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E10 | She Protected Her Children From the Bear: An interview with artist Takeya Trayer

Grover Wehman-Brown

Updated: Feb 19, 2019

In Episode 10 I talk with Takeya Trayer. Takeya is an artist, mommy of three children, a teacher, and the author of a children's book "My mommy is my Daddy." In this episode, we talk about her homebirth experience, her community's response to her pregnancy as a Masculine of Center person, how she navigated and exited homelessness while parenting two small children, and her series of paintings that feature Black and Indigenous MoC pregnant, nursing, and nurturing figures, and her plans to expand the art in her children's book.


You can find Takeya's art work at:

Some of her paintings are available to prospective collectors.


a person with curly locks and dark brown skin is nursing a baby with curly locks and dark brown skin. The adult wears a dark blue t-shirt and basketball-style shorts. The child wears a green striped shirt with grey pants.
Bonded. by Takeya Trayer


Book: "My Mommy is My Daddy"

https://www.amazon.com/My-Mommy-Daddy-Taki-Mam/dp/0615836135/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=


a black and white drawing of a person wearing a cape that is standing on top of a phone booth. Three people wait outside the phone booth and one is inside laying down. The superhero on top is saying "How is this possible? Evolution Indeed! Humans adapt and transform into whatever they need."
From the Book "My Mommy is My Daddy" by Takeya Trayer

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Music for this episode: “Detroit” by Great White Buffalo “Part-Time Lover” by the Undynamic Pop Experiment This podcast was produced and recorded on Ohlone Territory.


Transcription for this episode is available here.

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