Our identities are never neutral, unchanging facts. These different intersections of our identities are invariably linked to larger forces of power and oppression. How do we confront the ways that these intersections can run up against each other and create distance? 

Featured in this episode:  

• Dee Stoicescu

• Erica H Isomura (@ericahiroko) is an award-winning essayist, poet, and multi-disciplinary artist of Chinese and Japanese (yonsei/四世) descent. Erica is currently at work on a collection of poems and essays, and a graphic project exploring fragmented Japanese Canadian memory.

• Andi Vicente (@andivice) is an artist whose interdisciplinary practice is humbled and radicalized by their work with different communities. Through installation and image making they’ve explored intersectional identities, precarious livelihoods and the juxtaposition of movements. Andi aims to broaden an understanding of oppressed experiences and encourage collective empowerment through the answering of the questions “Who is not here with us and how can I be there for you?”

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