Jes Baker, aka "the Militant Baker," is the author of the 2018 book "Landwhale: On Turning Insults into Nicknames, Why Body Image is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass."
Jessy Parr
Featured on the May 4, 2018 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- In the wake of the #MeToo movement, Laura Markowitz visits a "Take Back the Night" event and introduces us to members of Bruv Luv, an antipatriarchy, grassroots collective in Tucson that gives men a chance to understand their role in preventing sexual violence against women.
Jamie Utt-Schumacher and Timo Padilla, members of the Bruv Luv Collective.Laura Markowitz
- What is Title IX, and what does it have to do with sexual violence? Brenna Bailey explains the ins and outs of this federal rule established in 1972 and how it relates to reporting acts of sexual violence on college campuses, including the University of Arizona.
James E. Rogers Way, on the UA Campus.Nick O'Gara, AZPM
- Jes Baker is better known on social media as "The Militant Baker", where she is nationally recognized for her frank, funny and unflinching advocacy on the subjects of body positivity and fat acceptance. Mark talks with Baker about her new book Landwhale: On Turning Insults into Nicknames, Why Body Image is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass, a memoir about growing up — and finding happiness — while also being fat. Jes Baker is having a book release party on Tuesday, May 8 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Exo Roast Coffee, located at 403 N. 6th Avenue in Tucson.
- And, in advance of this weekend's 33rd annual Tucson Folk Festival, hear a session of original songs from The Arnold / Klingenfus Ensemble, including Dick Arnold, Jim Klingenfus and Bob Beleden. They have been playing together since the 1980s and have seen many changes across their three decades of history with the Folk Festival. The Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association presents the 2018 Tucson Folk Festival, beginning at noon on Saturday, and continuing until 9 p.m. on Sunday on the west side of downtown Tucson.
Arnold / Klingenfus Ensemble Spotlight Session track list: Arizona Rain / Last Of My Line / Particular Place / Swamp Cooler Don't Work / Fly In
Dick Arnold: guitar & vocals / Jim Klingenfus: guitar & vocals / Bob Beleden: bass / music recorded and mixed by Jim Blackwood on 5/1/2018 in the AZPM Radio Studios.
Dick Arnold, singer, guitarist & songwriter for the Arnold / Klingenfus Ensemble.Carolyn Yaussy
Jim Klingenfus, singer, guitarist & songwriter for the Arnold / Klingenfus Ensemble.Carolyn Yaussy
VIEW LARGER Bob Beleden, bassist for the Arnold/Klingenfus Ensemble Carolyn Yaussy
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