Host Shaya Ishaq and Guest Host Carmella Farahbakhsh look critically at western Classical music through the experiences of second gen Canadians. Carmella talks about the tension between "a love for their violin and a deep rage and heartbreak

Ep #6: "I am in love with this unpredictable body"

Mar 15th, 2017 29m 55s

Disabled femmes & disabled femmes of colour speak about everything from racism in the disabled community to love and sex, and the buzz-wordiness of "accessibility" in progressive spaces/organizations. Co-Host Rebecca Stuckey shares her personal

Ep #5: Making Space: Moving Toward Safer Music & Arts Scenes

Feb 25th, 2017 28m 8s

In this week’s episode, we speak with musicians and artists who are challenging racism/transphobia/homophobia/sexism/ableism/et al. in their communities. They’re fighting for safer spaces and creating their own to give voice and platform to QTB

Ep #4: Complicating Companionship

Feb 11th, 2017 29m 36s

This week we talk about the legacy and power of Pink Triangle Day and its connection to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Drawing from the brilliant Caleb Luna's 2014 piece, "On Being Fat, Brown, Femme, Ugly and Unloveable," Shaya and Rebecca discuss how w

Ep #3: Femme 4 Femme

Feb 1st, 2017 55m 40s

In this week’s episode we share our FEMME-FESTO and talk about what “femme” means to us.Our incredible panel of Halifax-based femmes speak about how their race and queer identities intersect with their femme~ness, how their femme legacies inf

Ep #2: "Gold at the End of the Goddamn Rainbow"

Jan 13th, 2017 33m 59s

In our second episode, hosts Shaya Ishaq and Rebecca Stuckey discuss the ways in which New Year’s Resolutions can be harmful and oppressive--especially ones related to changing and ‘perfecting’ our bodies. Halifax blogger Tess Püran talks sel

Ep #1: Talking with Two Brown Girls

Dec 14th, 2016 21m 7s

In Femme FM's debut episode, hosts Shaya Ishaq and Rebecca Stuckey interview Zeba Blay and Fariha Róisín of the popular intersectional feminist podcast, Two Brown Girls (2BG).They explore how 2BG has grown since Lena Dunham's 'Girls' first pr