Blair Imani is the LA Times Bestselling author of Read This to Get Smarter. She is an award-winning educator, historian and influencer. She is also the author of Making Our Way Home, and Modern HERstory. Her scholarship spans intersectionality, gender studies, race and racism, sociology, and United States history. She has presented at universities including Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, Duke, and many more. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Tegan and Sara Foundation, and on the Board of Trustees for Muslims for Progressive Values. The New York Times praises Blair Imani’s unique ability to create “progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky, quirky delivery.” She was named to the Root 100 in 2019 and OUT 100 in 2018. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

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If you take a scroll through TikTok's For You page on any given day, you'll likely encounter footage of Caitlin Reilly doing what she does best: impersonating people you love to hate. The 31-year-old actress catapulted herself into the TikTok spotlight in 2020, attracting nearly 2 millions followers who can't get enough of the painfully accurate and oddly specific characters she's created. She attracted the attention of this podcast because not only is she hilarious, but her parodies sometimes have an important point: they often critique how women are portrayed in film and television. And we love that.

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Since graduating from Yale in 1967, Judith Bernstain has developed a reputation as one of the most unwaveringly provocative artists of her generation. Steadfast in her cultural, political, and social critique for over 50 years, Bernstein surged into art world prominence in the early 1970s with her monumental charcoal drawings of objects that look like a cross between a penis and a screw. Early incarnations of these drawings were exhibited at AIR Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, and MoMA P.S.1, among other institutions. Today she creates incredible large-scale paintings that glow with color, incorporate massive vaginas as well, and address the politics of our time fearlessly. 

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Maysoon Zayid is an actress, comedian, writer, and disability advocate. She is a graduate of Arizona State University and a Princeton Fellow. Maysoon is the co-founder/co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and The Muslim Funny Fest. She was a full-time On Air Contributor to Countdown with Keith Olbermann and a columnist for The Daily Beast. She has most recently appeared on Oprah Winfrey Networks In Deep Shift, 60 Minutes, and ABC News. Maysoon had the most viewed TED Talk of 2014, which discusses her experience of cerebral palsy, her life, her family, and so much more. 

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Amanda Suter owns her own vintage clothing business, which helps her share her personal passion for vintage clothing with the world and her clients! It has always made her sad to hear people complain that vintage is too fancy or costume-y to be worn everyday. For her, vintage clothes are very versatile. People can wear one piece or a whole ensemble, look fabulous, and ignore what other people think! That’s her motto—ignore what other people think. For Amanda, Vintage is about self expression and timeless personal style. There's a piece of vintage clothing for everyone, and if you can envision it, most likely she will have it for you!

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Kamie Crawford is a TV host, model and former Miss Teen USA. She has always had a passion for investigative journalism and has put her own skills to the test while working alongside Nev Schulman as the co-host of MTV's hit series "Catfish”—which is how we met and fell in love with her. Working as a model in a fashion world that deems anything over a size 4 as "plus-sized" and in a digital space that often lacks inclusion has sparked Kamie to use her influence to spread the importance of body positivity and diversity in the digital sphere and beyond.

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Sophie Augustino is CEO of Matriarch Hill Safari in Tanzania, an organization that allows travelers to discover wildlife, culture and fun with a locally-owned company that takes cues from the oldest and wisest female —the matriarch elephant. The organization not only offers top-notch adventures, but works to preserve the wildness of Africa and empower the women who protect and serve this magical place. It has programs that allow you to experience the breathtaking beauty of the country. Meet local women and make a difference in their lives through Give a Heart to Africa. And build friendship, camaraderie and confidence with some of the first women guides in Africa.

Check out: https://www.matriarchhillsafari.com/.

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According to 21st Century Burlesque, Perle Noire has danced on stages from the Teatro Circo in Madrid to the Sydney Opera House, brought home Best Debut at the Burlesque Hall Of Fame in 2008, and toured with Dita Von Teese’s Strip Strip Hooray! in both iterations. But more importantly, she’s family—she’s performed with me many times, and I have to say her style is nothing short of mesmerizing. 

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Liana Finck is a cartoonist who is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The Awl, and Catapult. She is a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and a Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists. She has had artist residencies with the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Tablet magazine. Her first book, A Bintel Brief, was published in 2014. But most of all, she runs an instagram account of her amazing cartoons that peers into everyone’s soul. 

Check out Liana Finck's cartoons: https://lianafinck.com/.

Follow Liana Finck on IG: @lianafinck.

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Kim-Joy is best known for her turn on The Great British Bake Off. Her birthday falls on World Baking Day, which she takes as the surest sign there can be that she was born to bake. Born in Belgium to an English father and Malaysian–Chinese mother, she grew up in London, studied in both Bristol and Leeds, and now lives in Leeds with her partner. She has an open attitude to all styles of baking, loving rustic baking just as much as she loves creating cute bakes with an emphasis on detail. But her story is a little more complicated than you might think—she’s an advocate for mental health whose life has taken many turns.

Kim-Joy on IG: @kimjoyskitchen

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