March Moss / 31 March 2025 / Categories: People, Creative, Musicians, Actors, Politicians, Opinions

A Leading Lady Adriana Ivelisse, Alok V Menon and Donald Trump

An unlikely trio

I was introduced to a comedian Alok @alokvmenon on Instagram and their Biology Tour by a very talented singer and actress from Puerto Rico Adriana Ivelise who I had the pleasure to meet when she was playing the lead character Maria in Nickolai Foster’s Westside story production at the Curve Theatre Leicester.

Such was our meeting, although brief it was impactful on me and created a memory I will cherish as Adriana burst into song just for me, my own private performance as it were.

We connected on social media and even though it was some years ago now, Christmas 2020 was when I saw the show, I still enjoy catching up with her from time to time on Instagram and seeing what her latest project is all about.

Which brings me around to why I am writing about Alok today. Adriana shared some of their wisdom with her followers and I was sprinkled in the process.

I read an article yesterday in the Parliament Magazine explaining how European arms of American companies must now fall into line with the US and abandon any diversity, equality and inclusion processes they have. Many businesses including McDonalds, Meta and Walmart dropped inclusion policies already in place in favour of a “meritocracy” system as Swiss bank, UBS Union Bank Of Switzerland outlined.

Transphobia is a distraction from our shared humanity. Says comedian Alok

because, as they state the obvious,

“We are all going to die”

But we - society - don’t like to think about that nasty truth because as Alok clearly outlines, we’d rather judge and blame others instead. It is way easier and stops us facing our own scary reality, our mortality. And yet if we can focus on this reality instead, it gives us an opportunity for profound empathy because we are all in this together.

And this is fundamentally why I am part of the Poopsnoop community so thanks everyone for reading, commenting and listening to my musings.The Poopsnoop community is DEI personified. Poopsnoop is the definition of DEI and was created for for counter balance to exactly the challenges and inequity that comes about when perspectives are narrow and limited and the truth about what’s really going on is hidden behind glossy blurb and marketing catchphrases.

I am extremely concerned where these changes in fairness and inclusion policies will lead. There is no doubt in my mind minority groups are going to suffer more prejudice in the work place and major employment set backs. However there is one group which is not a minority standing to lose the most. An extremely large group of the global population who already suffer published wage discrimination and have been fighting for equality longer than them all: WOMEN.

So in solidarity with all women all over the globe go and have a listen to this incredible and relatively undiscovered talent.

You can listen to the songbird that is Adriana Ivelise on her Instagram @adriana.iveluse where she occasionally treats her followers to a few notes acapela.

Remember where you heard about this rising star first.