#10 The Frontrunner, Azure D. Osborne-Lee

Thesis on Joan

On our most bookish episode yet Harrow and Meghan sit down with award-winning Black queer theatre maker and founder of Roots and River Productions, Azure D. Osborne-Lee! Join us as we chat Black sci-fi, sharing stories with family, being a weird kid, our queer night missed connection with Azure at their show Mirrors, the importance of paying artists, fat love interests, the emotional core of Worst Cooks in America and making big queer announcements at family gatherings. Azure explains why Shakespeare needs to take a back seat and why non-profit orgs should be putting their budgets where their mouth (mission statement) is!

Azure D. Osborne-Lee: Website | Twitter | Instagram

Queer Culture Rec from Azure:

• N.K. Jemisin
• Escape Pod
• Work Cooks in America
• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency - Netflix

Queer Gives:

• Roots and River Productions - donate and support!

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• Donate to the Louisville Community Bail Fund
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• 502-574-7111 or 502-574-2111 - Louisville Police Department
• 502-696-5300 - Special Prosecutor State AG Daniel Cameron
• [phone] - Mayor Greg Fischer
• [phone] - Kentucky Gov. Andy Breshear
• [phone] - Police Public Integrity Unit
• Demand:
• Immediately fire and revoke the pensions of the officers that murdered Breonna.
• Divest from LMPD and Invest in community building.
• Immediate resignation (or impeachment) of Mayor Greg Fisher.
• Metro Council ends use of force by Louisville Metro Police Department. Police shootings are gun violence.

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