Beyond the Gaze with Indya Moore and Wendy Flores

In today’s conversation we’re exploring what happens when we refuse the gaze that measures us through extraction, conformity, and control. What becomes possible when beauty, gender, and worth are reclaimed through land, memory, and liberation?

Indya Moore is an actor, activist, and visionary whose work illuminates the intersections of identity, beauty, and justice. Through storytelling and advocacy, they explore what it means to inhabit one’s full self, reclaim space, and challenge systems that seek to contain or measure worth. Their voice invites us to imagine a world where freedom, creativity, and sovereignty are not only possible, but lived.

Wendy Flores is a youth worker at The Brotherhood Sister Sol, where they lead food justice workshops for young people from elementary through high school. Through hands-on lessons in healthy cooking, nutrition, and knife skills, Wendy empowers youth to build lifelong wellness habits and share that knowledge with their communities.

Wendy also manages the seasonal Bro Sis Green Youth Market in Hamilton Heights, mentoring young people in running a farmers market while teaching them about local food systems, customer engagement, and healthy eating.

Sovereign: Reclaiming Black Land is a series, rich in storytelling, history, and ritual, in which we explore what it means to be sovereign. With Black land at the center, this podcast brings together prominent activists, artists, and weavers with the rising generation of Black land stewards for inspiring conversations that honor the past and create blueprints for the future.

This podcast is hosted by Crysta Bloom and Clara AgborTabi, and co-produced by Crysta Bloom, Clara AgborTabi, and Zera Bloom. Our theme music is created by Naima Penniman and Zera Bloom. Our artwork and graphics is created by Crysta Bloom. Sovereign: Reclaiming Black Land is presented by Soul Fire Farm.

Follow Indya at @indyamoore

Find Soul Fire Farm at https://www.soulfirefarm.org/ and on social media @soulfirefarm

Follow Wendy at @wendeezy 

Follow Crysta Bloom’s work at https://www.embodiedbloom.com/ and on social media @crystaembodiedbloom

Find Clara AgborTabi somewhere offline!

Follow zera bloom on bandcamp and instagram

Learn more about Naima Penniman’s work at https://www.naimainfinity.com and on social media at @naimainfinity