biographies:
Joy has been with Vox since the beginning: organizing; painting sets; building props; and filming videos. She is an activist, artist, and a teacher who lives off-the-grid, conserves water, and has a composting toilet.
Raven has been performing with Vox Feminista since 1992. Her involvement with performance artists and bands led her to explore the world of recording, and she operates her own recording studio. Purple Raven Recording caters to struggling musicians and poets by offering truly affordable recording. She believes that everyone needs to have their voice heard.
Libby Mann is a video activist. A native of Oklahoma, she became interested in radical media while studying journalism at the University of Oklahoma; her interest expanded when, in 2004, she moved to Boulder to intern in the production department of Free Speech TV, one of the nation’s premiere alternative news channels. In 2004 she also saw her first Vox Feminista show, and sought to become a part of the movement immediately. Through the years, Libby has moved from the stage to the editing table, now given the responsibility of most of Vox’s video work. Vox Feminista has given Libby a conduit to make media according to her ethics. She believes mainstream media is rotten, and that corporate media, like all other facets of capitalism’s consumptive and destructive culture, needs to be eradicated. Her media mission is to present people with underreported and overlooked information and to offer alternatives and new tools with which to unearth their own truths. She is in the process of starting her own production space, Scissortail Productions, and has also worked with Boulder Pride, teaching the BOLD Out Youth Directors Journey Class. “This is pretty much my dream job, queer youth and filmmaking-yessssssss.” Libby enjoys playing outside with her dog and riding her bike; she also makes amazing guacamole.
Mo is a teacher, actor, writer, and activist working to change herstory one Vox show at a time!
Oak is a revolutionary, a performance artist, a dyke, and a writer who has been creating and performing with Vox Feminista for 18 years. Excessive quantities of higher education prepared her to take great notes. Excessive quantities of rage keep her going. Performing standup comedy as Vampyra, her alter ego, keeps her out of prison. The eclectic glories of A.D.H.D. make her a fascinating conversationalist. Oak's other art form is the pleasure and beauty of a simple life; she models alternative lifestyle as a genre of service: showing U.S.ians how to live joyfully with less stuff. From her hand built, recycled straw bale house, she wanders the mountains, memorizing patterns. Whilst working for the decimation of industrial civilization she carries water.
