WUSSY Rag - Issue 3 - Late April

PRINCESS NOKIA BRINGS THE

FEMINIST

HIP HOP

ISSUE NO. 3 - LATE APRIL 2017

Editor in Chief — Jon Dean Associate Editor — Zaida J. | Managing Editor — Ryder McEntyre Writing Editor — Nicholas Goodly | Graphic Designer — Blake England Featured Writers — Matt Jones, Stevie King, Chelsea Hoag, + Sunni Johnson Featured Photographer — Austin Frantz BIG thanks to MAILCHIMP and our AWESOME sponsors!

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contents: UPCOMING ATTRACTIONS:

Places To Be, People To Do, Things To See - Blake E.

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT:

I AM: Atlanta Artists Share Their Stories of Living With HIV - Jon D.

BLACK FRIDAY:

Black Women Erased From History (Again) + SlayTV - Matt J.

BLESS HER HEART:

Scape Goats + The Fire That Broke Atlanta - Zaida J.

QUEER SPORTS:

Atlanta Rollergirls + The Healing Magic of Roller Derby - Sunni J.

COVER STORY:

Princess Nokia Brings Feminist Hip Hop to MJQ - Chelsea H.

missed connections:

Or, You’ve Got Stalkers - Stevie K.

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UPCOMING ATTRACTIONS: Places To Be, People To Do, Things To See Blake England / April 2017

LA CHOLOTECA

4/20 @ MJQ CONCOURSE 9PM

Party in the underground with La Choloteca and their 3 guest DJs: Lokahontas (MIA), Ree De La Vega (ATL), Ash Lauryn (ATL) with resident Mala Anonima! This week will be supporting the Feminist Women’s Health Center which "cultivates Latina self-awareness, growth and empowerment... especially those who are low-income and uninsured.”

FREE / Cash Bar / 21+

ATLANTA BEAR PRIDE KICK OFF PARTY 4/21 @ HERETIC 9PM

Bearracuda and Heretic are hosting the 3rd annual Bear Pride Kick off Party! Throw on a harness and get your fill of bears, cubs, otters, chubs, chasers and friends from around the globe. Very special guest DJ Ryan Jones (LA)! $10-$15 Admission.

FILM SCREENING: BARBARA HAMMER'S DYKETACTICS & NITRATE KISSES 4/22 @ EYEDRUM 7PM

Get some “her-story” and view 2 short films by Barbara Hammer, one of the most significant lesbian avant-garde filmmaking voices of the past 40 years. Ladyfest Atlanta serves as an intentional, queer, feminist space for women and gender nonconforming people. $10 Admission.

I AM EXHIBIT

4/25 @ CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS 7PM

"I AM” is a one-night exhibition joining artists, activists and people living with HIV to tell the stories of Atlanta residents living with HIV. Get out there and support this fantastic crew. FREE.

COCO & CLAIR CLAIR ALBUM RELEASE SHOW 4/28 @ ROWDYDOWDY 9PM

Celebrate the release of Coco & Clair Clair’s new album, “POSH”. Dance with some local DJ’s and support queer Atlanta art! FREE.

MUSIC FROM THE 2000S DANCE PARTY!

4/29 @ JUNGLE ATLANTA 10:30PM

From Barry Brandon comes a dance party to end all dance parties! Music from 2000-2010 is a homage to our formative teen (pre and post) years! $12 Admission.

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event photos: Austin Frantz. / April 2017

MORPH 7 4.7.2017 @AISLE 5

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I AM

ATLANTA ARTISTS SHARE THEIR STORIES OF LIVING WITH HIV Jon Dean / April 2017

Left to Right: Emily Getsay, Mahlon J. Randolph, Johnnie Ray Kornegay III [Photo by Jon Dean]

Art has the incredible power to create conversation and raise awareness about an infinite number of issues. As we’ve seen with the recent Whitney Biennial controversy, this type of artistic power can quickly turn ugly.

In February, local artist Matthew Terrell created an eight-foot pyramid, prominently displaying the alarming number of people living with HIV in Atlanta. The numbers on the sculpture, located on the lawn of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, will be updated

every Friday through the end of June.

The sculpture created a stir of conversation and controversy, with many people questioning the true intentions of the piece.

