My guest on today’s episode is Malkia Devich-Cyril, an activist, writer and public speaker on issues of digital rights, narrative power, Black liberation and collective grief. In the wake of seeing over 100 journalists murdered in Gaza, and companies like Meta’s ongoing censorship of voices who are speaking up for Palestinian lives, more conversations about what media justice means in this time are sorely needed. I couldn’t think of a better person to have this conversation with than Malkia, as we learn in today’s conversation they actually helped coin the term “Media Justice”, and went on to declare the Media Justice movement is a “fight for a future where we are all connected, represented and free.” There are so many jewels in this episode.
I want to thank everyone who has been supporting the ride here on the Worldwide Underground thus far!
This week Ijeoma Oluo and myself are on the road in support of Ijeoma’s brand new book BE A REVOLUTION, which you can find now wherever books are sold, and the remaining tour dates are all linked up here: harpercollins.com/pages/revolution
And also, just announced! On February 25th at The Capitol Theater in Olympia, WA, Kimya Dawson, Nikkita Oliver and myself will be doing a benefit show for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. Tickets for that show are available here: olympiafilmsociety.org/kimya-dawson/
More soon.
Malkia Devich-Cyril and a much needed conversation about media justice