Marianne Dissard
Marianne Dissard is a French-born American singer, photographer, author, producer, and filmmaker.
She has released four albums, four EPs, and a number of singles and collaborations. She started touring abroad in 2006, including in countries such as China, Turkey, New Zealand, and Australia.
Her first book, memoir Not Me, was self-published in 2019. Her photography has been exhibited in Ramsgate, Turner Contemporary in Margate, Paris, and Glasgow.
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.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.
Appearances
Television and Radio
On May 22, 2000, Marianne Dissard appeared on France Inter's Studio 105 Black Sessions no.163 and performed with Calexico their single "Ballad of Cable Hogue" from album Hot Rail.On September 25, 2009, Dissard appeared on SoundCheck Radio WNYC New York
On October 7, 2011, she appeared on Radio France in Sous Les Etoiles Exactement.
On March 18, 2013, Dissard appeared on Arizona Public Media Tucson.
Podcasts
On September 30, 2022, she appeared on the Scots Whay Hae podcast.On June 9, 2021, she appeared on Le Village Pop podcast.