WUSSY’s own Zaida J. was not the only one to raise concerns. Local artist, Emily Getsay, created a Facebook page calling for the community to help create a counterpiece to the sculpture. Because of the response, Getsay teamed up with artist Johnnie Ray Kornegay III to organize I AM, a one-night exhibition on

Tuesday, April 25th. The exhibit will take place at the Center for Civil and Human Rights.

"I AM is a one-night exhibition joining Artists, Activists and people living with HIV to tell the stories of Atlanta residents living with HIV,” the team said in a prepared statement. “The goal of the exhibition is to illustrate the importance of those living with HIV and highlighting those views in our conversation and work revolving around HIV.”

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Mahlon J. Randolph, along with Nina Martinez and Marxavian Jones, MPA, will be opening speakers at the event.

The evening will also include a panel discussion, moderated by Tim’m West, focusing on “using art as activism, personal stories of living with HIV, and art as a tool to show the lives and perspective of people living with HIV.” Confirmed panelists so far include Charles Stephens [Founder & Executive Director of Counter Narrative Project], Park Cannon [Georgia State Representative], and Ms. Dee Dee Chamblee [Founder of LaGender, an Atlanta nonprofit]

ONE COULD CLAIM THAT THE PIECE IS A CALL TO ACTION BUT IF IT IS A CALL TO ACTION , THEN WHERE IS THE SOLUTION?

WUSSY spoke with the I AM organizers about the opening.

Tell us about the mission of the exhibit and Atlanta's relationship with HIV in particular.

Emily: The project, I AM, a name that actually came from a statement by Nina Martinez, actually started as a simple question, "what do we have to say about this?"

Johnnie: Atlanta has a rich history of HIV activism that includes artistic figures like Rev. Duncan Teague, Tony Daniels and Craig Washington, and we see I AM as continuing in that tradition.

This project started as a response to Matthew Terrell's “Atlanta’s HIV + Population Now” piece. What prompted your response?

Emily: My piece More Than a Number began as a response to Matthew Terrell's “Atlanta’s HIV + Population Now” piece when my friends living with HIV/AIDS and partners in activism began talking about the piece and what it meant to them. When first looking at the piece there is something uneasy about it. The piece is lacking. After many conversations the consensus is that the piece is lacking perspective. It is lacking the perspective

Work by Richard Satchell

of people living with HIV/AIDS . One could claim that the piece is a call to action but if it is a call to action , then where is the solution?

What are some ways we can fight HIV stigma in ATL and beyond?

Emily: It begins with education and conversation. Education about PrEP, education about living with HIV and education about what it means to be undetectable. People outside of the cause don't always know what these things are or what they mean. We must hold each other accountable and share what we know to those who don't. That sometimes means having conversations that are uncomfortable and unexpected.

So what, it needs to happen . People need to understand what Living with HIV is like in this day and age. People are stuck in the past and it is our purpose to bring them to the present.

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Johnnie: I think it's also important that we don't separate the fight against HIV stigma from the fight against other types of injustice, including racism, homophobia, transphobia, and lack of access to healthcare. It's critical that we ensure that people understand how HIV criminalization affects all of us, not just people living with HIV. Last year the CDC released a study that said if current HIV diagnoses rates persist 1-in-2 Black gay and bisexual men will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime. Fighting stigma demands urgency. We've been working, already, and see I AM as a way to continue this conversation beyond numbers.

Tell us about some of the artists involved with the I AM Exhibit.

Emily: The I AM Exhibit is a collaboration between several artists. The highlighted artists are Richard Satchell, Myke Work by Richard Satchell

Johnson, and Antron Reshaud.

Richard Satchell is an Atlanta photographer. Richard uses his work to portray the uneasy in an alluring light.

His work in the show takes on a different perspective to Emily’s "More Than A Number" piece. Through his work, he shows both the romanticized and stigmatized sides to Living With HIV/AIDS. Myke Johnson is an artist based in Atlanta. After being diagnosed with HIV, Myke turned to what he loved most, art. The motivation behind most of Myke's work lies in wanting to heal the viewer or the person who commissioned the piece. His work in the show is a response to Matthew Terrell's “Atlanta’s HIV + Population Now” piece. He states that his work is a visual and emotional response as someone living with HIV. As a weapon of mass construction, Antron Reshaud’s usage of multimedia is paramount to the work produced, reflecting his personal journey human and divine. Antron’s art is as beautiful as it is complexed-accompanied by original scores, words and colors to harness the driving force of our lives while audiences search within themselves inevitable questions. 13 years HIV Positive, Antron’s work from literary to music has and continues to leave an everlasting impression of empowerment and love.

