1 00:00:03,757 --> 00:00:06,242 [ Music: "Lip Gloss" by hip hop artist Lil Mama ] 2 00:00:08,465 --> 00:00:12,548 "OK... it's poppin'..." 3 00:00:12,556 --> 00:00:16,304 "I gotta ask em, 'cause if I don't" 4 00:00:16,304 --> 00:00:21,548 "It's poppin', its poppin' (I don't know) It's poppin', its poppin' (Lets go!)" 5 00:00:21,548 --> 00:00:24,210 "What you know bout me? What you, what you know bout me?" 6 00:00:24,210 --> 00:00:26,107 "What you know bout me? What you, what you know" 7 00:00:26,107 --> 00:00:28,857 "Is that my lip gloss is cool My lip gloss be poppin'" 8 00:00:28,857 --> 00:00:31,968 "I'm standin' at my locker And all the boys keep stoppin'" 9 00:00:31,968 --> 00:00:34,006 "What you know bout me? What you, what you know bout me?" 10 00:00:34,006 --> 00:00:36,058 "What you know bout me? What you, what you know" 11 00:00:36,058 --> 00:00:38,699 "Is that my lip gloss is poppin' My lip gloss is cool" 12 00:00:38,699 --> 00:00:41,259 "All the boys keep jockin And chase me after school [fades out]" 13 00:00:41,861 --> 00:00:43,419 --> Hi, I'm Cherry Galette. 14 00:00:43,419 --> 00:00:45,222 <-- And I'm Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. 15 00:00:45,222 --> 00:00:48,589 [ C ] And we are the co-founders and co-directors of Mangos with Chili. 16 00:00:48,589 --> 00:00:51,093 [ L ] Mangos with Chili is known to some people 17 00:00:51,093 --> 00:00:53,759 and a queer and trans people of colour art apocalypse. 18 00:00:53,759 --> 00:00:56,422 To us, we know it as the group founded in 2006 19 00:00:56,422 --> 00:01:00,008 that is taking queer and trans people of colour artists all across north america. 20 00:01:00,418 --> 00:01:02,371 [ "Lip Gloss" continues...] 21 00:01:08,053 --> 00:01:09,387 [ C ] In our 8 years of existence 22 00:01:09,387 --> 00:01:13,893 we have supported 150 queer and trans artists of colour in developing their work. 23 00:01:13,893 --> 00:01:16,885 [ L ] Um, we have gone on 3 north american tours, 24 00:01:16,885 --> 00:01:21,813 we have performed over 100 different shows in the Bay Area and beyond. 25 00:01:21,813 --> 00:01:23,049 We're awesome. 26 00:01:23,049 --> 00:01:24,654 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S REALLY FUCKING AWESOME??? 27 00:01:24,654 --> 00:01:26,132 What're we doing? What're we doing, Cherry? 28 00:01:26,132 --> 00:01:28,477 [ C ] We are going on our 4th tour. 29 00:01:28,477 --> 00:01:30,982 [ L ] It's our 4th tour, and it's our first one in 4 years, guys. 30 00:01:30,982 --> 00:01:33,262 [ Music: "Paper Planes" by M.I.A. ] 31 00:01:41,732 --> 00:01:46,085 [ L ] We decided we wanna take our beautiful stories of love and resistance back on the road, 32 00:01:46,085 --> 00:01:48,438 and we're doing it this February 2014. 33 00:01:48,438 --> 00:01:50,392 [ C ] And we wanna do this with you! 34 00:01:50,392 --> 00:01:55,014 [ L ] YES! Because as we've always said, capitalism does not love us, but our communities love us. 35 00:01:55,014 --> 00:01:58,679 [ C ] And we always said that we make this art for you and we can't do it without you. 36 00:01:58,679 --> 00:02:02,131 [ L ] We are taking an amazing crew of artists on the road, 37 00:02:02,131 --> 00:02:06,676 going from Vancouver Canada AKA Coast Salish, un-ceded and occupied territories, 38 00:02:06,676 --> 00:02:08,080 to New Orleans. 39 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:09,625 The theme of our show is 40 00:02:09,625 --> 00:02:13,391 [ C ] "Whipped: Queer and Trans People of Colour Recipes for Love Sex and Disaster" 41 00:02:13,391 --> 00:02:17,094 [ L ] Um, you need this work, and we need this work to be in the world. 42 00:02:17,094 --> 00:02:22,122 And this is our 8th year of being in existence, which is a fucking miracle for any organization, 43 00:02:22,122 --> 00:02:25,142 but especially any grassroots funded on a shoestring, 44 00:02:25,142 --> 00:02:27,563 queer and trans people of colour arts organization. 45 00:02:27,563 --> 00:02:30,189 [ C ] And we really wanna celebrate our 8th birthday with you. 46 00:02:30,189 --> 00:02:34,074 [ L ] Yes, we also wanna get tour booty, um, y'know, if it's possible, so... 47 00:02:34,074 --> 00:02:38,402 [ C ] And we're also committed to doing a combination of community shows & university shows 48 00:02:38,402 --> 00:02:43,402 and it's really important for us to show up in community and not just be on university campuses. 49 00:02:43,402 --> 00:02:48,027 [ L ] Yes. Van rental is $3,000. Gas is $3-4 a gallon. 50 00:02:48,027 --> 00:02:52,396 We pay artists a fair amount for 2 weeks of work, 51 00:02:52,396 --> 00:02:55,247 [ C ] and we also provide them with a per diem and all travel. 52 00:02:55,247 --> 00:02:56,802 [ L ] Per. Diem. 53 00:02:56,802 --> 00:02:58,815 So... that's where y'all come in. 54 00:02:58,815 --> 00:03:04,670 [ C ] So basically we need some funds to make this happen, and we wanna ask you to support us. 55 00:03:04,670 --> 00:03:09,254 [ L ] So we just wanna say that, um, we are asking you for any dollars that you can, 56 00:03:09,254 --> 00:03:11,182 to support this life giving work. 57 00:03:11,182 --> 00:03:13,925 Um, we've always said that we're not just performance art, 58 00:03:13,925 --> 00:03:18,600 we are also a community healing space, where people get to celebrate our loves, 59 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,166 and remember our ancestors, and give thanks to the fact that we're still alive. 60 00:03:22,166 --> 00:03:24,001 That's what we're taking on the road this year. 61 00:03:24,001 --> 00:03:25,168 [ C ] So please support us. 62 00:03:25,168 --> 00:03:29,717 [ L ] Yep. Um, there'll be titties, joy, revolution, resilience aplenty if you do. 63 00:03:29,717 --> 00:03:33,472 Do love [ If you? ] your community, please support us. 64 00:03:33,472 --> 00:03:35,115 [ "Paper Planes" continues...] 65 00:03:35,115 --> 00:03:38,286 "All I wanna do is... (gun shot x 4 / gun cocks / cash register dings) ...take your money..." 66 00:03:38,924 --> 00:03:43,945 "All I wanna do is... (gun shot x 4 / gun cocks / cash register dings) ...take your money..." 67 00:03:44,748 --> 00:03:48,884 "All I wanna do is... (gun shot x 4 / gun cocks / cash register dings) ...take your money..."