Brown Girl in the Ring Podcast

03/06/2020

May Gianna Floyd grow to know radical love and compassion.

03/06/2020

Erasure is the tool of the oppressor.

The tool has been used in government policies to remove children from their mothers, it has been used in the teaching of history, art, and literature, it has been used for urban planning and countless other ways one group claims superiority over another when physical violence is not used.

It is no surprise then, in the beginning of a revolution calling for equality and justice, that the powers that be used a simple mechanism we are all so familiar to lull some of us into a space of supposed comfort and action.

All that has been achieved is the activation of the algorithm of erasure.

It appears that some need permission to act to do the right thing. Adding a blank tile with a hashtag is not the thing this moment requires of us/you/me.

If you posted a black tile this week, here’s your permission to delete it now and do better.

Do the needful.

02/06/2020

Hashtags. Quotes. Muted Grids. All are irrelevant when it’s life or death for you or your loved ones. All it does is erase a reality that isn’t yours.⁣
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If you’re not directly impacted by systems of oppression and police brutality is not part of your lived experience now is the time to dig deep, do your own research, listen, and never stop doing the work that is called for to be anti-racist. ⁣⁣
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Listen to Black and Indigenous women, men, non-binary, trans, elders, and the young. ⁣⁣
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Support Black and Indigenous owned businesses everyday, tomorrow, next year. ⁣⁣
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Donate, volunteer, support organisations directly working with Black and Indigenous communities, especially those focused on supporting the education of young people. ⁣⁣
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Read, share, discuss original content by Black and Indigenous writers, artists, and creatives. ⁣⁣
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Most importantly listen in solidarity. These voices have always been here, loud and clear. Make space for them in your life every day. ⁣⁣
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No justice no peace. 💛 ⁣
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[Posting in solidarity and respect as a non-Black, non-Indigenous woman of colour.]

22/03/2020

Culturally Diverse Creative Sector Workers and Artists
LOST WORK SURVEY

Thank you for the incredible response to our survey. If you haven’t already completed it, please take 5 minutes to do so. We will be publishing the preliminary results online from tomorrow and updating them regularly. We will also be reporting these results to arts and government bodies, and using them to lobby for assistance to creative sector workers.

We’ve been contacted by creatives and artists of colour about xenophobia and racism as a result of the reporting of COVID19. You can also include these experiences in the survey or message / email us if you prefer:

http://diversityarts.org.au/advocate-lost-work-artists-creatives-colour/

An apology. Shortly after we published this survey, it was brought to our attention that people could not tick multiple categories for some questions. We immediately rectified this. Please accept our apologies.

17/02/2020

Good day, Monday! 📸

14/02/2020

HEY. Every day is love day and Professor Toni Morrison on the purpose and need for love is the kind of thing we need to hear today. ⁣
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It’s been quiet around here (life!), but we haven’t forgotten the work that needs to be done. Sharing our stories is resistance in action and we can’t wait to share more. ⁣
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Most importantly hop on over to to witness what love looks like when we bring like-minded BIWoC folks together to create something special. If you’re in Sydney (or close by) and you need to fill you cup in time join us for a day made for us by us. Plus there’s a special ❤️ offer ready for you until midnight today

07/02/2020

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26/01/2020

Always was, always will be. ⁣
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Australia has the wonder of being home to one of the world’s oldest living culture. One who’s people have faced genocide and where systemic discrimination is still an every day reality. We need a time every year that acknowledges and respects the past and celebrates the contributions of Indigenous Australians. ⁣
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Australia, we need to be accountable and respect our elders.

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21/11/2019

Well deserved! Sampa The Great is the hero we’ve been waiting for. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Sampa The Great has won our J Award for 2019

20/11/2019

Here for the stories, here for the lived experiences, here for the slow and some times tedious work that leads to radical change for the better. What are you here for?

Let your eyes roll over the work of .

18/11/2019

Episode 26 of with .shakti is up!

Tune in to listen us talk about what self love really means for us as third culture kids and adults, finding a creative flow when you’ve got bills to pay, and building your own community that serves your purpose.

15/11/2019

Amritha Shakti is shaping her own path one song at a time. By tapping into her musicality and vision to explore identity and belonging she is putting into place a new way of being as a young woman of Australian-Indian Tamil background.

In our next episode of Brown Girl Pod Amritha talk about her version of self love, how a trip to India changed her path, and how she had to put trust in herself to lead the way.

Stay tuned for .shakti episode on , , and browngirlpod.com/listen

09/11/2019

Hello! It’s been a minute and now we’re gearing up to share Season (!) 4 (!) of Brown Girl in the Ring! Challenging the single narrative one story at a time.

25/10/2019

Hey Sydney folks, come along to tonight’s launch of The Pacesetters presented by Diversity Arts Australia in partnership with Blacktown Arts.

