Marianne Dissard is a French-born American singer,[1] photographer, author, producer, and filmmaker.
She has released four albums,[2] four EPs, and a number of singles and collaborations. She started touring abroad in 2006, including in countries such as China, Turkey, New Zealand,[3] and Australia.
Her first book, memoir Not Me, was self-published in 2019. Her photography has been exhibited in Ramsgate (UK), Turner Contemporary[4] in Margate (UK), Paris (France), and Glasgow (UK).[5]
Personal life
Activism
In 2004, Dissard founded The Tucson Suffragettes in Tucson, Arizona to encourage youth voter registration in the 2004 American presidential election cycle.[6]
Her 2019 memoir "Not Me" details her decades-long struggles with eating disorders and she has been open in sharing her experience on stage and in the media.[7][8]
Further reading
Campbell, Neil. The Rhizomatic West: Representing the American West in a Transnational, Global, Media Age. University of Nebraska Press: Campbell, 2008. 392. Print. [9]
Aquila, Richard. Western American Literature: Volume 55, Number 4, Winter 2021. University of Nebraska Press: Aquila, 2021. 73. Print. [10]
On September 30, 2022, she appeared on the Scots Whay Hae podcast.[15]
On June 9, 2021, she appeared on Le Village Pop podcast.[16]
Films
Dissard appeared in Keja Ho Kramer's 2002 film Diam's, Astrid Serafini's 2014 film No Spare in New York, Marianne Dissard's 2010 film Lonesome Cowgirls[17]
