Romanistan
The authors of Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling present: Romanistan! Do you love rebels? Do you want to live in a place where outcasts shine their brightest? Welcome to Romanistan! We're your friendly neighborhood Gypsies, celebrating Romani identity and outcast culture, and practicing good diplomatic relations with other marginalized communities.
We love the rebels who are living their truth, even if it clashes with tradition. We also love tradition and honoring our roots. This podcast is for everyone who loves and supports Roma & related groups, and anyone who feels like a misfit and wants to uplift others to create a beautiful community.
We feature pioneers in culture, fashion, art, literature, music, activism, cuisine, and everything good. We adore the intersections of gender, sexuality, spirituality, ability, and identity. We cover all topics, from the difficult to the glorious. Let's sit crooked and talk straight.
Hosted by Paulina Stevens and Jezmina Von Thiele. We reclaim the slur Gypsy, but if you aren’t Romani, we prefer you don't use it. xoxo.
P.S. The Romani people are a diasporic ethnic group originally from northwest India, circa the 10th century. Now, Roma live all over the globe, and due to centuries of oppression, slavery, genocide, and other atrocities, Roma are still fighting for basic human rights. We seek to raise awareness of who Roma are, and highlight Romani resilience, creativity, & culture.
Romanistan
Amelia Hearts Tattoo Artist
In this episode, Paulina and Jess chat with tattoo artist Amelia Hearts as part of our tattoo artist series.
Amelia Hearts currently lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and specializes in multiple tattoo styles from realism to neotraditional, watercolor, and illustrative. She has been tattooing for 13 years, and absolutely loves it. She’s currently tattooing at Sacred Soul Collective. You can book with her here: https://linktr.ee/AmeliaHearts, and follow her on Instagram at @ameliaheartstattoo.
We also want to acknowledge the overturn of Roe V. Wade, and encourage our listeners to take action in the fight for abortion rights for all.
- abortion.cafe - collection of abortion resources
- shoutyourabortion.com - campaign to normalize abortion
- donations4abortion.com - donate to support abortion funds by state
- secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds - donate to the national network of abortion funds (donations split between 80+ abortion funds)
- usow.org/repro/volunteer - list of abortion clinics across the country that need volunteers
- dontbanequality.com - language for companies to use to stand against the ruling
- plancpills.org/ambassadors - early abortion access pills you can store in your cabinet
- prochoice.org - abortion access hotline
- natalist.com/products/early-pregnancy-test-strips - buy early pregnancy test strips
- plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control - get info on types of birth control
- choice.crd.co - collection of these above links and more, managed by @starplanes (DM them on twitter to add more)
- guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe - abortion policy by state as of June 1, 2022
Romanistan is hosted by Jessica Reidy and Paulina Verminski
Conceived of by Paulina Verminski
Edited by Cherub
With Music by Viktor Pachas
And Artwork by Elijah Vardo