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 Have you been following our new podcast reboot of the Radio Free Brooklyn show The Badass Lady-Folk of Brooklyn? You might already know that it's on iTunes, Spotify, etc., but did you know it's also on YouTube and Vimeo? The latest episode features a conversation with poet, essayist, and collage artist Kim Vodicka.
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 The world of sustainable fashion often appears expensive, unattainable, and elitist. Even though many consumers want to stray away from the “fast fashion” industry because of its negative environmental impact and exploitation of workers, this can become extremely expensive and unrealistic for many people. On average, an American family spends $1,700 on clothing per year. This is at least in part because articles of clothing are often viewed as disposable. A single item of clothing has a life expectancy of 1-3 years from production until it is disposed of. Because of this, most people don’t want to spend large amounts of money on individual items, instead replacing them in a couple years or even by the next season.
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Badass Lady-Folk host Christine Sloan Stoddard interviews poet and translator Katherine E. Young.
• Katherine E. Young's website: https://katherine-young-poet.com/ • Webpage for Written in Arlington, including video links to previous readings (including "Live in Diane's Living Room"), publisher and ordering info: https://katherine-young-poet.com/arlington-anthology/ • YouTube channel for Spoken in Arlington: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXGlsJwT-hLq30Rg12d-Z-Q • Live From Diane's Living Room! Ep. 9: Written in Arlington with Poet Katherine E. Young and Friends: https://bit.ly/3bB3p38 • Publisher's webpage for Woman Drinking Absinthe: https://alansquirepublishing.com/bookstore/woman-drinking-absinthe/ • "Bar at the Folies-Bergère" by Edouard Manet: https://bit.ly/3sqNY4o • Information about Look at Him: reviews, author and translator interviews, including video from the book launch with author Anna Starobinets, and publisher links: https://katherine-young-poet.com/anna-starobinets/ • Host info: www.worldofchristinestoddard.com *** The intro music comes from the song "Talking Hands" by Toxic Moxie. © Quail Bell Press & Productions, 2021, www.quailbell.com 
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By Lina Romero  Born-born and Long Island-raised, Donna Morales is a vivacious and versatile New York actress who started dancing at age 6. By age 17, she was dancing professionally and eventually transitioned to a career in education, first as the owner of a dance studio and then as a teacher of early childhood education for the NYC Department of Education (DOE). After 25 years of service with the NYC DOE, she retired. But she never abandoned her love for the stage. At age 42, she began performing for regional theaters across Long Island and the outer boroughs and became active in children's theater, as well. More recently, she made her foray into Manhattan productions. Passionate about the performing arts of all kinds, Donna landed her first feature film role in 2018 and continues to act in TV/film, theater, and now voice-over projects. 2021 already has news in store for Donna, with new releases and virtual events on the horizon. In late 2020, she finished recording her first audio book, Naomi and the Reckoning, written by Christine Sloan Stoddard, for Quail Bell Press & Productions. She also performed in Sloan Stoddard's Zoom play Cyber Cinderella, as well as voicing the main character “Nessie” in Sloan Stoddard's radio play Nessie produced by Soundscape Theater. The following interview, taken by the Quail Bell Crew over email, has been edited for length and clarity.  The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
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The following is a panel featuring Quail Bell founder Christine Sloan Stoddard, discussing themes related to her book Heaven Is A Photograph with two fellow female photographers, Natali Bravo-Barbee and Shawn Inglima. They touch on some of the challenges and unique advantages of being women working with photography, as well as how the pandemic has affected their work.
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By Lina Romero  Photo Credit: Netflix Warning: Spoilers ahead. Read at your own risk!
The Netflix To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before series has a special place in my heart. When the first movie in the series, based on the novels by Jenny Han, was released in 2018, I watched it with my friends and bought the book as a gift for my little sister but ended up reading it myself in one night. Now, I’ve read all three books and enjoyed the first two movies, so naturally I had high hopes for the third. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
 You may know it's important to promote your creative work or you may not. (If you don't, start Googling and start learning!) Either way, this may be hard, emotionally, for you to do as a creative person and that's normal. Many writers and artists in the digital age find promoting their work via social media and other means embarrassing. They're 1. afraid of people's reactions (like artistic critique or personal judgment), 2. think it looks braggy or desperate, and/or 3. worry about the time commitment involved with adequately promoting their work.
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By Ghia Vitale  The plus size fashion world needs clothes in more extended sizes to begin with, but that’s not enough for me. I also want cute, hyper-feminine, dainty, and flirty clothes to be available in extended plus sizes. Having cute fashion available in extended plus sizes promotes accessibility, fat liberation, and inclusion, all of which are desperately needed by the fashion industry and the world at large.
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Badass Lady-Folk host Christine Sloan Stoddard interviews Sara Swallow, writer, Quail Bell Magazine intern, and VCU student, about converting to Catholicism and her views on social justice teachings in the Catholic Church.
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By Audrey Garrett  Last Tuesday the Starbucks barista who handed me my iced coffee had the words "fed up" handwritten on her name tag. Her sarcastic label successfully protested her poor working conditions, including the understaffed drive-thru. I grabbed my coffee from her outstretched arm and made a mental note to join her in rebellion of underpaid baristas during my next shift at the local Richmond, Virginia coffee shop. I have worked as a barista there since October and will write "fed up" on my name tag until they fire me.
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