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One afternoon, while perusing Soundcloud, I serendipitously happened across Jet Airess, a DJ and producer from Borneo. More specifically, she’s from Sarawak, one of two Malaysian states that share the island with five Indonesian provinces and the nation of Brunei. As such, her music is influenced by club rhythms from all over the world, as well as Sarawakian and Borneon sonic traditions. Her page’s description articulately self-identifies the genre: “Harmonics and Hardness… T

Nina Posner: You have a lot of vivid dreams, right? Elizabeth Posner: Correct. NP: What do you think that means? EP: Well, I think it means a few things. From a very practical sense, I think it means that I am not a very deep sleeper. From a kind of… I guess, ethereal sense, I think it means I’ve had some past lives. NP: Oh! Could you say more about that? EP: Well, sometimes in my dreams, someone in my life, and this could be from forty years ago, will show up in my dream, ei

When thinking of the next womyn you should know, the first to come to my mind were power couple Olivia Buntaine and Alex Washburn. Olivia's work examines the usage of Shakespeare as an incredibly successful rehabilitative tool in prisons. Alex has taken the stale world of sexual education and is turning it on its head, planning and implementing her own dynamic public health program specifically focused on women and women's bodies. Though their work is different, their individ

I remember being gawky, and ten, with braces, a frizzy mop of hair in a bun, and bad posture. I wore gray leisure pants and a t-shirt every single day. Sometimes I wore pajama pants underneath the leisure pants to stay warm. I was too tall for myself. My eyebrows were dark and intense. I didn’t know when to smile. These qualities were fodder for ridicule from children and adults alike. I was told I looked less like a girl than my friends did. I was told I looked dirty.

I met up with womyn warriror Aerienne Russell, known to LA locals as folksy sweetheart Kitchen Hips and a co-creator of feminist DIY-space Gal Palace. She shares with me what it's like being a solo-female artist living and performing in LA and running the powerful DIY space and community that she has created alongside her roommates in her own living room. --Lauren Lauren Moon: Hi Aerienne, thanks so much for joining me! How's your day been so far? Aerienne Russell: Good! I wo