Today Melody and Raechel reflect on the tragedy in Orlando when 49 queer, mostly Latinx, lives were lost and 53 more injured. In the discussion they talk about the problems with the media representation of the event, specifically the erasure of Latinx identity, the inaccurate representation of motive, the perpetuation of Islamophobia, and blatantly ignoring our racist, homophobic country's complicity in this. In addition, we discuss a bit about the history of the Queer Liberation movement, specifically as it relates to gay bars, and what it means to live alongside grief as queer people. Plus, check-ins and our RWLs of the week. 

EP 15: Reflections on Orlando, Queer Latinx Lives, Queer Grief & Resistance

This week we sit down with Alicia Kennedy, a very fuckin’ cool vegetarian food writer, activist, and former vegan bakery-owner. Alicia talks about her relationship to veganism and vegetarianism, her ties to Puerto Rico (her grandmother is from there, she writes about it through an anticolonial lens, and she hosted a huge fundraiser for it after Hurricane Maria), and her new podcast - Meatless. She has really cool things to say and we think you’re gonna love the interview.  (Also she has super bomb 90s style so yr gonna wanna follow her IG!)

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Check out her work at alicia-kennedy dot com
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Time stamps: 
00:00-010:00: Intro and check-ins
10:40-end: interview with Alicia 
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Intro: "Top Floor" GRRRL PRTY
Outro: "Popular" Nada Surf 
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EP 98: Veganism, Puerto Rico, & Storytelling with Alicia Kennedy

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