In today's episode we pulled Sydney Foster for a chat! In this insightful chat, host Duke Virginia sits down with this amazingly talented visual artist, director and photographer who's work intersects with Black southern culture, spirituality and community building. We chat about their roots and early life, becoming an artist, queerness, self love and healing. The conversation naturally shifts to reproductive justice with reflections on building a family as a queer person, access to fertility care and systemic inequities impacting Black and Queer communities.
"Our ancestors did not come to the water alone... we truly need each other" -Sydney A. Foster
In this episode, I sit down with visual artist and director Sydney A. Foster to talk about growing up Black and queer in the South, finding liberation through art, and honoring ancestry through spiritual practice. We explore queerness as a politic, what family means, and how reproductive justice is about so much more than abortion access.
Sydney reflects on their healing journey and creative process, and we shout out powerful thinkers like Audre Lorde, Loretta Ross, Dorothy Roberts (Killing the Black Body), and June Jordan—whose work continues to shape how we imagine freedom, care, and community.
Connect with Sydney: @sydney.a.foster and/or sydney@sydneyafoster.com.