Nine Years In, it’s time to recharge this FAQ
What Is Loud Mouth Brown Girl?
LMBG is a website built, and written by Devon J Hall, a non-binary, femme-presenting, disabled writer, blogger, content creator, and mental health & cannabis advocate from Calgary, Alberta, based out of Vancouver British Columbia.
Why is Branding Yourself so Important?
Devon took the name from a racist, white, abusive cop, who “Arrested” Devon while they were having a panic on an airplane on the way home from Winnipeg. The cop called Devon a “Loud Mouth Brown Bitch,” and they promised him they would turn that into a branding opportunity to teach folks like him about mental health and panic attacks.
What has LMBG done for you?
Devon swears there was a time when they didn’t fully conceptualize what had happened to them, but that they were fully aware even if it felt like a dream. Now they know for sure it wasn’t a dream or a nightmare, but a sick, disgusting reality built by creepy old men who should have known better than to pretend to be that which they weren’t.
Where do you see yourself in 5 Years?
I haven’t looked.
What is Your Proudest Moment thus Far?
I am seeing the world in a new light. I don’t necessarily have things that I am proud of, other than this space. This space that I am creating that one day hopefully soon, will have large, wide open doors for writers from around the world to gather and share their thoughts, in a way that gets them paid fairly. And Honestly.
If the Mission Matters, Define the Mission
A World free for girls and women. That’s the mission. That’s always been the mission.
Who Are Your Greatest Teachers?
Anyone who’s ever been called weird, strange, off the wall, off-kilter, or interesting. Anyone who doesn’t fit in, all the ones who live their lives singing la la la because I am like that and there are a lot more people like me out there than I ever knew. Malcolm X, Oprah, Whitney, My mommy, my brothers, my sisters, the Ohana, and yeah you know what? The Universe.
You can learn a lot when you stop talking and start listening….said the girl who never shuts up.
Favourite Story and Why
I have a favorite story, and it’s one I’ll tell one day.
What Does Storytelling Do for the World?
Ask any descendant of a person who was enslaved or the descendants of the Jews who died in the gas chambers. The Indigenous people who were slaughtered, the Indians who were denied food and water, and a safe place to land, the Palestinian’s, the Sudanese, the Congolese, those from Tygere, and the DRC, whose lives are cut desperately short before they get to be lived.
On and on it goes. And if we stop telling stories, then we’ll forget, and I never want to forget. Ever.
Sending all my love,
Devon J Hall
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