“How do we understand our relational ecologies in a way that encompasses tech?”

— Molly Swain

Episode 1: Molly Swain’s iPod

The inaugural episode of just fem things features Molly Swain in discussion of her beloved iPod. Jas and Molly talk about youth communities in the aftermath of the 2012 student movement in Montreal, the power of song, revolution, nostalgic futures, adaptive cultures, and friendship.

Molly Swain is an otipêmsiw-iskwêw born and raised in Treaty 7 territory and currently living in amiskwaciwâskahikan in Treaty 6. She is a Ph.D. student in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, and the co-host of the Métis in Space podcast.