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[ Music: "Lip Gloss" by hip hop artist Lil Mama ]

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"<i>OK... it's poppin'...</i>"

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"<i>I gotta ask em, 'cause if I don't</i>"

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"<i>It's poppin', its poppin' (I don't know)[br]It's poppin', its poppin' (Lets go!)</i>"

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"<i>What you know bout me?[br]What you, what you know bout me?</i>"

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"<i>What you know bout me?[br]What you, what you know</i>"

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"<i>Is that my lip gloss is cool[br]My lip gloss be poppin'</i>"

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"<i>I'm standin' at my locker[br]And all the boys keep stoppin'</i>"

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"<i>What you know bout me?[br]What you, what you know bout me?</i>"

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"<i>What you know bout me?[br]What you, what you know</i>"

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"<i>Is that my lip gloss is poppin'[br]My lip gloss is cool</i>"

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"<i>All the boys keep jockin[br]And chase me after school</i> [fades out]"

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--> Hi, I'm Cherry Galette.

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<-- And I'm Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.

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[ C ] And we are the co-founders and co-directors[br]of Mangos with Chili.

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[ L ] Mangos with Chili is known to some people

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and a queer and trans people of colour [br]art apocalypse.

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To us, we know it as the group founded in 2006

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that is taking queer and trans people of colour artists [br]all across north america.

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[ "Lip Gloss" continues...]

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[ C ] In our 8 years of existence

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we have supported 150 queer and trans artists [br]of colour in developing their work.

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[ L ] Um, we have gone on 3 north american tours,

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we have performed over 100 different shows [br]in the Bay Area and beyond.

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We're awesome.

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BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S [br]REALLY FUCKING AWESOME???

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What're we doing? What're we doing, Cherry?

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[ C ] We are going on our 4th tour.

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[ L ] It's our 4th tour, and it's [br]our first one in 4 years, guys.

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[ Music: "Paper Planes" by M.I.A. ]

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[ L ] We decided we wanna take our beautiful stories [br]of love and resistance back on the road,

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and we're doing it this February 2014.

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[ C ] And we wanna do this with you!

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[ L ] YES! Because as we've always said, capitalism [br]does not love us, but our communities love us.

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[ C ] And we always said that we make this art for you [br]and we can't do it without you.

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[ L ] We are taking an amazing crew [br]of artists on the road,

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going from Vancouver Canada AKA Coast Salish,[br]un-ceded and occupied territories,

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to New Orleans.

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The theme of our show is

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[ C ] "Whipped: Queer and Trans People of Colour Recipes for Love Sex and Disaster"

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[ L ] Um, you need this work, and we need this work [br]to be in the world.

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And this is our 8th year of being in existence, [br]which is a fucking miracle for any organization,

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but especially any grassroots [br]funded on a shoestring,

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queer and trans people of colour arts organization.

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[ C ] And we really wanna [br]celebrate our 8th birthday with you.

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[ L ] Yes, we also wanna get tour booty, [br]um, y'know, if it's possible, so...

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[ C ] And we're also committed to doing a combination of community shows & university shows

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and it's really important for us to show up in community and not just be on university campuses.

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[ L ] Yes. Van rental is $3,000. Gas is $3-4 a gallon.

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We pay artists a fair amount for 2 weeks of work,

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[ C ] and we also provide them with a [br]per diem and all travel.

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[ L ] Per. Diem.

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So... that's where y'all come in.

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[ C ] So basically we need some funds to make this [br]happen, and we wanna ask you to support us.

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[ L ] So we just wanna say that, um, we are asking [br]you for any dollars that you can,

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to support this life giving work.

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Um, we've always said that [br]we're not just performance art,

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we are also a community healing space, [br]where people get to celebrate our loves,

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and remember our ancestors, and give thanks [br]to the fact that we're still alive.

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That's what we're taking on the road this year.

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[ C ] So please support us.

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[ L ] Yep. Um, there'll be titties, joy, revolution, [br]resilience aplenty if you do.

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Do love [ If you? ] your community, [br]please support us.

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[ "Paper Planes" continues...]

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"<i>All I wanna do is... (gun shot x 4 / gun cocks / [br]cash register dings) ...take your money...</i>"

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"<i>All I wanna do is... (gun shot x 4 / gun cocks / [br]cash register dings) ...take your money...</i>"

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"<i>All I wanna do is... (gun shot x 4 / gun cocks / [br]cash register dings) ...take your money...</i>"