Any plans to expand the project?

Emily: The project is an ongoing movement. Johnnie and I will not stop until the stigma stops. We want to do anything we can for the community. I want to provide anything I can whenever I can to further the conversation and educate the community, whether that be creating art installations or providing platforms for people living with HIV to have conversations with the community.

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event photos: Austin Frantz. / April 2017

SPRUNG 4.8.2017 @HERETIC

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Black Friday:

Black Women Erased From History (Again) and SlayTV Matt Jones / April 2017

“WHEN STORIES INVOLVING BLACK PEOPLE CAN’T EVEN PAVE WAY FOR STRONG, POSITIVE ROLE MODELS AND ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THEMSELVES, THEN SOMETHING HAS DEFINITELY GONE AWRY.”

BLACK WOMEN ERASED FROM BLACK POWER MOVEMENT IN GUERILLA Premiering this month, John Ridley’s TV show Guerilla will do it’s best to depict a story of revolution. A story of resilience and power, BLACK power, and there will be what….no black women. Wait there’s one.

Oh, she’s the informant for a white police officer.

This, so far, is all we’ve seen from the Showtime series set in the 70’s era black power movement, and it has provoked much criticism and backlash towards the project. I mean really though, an Asian lead, but the only black woman present in promos is an informant. They’re just gonna slip that in there? Explaining the move in a recent Q & A screening in London, Ridley on the verge of tears responded, “I said previously, I think the characters in

this story are complicated across the board, so the concept that any one person is somehow better, or more elevated, or more appropriate than any other individual, I’m sorry, I don’t accept that.”

Then he continued: “I don’t want to make this overly personal, but part of why I chose to have a mixed-race couple at the center of this is that I’m in a mixed-race relationship. The things that are being said here, and how we are often received, is very equivalent to what’s going on right now. My wife is a fighter, my wife is an activist, and yet, because our races are different, there are a lot of things we have to still put up with.”

Now as a writer, inspiration may create minor tweaks in accuracy or detail, but the

question here remains why no positive and prominent black, female roles in a black power movement. When stories involving black people can’t even pave way for strong, positive role models and accurate representation of themselves, then something has definitely gone awry. This beta max retelling of racial transcendence and coexist stickers has been made clear to be less of a story of black power for black people and more of the struggles of Ridley’s relationship, now set in 70’s UK. It’s unfortunate because people such as Olive Morris (British Black Panthers), Stella Dadzie (Organization of Women of African and Asian Descent) and activist Claudia Jones may have added a bit more flare and substance to this narrative, but I guess nonblack fictional characters are what we have to work with now..

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SLAYTV In a sea of pink nipples and rampant appropriation, one can be very hard-pressed to find a black gay character that isn’t stereotyped, hypersexualized/fetishized or just there to be the black person in the room. Well SlayTV, has arrived to fill a bit of that void. Created by a black gay couple, the network presents a range of stories with black trans and queer people at the forefront. With series such as “Love At First Night” and “No Shade”, the content aims to depict a reality that’s more true to the gay black experience, while delivering some laughs along the way.

Meanwhile, docu-series “Other Boys” - created by video producer Abdool Corlette centers stories of black queer and trans men growing up in NYC. Delving into family life, careers and socioeconomics each episode gives a perspective mostly silenced or subverted in mainstream media. These and other series on the network consistently garner a refreshing feeling of reliability, but with a mostly black team behind the project, this comes as no surprise.

SlayTV’s official launch is on May 15th, but all of this content is available now on Youtube.

“DELVING INTO FAMILY LIFE, CAREERS AND SOCIOECONOMICS EACH EPISODE GIVES A PERSPECTIVE MOSTLY SILENCED OR SUBVERTED IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA.”

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BLESS HER HEART Scape Goats + The Fire That Broke Atlanta Zaida J. / April 2017

What do you get when you combine faulty infrastructure, a racist electorate, and a city with one of the highest rates of income inequality in the country?

You get a collapsed highway, of course.

