Diaspora Babes

Unlikely Allies: Plant Comrades, Creativity, and Care

You have unlikely allies. Have you found them? During quarantine, we’re forging systems of mutual aid with unlikely allies: birds, plants, cats, and trees in our immediate vicinity. Emergent Strategy and adrienne maree brown. Baby hummingbirds. Unexpected roosters. Ecosystems of care. Ancestor trees. Featuring contributions from Isabel Peña she/they @botanicabrava Alina Perez she/her @alina.perezz Alex Mendez she/her Nasseem they/he @dendrophile666 Thank you! Tell us what excited you, frustrated you, challenged you, or touched you by voice note or at diasporababes@gmail.com Follow on Instagram @diasporababes @youcandoithabibi Music by Layle Omeran @layleomer AlmanaK Bandcamp IG @almanak_ab

My Queer Ramadan

Welcome to season 2 of Diaspora Babes! Continuing the theme of making home, I read some selections from #myqueerramadan series I have been writing for Ramadan 2020. Read the full series and get regular updates here. Tell us what excited you, frustrated you, challenged you, or touched you by voicenote or at diasporababes@gmail.com Follow on Instagram @diasporababes @youcandoithabibi Music by Layle Omeran @layleomer AlmanaK Bandcamp IG @almanak_ab

Gathering and Coming Home

Welcome to season 2 of Diaspora Babes! Today I offer an exploration of the center, the home inside you, the gathering that takes you from it, and brings you home. Tell us what excited you, frustrated you, challenged you, or touched you by voicenote or at diasporababes@gmail.com Follow on Instagram @diasporababes @youcandoithabibi Music by Layle Omeran @layleomer AlmanaK Bandcamp IG @almanak_ab

Diaspora Babes Radio Waves

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the sweet sounds of the first Diaspora Babes Radio Waves installment. Enjoy recently released tracks by queer artists of color. Their songs are accompanied by their thoughts on ecstatic experiences reached with music and how they use music to connect to others. The artists, their included tracks, and the time stamps: AlmanaK, Belly of the Beast 0:00 Yummy Online, Playstation 2:50 月曜日 6:03 Sukha, Euphoria 9:33 Idrys, Joyaux 13:56 Layle Omeran/ 7afsa قالولي 20:04 Mia Listte, Bella 27:32 Contact info: AlmanaK https://soundcloud.com/almanakspeaks Instagram @almanakmusic_ https://www.dardishi.com/events Performing March 10 in Glasgow and in Paris May 9th and May 14th Yummy Online https://soundcloud.com/onlineyummy Instagram @terrorist.us Remsta23@gmail.com Sukha Instagram @Susankhan https://soundcloud.com/susankhan-sukha Idrys https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCndCfl1PEkw5PYr9_Q81vYQ https://idrys.bandcamp.com/ Instagram @idrysrhodes Layle Omeran/ 7afsa Instagram @laylomer Mia Lisette Instagram @missmialisette

You Are Love

A message on love for Valentine’s Day. I talk about posts by @virginalvigilante @bunnymichael and @jessica_lanyadoo and read from adrienne marie brown’s Emergent Strategy. Revolutionary, queer love. Trauma. Do you worship fear? Do you let others sacrifice you to their fears? I also use tarot and talk about the Ace of Cups and our internal fountain of love. This episode is more improvised than usual, so let me know your thoughts on IG at @diasporababes, by email at diasporababes@gmail.com, or send me a voice message on WhatsApp or Anchor. I love you, babes.