Today we tackle self-love through a cultural lens. Our guest Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed, is a political strategist, storyteller, and artist based in Los Angeles. She creates at the intersection of counternarratives and culture-shifting as a South Asian American Muslim 2nd-gen woman. She's turned out over 500,000 Asian American voters, recorded five years of the award-winning #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast, and makes #MuslimVDay cards annually. Her essays are published in the anthologies New Moon, Pretty Bitches, Good Girls Marry Doctors, Love Inshallah and her poetry commissioned by the Center for Cultural Power, PolicyLink, KPCC's Unheard LA, and more. A protest sign she designed is in the Smithsonian Museum of American History. You can subscribe to Taz's substack . You can find us on social media on Instagram and Twitter . You can support Immigrantly by subscribing to our . You can buy Taz's #MuslimVDay cards on . Hosts: Saadia Khan & Shahjehan Khan Producers: Saadia Khan & Kylee C. Roberts Development Producer: Aleeza Kazmi Collaborative Editorial Review: Asad Butt Content writer: Anoushka Rai Sound & Content Editor: Bronte Cook Immigrantly Theme Music: Evan Ray Suzuki Other Music: Podington Bear, Jahzzar
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