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Working 9 to 5: The story of a movie and a movement Jan 26, 2026

How did a small group of women activists influence Hollywood? How did a comedy smash tap into hidden truths about the workplace? And what can we learn from the movie 9 to 5, and its partnership with a labor movement of working women, about the power of art as resistance?

This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard.

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

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Rebel Yell Creative

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Order The Secret Courtesan

This episode is presented by The Secret Courtesan, the new book by Kerry Chaput. For fans of Kate Quinn, this dual-timeline adventure novel follows a historian who risks everything—including her life—to discover the truth about a female Renaissance sculptor unjustly erased by history. Pick up this thrilling celebration of women's history today. Get the book: https://bookshop.org/a/24749/9798896360643 Subscribe to Kerry's Substack, Badass Women in History: https://kerrychaput.substack.com/

Singing the Terrible Truth: Billie Holiday and "Strange Fruit" Jan 12, 2026

How has one song stunned for nearly a century? How was it so powerful that the federal government targeted the singer for decades? And what can we learn from the story of “Strange Fruit” and Billie Holiday about how art is resistance?

This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard.

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

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Watch the performance of "Strange Fruit" from 1956, mentioned in this episode.

Get full episode transcript and sources at RebelYellCreative.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

Rebel Yell Creative

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at Rebel Yell Creative.com. Sign up for the weekly newsletter and get a free creative workbook!

Prologue: Season 2! Jan 01, 2026

Season 2 is coming Monday, January 12! New episodes will premiere every other week.

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Creative tools and support for 2026: Sign up at RebelYellCreative.com to learn about all the ways you can make dangerous, powerful art this year!

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Be a neurodivergent artivist: How to be an Autivist workbook
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Books and more from Amy Lee Lillard: Start the year with new fiction, nonfiction, audio fiction, and music!

Story collections: Exile in Guyville and Dig Me Out
Memoir: A Grotesque Animal
Novels: A Woman is a God and Not a Stitch to Wear
Audio fiction: Wyrd Woman podcast
Music: Nuclear Shadow

Speaking the Word: The art of Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey Dec 01, 2025

In this bonus series we're looking at modern artists using art as a tool of resistance. Today: Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey. Connect with Caleb at TheNegroArtist.com

This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard. Get full episode transcript and sources at RebelYellCreative.com.

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

Rebel Yell Creative

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at Rebel Yell Creative.com. Sign up for the weekly newsletter and get a free creative workbook!

Introducing...Performing the Revolution Nov 24, 2025

Performing the Revolution comes from the team at Radical Evolution. Check out the first episode here, then listen to the full four-episode series in your favorite podcast player.

In this episode: Meet Jana Natya Manch aka Janam, one of India's storied street theatre companies. We follow their journey from one of their most crucial, catalyzing and tragic moments in the 1980's, all the way through to the work they make today.

Learn more about the show!

And big thanks to Remoy Phillip and Meropi Peponides for reaching out, and for creating this wonderful show!

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To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

B-Boy Rebellion: The art of Chuy Renteria Nov 17, 2025

In this bonus series we're looking at modern artists using art as a tool of resistance. Today: Chuy Renteria. Connect with Chuy at chuyrenteria.bsky.social and Little Village magazine.

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

Rebel Yell Creative

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at Rebel Yell Creative.com. Sign up for the weekly newsletter and get a free creative workbook!

“Sacklers Lie, Thousands Die”: The art of Nan Goldin and P.A.I.N. Nov 03, 2025

This is a special bonus episode of The Art of Resistance, focusing on modern artists creating writing, music, and more to resist the status quo.

What can we learn from the story of Nan Goldin and Prescription Addiction Intervention Now, or P.A.I.N., about how to make art as resistance today and tomorrow?

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

Rebel Yell Creative

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at Rebel Yell Creative.com. Sign up for the weekly newsletter and get a free creative workbook!

Season 1 Epilogue: Behind the scenes, bonuses, and what's next Oct 13, 2025

Let's wrap up Season 1, and look ahead to what's next! Featuring special appearances by the podcats: Ziggy Stardust, Winona Ryder, and Louise.

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

Hexing the Patriarchy: The art of W.I.T.C.H., 1968+ Oct 06, 2025

How did ancient and primal fears provide the perfect imagery for women’s rights? How did radical feminists use theater and artistic play to channel their anger and make an impact? And what can we learn from the Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell, or W.I.T.C.H., about how to make art as resistance today and tomorrow?

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

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Rebel Yell Creative

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at Rebel Yell Creative.com. Sign up for the weekly newsletter and get a free creative workbook!

Indigenous truths: The art of Zitkála-Šá, 1900-1936 Sep 29, 2025

How did writing empower a community? How did truth-telling defy the powers that be, and embolden generations to come? And what can we learn from Zitkála-Šá about how to make art as resistance today and tomorrow?

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

Rebel Yell Creative

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at Rebel Yell Creative.com. Sign up for the weekly newsletter and get a free creative workbook!

Un Encuentro Para Libertad: Chicana Artivistas making art with the Zapatistas, 1997 Sep 22, 2025

How did a creative workshop across borders and across languages further a revolution? How did music, one-act plays, poems, murals and more connect humans more thoroughly than anything else? And what can we learn from the Chicana art scene in East LA in the 90s and their alliance with the indigenous Zapatistas in Mexico about how to make art as resistance today and tomorrow?

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

Rebel Yell Creative

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at Rebel Yell Creative.com. Sign up for the weekly newsletter and get a free creative workbook!

Writers underground: Soviet Samizdat, 1967-1982 Sep 15, 2025

How did writing threaten the Russian status quo? How did hand-typed publications of facts, passed hand to hand, make a massive dent in the USSR regime? And what can we learn from Samizdat about how to make art as resistance today and tomorrow?

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

Black pride and revolt: Emory Douglas and the art of the Black Panthers, 1967-1979 Sep 08, 2025

How did illustrations embolden a community? How did caricatures, portraits, and parody empower a movement and terrify the FBI? And what can we learn from the art of Emory Douglas and the Black Panther newspaper about how to make art as resistance today and tomorrow?

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

Queer surrealists vs. Nazis: The art of Cahun & Moore, 1940-1944 Sep 01, 2025

How did small, anonymous art and writing make a dent in the Nazi machine? How did playing on our assumptions about what older women do help them resist for years? And what can we learn from Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore about how to make art as resistance today and tomorrow?

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

Rebel Yell Creative

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at Rebel Yell Creative.com. Sign up for the weekly newsletter and get a free creative workbook!

Punk feminists and teen girls: The art of Riot Grrrl, 1990-1996 Sep 01, 2025

How did making music serve as resistance to the status quo? How did attending shows, making zines, and even just talking help girls across the U.S. fight hopelessness? And what can we learn from Riot Grrrl about how to make art as resistance today and tomorrow?

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

Rebel Yell Creative

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at Rebel Yell Creative.com. Sign up for the weekly newsletter and get a free creative workbook!

Making art in a plague: Gran Fury and ACT UP, 1987-1992 Sep 01, 2025

How did a handful of artists kick start and script a seismic shift in AIDS awareness and policy? How did their creative skills drive a movement? And what can we learn from the story of Gran Fury about how to make art as resistance today and tomorrow?

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

Rebel Yell Creative

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at Rebel Yell Creative.com. Sign up for the weekly newsletter and get a free creative workbook!

Coming September 1: The Art of Resistance Jul 24, 2025

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

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