Lifestyle Bruja's guest appearances

Lifestyle Bruja

Xantico House Podcast

Sanyu Estelle

Alexis J. Cunningfolk

Alisha Sommer

Naomi Doe Moody

Renée Lopez

Pilar Mejia

Sen Elias

OwlTail

Renée Lopez, of Miss Lopez Media, is a photographer and lifestyle bruja. A brown woman of color, originally from Yakima in Central Washington, Renée moved to Portland in 2006 for a fresh start, but after a few years she began recognizing the long-standing racial divide within the city. In 2015, she became involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, becoming good friends with Portland rapper Glenn Waco. This marked a shift from taking photographs as a hobby to using her camera as a tool of resistance, documenting injustices, the Black Lives Matter movement, and Portland’s hip hop scene. In her recent work, Women of Color in PDX, she focuses on Portland-based women of color, promoting self-love and unity while pushing back on internalized misogyny through portraiture and story sharing. In this episode:  Oregon's shameful history of racism Photography as activism Healing internalized misogyny Colonialism breeding distrust among POC Photographs as healing talismans Finding what you want in a partner within yourself  Connect with her: misslopezmedia.org, @misslopezmedia. Also mentioned: Washington Post article, OPB Documentary Host + Producer Lola Venado: lolavenado.com, @lolavenado Podcast: branchandbonemedicine.show, @branchandbone You can support the production of this community offering by sharing, rating, or making a donation. Thank you!

Renée Lopez, of Miss Lopez Media, is a photographer and lifestyle bruja. A brown woman of color, originally from Yakima in Central Washington, Renée moved to Portland in 2006 for a fresh start, but after a few years she began recognizing the long-standing racial divide within the city. In 2015, she became involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, becoming good friends with Portland rapper Glenn Waco. This marked a shift from taking photographs as a hobby to using her camera as a tool of resistance, documenting injustices, the Black Lives Matter movement, and Portland’s hip hop scene. In her recent work, Women of Color in PDX, she focuses on Portland-based women of color, promoting self-love and unity while pushing back on internalized misogyny through portraiture and story sharing. In this episode: <ul> <li>Oregon's shameful history of racism</li> <li>Photography as activism</li> <li>Healing internalized misogyny</li> <li>Colonialism breeding distrust among POC</li> <li>Photographs as healing talismans</li> <li>Finding what you want in a partner within yourself</li> </ul> Connect with her: <a href="http://Misslopezmedia.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">misslopezmedia.org</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/misslopezmedia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@misslopezmedia</a>. Also mentioned: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/06/07/when-portland-banned-blacks-oregons-shameful-history-as-an-all-white-state/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Washington Post article</a>, <a href="https://www.opb.org/television/programs/local-color/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OPB Documentary</a> Host + Producer Lola Venado: <a href="http://lolavenado.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lolavenado.com</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/lolavenado" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@lolavenado</a> Podcast: <a href="http://branchandbonemedicine.show" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">branchandbonemedicine.show</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/branchandbone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@branchandbone</a> You can support the production of this community offering by sharing, rating, or making a <a href="https://simplecast.com/donate/4326" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">donation</a>. Thank you!

Renée Lopez: Photographer + Lifestyle Bruja // Ep. 7