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The Gaymazing RaceEp. 70: Lesbian Retirement Plan in AthensThe giant has been slayed this week in a SHOCKING turn of events in Greece. We've got Sisyphus (aka a caveman), the Greek alphabet, women helping women (sometimes), and a real shake up in the order of things! Nicole and cartoonist, illustrator and Jeopardy champion guest cohost Ajuan Mance talk about all of this while Karen is away at an academic conference. Stay tuned!
2025-11-2558 min
Bay Area Book Festival Podcast"Writing as an Other""What is the relationship between the role of the outsider and literary writing?" Pulitzer Prize-winning Viet Thanh Nguyen poses this question in his new book To Save and To Destroy, which is based on a series of six lectures at Harvard. Having escaped from the Vietnam War to a refugee camp in Pennsylvania when he was four, Nguyen is no stranger to being an outsider who carries both the burdens and pleasures of being the "minor" writer. In this event, he'll be joined by two other brilliant literary outsiders: Greg Sarris, Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria...
2025-07-251h 18
Cryptid Creator Corner from Comic Book Yeti - A Comic Book Interview PodcastAlex L Combs and Andrew Eakett Interview - Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present DayNow in year three of my Pride Month Feature coverage on the show, I’m more excited than I’ve ever been about shining a light onto the diversity of projects representing queer focused characters and getting to chat with the creators who make them. For myself, Pride this year feels like a more somber affair as the current administration seeks to not only suppress the struggle of the queer community but also to attempt to eliminate their history and in the most extreme cases, invalidating that certain people even have the right to exist but instead of getting down...
2025-06-201h 12
Art of the Bay | Podcast SeriesThe Pulse - Podcaster PeersArt of the Bay: The PulseWhere we highlight individuals and organizations who are currently making a great impact within their communities. Each episode we bring together two distinct creatives united by their passion, yet divergent in their journeys, to discover and tell their stories.On this episode we had the wonderful opportunity to chat with our fellow podcaster peers!In the 1st conversation, we chatted with special guest Pam Uzzell. She is an educator, filmmaker and also hosts the Art Heals All Wounds podcast. We chatted about how Pam first got into teaching...
2025-01-061h 25
We Want the Airwaves: QPOC Artists on the Rise118: Queer & Trans Comics & ZinesA panel featuring four of Nia King's favorite artists: Sawyer Lovett, Joe Hatton, Vo Vo, and Cristy C. Road. Zines played a crucial role in reducing social isolation for many of us, whether we were one of the only punks of color in our scene (Nia in Boston, Joe in the Dakotas, and Vo in Sydney, Australia), or the only gay in our rural Virginia town (Sawyer). Cristy C. Road discusses growing up in Miami's predominantly Black and brown punk scene and using zines to process heartbreak and trauma. Other important zinesters that received shout-outs (or should...
2024-04-141h 29
White HomeworkSkills for Building Resilience w/ Andre Henry! 💥CW ⚠️: this episode contains references to suicide and diets. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis in the US or Canada you can dial 988 to get support.
Fan fave Andre Henry is back to talk about the practice of building resilience in the context of supremacist culture. Honestly, this conversation had me tearing up in places, and yet left me completely inspired and grounded. As you probably already know, I'm so grateful for Andre's work.
You can find Andre's book at Bookshop.org (and by doing so, support local bookstores instead of the jungle name...
2024-04-121h 07The Gaymazing RaceEp. 42: Mama Rat Took Baby Rat Skiing in Medellin (S36, E4)Ajuan Mance, an artist, illustrator and author of many books and comics series joins us on our own megaleg, as The Amazing Race continues in Colombia. A rebus puzzle nearly derails our favorite lady firefighters, Sunny and Bizzy, who at this point are showing more enthusiasm for each other than the girls who like girls who like hiking. Ricky and César continue their gay excellence, while Vinny exercises his Pinoy patience with Amber as she struggles with self confidence. Things get artsy and anguished to the very finish, and we (tearfully) welcome Team Double D...
