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"It's Gonna Be Fine" -- A Song of Hope for Post-Pandemic Life

Gia Mora playing guitar in Los Angeles for her new song "It's Gonna Be Fine"

It’s Gonna Be Fine — A Song of Hope for Post-Pandemic Life

15 June 2021

LA DCA's Reimagine Public Art Exhibition

Gia Awarded Grant from LA’s Department of Cultural Affairs

01 June 2021

What's an ecofashionista to wear?

A Doll’s House

05 May 2021

A stack of DVD screeners sent to me for the SAG Awards

The SAG Awards & Plastic Screeners: An Actor’s Dilemma

05 April 2021

Disney Karaoke with the Colorado Childrens Chorale

Disney Karaoke with Colorado Children’s Chorale Alumni

22 February 2021

“The Night” Premieres on IFC Midnight

15 January 2021

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I’m back this week celebrating #PlasticFreeJuly

I’m back this week celebrating #PlasticFreeJuly in my bathroom. Since last Saturday I was soaking up family goodness, I’ve got two tips for you today. Week 3️⃣ & 4️⃣: Plastic Free Hair & Laundry 💆‍♀️💦🧺 🧼 Thanks to James Hamblin’s book “Clean,” I only use soap on my hands and twice a week on my hair. I’ve tried no-poo, hair bars, DIY dry shampoo, and expensive clean beauty dry shampoo… it all leaves my baby fine hair looking as limp and oily as freshly boiled pot of capellini. Now I use @superzeronow. Woman owned. Plastic free. And it works! Even after sweaty yoga or cycling sessions. Your better soap choices also keep petroleum derivatives, parabens, and phthalates out of our water systems while keeping your skin’s microbiome balanced. And if you wanna wash your face, or remove makeup, or shave, a little dab of bulk purchased coconut oil will do the trick. Need some exfoliation? Just scrub gently with baking soda (you can see my jars in the shower). 🩲 Everytime you wash and dry your clothes, tiny plastic #microfibers float off your gear and find their way into our bodies. That’s where @guppyfriend comes in and catches all of that fuzz so it can be properly disposed of (in the trash… where it will languish for millennia in a landfill). We’ve ditched hot water and soap for laundry, too. Soap nuts, which are neither soap nor nuts, are berry husks with a natural cleaning agent called saponin. Toss them in little muslin bags, along with a little baking soda and essential oil, and you’re in business. Just activate the soap nuts in a bit of hot water before you toss them in the cold wash. BONUS TIP: We don’t have a dryer, but even if we did, line drying can extend the life of your clothes and is way better for the environment. The average person produces up to 1400 lbs. of carbon per year from dryers alone!
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#plasticfreeliving #plasticfreejuly #sustainablesaturday #bioplastic #composting #actonclimate #climatescience #womenleadclimate #climatesolutions #plasticpollution #plasticfreelife #intersectionalenvironmentalism #goingzerowaste #zerowastelife #zerowasteliving #myzerowastelife #superzero #cleanbeauty #microplastic

