Chardine Taylor-Stone

Chardine Taylor-Stone is a British feminist activist, writer and musician.[1] In December 2015 Taylor-Stone founded Stop Rainbow Racism to campaign against the performance of ‘Black face’ at LGBTQ+ Venues.[2][3] The campaign began in response to a performance by Drag queen Charlie Hides at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Taylor-Stone was the drummer for the band Big Joanie, started in 2013.[4] On 5 October 2023, the band announced that Taylor-Stone had left, replaced by an interim drummer for their European tour that month.[5]

Early life and education

Taylor-Stone was born in London and is from a working-class background.[6] She was raised in Kettering where at age 17 she first became politically active in the Stop The War Coalition.[7] She studied a BA Arts and Humanities and Masters in Laws (LLM) at Birkbeck, University of London.[8][9]

Career

In 2015 Taylor-Stone organised an intergenerational one-day conference ‘Black British Feminism: Past, Present and Futures’ at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton with Black feminist and friend of Olive Morris, Liz Obi .[10][11] In 2016 she co-founded Black Girls Picnic with cultural activist Kayza Rose.[12] In 2017 Taylor-Stone won the British LGBT Award for Contribution to LGBT+ life for the Stop Rainbow Racism campaign.[13] In 2021 she returned the award in protest at the award’s sponsorship of MI5 and MI6[14]

Taylor-Stone has written and spoken about Black British Feminism,[15] racism in LGBT Communities,[16] British working-class life,[17] Afrofuturism,[18] music[19][20] and socialism.[21][22] In 2022 Big Joanie were nominated for Best Alternative Act at the MOBO Awards.[23]

Awards and recognition

·       British LGBT Award for Contribution to LGBT+ life (2017)[13]

·       The Voice Newspaper's Women Who Rocked the World (2015)

·       The Most Inspiring British LGBT People Of 2016[24]

·       Pride Power List 2018

·       Pride Power List 2019

Essays
  • Opoku-Gyimah, Phyll; Beadle-Blair, Rikki; Gordon, John R. (2018). Sista! : an antholgy of writing by and about Same Gender Loving Women of African/Caribbean descent with a UK connection. London. ISBN 978-0-9955162-4-3. OCLC 1006298766.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References
  1. "Punk gave me confidence as a young Black woman to break the mould". Roundhouse. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  2. McCormick, Joseph Patrick (2015-12-14). "Cabaret act accused of 'blackface' retires from performing at London venue". PinkNews. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  3. SoNAdmin (2015-12-12). "Racism in the Rainbow". Shades Of Noir. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  4. "One to watch: Big Joanie". The Guardian. 2020-08-29. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  5. Kelly, Tyler Damara (5 October 2023). "Big Joanie announce departure of founding drummer, Chardine Taylor-Stone". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  6. Dazed (2022-05-06). "Big Joanie: 'It's tougher than ever to be a working-class musician'". Dazed. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  7. "Interview with Momentum NCG candidates: London". New Socialist. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  8. Diversified, AuthorMedia (2014-01-02). "Where are the Black Women in Science Fiction?". Media Diversified. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  9. IVC (2022-07-29). "Independent Venue Week start 10th anniversary preparations with Independents Day 2022". Independent Venue Community. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  10. "14 March 2015 12:00 ~ Black British Feminism: Past, Present and Futures – Black Cultural Archives – London | womensgrid – women's news". www.womensgrid.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  11. Diversified, AuthorMedia (2015-03-13). "I too am Black and a Feminist: On the importance of Black British Feminism". Media Diversified. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  12. "black girls picnic: a movement in collective self-care". AFROPUNK. 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  13. "Chardine Taylor-Stone Archives". British LGBT Awards. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  14. "Big Joanie Is Staying True to Their Queer Punk Ethos". Them. 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  15. Campbell, Rosa (2021-10-28). "Black feminisms: a conversation with Stella Dadzie and Chardine Taylor Stone". History Workshop. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  16. "We Need To Tackle Racism And Misogyny To Move Forward In The LGBT+ Community". HuffPost UK. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  17. "How Community Organising Could Change The Game For The British Left". Double Down News. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  18. "Afrofuturism: where space, pyramids and politics collide | Chardine Taylor-Stone". The Guardian. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  19. "Nina Simone Was a Radical". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  20. Mahon, Leah (2022-12-06). "The Afro-Punk pioneers who defy stereotypes". Voice Online. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  21. Dazed (2018-07-10). "Pride has forgotten its truly radical roots". Dazed. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  22. "England's Footballers Are Changing the Conversation. It's Time the Left Caught Up". Novara Media. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  23. "MOBO Awards introduces new Alternative and Dance/Electronic categories for 2022". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  24. Strudwick, Patrick (28 December 2016). "The Most Inspiring British LGBT People Of 2016". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
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