2024-04-081h 30
Graymalkin Lane the podcastLegend of the Blue Marvel 1-5: Featuring Ajuan Mance, Steenz, and Darrell Taylor!Chad is joined by the wonderful Ajuan Mance, Steenz, and Darrell Taylor to have a discussion about the series Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel from 2008! And yes, there is a surprise appearance by Bolivar Trask and hints to the origins of Project Wideawake and the Sentinels! Adam Brashear is a complicated hero, and we have a long discussion about why...Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2024-04-081h 45
CrosscurrentsCrisis Response / Author Ajuan Mance / Bay PoetsDo you know who to call when you see someone passed out on the street or dealing with a mental health crisis? Today, we meet the people in Oakland offering an alternative to the police. Then, an Oakland artist’s children’s book shares stories of Black men finding joy doing everyday activities. And, a reading from A.A. Vincent for our series Bay Poets.
2023-12-0526 minCrosscurrentsCrisis Response / Author Ajuan Mance / Bay PoetsDo you know who to call when you see someone passed out on the street or dealing with a mental health crisis? Today, we meet the people in Oakland offering an alternative to the police. Then, an Oakland artist’s children’s book shares stories of Black men finding joy doing everyday activities. And, a reading from A.A. Vincent for our series Bay Poets.
2023-12-0526 minCrosscurrentsTailoring As A Way Of Life / 'Living While Black' / New ArrivalsToday, we hear from Bolivian master tailors who are living and working in the East Bay. Then, we talk with artist Ajuan Mance about the complexities and culture that inspired her new book of illustrations titled “Living While Black.” And, from our podcast New Arrivals, a reading from San Francisco author Thomas McKenna.
2023-03-2222 minCrosscurrentsTailoring As A Way Of Life / 'Living While Black' / New ArrivalsToday, we hear from Bolivian master tailors who are living and working in the East Bay. Then, we talk with artist Ajuan Mance about the complexities and culture that inspired her new book of illustrations titled “Living While Black.” And, from our podcast New Arrivals, a reading from San Francisco author Thomas McKenna.
2023-03-2222 min
Art Heals All Wounds'Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance' by Ajuan Mance, Comic Artist and IllustratorToday, I’m joined by Ajuan Mance, a visual artist and educator who recently published an illustrated encyclopedia titled, Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance. The book features around forty illustrations of activities that are perfectly legal, but for which African Americans have been arrested, harassed, or even killed. In our conversation, Ajuan provides some context for why she created this body of work and reflects on stylistic choices, including her decision to portray Black people how she sees them: resilient, loving, and joyful.There’s a powerful juxtaposition in the formatting of the book. On one...
2023-02-2235 minCrosscurrentsCommunity Corner Store / Bay Poet: David Flores / Black Panther / New Arrivals: Ajuan ManceAn Oaklander who grew up in his family’s corner store is now thinking about selling the family business. Today, we hear a new story from our series At Work. Then, two Bay Area creators share their thoughts on the film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” And, we listen to readings from East Bay authors.
2023-02-0226 minCrosscurrentsCommunity Corner Store / Bay Poet: David Flores / Black Panther / New Arrivals: Ajuan ManceAn Oaklander who grew up in his family’s corner store is now thinking about selling the family business. Today, we hear a new story from our series At Work. Then, two Bay Area creators share their thoughts on the film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” And, we listen to readings from East Bay authors.
2023-02-0226 min
New ArrivalsAjuan Mance book is a response to the criminalization of Black people’s daily livesAjuan Mance lives in Oakland. Her book, "Living While Black," came out on October 25, 2022.
2022-12-1302 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #265-AJUAN MANCE!!! Comics, making comics, Living While Black & MORE. Plus: loving allyship in the wake of the Club Q tragedy.We are over the moon to welcome back cartoonist, professor and Jeopardy champion AJUAN MANCE to the podcast.
Ajuan is here to celebrate the release of two books- 1001 Black Men (Stacked Deck Press) and Living While Black (Chronicle). Both of her books are out now!