I’ll be roving and podcasting from the event so if you’re around, stop me and I’ll ask you a bunch of questions for a future episode of the Diversity Arts pod, Colour Cycle.

“These works celebrate and pay homage to First Nations and culturally diverse Pacesetters through new films, music, performance and an online platform.

pacesetter [peys-set-er] Noun

1. a person that is the first to do new or different things; a leader in a particular field or activity, providing an example for others to follow.

2. someone that sets the pace.”

Click through to learn about the amazing artists and their work.

Diversity Arts Australia, in partnership with Blacktown Arts launches its national project The Pacesetters featuring trailblazing artists Aamer Rahman, Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers, Rani Pramesti and Latai Taumoepeau. We invite you to be part of the conversation. These works celebrate and pay homage...

23/10/2019

Hey! 👋🏾 Our Oct-Nov WOC Reading List and Gathering is out and ready for you. You can up at browngirlpod.com/wocreads to have the list sent to you tomorrow or join our closed group on Facebook.⁣
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Every two months we gather a list of WOC-centred stories and experiences to read, listen, and watch. There’s also something special for the young + young at heart so pretty much everything you need to connect and feel nourished to dismantle those systems that don’t serve you. Yeah! 🤙🏾⁣

10/10/2019

The world of glorifying celebrity ain’t our jam, but Mindy Kaling featured on the cover of a fashion magazine telling it how it is, stepping into the cultural movement, and leading on her own terms?

Yeah, that’s our thing.

07/10/2019

Are you ready for our third instalment of WOC Reading List + Gathering? We’ve got a thought-provoking and nourishing collection of things to read, listen, and view over the next few weeks. ⁣
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Swipe 👉🏾 to find our first two lists and ⁣sign up to receive our new bi-monthly list for October + November at browngirlpod.com/wocreads. 🧡

First 📸: ⁣

27/09/2019

Hey Sydney folks! Today is our WOC Reading List Gathering x is Cancelled. Join us to chat about what we’ve been reading, viewing, and listening to recently. Come along if you’ve done the full list, a fee things, one thing, or just want to connect with like-minded folks.⁣
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WOC Reading List Gathering with is Cancelled ⁣
2pm, 28 September, Chatswood Creator Space. See you there!

📸: Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding

16/09/2019

Them: Please send through your headshot for the speaker profiles at your earliest convenience.
Me:

If only the we could live in ’s world indefinitely. 🧡

Check out Meenal’s episode of over at browngirlpod.com/listen

12/09/2019

How are you growing, friends? 🌱⁣
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It’s been a minute in between travel, connecting with Change Makers, meeting bodacious women doing remarkable work in their communities, and building the next season and phase of .⁣
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Stay tuned for more, but until then HELLO! It’s nice to be back. 🧡⁣
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Cover 📸: @ Singapore

23/08/2019

Follow Azmah and her Kindred journey.

Kindred is proud to be a part of the positive Sri Lanka movement!

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21/08/2019

Hello from Nuwara Eliya! 👋🏾⁣⁣
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I had the pleasure of visiting the AMMA Workshop in the dreamy location of Nuwara Eliya or ‘up country’ as known by those of us familiar with the area.⁣⁣
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AMMA is a social enterprise focused on creating plant based hand-dyed and crafted textiles made by mothers and women living in Sri Lanka‘s area estates. ⁣⁣
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The workshop is a beam of light, filled with the heady aroma of Ayurvedic plants and a bustle of a dedicated team who hand dye and sew beautiful products for you and your home. ⁣When I arrived just before lunch, the team were working with locally foraged eucalyptus and madder root for a fabric order. ⁣⁣
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The philosophy of AMMA is multi-fold; to create employment opportunities for young women and mothers in the area, foster mutual collaboration, create low-impact hand crafted goods that is gentle to the environment, and pay homage to the art of textile design and hand-woven textiles. ⁣⁣
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Take a scroll through their workshop which is co-led by AMMA’s founder Josie, Workshop Manager Meena, and Office Manager Dilukshi. ⁣⁣
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You can find out more about their work over st AMMA Sri Lanka 🧡

