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We focus on intersectional feminism and social justice in culture. Our intention is to create a space to talk about these things with inclusion in mind. We bring inspiration, education, validation, laughs, black girl magic, every week.
This is a *bonus* episode of Pay Me: Black Women In Freelancing Talk Money. The Pay Me Series is all about women of color in freelancing valuing our work as creatives (and the ways it is devalued), negotiating our rates with confidence and exactly why we charge what we do. This topic is not new, it's just always relevant!
The Pay Me Series is all about women of color in freelancing valuing our work as creatives (and the ways it is devalued), negotiating our rates with confidence and exactly why we charge what we do. This topic is not new, it's just always relevant!
The Pay Me Series is all about women of color in freelancing valuing our work as creatives (and the ways it is devalued), negotiating our rates with confidence and exactly why we charge what we do. This topic is not new, it's just always relevant!
Our next guest, Vanessa Garcia, is a multidisciplinary artist: a novelist, playwright, and journalist and author of the critically acclaimed novel White Light. When it comes to talking money and freelancing, she has been on both sides of the hiring table.
Our next guest in the Pay Me Series, Sahra Ali, a writer and diversity and equity consultant (https://www.sahraali.com/), talked with me about a moment where she had to use her consulting experience to navigate through a personal incident with a racist editor. We make the case for charging more for emotional labor and talk about what it means to value your mental health and freedom even more than money.
The Pay Me Series is all about women of color in freelancing valuing our work as creatives (and the ways it is devalued), negotiating our rates with confidence and exactly why we charge what we do. This topic is not new, it's just always relevant!
In part 2 of our two part conversation, Sara shares how the world-shifting events of the past six months have deepened her focus on centering her experiences in her art, rather than using it to heal white people of their white supremacy. She also gives a powerful reading of one of her poems. Sara's art challenges us to return to humanity's roots. This conversation is a breath of fresh air as we zoom out from the seemingly never ending conflict we're experiencing and explore new (or ancient) perspectives.
"This genre is ours... Rock and roll is a vehicle for life. It's a vehicle for alignment. It's a reference point for freedom." -Sara Haile Mariam
"The number of people that I’ve spoken to who have had encounters with COVID, and how that just automatically ties right back into the color of their skin. It’s interesting to me that I can pick up the phone and do an interview and the first thing that comes out of people’s mouths is ‘I’ve had the coronavirus and the way that I was treated in the hospital versus other people that I saw there, was horrible...” —Alexis Russell
“When we moved to the RV park we moved in and we were the only people of color… So we moved into our little pod and the very next day they had this little sign they put on our door for a potluck…It definitely highlighted the fact that this space is traditionally very older and white” —Binta
“I have different types of viewers. So the Italians are very interested to hear what I think of them. I made a video about the things I love about Italy and the things I don’t like about Italy. Interestingly enough the things I don’t like about Italy video got more attention…and the Italians weren’t very happy about that…” —Linda Tinah
