“I realized, going through all of that, knowledge is power. And it was important for me to be active in my own recovery.” - Ceceli Abernathy (Author, Mother, Relentless)

"I like to call out, and call in." - Christiane Dolores (Playwright, Musician, Empathic Storyteller)

“The skills I have in poetry applies in comics in terms of space, not being too wordy focusing on image, character and story.” - Yona Harvey (Author, Poet, Comic Book Store Regular)

“I’d always been making art myself, and it just was like, 'oh i’m just reverting back to my native language or something.” - Maggie Negrete (Illustrator, Teaching Artist, Zine Queen)

This conversation is with Christina Jackson, one half of the wildly popular #Sasil in the TV show, Outsiders. Christina and I talk about diversity and inclusion in Hollywood, Steelers fans, and her time on Boardwalk Empire.

I got to sit down with Tina Alexis Allen from the WGN show, Outsiders. Hear about her huge family, turning bullets into jewelry, memoirs and how she becomes Shurn.

I talk to History Buff, Amy Philips-Haller from The Mount Pleasant Glass Museum. But our conversation doesn't stop there. We talk about journalism, the days of analog and how she accidentally wrote a book. 

"I'm really not sure what I'm doing in the moment, but that's what I love about it." - Deanna Mance (Artist, Spontaneous Mark Maker, Big Mama)

"I've always just been me." - Marta Mazzoni (Podcast Queen, Theater Nerd, Michael McDonald Fan)

"I wanna feel extreme, in some way." - Kate Hansen (Machinima Artist, Consumer of Vaporwave, Snarky Country Gal)