Slam Radio 614 – Pooja B Tracklist
Konichiwa from Osaka!
Thanks for being here to listen to this special mix, this one comes right from the heart and I can barely keep from breaking down while I write this. TW sexual assault and violence.
I made this mix in the middle of my Asia tour, amidst news of two brutal rape and murder cases in India the past days. So much pain and anger fills me with this news, the brutality and lack of action is outrageous. While I’m grateful to be living in safer places most of my life, no place is really safe for FLINTA people all over the world. I didn’t understand why there was a knot in my throat and tears well up in my eyes every time I read related news, until I read something earlier today that states the deep reaction women feel about news of violence with other women is because it builds trauma within us, fear at our core that the news could have been about us or a loved one.
This mix is primarily FLINTA producers as an ode to all those who have been victims…you didn’t ask for it and you didn’t deserve it 💔 It’s an ode to minorities who take micro aggressions in their stride because they happen all the time, and keep looking over their back fearing for their safety everyday…it’s an ode to people all over the world who brave through everyday just to survive when other humans play power games to feed their ego and destroy lives.
My hope is that we as the people embodying the spirit of resistance in the music culture we are part of, stand up for those less privileged than us. I urge the men around us for your allyship not just as words but in action to make the world a safe place for everyone to exist.
