Arts
This week we talk with Dylan Bandy about developing her artistic voice. "There's a way in which talking about sex and sexuality is still important to me because it's still seen as this pornographic image, especially being a sexualized person. There are these ways of talking, like, yes while this may be frankly sexual, it is not your masturbation fantasy. Like, that's not what I'm here for. And, I guess, you know, you do what you want to. But, it's like you missed the fucking point. Because everything I was saying was about female friendship and how lonely I am." Dylan Bandy is a filmmaker, writer, and producer based in Brooklyn. Born in the Canadian Rockies, and with a baccalaureate in opera, she spent her early career in European experimental theater before working in film. Her works include She Must Die, a chemical light show and cabaret, and Strangers In A Song, a live sound installation. She has collaborated in music videos (The Subs), arthouse films (Reynold Reynolds), and has been in galleries & on stages all over the world. Her short film Is This OK is currently touring film festivals. She still sings. BITCHCONOCLAST is a mother-daughter podcast about sex, feminism, & power. In season one, we interview Pacific-Northwest authors Nicole Hardy, Claire Dederer, Elissa Washuta, Vanessa Veselka, Karen Karbo, Suzanne Morrison, and each other about our work and the state of the patriarchy. Producers: Sonya Lea & Dylan Bandy Content editor: Dylan Bandy Sound editor: Nora Knight Illustration & Logo: Amy Mizrahi Graphics: Nicole Geslani & Bex Karnofski Music: Dylan Bandy, Adam Cohen-Leadholm, & Frankie Mars Gunner Special thanks to Joshua Bandy, Richard Bandy, Jane Hodges & The Mineral School, Rev. Judith Laxer, and Christopher Ryan