priest: Longtime industry writer of various titles for Marvel, DC and many others. Various parts of his acclaimed Black Panther run was used and adapted for the Black Panther movie. https://www.amazon.com/Black-Panther-Christopher-Priest-Collection/dp/0785192670

Gail Simone: Prolific writer of various works such as Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey, Batgirl, Deadpool and other independent books https://twitter.com/GailSimone

Greg Rucka: Crime stories and strong writer of lead female characters including Wonder Woman, Queen and Country, Whiteout, and Lois Lane among many others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Rucka

Ed Brubaker: Acclaimed crime and superhero comicbook writer of various works such as Criminal, Sleeper, Icognito, Velvet, Batman, Daredevil and Captain America. His highly regarded Captain America run was the basis and adapted for the Marvel Studios movie Captain America: Winter Soldier. https://imagecomics.com/creators/ed-brubaker

Mark Waid: Over the past 33 years, Mark Waid has written a wider variety of well-known characters than any other American author, from Superman to the Justice League to Spider-Man to Archie and hundreds of others. His award-winning graphic novel with artist Alex Ross, KINGDOM COME, is one of the best-selling comics of all time. http://www.markwaid.com

Epic Marvel Podcast: Podcast and FB group that talks and shares about classic Marvel stories, collected editions, and other nerdy related stuff. http://epicmarvelpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/epicmarvelpodcast

Arthur's favorite nonprofits:

Hero Initiative https://www.heroinitiative.org/ The Hero Initiative creates a financial safety net for comic creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. Since inception, the Hero Initiative has been fortunate enough to benefit creators with more than $1 million worth of much-needed aid.

Sacred Heart Community Service https://sacredheartcs.org

Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) https://aaci.org/

Christian and Missionary Alliance https://www.cmalliance.org/ministries/

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A rotating list of my favorite nonprofits:

Equal Justice Initiative https://eji.org

Higher Heights Leadership Fund https://www.higherheightsleadershipfund.org/

Second Harvest Silicon Valley https://shfb.org

The Nature Conservancy https://nature.org

The Trevor Project https://thetrevorproject.org

Vote.org https://www.vote.org

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In this episode I chat with Emma Lefebvre, whose popular YouTube tutorial channel has gently and patiently encouraged new artists since 2016. We talk art stores as therapy, authenticity, perfection, community, and so much more.

Find out why Emma loves watercolors - and why you might learn to love them, too.

Find Emma: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQxaIHZBGxK9i1nb2UiDWgA Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emjlefebvre Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Emjlefebvre/ Etsy https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/EmJWatercolourStudio

Emma's favorite nonprofits:The 519 provides a safe and accepting place for the Toronto LGBTQ community. "The 519 was an important community centre to my family. My Mom and I used to go there when I was a child and was a good support to my family. I was born downtown in the village (or the gay village as its sometimes referred to). With my father being gay, it was important to my family to be a part of a community that supported everyone from the LGBTQ community." https://www.the519.org/

Sketch is a Toronto arts development initiative focused on young people, homeless and on the margins, ages 16-29 "I was a part of an art show fundraiser whose proceeds went to Sketch. It was an important moment for me because it was my first art show, and supporting youth and the arts means a lot to me." https://www.sketch.ca

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Take action to help Black Americans have the freedom to love what they love. This is an incomplete list; please take the time to do your own research as well.

https://blacklivesmatter.com https://colorofchange.org http://www.wetheprotesters.org https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/ https://eji.org https://www.higherheightsleadershipfund.org/ https://www.naacp.org/naacp-leadership/naacp-foundation/

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In this episode I chat with Colin Bedell, co-founder of Queer Cosmos, official astrologer for Cosmopolitan, and actual ray of human sunshine. We talked relational dynamics, the lure of research, having the courage to step off your path, psychology, dance parties, and so much more.

Find out why Colin loves astrology - and why you might learn to love it, too.

