Mixed Messages

In today's episode we share our thoughts and fears during election week, and our reaction to the end of Trump's presidency.
What a week, y'all.
What a week.

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In today's episode we are talking to two amazing activists, who are currently working to fight voter suppression by getting out there and reminding our community that their voices matter.
Marla Louissaint and Paola Hernandez talk to us about Claim Our Space Now, Claim the Vote, and their journey's as artists turned activists.

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For more information on Claim Our Space Now and Claim the Vote, visit https://www.claimourspacenow.org.

In today's episode we talk all about the ways in which the cornerstone of our democracy is compromised.
It's time to talk about voter suppression.
We are going to take a look at our nation's history with voter suppression, and what we can do about it today.

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In today's episode we continue our conversation with Jenn about protesting, and how to be an accomplice in the fight for Black lives.

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In today's episode Bri touches on the history of protesting in America. She talks about what has worked, what "hasn't worked", and the hypocrisy that runs rampant in our culture surrounding protesting and riots. We also interview Jenn Thompson, a Hong Kong born and raised activist, who has found herself supporting the Black activists on the frontlines of the protests in Portland, OR.

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Ew.
I know none of us like to talk about this, but we cannot talk about politics without talking about the two leading political parties in this country.
In this episode we talk about the history of both parties in our attempt to try to understand how we have come to this point in our political reality.
History is complicated. History is dense. History is told by the victors.
This is just a light overview with a few...personal tidbits.

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It's here!
Our first episode of Season 2!
Red, White, and Vote Blue!
On todays episode we talk about intersectionality and the way it plays into all areas of politics and political movements.
Or...the way it SHOULD play into them.
We touch on our relationship with politics as a whole, and we talk about what we are hoping to get out of season 2.

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Uh oh!
It's that time of year!
It's an election year and the girls of Mixed Messages want to discuss the grey areas of politics.
Join us this election season as we talk through our frustrations, our nations history, and the ways in which our political systems are, and always have been, flawed.
That's right.
This month is all about Mixed Messages in Politics.

This week we interview Suzie Juul about her experience living as a biracial Asian American woman. We touch on transracial adoption, transnational adoption, and what it's like to be "white passing" as a person of color.

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In this episode we talk with Patrick Jeffrey, a mixed transracial adoptee.
He bravely shares his adoption story with us, and the difficulties of going through the process of self discovery. It is a story that is not often talked about; the story of transracial adoption through the eyes of the adoptee.

For more information about Transracial Adoption or Transracial Adoptees, check out our website at https://www.mixedmessagespod.com.