Happy #PlasticFreeJuly from Ballona Creek where I

Happy #PlasticFreeJuly from Ballona Creek where I joined @lawaterkeeper and @ballonafriends for a trash pickup! 🪣 Week 2️⃣: Plastic Free Wetlands 🦆💦🌿 🧽 Wetlands are nature’s sponges. They absorb surface water, rain, snowmelt, groundwater and flood waters, as well as help control floods and prevent erosion. Marshes and bogs are home to many plants and animals and serve a crucial role in the global water cycle. 🗑 When litter like tiny bits of styrofoam, food wrappers, spillproof coffee stoppers, cigarette filters, water bottle lids, and condoms (all of which, among many other things, I cleaned up along the creek), they break down into microplastics and eventually end up in our water supply. No bueno. FACT: We are eating a credit card’s worth of plastic every week. In our drinking water. 🪣 We came here today, armed with gloves and buckets, to pick up as much trash as we could in two hours. You’ll see my bucket isn’t very full. That’s because I spent a lot of time combing through the flora picking up tiny pieces of plastic… and it took forever. Because the closer we looked, the more we saw tiny bits of styrofoam and slips of plastic film everywhere—so small it’s nearly undetectable. Still, we tracked every piece we could using the @litterati app so that researchers can identify the worst culprits of pollution, then hold manufacturers responsible for creating the plastic waste choking our wetlands. 🧹 So what’s my #plasticfreelife tip for the week? Make your world cleaner than how you found it. See a piece of trash? Pick it up! But cleanup alone won’t stop the problem. Hold companies accountable not just to recycle their plastics but to stop producing them.
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#plasticfreeliving #sustainablesaturday #actonclimate #climatescience #womenleadclimate #climatesolutions #plasticpollution #plasticcleanup #intersectionalenvironmentalism #microplastics #stoplasticpollution #thereisnoplanetb

I love talking about ways to live like a movie sta

I love talking about ways to live like a movie star while treating Mother Earth like a queen, so this #PlasticFreeJuly I’ll be sharing a tip each Saturday on easy, chic swaps to reduce your plastic footprint. Week 1️⃣: Plastic Free Dishes 🍽🚰 🧽 Natural, cellulose sponges and pot brush with replaceable brush head
-Much better than plastic sponges that disintegrate and end up in our drinking water. 🧂Refillable baking soda for scrubbing power
-No need for harsh chemicals. This kitchen staple works like magic, even on this ancient, porous ceramic sink! 🧼 Dish soap block for washing by hand
-I’ve tried a ton of alternatives in this category, including making my on soap from soap nuts, but I dig this bar and tray (and the pot brush) from @notoxlife. 💦 Under-counter water filter
-Just one #CuZn cylinder can filter all your cold water for *five years* and be returned to the manufacturer for recycling after that. Bye bye, Brita! 🧴Refillable Castile hand soap
-I stock up on this #greenliving essential at @sustain_la. In most situations, I prefer bar soap, but it’s always good to have a liquid on hand. ❔ Ask away! 🌿#GiasConsciousCloset Hot Vax Summer Edition
👚 from Oxfam shop in Cambridge, UK
🩳 are #30Wears… or 300. They’re five+ years old. I will wear them until they are threadbare. What summer wardrobe piece can’t you part with?
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#plasticfreeliving #sustainablesaturday #actonclimate #womenleadclimate #climatesolutions #plasticpollution #plasticfreelife #intersectionalenvironmentalism #goingzerowaste #zerowastelife #zerowasteliving #myzerowastelife #zerowastecollective

A friendly reminder that @lapublichealth now recom

A friendly reminder that @lapublichealth now recommends even vaccinated people wear masks in public indoor spaces. 😷🏫😷 This change in policy is due to the rise of the highly contagious Delta variant of the #coronavirus. Although the vaccines appear to protect individuals from this and other strains of the virus, the consequences of the spread of the #Deltavariant has yet to be seen. Masking up is an easy safety precaution that doesn’t require an interruption in business operations or physical distancing. If you need help finding a vaccine clinic near you, or if you have questions about the safety or efficacy of the vaccines, please feel free to DM me. I understand everyone’s first concern is for the health of their families and themselves, and I’d love to be your resource on all things #covid-related. Remember — we’re in this together! #GetVaccinated 📸 by @timothysayrephotography on the #LARiver
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#maskup #wearamask #facemask #coveryourface #LAlife #LAlifestyle #LAliving #mydayinLA #LApublichealth #publichealth #covid19 #pandemiclife #sciencecommunication #scicomm

CHEESE! 📸🐈‍⬛📸 18 years old and still

CHEESE! 📸🐈‍⬛📸 18 years old and still talking away. #SpankyPerSempre #CaturdayEveryday
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#blackcats #blackcatsofinstagram #chatnoir #catsofinstagram #instagramcats #instacat #catoftheday #adoptdontshop #petadoption #rescuecat #rescuecatsofinstagram

