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NEW PODCAST EPISODE!! Rebelliously Tiny - Episode 11: Hannah & AY

When we set out to create a podcast, we didn’t have much (okay, any) experience in podcast making. We had a few goals and ideas, we found inspiration in other podcasts we admired, and we relied on support from the amazing Oboro artist-run center in Montreal. Mostly, we had a lot of feelings: a desire to talk about and give time and attention to things belittled or demeaned in the mainstream, tenderness towards the questions sent to AY online, feminist fueled frustrations. In this first episode from the next series of Rebelliously Tiny, we reflect on Season 1, we share the process of creating a second season, talk about the challenges of our Kickstarter campaign, and we discuss our own passions and careers. Use this episode to catch up with us and learn more about Rebelliously Tiny, or even to hear a few tips on starting a creative project from scratch with limited resources and funds.

In keeping with our formula from last season, each episode explores a question received by AY on social media: “I'm about to finish a degree in writing, and I'm struggling with my next step. What I really want to do is publish novels, but I worry that it won't pay the bills (and I guess it never might). I'm worried that if I don't get into a field related to my degree, I will never use it. Family are putting on the pressure to just get any job, get money coming in. What should I do?”

A podcast by Ambivalently Yours Co-produced by Hannah McCasland Recorded at Oboro Arist-Run Center in Montreal Technical support: Stéphane Claude Music: Greg Barkley

New Rebelliously Tiny podcast episode!! Episode 12: Sunny Listen here

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*Content warning: this episode deals with issues of racism, body shaming, femme phobia and contains some harsh language.

Here’s the question that inspired this week’s episode: "I look way older than others my age because I'm more curvy. I'm also biracial, so my skin is more light brown and I’ve got curls. I like pink, I like dresses. mainly boys have called me things like "stupid fat black b*tch" as soon as I stood up for myself and some of my friends who claim themselves as feminists tell me that I can't really be a feminist because of my obsession for girly things. although i act like it doesn't, it does hurt me."

This week’s episode is dedicated to the fangirl living inside of each of us. The question we respond to deals with the struggle of loving “girly” things like the colour pink and dresses, fangirling over pop culture, stumbling through activism, and learning to be a feminist… a few of our favourite things. To work through this question, we reach out to AY’s friend Sunny, a blogger based in Australia. Despite the 14 hour time difference and grainy Skype connection, we got to hear Sunny share some wisdom about the role of joy in activism, the importance of respecting, rather than belittling, and how to build inclusive activist movements by prioritizing diverse perspectives.

NEW PODCAST EPISODE!! Rebelliously Tiny - Episode 10: Coming Out (Bonus Episode)

*Content Warning: Sharing of personal coming out stories, the good, the bad and everything in-between.

In the first season of Rebelliously Tiny, we talked about the personal, the political, the complicated, the intimate, the relatable and all the ambivalence in-between. With these discussions, we hoped to foster tenderness, friendship, love, understanding, learning and unlearning. We are currently working on a second season of our podcast but before we share our new conversations we decided to take a moment to reflect on Season 1. In this in-between-seasons episode, we hear familiar voices as they discuss “coming out” and help AY answer this episode’s question: “I need help coming out. I don’t know how to do it. I want to do it in a creative way.”

A podcast by Ambivalently Yours Co-produced by Hannah McCasland Recorded at Oboro Arist-Run Center in Montreal Technical support: Stéphane Claude Music: Greg Barkley

This drawing was made in response to an anonymous message on Instagram. 

For almost six years now, I have been replying to the messages that people write to me on social media with pink drawings. I've answered hundreds and hundreds of messages this way, and I still have over 1000 waiting in my inbox. I love having these tiny interactions with strangers online, then sharing them publicly. There is comfort in healing together. But there are many questions that I just can't answer on my own. That's why I started a podcast. It was a way for me to reach out to my community and ask for help. The nine episodes of season 1 of the Rebelliously Tiny podcast are full of harsh realities counteracted with tender emotions. I love doing this work, but I can't do it alone. So I am asking for help again, to fund the second season. I want to keep sharing great conversations and I want to be able to financially compensate my team and collaborators for their emotional and creative labour. If you are able to share or donate to our kickstarter (here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1942182488/rebelliously-tiny-a-podcast-by-ambivalently-yours), it would not only mean the world to me, but I believe that by supporting each other emotionally and financially we can shift the imbalance of power in our media and communities. Also, please keep sending me your questions either via DM or email at ambivalently.yours[at]gmail.com. I can’t always answer all of them but I read each one several times and try my best to answer those I can. 

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Want to support an independent feminist podcast and get a cute patch in the mail? Then please consider supporting the Rebelliously Tiny podcast. Last monday, we launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund season 2! Those who pledge $50 (little Canadian dollars) or more will receive a Rebelliously Tiny woven patch (we have a lot of great other prizes too). All the money we raise will help fund the production and equipment rental, and help pay our collaborators! 

Please support or share if you can! Every little bit helps!!

Here’s the link to our campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1942182488/rebelliously-tiny-a-podcast-by-ambivalently-yours