1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha. Welcome to Steffan Never 2 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: Told You production by Her Radio. 3 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 2: And for today's feminists around the world. We are featuring 4 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 2: a well known and much loved artist, Caitlin Blunny, and 5 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 2: we've actually featured her, I think on our Instagram. If not, 6 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 2: I've thought about doing it when I was doing the 7 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 2: Instagram because she has such amazing stuff and we here 8 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: love her work so much. I was perusing through her 9 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,919 Speaker 2: stickers collection. I'm gonna have to buy a few. But 10 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 2: Blunny is an activist and artist currently from the DC 11 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 2: area who has been outspoken for the rights and advocacy 12 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 2: for others. Her art has been used throughout the country 13 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: and the world as a representation of queer trains and 14 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 2: reproductive rights, women's rights, disability rights of all of the things, 15 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 2: like she is on top of it, and again she 16 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: has done so much with all of that. And she's 17 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: known by her title Liberal Jane. I think people everybody's 18 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 2: gonna be like, yeah, no, I know who she is. 19 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 2: And her works has been featured on different publications and 20 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 2: by different campaigns that like I just saw I believe 21 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 2: Women's art activists kind of a site that was featuring 22 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 2: and thanking her for her work. She's she's known. If 23 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 2: you're a part of this community, you've seen her artwork, 24 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: even though you might not know the name or her 25 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 2: name personally. I know Liberal Jane. I didn't know her 26 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: name before the fact, but Caitlin Blunny and she's amazing. Obviously. 27 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 2: She went to school in New York and moved soon 28 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 2: after she graduated, and she's talked about growing up in 29 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 2: a conservative household and how her own father inspired the 30 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: name liberal Jane. So here's a quote from an interview 31 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: from j Jones magazine. Quote. I grew up pretty conservatively 32 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 2: and my dad, who was pretty far right, was upset 33 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 2: when I went off to college and was exposed to 34 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: progressive ideas. Sounds familiar. We would often talk read yell 35 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 2: over the phone about politics, and one day he just 36 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: responded to my argument with okay, Liberal Jane. And the 37 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 2: name stuck, especially when I got deeper into my activist work. 38 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 2: I decided to keep what became a family nickname and 39 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: use it online as an alias. While I'm no longer 40 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 2: anonymous online, the name is very sentimental to me, and 41 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 2: I love that take something that's supposed to be an 42 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: insult and use it and make money. Yeah, I mean, look, 43 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 2: she has two hundred and forty six thousand followers on Instagram. 44 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: She is known so go ahead, and her journey and 45 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 2: starting Liberal Jane was due to her empathy and standing 46 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 2: up for the rights of trans people and wanting to 47 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 2: be a voice to advocate for everyone's rice. So here's 48 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 2: a quote from Amelia greenblog dot WordPress dot com. Caitlin 49 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 2: Blenny has been an advocate for sexual assault victims and 50 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 2: while at university, was the victim of an attack herself 51 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 2: needing an abortion. Being an a to access one in Virginia, 52 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 2: she traveled across the state lines to get the healthcare 53 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:08,119 Speaker 2: service she required. In her heavy New York draw, she explains, 54 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 2: in Virginia, if you want an abortion, you have to 55 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,519 Speaker 2: wait twenty four hours, have to go through counseling, which 56 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: is biased, so you will hear things like the word baby. 57 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 2: So through her artwork, she is an avid campaigner for 58 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 2: reproductive rights in America. And again, like she's kind of, 59 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 2: it's just all all everywhere. It's not just reproductive work. 60 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 2: And she actually has worked with several organizations and nonprofits 61 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: by the way, so she is all about that walk 62 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 2: in this talk. Yeah, I was cheesy. I'm gonna keep it, 63 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 2: keep going. She has worked as an organizer and uses 64 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 2: her work in digital art spaces as a place for activism. 65 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 2: She grew in popularity in twenty nineteen twenty twenty, and 66 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 2: I say that with a caveat it, there's gonna be 67 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 2: so many people like, No, she was way before. She 68 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 2: probably was, but for us, like, she really blew up 69 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 2: in that era of that digital art space in a 70 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 2: time when everything all the protests and happening in like 71 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 2: through twenty sixteen to twenty nineteen, she really blew up 72 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 2: in that timeframe. I'll keep it at that. You can 73 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: come correct me because I understand. And she has become 74 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 2: a household name in the artivism world, which we have 75 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 2: said a couple of times, but it does sound tongue 76 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 2: in cheek, but still we love it. Her works are 77 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 2: inspiring and inclusive for so many And she talks about 78 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 2: how she began her illustration journey after working with a 79 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 2: nonprofit where she was dismissed for her concerns when a 80 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 2: coworker was making anti trans comments, and she used her 81 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 2: art to be able to vent her frustrations, which good 82 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: on you. This is better than smacking somebody or yelling 83 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: at them I am a violent person or her anyway. 