Prior to that evening, I was very familiar with Roxane Gay, someone I don’t personally think needs an intro but will give if you haven’t heard of her: she is the author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, as well as a professor, editor, and more. Tressie McMillan Cottom do their live recorded episode with Tichina Arnold, Ashley Nicole Black, and Danielle Perez during the Werk It festival this past October. It just happened again a few weeks ago during the Brooklyn Podcast Festival and got me thinking about when I first saw Roxane Gay and Dr. I have been doing this thing lately where I somehow keep finding myself listening to a podcast for the first time at a live event.
