New Podcast Episode with Nina Manzoor from We Are Lady Parts

We Are Lady Parts: Nida Manzoor on Punk Music, Not Selling Out and The Burden of Representation

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We talk with multiple Peabody Award-winning writer and showrunner Nida Manzoor about her series We Are Lady Parts, which asks the question, “What does punk music have in common with the experience of being a Muslim woman?”

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Executive Director of the Peabody Awards and resident musician Jeffrey Jones talks with Nida Manzoor, creator and writer of the Peabody Award-winning We Are Lady Parts and the action comedy film, Polite Society. They dive deep into the show’s delightful use of punk music; Nida’s musical inspirations, as well as teaming up with her siblings to write hilarious songs for the show; the joy and burden of representing muslim women on-screen; and the classic dilemma many artists face: staying true to themselves or selling out. The conversation continues as Jeff speaks with stand-up comedian and host of Hulu’s Muslim Matchmaker, Yasmin Elhady, on the role of comedy in disrupting stereotypical depictions of Muslim women.

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