84 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 2: So in her more recent post on Instagram, you will 85 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 2: see her works that highlight the importance and beauty of diversity, 86 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 2: calling out for advocacy through her illustrations. My faves include 87 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 2: the support your local WORF library. That's a good one. 88 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 2: Bodily autonomy is an appellation value. There's a possum in 89 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,239 Speaker 2: one of ours. Gotta love that, uh a full stop. 90 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 2: And then asexuality is a real is real and valid. 91 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 2: Like she's very inclusive in all of that and is 92 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 2: a wonderful part of the queer workspace. Yes, that was 93 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 2: a shout out for you, Annie. 94 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: There you go. 95 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 2: We need that kind of we need that as a poster. 96 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: And yeah, like I said, she has some wonderful, wonderful stickers. 97 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 2: You should go check them out. They're a little sparkly 98 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 2: little round badges. One. You can go find it at 99 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 2: Liberal Jane dot com, which you can find out about 100 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: her work, all the art, some of the articles that 101 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 2: she's been featured in. How to collaborate with her, we 102 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 2: should probably get there. I kind of want her to 103 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 2: do some art work for us, but I have a 104 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 2: feeling she might be too expensive for iHeart for rightly so, 105 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 2: because it's worth that amount. But it is gorgeous. She 106 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 2: was also featured on The NIB, which is a publisher 107 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 2: of and this is from their site, quote political cartoons 108 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 2: and nonfiction comics about what is going down in the world, 109 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 2: and the story is called Abortion is an Essential Service, 110 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 2: where she tells as Marie's story and her having to 111 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 2: access abortion care and why it should be for everyone. 112 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 2: I will say a lot of the information that I 113 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: have gotten is from twenty twenty. Like I said, like 114 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 2: she really blew up at that point in time. I 115 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 2: discovered her before then I'll put that out there. Yeah, 116 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 2: I can. I can claim that I knew her and 117 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 2: I didn't know. I don't know her at all. I'm 118 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 2: just saying I saw her work, probably, but all of 119 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 2: that to say she I haven't gotten too much more 120 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 2: information in articles and I don't know why. I'm very 121 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 2: surprised by this, but twenty twenty was a lot of 122 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 2: the frames and including that story that was published. And again, 123 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 2: if you want to go check out the NIB, which 124 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 2: is really cool. They have a lot of amazing illustrations 125 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 2: and comics beautifully done and different artists are featured throughout, 126 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 2: so you definitely should check that out. But this was 127 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 2: one that I went through and read and like it 128 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 2: was exactly kind of what we did with our book 129 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 2: on when we were telling our stories. But I love 130 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 2: all of her art. It is gorgeous and by the way, 131 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 2: just recently I checked out on her LinkedIn that she's 132 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 2: worked with Women's First Digital to quote shine a light 133 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 2: on digital censorship of abortion information, which she has to 134 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 2: be busy. Like her artwork, I'm sure she's being inspired 135 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 2: by so much. I did see a lot of like 136 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 2: new artwork that has to do with immigration issues again, 137 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 2: disability rights, obviously trans issues that are happening because the 138 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 2: world is a burning ball of garbage anyway, But her 139 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 2: artwork is a bright light in all of these things, 140 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 2: so you should definitely go check out her stuff. Go 141 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 2: look at her up Liberal Jane on all the social media's. 142 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 2: I found her on TikTok as well, but I don't 143 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 2: think she's posted anything since twenty twenty four, so I 144 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 2: don't know if she's as active on there. Sheels on Instagram, 145 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 2: and I will add this bit too. She did talk 146 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 2: about in some of our articles about the fact that 147 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 2: Instagram has been kind of causing issues and censorship when 148 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 2: it comes to her art and her work and a 149 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 2: lot of people who are left leaning activism leg and 150 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 2: there's a lot to be said, so it is interesting 151 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 2: to see. But she is still doing a lot of 152 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 2: great work. So there you go. Go find our stickers. 153 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: They sound cool, Yeah, they are cool, yes, yes, So 154 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: listeners go check her out. 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