Marcela shares her thoughts on the Alabama prison strike, protests in Atlanta and the discontinuation of a cholera vaccine.
Marcela Onyango & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
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Marcela Onyango is a stand-up comedian and writer based in Brooklyn. She was born in Kenya and raised in Texas. She currently hosts Feel the News, a short humorous news show on TikTok. She’s been featured in the Black Women in Comedy Festival and The Laughing Devil Cup Festival. Her humor writing has been published on Slackjaw.
In this week's news we saw Canada calling out the United States for being awful to immigrants, Joe Biden pretending to care about people in prison for marijuana possession, Colorado running out of water and two Indigenous women being elected to the Brazilian congress.
Marcela Onyango & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
This week we saw Coca Cola being a sponsor of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, people not being able to afford food because of price gouging, a Neymar endorsing Brazil’s current right wing president, Bolsonaro, and a school district in North Texas banning LGBTQI+ books
Marcela Onyango & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
This week we saw Republicans wanting more 'Christian' ideals, Puerto Ricans still not having electricity, Levi’s being pressured by garment workers, and protests in Iran.
Marcela Onyango & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
This week we saw governors of Texas and Florida trafficking people seeking asylum to DC and Martha’s Vineyard, a racist school district in Illinois, the Chilean president snubbing the Israeli ambassador, and Patagonia’s founder giving his company away
Marcela Onyango & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
This week saw continued white supremacy in St Louis, the death of the de facto head of British colonialism and calls for climate reparations across Pakistan.
Marcela Onyango & Illustration: Naomi Gennery
At least three times a week, I record a 59 second video during my lunch break. I spend my evening editing and posting it to Feel the News with Marcela, my TikTok show. It’s a news show with a sense of humour and anarchism, delivered in under a minute. The...
Marcela Onyango & Illustration: Daisy Doodles
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