In December, we talked to Array Collective about creating in a group and finding strength in exploring with others. For the start of 2022, we continue exploring this theme with French feminist radical group Gang of Witches. Two members of the gang join us: Founder and Visual Artist Paola Hivelin, and Podcast Host Sabrine Kasbaoui.  We discuss how living in a welcoming community, with shares values and goals of deconstruction, helps members to feel empowered in becoming themselves, in creating more radically, understanding the ways they have integrated capitalist and patriarcal values. We ..read more

In December, we talked to Array Collective about creating in a group and finding strength in exploring with others. For the start of 2022, we continue exploring this theme with French feminist radical group Gang of Witches. Two members of the gang join us: Founder and Visual Artist Paola Hivelin, and Podcast Host Sabrine Kasbaoui.  We discuss how living in a welcoming community, with shares values and goals of deconstruction, helps members to feel empowered in becoming themselves, in creating more radically, understanding the ways they have integrated capitalist and patriarcal values. We ..read more

For December and the festive periode, the Women Shaping the World Podcast offers you two episodes! The first one, with 2021 Turner Prize Winners Array Collective.    Array Collective are a group of individual artists rooted in Belfast, who join together to create collaborative actions in response to the sociopolitical issues affecting Northern Ireland. Array’s studios and project space in the city centre acts as a base for the collective.    We will follow up later this month with an episode with French Feminist Art Collective Gang of Witches, so stay tune ..read more

For the London Jazz Festival, we receive Louise Paley from Women in Jazz, to discuss the project: how we can help young female jazz artists launch their career, develop a network, and create a strong following.  We then talk to French Singer Marion Rampal about her work in jazz, blues, and chanson. She will be singing with Archie Shepp at the Barbican for the LJF).  Women in Jazz: The organisation Women In Jazz aims to elevate female performers by hosting events and workshops. They have a network of 6,000 artists  from singer-songwriters to producers, instrum ..read more

For the London Jazz Festival, we receive Louise Paley from Women in Jazz, to discuss the project: how we can help young female jazz artists launch their career, develop a network, and create a strong following.  We then talk to French Singer Marion Rampal about her work in jazz, blues, and chanson. She will be singing with Archie Shepp at the Barbican for the LJF.   The organisation Women In Jazz aims to elevate female performers by hosting events and workshops. They have a network of 6,000 artists  from singer-songwriters to producers, instrumentalists and c ..read more

TW: In our discussion with Lauren Elkin, we mention sexual harassment, violence against women, and rape, as well as the ongoing case regarding the abduction, rape, and murder of Sarah Everard.  How does someone make space for themselves? How does someone find freedom? It is hard, to know your place and to ask for it.  It’s even harder for people who do not belong to sexual, gender, race majority.  In the case of women, it’s been long proven how the world is not built for them. How cities are not a safe and welcoming place. Just this week, we are waiting for the verdict on t ..read more

TW: In our discussion with Lauren Elkin, we mention sexual harassment, violence against women, and rape, as well as the ongoing case regarding the abduction, rape, and murder of Sarah Everard.  How does someone make space for themselves? How does someone find freedom? It is hard, to know your place and to ask for it.  It’s even harder for people who do not belong to sexual, gender, race majority.  In the case of women, it’s been long proven how the world is not built for them. How cities are not a safe and welcoming place. Just this week, we are waiting for the verdict on t ..read more

For our September episode, we have the pleasure of discussing at lenght with Françoise Vergès her work and life, in decolonising feminism, and decolonising the arts. The French author has spent her life questionning racial domination systems in both areas, and much more. We discuss this, and the differences between France and the UK in the approach to decolonisation in an exceptionnal episode of 45 minutes.    Francoise Verges is an activist and public educator. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of many books including ..read more

For our September episode, we have the pleasure of discussing at lenght with Françoise Vergès her work and life, in decolonising feminism, and decolonising the arts. The French author has spent her life questionning racial domination systems in both areas, and much more. We discuss this, and the differences between France and the UK in the approach to decolonisation in an exceptionnal episode of 45 minutes.    Francoise Verges is an activist and public educator. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of many books including ..read more

Why is Pop Culture important? And more, why is it important when talking about feminism? Because of its very nature, pop culture, understood as the mass production and distribution of mass cultural products is necessarily reflective of who we are and what we want. With feminism becoming "mainstream" pop culture has followed the trend and integrated feminist principles. It also influenced it. Nevertheless, typically feminine cultural products (sitcoms, "romcoms" and "chick lit, or romance novels) are still despised and reduced to a "girl culture" (understand: low culture). This complicate relat ..read more