MsRepresent

In this week's episode, the biologist and Wikipedia editor discusses the erasure of women scientists.

Cicely-Belle Blain shares Black Lives Matter-Vancouver's goals and visions, the history of slavery, and why women are at the forefront of social movements.

The TED Senior Fellow and UNESCO Accomplished Women Speaker shares her thoughts on the Arab Spring, and choosing between being a spectator or participant in times of revolution.

The NYC artist and essayist discusses memory, time, sex and women artists within the context of death and decay.

The mental health activist discusses the impacts of racism on immigrants and people of colour.

In this episode, Mariachi Flor de Toloache's codirectors, Mireya Ramos and Shae Fiol, share the history of Mariachi music, the founding of the band, and tearing down machismo culture.

The Brooklyn born and raised photographer shares the stories behind her latest series, "White Shoes," New York's slave trading history and why #BlackLivesMatter.

The politically charged rapper discusses the hyper-sexualization of women, political art, the Chilean student movement and more.

The Los Angeles-based poet, singer, MC and henna artist shares her thoughts about love and sex in hip-hop, spirituality, sisterhood and going global.

The incomparable Canadian artist discusses collaborating with women MCs, water conservation, social justice, Indigenous hip-hop, white privilege and retiring from the music industry.

The Chicana MC discusses the hypersexualization of women in hip-hop and what hip-hop means for transnational communities.

The outspoken Musqueam warrior and Vancouver city councillor candidate discusses women's leadership, homelessness, and "swinging the pendulum" against the legacies of colonialism.

The transnational spoken word artist discusses migration, Egypt and the Arab Spring, language borrowing, the myth of the tortured artist and the Wu-Tang Clan.

For this episode, New York-based street artist Gilf! discusses America’s wars of occupation, gentrification, art, politics, activism and smashing kitchens.

Aja Monet, the current "cool girl" of spoken-word poetry, discusses the political philosophy of poetry and the legacy of Tupac Shakur.

Public intellectual, feminist and award-winning writer, Ninotchka Rosca, discusses why mediocrity has no place in social transformation movements and more!

Civil rights icon and activist Minnijean Brown Trickey shares her thoughts about the legacy of Little Rock Nine, living in segregated America, and resisting at 73.

Does art need the structure of science? Can science grow without creativity? For Dr. Crystal Dilworth, the attraction between opposites is all about the brain and a little bit of chemistry.

Multi-racial researcher and writer Sharon H. Chang explains why being mixed white doesn't make you white.

Vancouver dancer Amber Eastman talks about cultural fusions and patriarchy, and answers the question: is bellydance feminist?

Brooklyn-based artist Frances Bradley shares her journey of sexual violence, healing and transformation through her massive art series, "Womanhood or Woman's-Hurt? The Art of Healing."

In this episode I talk with photographer Dina Goldstein about female archetypes in pop culture, women's inequality, and how she uses art to shatter damaging gender illusions.