Lioness Heart

<p >My guest this month is Sri Lankan-Australian artist Kuweni Dias Mendis. Kuweni integrates movement, sound, film, installations, markings and sculptural ritual objects to create immersive works. These works invite...

<p >My guest this month is Councillor Trina Massey. Trina is a proud, queer woman and immigrant of Filipino and African American ethnicity. She's also the first ever Black, Asian, queer woman to hold political office in...

<p >Content warning: Ableism, racism, ageism and domestic abuse</p> <p >My guest this month is talented Filipina-Australian singer, dancer and rapper, Danii. We yarn about Danii's connection to her heritage, her love of...

<p >Content warning: child sexual abuse, racism and domestic violence.</p> <p >This is the second part of our chat with Olivia Afriyie Johnson. In this episode, Olivia yarns about how important self-care is and gives...

<p >Content warning: child sexual abuse, racism and domestic violence.</p> <p >This is the second part of our chat with Olivia Afriyie Johnson. In this episode, Olivia shares how she figured out what she was...

<p >Content warning: child sexual abuse, racism and domestic violence.</p> <p >My next guest is Olivia Afriyie Johnson. Olivia is a passionate advocate, sociopreneur, and human resources & business management...

<p >My guest this month is Chinese-Australian Comedian He Huang. He went viral after she appeared on Australia's Got Talent in 2022. Her deadpan delivery and self-deprecating jokes based on her Chinese culture made her...

<p > Content warning: Domestic and family violence</p> <p > My guest this month is Sara Yan. Sara has Chinese heritage and is a talented writer, cartoonist and published author. She's the brains behind the comic strips...

<p > Content warning: child sexual abuse, incest and family violence.</p> <p > My next guest is Caroline Brunne, who was born in Mauritius. In her debut book 'More than one thing can be true', Caroline shared her...

<p > Here is part two of my interview with Chiou See Anderson. In this episode, Chiou See talks to us about how she used strategies from the book 'The Art of War' to win a court case against her local City Council, why...

<p > My next guest is Chiou See Anderson. This interview is split into two episodes. In this first part, Chiou See chats about her upbringing in Singapore, her own resilient grandma, and how she managed to build her...

<p >Content warning: Family violence. We also talk about an Indigenous person who has died.</p> <p >My guest this month is Kristine. For privacy reasons, she has asked that we only use her first name. Kris has Torres...

<p >What's up, Kitties? Are you a woman of colour? Then join me, Netta Finney Mejia on Lioness Heart, a monthly half-hour podcast where we delve into the life of a strong, brilliant, badass woman of colour.</p> <p...

<p >Content warning: Domestic, family and sexual violence. We also mention the names of Aboriginal people who have died.</p> <p >My first guest on this series about strong, badass, women of colour is Karina Hogan...