The collapse of I-85 has righteously shaken Atlanta’s car-loving soul, bringing many questions to the surface. The least important question is “Who did this?” but if you’re anything like Atlantan leadership, you know it’s in your best interest to keep focus on things that don’t matter. The most important question is “How did we get here?” How did we, as a city, find ourselves under the fallout from North-of-city commuters losing their most important artery to the city?

I am not asserting that the collapse of I-85 is unimportant in the context of HOLY SHIT WE LOST AN ENTIRE FUCKING HIGHWAY, but I do think it is more important to discuss our city’s complicated relationships concerning transportation and the poor.

The collapse of I-85 was, for a brief moment, a moment of

levity for those of us living within the Bypass witnessing it from a Facebook news feed. For those on the road...not so much. It wasn’t until authorities went looking for a culprit that things took a more sinister turn. On March 30th, I-85 collapsed; April 1st, a warrant was issued and a suspect identified. It seemed as if the great mystery had been resolved—if you buy the hype, that is.

The police report indicated that a fire began because the named suspect was smoking crack under the bridge, igniting materials that are purportedly not as flammable as social media onlookers thought. The materials in question, high-density polyethylene or HDPE, have to be exposed to high-temperature flames for a prolonged period of time.

Allegedly, the main suspect—39-year-old Basil Eleby—set fire to a couch that was close enough to the HDPE pipes stored under the overpass to ignite them. He told police he left before the fire began, yet members of that community were quick to heap blame on him. They know Eleby, because he took odd-jobs in the area to support himself.

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“...SETTING THE AGENDA TO COVER ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY, THE CONVICTION AND RAILROADING OF A HOMELESS ADDICT.” There is something incredibly wrong with this picture, and it has very little to do with Eleby, a man who allegedly possesses lower-than-average comprehension levels, and more to do with our city’s propensity to prosecute as opposed to looking inward. In the words of Marcus Coleman, the civic activist who assembled Eleby’s high-powered defense team, “it is no secret the homeless routinely burn fires outdoors….the narrative needs to go deeper than just a homeless individual allegedly smoking crack.”

He’s right. Eleby and the I-85, should at the very least, serve as a cautionary tale for Atlanta’s leadership. The incident has shed an incredibly bright light on our city’s problems, yet the response from the Mayor’s office has not been to make homelessness and poor infrastructure a priority. Instead, they’ve provided tacit approval of local and national media outlets setting the agenda to cover one thing and one thing only, the conviction and railroading of a homeless addict.

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This story is still developing, and as we learn more, we move further away from the issues that marked the agenda when the fire first broke out. One would hope that Eleby’s trial and defense team refocus attention on our city’s real problems and undercut any attempt by the administration, media, and city leadership to muddy the waters and save those questions for later. Eventually, someone is going to have to answer them.

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QUEER SPORTS

Atlanta Rollergirls + The Healing Magic of Roller Derby Sunni Johnson / April 2017

“...ROLLERGIRLS THEMSELVES HOLD A COMMON CORE: IMMEASURABLE SELF-GROWTH AND EMPOWERMENT.”

It’s undeniable that roller derby has become associated with “the ladies”. Popular during the Americana Depression Era, the 1960’s saw a renewed interest, strongly encouraging female participation. Little did these promoters know that these teams would hold steadfast to their love for this counterculture sport, growing it into an underground phenom of their own with serious players and fans alike who revel in the rowdyruff and wild that is roller derby.

Skating’s cultural connection to 1970’s roller disco during a decade where badass

dangerous femmes ruled B-movies rubbed off on rollergirl imagineering. Afterall, with BYOB events, roller derby is at punk levels.

Its fast paced entertainment, never skimping on the fun, appeals to a variety of demographics, perhaps for different reasons.

However, rollergirls themselves hold a common core: immeasurable self-growth and empowerment.

“Roller Derby in its modern incarnation is a sport that has been 100% organized by the skaters, for the skaters. This is my fifth season with Atlanta Rollergirls, and each

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year I find myself stepping further out of my comfort zone”, says Marie Provence aka Lady Skatepants of the Sake Tuyas and Rumble Bs. She notes the appeal is beyond just sport: “Most women who have joined will tell you that they found derby during a transitional period in their lives. Being involved is an enormous time and physical commitment, but the unique combination of athleticism and camaraderie within the Atlanta Rollergirls community continues to bring people back year after year.”

“IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THOUGH, ROLLER DERBY IS INCREDIBLY INCLUSIVE.”

In a world of yoga, ballet, gymnastics, swimming, and other more “ladylike” sports, roller derby is brutal to say the least with its set of rules and regulations even in an aggressive contact sport of blockers, jammers, refs and so on. Roller derby also comes with certain airs of a queer stereotype. We’ve come a long way since Kids in the Hall’s Buddy Cole as superfag team coach for a “lesbian softball team”, poking fun at sports and women’s sexuality for women that can be seen as either endearing or offensive as comedy. In all seriousness, though, roller derby is incredibly inclusive.

Leah Trotter regards her moniker, Afro Dykee, with pride on multiple levels. “I wanted a name that spoke to who I am/my identity. I also hoped that queer folks who saw the name would connect the name with safe spaces. I think it's important to try to take back and claim spaces that are not always seen as welcoming. I have hopes that my name makes other queer black folk know that they are not alone.”

and realized I was becoming obsessed. It had been a while since I had played competitively. For many folks once you're out of college it's hard to find competitive sports. I realized how much I missed it and didn't want to watch on the sidelines.”

Married couple Lea Murray aka Lez Dispenser and Fiona Cooke aka The Boss recognize roller derby as very queer friendly.

“Outsiders tend to think we're all lesbians. As awesome as that'd be, that's untrue. We do have a higher percentage than the national average. I'd guess about 20-25% of our league is lesbian/queer/bi. It is a very accepting culture for the queer community”, Lea says.

Anna went to her first derby in Athens, GA and, inspired, began learning to skate again at the local rink. “I did that for months and coincidentally a rollergirl was at open skate one night and told me about tryouts. I worked up the courage and the rest is history.” Lea struck inspiration through Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut Whip It and googled "roller derby Georgia", leading her to the Atlanta Rollergirls. Soon enough she was obsessively researching and practicing for tryouts as well. The couple met through a scrimmage, though living in different cities, dated long distance.

Eventually Anna transferred to Atlanta and now married to Lea have recently had a child.

Trotter has always been athletic and, having played soccer throughout her youth, found a niche with Atlanta Rollergirls. “I tried out and got drafted in 2012. At that point my sister (Queen Loseyateefa) had already been skating for quite some time. I had gone to a lot of her games Photos by: O-Jen Ishii Photography

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The openness of the community highly appeals to many regarding sexuality and identity, whether queer, poly, trans, gay, straight. As Anna explains, “The sport embraces every kind of person. And quite frankly, no one gives a shit. I say that bluntly but it's just true. Derby has this amazing bubble around it that allows the sport to be incredibly inclusive, welcoming, encouraging, supporting, loving.” The WFTDA states that those who identify as women are welcome to be rollergirls, therefore including transwomen and non-binary individuals. Unfortunately not many sports are as accepting.

One documentary In The Turn

explores a transwoman’s journey as she finds acceptance and empowerment in roller derby.

“A lot of people say derby saved their souls, and as corny as that sounds, I can see and personally know why it's true,” Anna explains.

“Lez and I have seen skaters literally heal through the sport. Through divorce, through death, through heartbreak, body struggles, gender changes… you name it.

The community across the world is a powerful force. It's wonderful to see derby girls and guys come together to support one another.” Where there is fierceness in sport, there is also greatness of

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heart. Rollergirls are warriors, each a phoenix rising out from a former shadow, showing up, and where they may get knocked down, they get right back up again, to skate as strong as ever, not just through competition but through life.

Atlanta Rollergirls, once based out of Stone Mountain, hold events in the heart of the city at the Shriner Temple off Ponce De Leon. Support your local rollergirls! They will have two games on April 22nd, Sakes vs Demons and Rumble Bs vs Greenville Derby Dames. Get tickets and learn more about the different teams, events and history at atlantarollergirls.com

“THE SPORT EMBRACES EVERY KIND OF PERSON. AND QUITE FRANKLY, NO ONE GIVES A SHIT.”

Photos by: O-Jen Ishii Photography

WUSSY Exclusive: Chelsea Hoag / April 2017

Princess

Nokia Brings

Feminist

Hip Hop to MJQ

Do a quick Google search of “Princess Nokia” and you will find the 24-year-old Afro-Nuyorican hip-hop artist denouncing machismo, punching sexist audience members, and canceling a show in support of Palestinians – all while not giving a single fuck whom it might piss off.

