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Alix Olson is In Bed with Evan

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Alix Olson is an assistant professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University's Oxford College. Prior to her academic life, she toured internationally as a spoken word artist for over a decade. Cripping Up Sex: So, on this episode of In Bed with Evan, we have the pleasure of talking with Alix Olson. Tell us your name, pronouns, and a little about yourself.   Alix: I'm Alix Olson, I use she/her pronouns (for now). I'm now an assistant professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University's Oxford campus. I teach first and second year students. But, prior to this chapter of my life, I was a touring spoken word artist who blabbed my mouth about all kinds of political issues- around the country and sometimes the world.   Cripping Up Sex: That's awesome.   Cripping Up Sex: You were an out queer feminist spoken word artist in the early 2000s. Talk to me about how you got started doing spoken word.   Alix: Ha, that's a que
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In Bed With Kristin Russo

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Kristin is co-creator of Everyone Is Gay & My Kid Is Gay, author of This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids (Chronicle, 2014), and was host and producer of First Person, a video series on gender and sexuality from PBS Digital and WNET. She also holds a Master’s in Gender Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center. In 2016, Kristin began working as Executive Producer and co-host of the now critically-acclaimed pop culture podcast, Buffering the Vampire Slayer.   Evan: So, in this episode of In Bed With Evan, we have the pleasure of talking with Kristin Russo!! Tell us your name, pronouns, and a little bit about yourself! Kristin (She/Her): Thank you so much for having me! My name is Kristin, and my pronouns are she/her. I live in New York, and have worked with LGBTQ communities for the past decade or so — and also work as the host and producer of Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure, a podcast where we rewatch iconic TV together! Kristin (She/Her): We just finished a six year, seven season run
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Ani DiFranco In Bed with Eva

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Pronouns: she/her Widely considered a feminist icon, Grammy winner Ani DiFranco is the mother of the DIY movement, being one of the first artists to create her own record label in 1990. While she has been known as the “Little Folksinger,” her music has embraced punk, funk, hip hop, jazz, soul, electronica and even more distant sounds. Her collaborators have included everyone from Utah Phillips to legendary R&B saxophonist Maceo Parker to Prince. She has shared stages with Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Greg Brown, Billy Bragg, Michael Franti, Chuck D., and many more. Her memoir No Walls and the Recurring Dream was released in May 2019, and DiFranco released a No Walls Mixtape alongside the book, offering a new take on songs related to the memoir. The transcendent new album from Ani Di Franco, 'Revolutionary Love' marks the latest proof of one of her most powerful gifts as an artist: a rare ability to give voice to our deepest frustrations an
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