19/08/2019

What are you going to do this week to turn those ideas into something mighty and bright for your community? ⁣
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It was in April last year when I found myself in Colombo, dreaming and planning to finally launch - an idea I had been tinkering with for a long time. I had wrapped up a few interviews and had a vision of how sharing our stories would create an opportunity for a mentoring program centering the experiences and bright ideas of women of colour. It was roughly the same time that I started seeing the beginnings of Sajani’s idea for - a space for collaboration and connection. I was thrilled to see something like take shape in my first island home. ⁣
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The interviews piled up and the idea for Brown Girl in the Ring continued to emerge. Like many I hit a wall of doubt and had a bout of imposter syndrome. Who did I think I was producing a podcast without any sound production experience or networks? Who did I think I was trying to create a program in a city I no longer lived in.⁣
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But as these things go, I started to see these questions of doubts as ways to test my idea to see if it was something I truly wanted to be a part of. The answer each time was a resounding yes - from me and the countless friends and family who kept me accountable. ⁣
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Some 18 months later, three seasons in, a Change Maker Residency program underway; we brought together a handful of motivated and bright folks to share their ideas and experiences at Colombo Cooperative. We are learning as we go and I know this first and somewhat clunky first steps is the start of the impactful change we all want to see in our communities no matter where we live and where we call home. ⁣
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Grateful for every person who has said yes, offered a helping hand or encouraging nod, listened and asked smart questions, and turned up. It means the world to me and encourages me to continue to chase this idea and watch it continue to take shape. 🧡⁣

18/08/2019

Hello from Colombo! ⁣👋🏾
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I’m thrilled and inspired to have lead our very first Change Maker Workshop on Design Thinking as part of the Brown Girl in the Ring Change Maker Residency program. We had an enthusiastic and driven group of Change Makers join us on Saturday who came ready to share their ideas, advice, and energy. ⁣
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A big thank you to Chanchala of Kimbula Kithul, Rochelle of RocEthical, and Naafia of PlushBox
for joining our guest panel and sharing their experience as start-up entrepreneurs! An inspiration to see big ideas happening in Colombo.

Thank you to our Change Makers in Residence, Azmah of Kindred and Oenone of Night Shades ⁣for sharing their work in progress and insights into making change in their community.
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Finally, a big thank you to Sajani and Sanju of Colombo Cooperative for their collaborative spirit and welcoming Brown Girl Pod to such a wonderful space. I cant wait to return again! ⁣
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Pop into our stories and follow our Change Maker Residency to check out more highlights. 🧡

11/08/2019

Congratulations to Mojo Juju - an inspiration for those of us seeking to challenge the single narrative.

The win caps off a huge year for the singer.

06/08/2019

“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.” - Toni Morrison. ⁣
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Thankful that you were here when so many of us needed to hear you in order to be seen. 🧡

28/07/2019

We love the work of .mm who captures the bitter sweetness of growing into oneself, finding the humanity in relationships, and the strength in staying soft.

All 🎨 by .mm

27/07/2019

GRATITUDE.

For the stories and voices shared on the first three seasons of Brown Girl Pod.

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26/07/2019

HEY! 👋🏽⁣
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Ever had the experience of being pulled in so many different directions that something gets lost in the process? ⁣
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This was the experience I had before starting Brown Girl Pod. There was a continuous tussle for my energy and attention that eventually led to things falling apart - for the better.⁣
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This image by captures the moment a third runaway was located in the Orion Nebula some 1,300 light years away. It was “lost” for 540 years after a gravitational pull broke apart and pushed it out of its system of orbit.⁣
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This season of Brown Girl Pod has been really special for a similar reason. It’s when I realised that this is what I needed to do right now and that I needed to give it the time and energy it deserved. All of this is because of the amazing people I’ve met, interviewed, and laughed with over the course of three seasons and for that I’m grateful. ⁣
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This project is a work in progress which means I’ll be taking some time to regroup, travel, and work on the next season (and hold down a few other life commitments). ⁣
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Thank you so much for tuning in and connecting in all the different ways that you do. - Deborah ✨

25/07/2019

In last week’s episode of Brown Girl Pod we asked Rashmi Patel what it was like writing about from her perspective when so much of the conversation has been whitewashed.

Listen to the episode in full and hear more about .indya’s journey from India to Singapore and Australia and what it’s been like navigating a career in tech and writing.

25/07/2019

We speak with the multi-talented Grace Dlabik in the last episode of Brown Girl Pod for Season 3. ⁣
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Grace is the founder and Creative Director of BE. Her work with BE Collective Culture and BE One Creative centres around holding space for young free thinkers of today. ⁣
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In this special conversation, Grace opens up about stepping into your purpose, her catalyst for change, and shifting mindsets in 2019.⁣
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Grace’s episode drops on Friday over at browngirlpod.com/listen, , , and all good streaming platforms. ⁣
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📸 of Grace Dlabik Stylist and Art Director by Wren Steiner

23/07/2019

For those of us who live as the ‘other’ in a place. ⁣⁣⁣
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For those of us who have left a home to find new home in a place.⁣⁣⁣
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For those who live with the known unknowns and still make a go of it in a place. ⁣⁣⁣
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For those of us thriving.⁣
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I will hold those with power accountable for the decisions they make, and the words they use. Against us. ⁣⁣⁣
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I am not your model migrant.⁣⁣
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