Destiny Frasqueri, formerly known for her projects as Wavy Spice, is now touring the world as her alter ego Princess Nokia – an unsigned artist who is up for the task of spreading consciousness for everybody.

Atlanta’s own WERC Crew and Latinx group, La Choloteca, will host Princess Nokia for her first performance in the city. Both WERC Crew and La Choloteca are dedicated to bringing spaces not normally curated in the Atlanta music scene. One of the founders of La Choloteca, Kenneth Figueroa, believes this particular show will leave a longstanding impact on the community.

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“Princess Nokia is obviously a voice that resonates with a lot of residents of Atlanta, so to see that in the flesh will be cathartic. I'm excited that there will be more of a capacity for people,” said Figueroa when asked about what Destiny can bring to the table.

Growing up between Spanish Harlem and the Lower East Side of New York, Destiny was called a dyke from an early age. As an out bisexual woman, Destiny often dresses comfortably in loose-fitting clothing seen in her hit video “Tomboy” where she rocks an oversized NYC t-shirt, baggy sweatpants, and vintage gold rimmed glasses. Kicking beauty standards to the side, Destiny raps about her “lil titties and fat belly”, declaring herself a proud tomboy and manipulating the male gaze. Destiny has turned her look into some pocket

change to say the least. This year, she has teamed up with Bershka Beauty products and you might have seen the New Yorker in Calvin Klein’s 2016 In MyCalvins ads alongside big names like FKA Twigs, Joey Bada$$, Kendrick Lamar, and Fetty Wap to name a few.

AN UNSIGNED ARTIST WHO IS UP FOR THE TASK OF SPREADING CONSCIOUSNESS FOR EVERYBODY.

“SHE’S NEVER BEEN SCARED TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER OR PAY HOMAGE TO HER ROOTS”

Switching up her sound, look, and artististic endeavours has always been a part of the young rapper’s style. She’s never been scared to dig a little deeper or pay homage to her roots. Intertwined in her recent music, it’s easy to tell heritage and tradition are important aspects of Destiny’s life. From the age of six, Destiny participated in Taíno ceremonies called areitos and was exposed to spiritual practices of the Cherokee, Lakota, Seminole, Mexica, Azteca, and other Central American native peoples.

In a brilliant and eloquent interview with The Creator Class, Destiny sat down with Fader journalist Anupa Mistry and spoke about how not being represented in the majority white 90’s feminist punk scene sparked a conversation that ultimately turned into Smart Girl Club – a podcast dedicated to urban feminism that is

“punk rock and ghetto at the same mother fucking time,” Destiny salutes in an episode from 2016.

Smart Girl Club has hosted workshops, led panel discussions at Harvard University, held pop-up shops, produced music videos, and much more. Smart Girl Club ranges from 45 minutes to almost two hours that is free in its form covering feminism, ghetto beauty, witchcraft, poetry, brujas, representation within the arts, and that is pro trans, pro queer, pro black, and pro brown.

What does Destiny, Wavy Spice, and Princess Nokia all have in common? The grit of an All-American black riot girl.

Figueroa also mentioned his excitement surrounding the collaboration between WERC Crew and La Choloteca.

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“WHAT DOES DESTINY, WAVY SPICE, AND PRINCESS NOKIA ALL HAVE IN COMMON? THE GRIT OF AN ALL-AMERICAN BLACK RIOT GIRL.” “It's a melding of worlds if you will. And as we further grow our connections together and beyond the dark dance floors, I think the possibilities can be endless,” said Figueroa. “That in itself is enough to cast some kind of light on our daily blight. Music and dancing are healing, and self-care is super important in times like these.”

If you love “Metallic Butterfly”, be sure to listen to most recent work, 1992, available on Soundcloud now.

Don’t miss Princess Nokia alongside Lord Narf, Xavier BLK, DJ Hourglass, Anonima, Florista, JSport,Thrice Groove, Jeremy Avalon, DJ Esme, Santiago Paramo at MJQ on Thursday, May 4 from 10 pm to 3 am presented by La Choloteca and WERC Crew.

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MISSED CONNECTIONS Stevie King / April 2017

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