<p>What do the struggles for environmental justice and trans liberation have in common? In this Earth Day episode, Imara examines the shared goals and strategies of these two movements. First, she talks with educator and storyteller Vanessa Raditz about the inherent queerness of nature and the philosophy underlying conservative attacks on trans rights and climate action. Next, she’s joined by organizer and artist, Big Wind Carpenter, who shares what they learned while protesting environmental racism at the Dakota Access Pipeline and on the Wind River reservation. </p><br><p>Make sure to check out TransLash Media’s new show The Mess: Imara’s Guide to Our Political Hellscape. You can subscribe by getting a <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/translash-podcasts/id6477840945" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TransLash Fam membership</a> in Apple Podcasts. Just scroll to the top of this show in the Apple Podcasts app to find the subscribe button. </p><br><p>Follow TransLash Media @translashmedia on <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@translashmedia?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/translashmedia/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.threads.net/@translashmedia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Threads</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/translashmedia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> X</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/translashmedia/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</p><p>Follow Imara Jones on X (<a href="https://twitter.com/imarajones?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ImaraJones</a>) and Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/imara_jones_/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Imara_jones_</a>)</p><br><p>Follow our guests on social media!</p><p>Amasai Jeke: Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ms_amasai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ms_amasai</a>) and X (<a href="https://twitter.com/miss_amacy?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@miss_amacy</a>)</p><p>Vanessa Raditz: Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/queers4climatejustice/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@queers4climatejustice</a>)</p><p>Big Wind Carpenter: Instagram: (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/bigwindriver/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BigWindRiver</a>)</p><br><p>TransLash Podcast is produced by Translash Media.</p><p>Translash Team: Imara Jones, Oliver-Ash Kleine, Aubrey Calaway. </p><p>Xander Adams is our senior sound engineer and a contributing producer.</p><p>Alex Guerra is our social media producer.</p><p>Digital strategy by Daniela Capistrano.</p><p>Theme Music: Ben Draghi and ZZK records. </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
