In this Vagi-Champion episode, Gina & Barnaby (virtually) travel to Washington DC to record the tales of resilience from amazing women in history. From Serena Williams to Billy Jean King, from Hillary Clinton to Elizabeth Warren, guest David McRae helps shed light on what it takes to be a Vagitator, and how does one start a process of Vagitation.

--

The Vagitators Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Gina May Walter & Barnaby Alive.

Music & sound by Nina Guo: https://www.facesound.org/

In this new mission statement episode, Gina & Barnaby are confronted with some uncomfortable assumptions of what it means to be a feminist.

They take it to the streets to explore some popular beliefs, and answer a listener's question on the future of humanity, the future of Vagitators podcast, and what was it again? Ah yeah, the meaning of feminism.

--

The Vagitators Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Gina May Walter & Barnaby Alive.

Music & sound by Nina Guo: https://www.facesound.org/

 

Episode cover art: Selen Duru for The Vagitators

The New Year is the greatest time for reflections! 

Gina & Barnaby look back at the past two months of podcasting, and reflect on what worked, what didn't, and what landed in between with a wide range of special guests from OWGs, Neukölln Fuckboys, fellow podcasters, yoga teachers and more!

--

Check out Oscar's podcast, called Getting There: https://getting-there.simplecast.com/

Check out Ash's podcast, called Flicks'n'Scoops: https://flicksnscoops.com/podcast/

For more on Selen's yoga classes: https://www.instagram.com/duruselen/

And of course the fabulous Nina Guo: https://www.facesound.org/

-- 

The Vagitators Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Gina May Walter & Barnaby Alive.

Music & sound by Nina Guo: https://www.facesound.org/

 

Episode cover art: Georg Bochow for The Vagitators

In Episode Five, Gina & Barnaby share an afternoon with the fabulously resilient Heather Hudyma and listen to the story of her venture into a completely new field, and her quest for someone, anyone, that could share their methods and tools to succeed in a industry she feel truly passionate about improving, and making more accessible.

 

Mentorship, very much like dictatorship is above all a job description. How to make this job work for most, outside of the OWG tropes? This is what we explore in this episode.

--

Audio excepts from My Fair Lady, Dir. George Cukor. Warner Bros, 1964. Film.

-Damn right, we do MLA annotations.-

--

The Opera is Racist instagram is here: https://www.instagram.com/operaisracist

You can find out more about the wonderful Meri Williams here: http://blog.geekmanager.co.uk/

More info on sponsorship here: https://hbr.org/2019/02/sponsors-need-to-stop-acting-like-mentors

-- 

The Vagitators Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Gina May Walter & Barnaby Alive.

Music & sound by Nina Guo: https://www.facesound.org/

 

Episode cover art: Barnaby Alive for The Vagitators

Guided by Pauline Vandeweghe of Agapè Care, a Berlin-based massage a wellness space dedicated to womxn, Gina & Barnaby make their way through the corridors of time to connect with their inner mystical powers.

The journey, from the Dark Ages to the present, challenges G & B in their assumption for their quests of a Vagitator, and leads them to discover an entire new set of champions along the way.

--

You can find Pauline's wellness space here: https://www.agape-care.de/ 

You can purchase a gift card for yourself or your loved one directly on her website: https://www.agape-care.de/product/gift-card/ 

We strongly recommend a visit to Starhawk's website here: https://starhawk.org/

Further readings that are referenced in this podcasts are:

Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federeci 

Sorcières, la puissance invaincue des femmes (Witches, the Undefeated Power of Women) by Mona Chollet

Reclaim, Anthologie de textes écoféministes (Reclaim, Anthology of ecofeminist texts) by Émilie Hache

The Spiral Dance by Starhawk

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by Leslie Feinberg

 

-- 

The Vagitators Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Gina May Walter & Barnaby Alive.

Music & sound by Nina Guo: https://www.facesound.org/

Gina & Barnaby relocate from the kitchen to the couch to tackle the chunky, chunky topic of motherhood as a form of absolute female power.

They are joined by Jennifer Allen, a Berlin-based art critic, publisher and trauma expert, a friend of the Vagitators, and a brilliant woman.

--

If you want to know more about Jenny, here's a really cool article she wrote about what it's like to be named Jennifer Allen: https://www.frieze.com/article/being-jennifer-allen

-- 

The Vagitators Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Gina May Walter & Barnaby Alive.

Music & sound by Nina Guo: https://www.facesound.org/

 

Episode cover art: Barnaby Alive for The Vagitators

Gina & Barnaby invite Janus Roth, a seemingly mediocre Neukölln twitter user, to talk about a Vivian Gornick quote that Janus tweeted back in January 2020.

But as the smoke screens of Web 2.0 dissipates, it turns out that their guests is not who they originally appeared to be.

Did Janus purposefully pass themselves as someone they're not? Did G & B get catfished? But more importantly, why?

--

Janus Roth Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/rothjanus

Janus Roth x Maansi Jain Interview: https://www.kunstlerkunstlerin.com/iap-12-maansi-jain

Maansi Jain’s Website: https://www.maansijain.com/

See (and buy) some of Maansi Jain’s art on depop: https://www.depop.com/maansi/

-- 

The Vagitators Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Gina May Walter & Barnaby Alive.

Music & sound by Nina Guo: https://www.facesound.org/

In Episode One, Gina & Barnaby ride to Berlin’s district of Neukölln to meet with Emilie Barbry, the High Priestess of genderless apparel, to record the compelling tale of her encounter with an infamous corporate plastic doll which led her to rethink the identity of her brand and discover a Vagitator champion along the way.

--

Discover Papesse: https://papesse-apparel.com/

Free Therapy: https://roxialbescu.com/

Papatya: http://www.papatya.org/

-- 

The Vagitators Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Gina May Walter & Barnaby Alive.

Music & sound by Nina Guo: https://www.facesound.org/

Gina & Barnaby share a bowl of dhal, a bottle of cheap prosecco, and the anecdotes that sparked the idea for The Vagitators. 

-- 

The Vagitators Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Gina May Walter & Barnaby Alive.

Music & sound by Nina Guo: https://www.facesound.org/

 

Episode cover art: Barnaby Alive for The Vagitators