59: Miss Victory Belle with J.Mix

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

What is it like to serenade World War II veterans and perform patriotic tunes for tourists? J.Mix, a dialectic creative artist from New Orleans, answered that question and many more for us in this episode. J.Mix developed a deep knowledge of WWII during her time as a singer and dancer with the Victory Belles. This is a 1940s inspired/Miss Victory style vocal act that pays tribute to servicemembers. While she was with the Belles, J. Mix was an employee of the National WWII Museum, a multi-million dollar business in Louisiana. Now, J. Mix is a leader in the movement to dismantle the museum. Together with other community activists, J. Mix works to raise awareness of discrimination within the museum, to push for greater accountability among stakeholders, and to create a more just representation of all people who sacrificed during the war. She also finds time to joyfully rollerskate and make her own podcast, The Self Aware Millennial. Follow and support her work @JMixPlainsItAll, @DismantleWWIIM, and @TheSelfAwareMillennial. Learn more about the Open Letter to the World War II Museum here: #DismantleNWWIIM - Open Letter (google.com).

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0:38.9	Welcome everyone to American Girls The Podcast. This is the show where we're reliving the American
0:55.7	Girl series book by book. This is Mary. Alison will be joining us in one moment. We just want to
1:02.4	get right to our interview, but before we do, we want to give a brief introduction to our wonderful
1:06.6	guest. We were so, so lucky that she could make time to speak with us about all the great work
1:11.1	that she's doing. Our guest today is Jay Mix, who is involved in the dismantle of the World War
1:17.2	Two Museum movement. As well as the host of the self-aware Millennial podcast. She's a wonderful
1:23.5	creative artist from New Orleans who's doing a lot of great work in the city that has impact
1:28.9	far beyond its limits. And we're so, so happy to bring you a conversation with her about her work
1:35.1	with the World War Two Museum. And a lot of the great work that she's doing, we're so, so excited
1:40.2	to bring you this conversation. So without further ado, let's get right to it.
1:51.3	We're so, so excited to have you here. This is such a thrill for us to get to talk to you, Jay
1:56.4	Mix. Thank you so much for making the time to be here. Thank you. I'm so excited to be here.
2:01.6	I heard a lot about you all. And I love my American girl doll that I did not remember the name of
2:06.7	but we're going to talk about that. Yeah, I mean, we'll have lots of questions about that. I'm sure.
2:12.1	I think it's a beautiful way to build mystery around your doll. You know, so many people come on with
2:17.3	this strong identification, this strong affiliation. Yours can be among the legends. Who knows?
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