Rooted Resilience
Rooted Resilience
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Rooted Resilience: Intersectional Narratives of 2SLGBTQIA+ Creatives in Western Massachusetts is a podcast exploring the stories of contemporary 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives living on colonized Nipmuc, Nonotuck, and Pocumtuc land known also as Western Massachusetts.
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The show explores themes of identity, representation, and resilience within the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, featuring episodes like the first one with artist Indë, who discusses creative practices that challenge systemic oppression through multimedia art.
Rooted Resilience: Intersectional Narratives of 2SLGBTQIA+ Creatives in Western Massachusetts is a podcast exploring the stories of contemporary 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives living on colonized Nipmuc, Nonotuck, and Pocumtuc land known also as Western Massachusetts.
In this episode of Rooted Resilience, we talk with Pamela Means, a bi-racial and queer singer-songwriter, jazz musician, activist, and educator. A native of Wisconsin, Pamela arrived in Boston in her 20’s, toured nationally and internationally in her 30’s, and is now an anchor to the western Massachusetts music scene.
Pamela has been compared to both Tracy Chapman and Ani DiFranco and has also been described as a cross between Suzanne Vega and Jimi Hendrix, and an heir to the legacy of Nina Simone. In Pamela’s own words, “really, I'm just me.”
Pamela shares generously in our interview, opening up a window to her experiences and reflecting on musical inspirations, foundational moments (the good and the bad), and core beliefs, starting with her childhood and teenage years growing up in Wisconsin that shaped her and the music that comes through her.
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