Also on this episode: Nicole talks about the Club Q tragedy & how to support the LGBTQIA+ community when something like this happens.
Ajuan Mance is a Professor of English at Mills College in Oakland, California, a professor of comics at California college of the arts...
2022-11-2337 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #243-AJUAN MANCE!!! Comics, Menopause, Jeopardy, Black Art From the Edge of the Universe and MORE!!!We are over the moon to welcome artist, cartoonist, and professor Ajuan Mance to the show this week. Ajuan, who was recently featured in the documentary No Straight Lines, joined me to talk about her comic in the Eisner winning anthology Menopause, A Comic Treatment, plus her years-long project 1001 Black Men, the time she was on Jeopardy, Nerdiness, Her new art show, Black Art From The Edge of the Universe, and MORE.
You can find Ajuan’s art show: Black art from the edge of the universe” right now at the African American art and cultur...
2021-09-0154 min
Art Heals All WoundsAjuan Mance, The Importance of RepresentationAjuan Mance, visual artist and illustrator, uses her art as a lens through which to understand both the world and herself, with work that represents too-often overlooked subjects. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-03-1536 min
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesNIA KING AND ELENA ROSE PRESENT QUEER & TRANS ARTISTS OF COLOR VOLUME 2 WITH SPECIAL GUESTSQueer & Trans Artists of Color Vol 2
A celebration of queer and trans black and brown genius...building on the groundbreaking first volume, Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives, Nia King is back with a second archive of interviews from her podcast We Want the Airwaves. She maintains her signature frankness as an interviewer while seeking advice on surviving capitalism from creative folks who often find their labor devalued.
In this collection of interviews, Nia discusses biphobia in gay men's communities with Juba Kalamka, helping border-crossers find water in the d...
2017-03-141h 43
Wanda's PicksWanda's Picks Radio ShowThis is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! From the Archives features a show...
2016-08-192h 36Wanda's Picks Radio ShowThis is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!
From the Archives features a show...
2016-08-192h 37Wanda's PicksWanda's Picks Radio ShowThis is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. The Black Woman as God: Reprogramming...
2016-08-102h 34Wanda's Picks Radio ShowThis is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!
1. The Black Woman as God: Reprogramming...
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We Want the Airwaves: QPOC Artists on the Rise45: Ajuan ManceAjuan Mance is a visual artist and my former literature professor. She has been an actively involved in The Art of Living Black for several years and draws a portrait series called 1001 Black Men. She is also the author of Inventing Black Women: African American Women Poets and Self-Representation 1877-2000.
Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.
2015-05-311h 00
Wanda'sPicks:Ericka Huggins; Question Bridge; 1001 Black MenDirected by celebrated African-American artists Chris Johnson and Hank Willis Thomas, in collaboration with Bayeté Ross Smith and Kamal Sinclair, Question Bridge: Black Males on view January 20 through July 8, 2012 @ the Oakland Museum of CA, is an innovative video installation features dialogue between 150 black men recruited from eleven American cities and towns. The project includes multiple video screens placed in two arcs in the OM's Gallery of California Art that will play videos of black men responding to questions edited in a way so that it appears as if the men were having a conversation. We are delighted to have Chris Johnson and ...
2012-03-022h 40Wanda's PicksAjuan Mance, Associate Professor, English
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Chair, at Mills College, author and visual artist. African American literature, 19th-century American literature, U.S. popular culture, the oral tradition in U.S. literature, Black feminist thought, African American art, Black on Campus. She, James Gayles & Karen Seneferu are a part of an exhibit at the Women's Cancer Resource Center,“Body & Soul.” The exhibit located at 5741 Telegraph Avenue,Oakland, CA 94609, (510) 420-7900 x 111, and curated by Margo Mercedes Rivera-Weiss, opens April 17, 7-9 p.m. and continues through May 6. Jetaun Maxwell, founder of Dance Theatre of the Gospel, has a new work, "Invisible Womb...
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