Find Colin online!

https://www.instagram.com/queercosmos/ https://www.queercosmos.com Zodiac Signs: Gemini https://www.amazon.com/Zodiac-Signs-Gemini-Colin-Bedell/dp/1454938935 Queer Cosmos: The Astrology of Queer Identities & Relationships https://www.amazon.com/Queer-Cosmos-Astrology-Identities-Relationships/dp/1627782931

Colin's favorite nonprofits: Support Self-Defense for Sex Workers https://www.gofundme.com/f/evub56 Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society (G.L.I.T.S.) https://www.glitsinc.org/ Trans Activists for Justice and Accountability Coalition (TAJA's Coalition) http://tajascoalition.org/

Take action to help black Americans have the freedom to love what they love. This is an incomplete list; please take the time to do your own research as well.

https://blacklivesmatter.com https://colorofchange.org http://www.wetheprotesters.org https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/ https://eji.org https://www.higherheightsleadershipfund.org/ https://www.naacp.org/naacp-leadership/naacp-foundation/

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In this episode I chat with Stephani Candelaria, a queer third-generation Xicana. She fronts a popular Los Angeles-based cumbia-salsa band, La Mera Candelaria. We talk about community, the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated music scene, opening for Los Tigres del Norte, activism, La Mera's new album, and so much more.

Find out why Stephani loves cumbia - and why you might learn to love it, too.

Clips featured in today's episode:

Dame un Beso https://open.spotify.com/track/5DHk96CdxrCCrXaX9Y0xvI?si=eL7oMxXnRjK1souQ03SsHQ

Si Reina https://open.spotify.com/track/1fMawNslsYZ33CdK1DpJIX?si=-HfhCf6BQsa1fepW3MoPyg

Where to find La Mera Candelaria:

https://lameracandelaria.com https://open.spotify.com/artist/78B222PvMskJuGFOeFD0fv https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/la-mera-candelaria/1352059262 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyHkv3v_1ydyuZVxFaCjrDA https://www.instagram.com/la.mera.candelaria/ https://www.facebook.com/LaMeraCandelaria

Stephani's favorite nonprofits: Black Lives Matter The Okra Project

Take action today:

https://blacklivesmatter.com https://colorofchange.org http://www.wetheprotesters.org https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/ https://eji.org https://www.higherheightsleadershipfund.org/ https://www.naacp.org/naacp-leadership/naacp-foundation/

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In this episode I chat with AJ Odasso, a college professor, award-winning poet, and popular and dedicated fanfiction author. We talk about how a pod drama has lifted their spirits as they recover from cancer, how neurodivergence has influenced their writing, fandom as family, art as a lifeline, and so much more.

Find out why AJ absolutely loves fandom and fanfiction - and why you might learn to love them too.

Follow AJ on Twitter https://twitter.com/ajodasso, Tumblr https://irisbleufic.tumblr.com, and AO3 https://archiveofourown.org/users/irisbleufic

Buy AJ's poetry collection, The Sting of It https://tolsunbooks.com/shop/the-sting-of-it-pre-order

Listen to the "Crown of Thorns" pod'rama https://open.spotify.com/show/5NuYSw5PAyflsNAykVmJ91

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In this episode I chat with Monica Eeg, a high school history teacher and Disney fanatic. We talk about her strategies for making the most of a trip to Disneyland, her fear of DisneyWorld, the best Disney food Instagram accounts, walking around the park in white socks, and more.

Find out why Monica absolutely loves Disney, and why you might learn to love it too.

Get to know Monica and share your Disney tips at https://www.instagram.com/moniswim/

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In this episode I chat with Yangsze Choo, a New York Times bestselling author and self-professed foodie. We talk about school lunches and procrastination, the best movies about food, her NPR addiction, and more.

Find out why Yangsze loves food and cooking - and why you might learn to love them even more, too.

Yangsze's website is https://yschoo.com/ and she's on Twitter at https://twitter.com/yangszechoo

Watch the Ghost Bride on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80241234

Yangsze's favorite nonprofits: Direct Relief Doctors Without Borders International Rescue Committee Partners In Health The Snow Leopard Trust

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