Is there any art podcast that discusses intersectionality and marginalization in any way?
Most art podcasts I’ve seen focus on ‘craft’ or ‘industry’ completely ignoring the glaring fact that art is socially important and impactful, whether it’s commercial or not, and ESPECIALLY if it’s a product actually, as well as how privilege plays into how
Artists get access to education of opportunities for jobs. How racism impacts where Black, Indigenous, and other people of color want to move cross country for a job, racism in the companies, and also working on problematic projects to make a check to survive.
How it feels to have the corp that owns your studios do problematic shit that harms your community, but you have a good job and you can’t quit and you have no other options
How art schools are incredibly white in both the teaching and student population and why that even is. How our art heroes and curriculum are colonized. How the hatred of anime is actually very much rooted in racism and white supremacy
How people talk about it being about the work and having a good pitch, but when our work is about our identity in anyway at all, that actually works against us. How systemic racism or homophobia or misogyny is actually working against us in large ways
How this ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ mentality actually is very imbedded in pro art culture. How they never acknowledge their heroes were bankrolled by the church or rich benefactors who would never have let a person of color step into their home for a portrait
How wealthy middle class white people with families in the business were the leaders of American illustration.
It’s never even referenced. Just you can be self-taught! Art school is so expensive, just take these classes instead! Okay? But for lots of marginalized people they can’t afford that too??????
Some people can’t network in person or move to NY or Cali or go to cons or network freely because of racism and homophobia and transphobia and shot like that. Hollywood and Publishing often won’t even let us tell our own stories without us fighting for crumbs
And then they might not even promote it because they don’t think ‘there’s and audience for it’
‘Find a local community’ Okay, that literally is not possible for LGBT/BIPOC folks in many parts of the country nor is it safe??? Seriously????
It’s always look at this artist’s amazing journey! And they are usually:

✔️White
✔️Cis
✔️Straight
✔️Male
✔️Married
✔️Live in an area that is PW or have access to one
✔️Have a close relationship with a supportive or eventually supportive family
✔️Are middle class
They made a singular Black princess movie. And she was a FROG in racist America. Why? Every BIPOC group gets a single princess that is an amalgamation of different cultures. and it doesn’t matter how pretty the art is, what the heck is Pocahontas????
Not a single canon LGBTQIA+ lead, and crumbs of ‘representation’ crammed in afterwords even though many children are queer and many of the people making these films are too
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