Happy 4️⃣4️⃣th anniversary to these beauti

Happy 4️⃣4️⃣th anniversary to these beautiful lovebirds! 🕊❤️🕊 Vi voglio bene, Mamma e Babbo!
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#truelove #longhaul #relationshipgoals

“Femme Fatale” by Jeannine Hall Gailey
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Even our names sound delicious:
Pandora, Delilah, Bathsheba, Lola, Gilda They speak of us in the language of pastries—
cream puff, tart, cupcake They drool over us, put their hands in our bodies
Oh honey, Oh sugar
as if plunging into layers of white meringue We dissolve behind veils and trench coats
our faces soon dimming
the whiskey of their tongues already forgotten Around us the scent of orchids and tobacco flowers
bruised and senescent
blooms into the night air, thick with gunfire NEW COLLECTION of fabulous #feminist 📸 from @marjoriesalvaterra.
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#allbodiesaregoodbodies #feministphotography #femaleartists #femaleempowerment #womenempoweringwomen #bosslady #thefutureisfemale #losangeles #lalife #poemoftheday #justdesserts

"It's Gonna Be Fine" - A Song of Hope for Post-Pan

"It's Gonna Be Fine" - A Song of Hope for Post-Pandemic Life. “It’s Gonna Be Fine” was created for the Citywide COVID-19 Emergency Response Program: Reimagine Public Art from the @culture_la in partnership with @cci_arts. A NOTE FROM GIA
Making art with other people became downright dangerous during the last 15 months. For a collaborative artist such as myself, it was a painful and isolating time. Music has always been a source of self-soothing for me, so I knew I wanted to write a song of hope and joy for our city, our state, our nation, and the world. I also knew I wanted to record it in true quarantine style: using only what was available in my apartment. My wish is that this song can help carry us forward as California reopens and post-pandemic life begins. #GetVaccinated Thank you to the Department of Cultural Affairs for the opportunity to create a public art response to the craziness of COVID-19 crisis, and thank you to my friend and producing partner Mr. Music himself Michael A. Simon for graciously directing this video. VIDEO CREDITS
Performed, Produced & Edited by
Gia Mora Directed by
Michael A. Simon Featuring
Denny Rivas & Wamba Hair & Makeup by
Mahina Armijo Assistant to the Director
Jeremy Simon Color by
Tyler Granlund Thank You to
Meghan Curry, Kevin Good, Barry Gribble, Jason Lott, Matt McGloin, Tara Jean O’Brien, Charles Papert & Debra Simon Special Thanks to
Sean Carroll, Rick Chinisci, Georgia Raitz-Chinisci, Denny Rivas, Michael A. Simon & Spanky For more information on COVID-19, visit https://covid19.ca.gov/ #wereinthistogether #hope #covid19 #covid19communityambassador #coronavirus #covid19 #pandemic #pandemiclife #newmusic #mydayinLA #LAlife #californiareopening #quarantineqreativity #singersongwriter #singersongwriters #singerlife #singersofinstagram #musicislife #makemusic #musicianlife #lifeofanactor #actorsofinstagram #actorlifestyle #actorslifestyle #actorlife #workingactor

Once in a golden hour I cast to earth a seed. Up

Once in a golden hour
I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower,
The people said, a weed. To and fro they went
Thro' my garden bower,
And muttering discontent
Cursed me and my flower.
Then it grew so tall
It wore a crown of light,
But thieves from o'er the wall
Stole the seed by night. Sow'd it far and wide
By every town and tower,
Till all the people cried,
'Splendid is the flower! '
Read my little fable:
He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now,
For all have got the seed. And some are pretty enough,
And some are poor indeed;
And now again the people
Call it but a weed.
-#LordAlfredTennyson 📸 by @timothysayrephotography
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#goldenhourphotography

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