MJ Robinson interview

Interview with MJ Robinson by Nicholas Griffin. MJ is an artist; educator and activist. They identify as queer; nonbinary and white. Topics in order of discussion include:: moving to Providence after college; living in a co-op with other artists and queer people; their creative process including work in comics; writing; illustration and childrens books; impact of being queer in work as an educator; the role of art in education; activist work on behalf of incarcerated queer and trans people with Black and Pink and prison abolition. This interview was created as part of the Queer Stories Project - an oral history project developed by Dr. Virginia Thomas to train LGBTQIA young adults to conduct oral history interviews with LGBTQIA adults in Rhode Island. Queer Stories Project was funded by Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.