BETTI FORDE (Stacked Tuesays/Stinkmitt) is the undisputed queen of Vancouver's underground music scene, holding residencies at the biggest and best underground parties in Vancouver including Stacked Tuesdays @ Celebrities Nightclub, Sin City Fetish Night @ 23 West Cordova, and Flygirl events such as Hershe Bar @ Sonar. She is also a featured DJ for Girl4Girl in Seattle and Double Down in Portland, in addition to playing throughout the world in places like Paris, Berlin and Rome. With over a decade of deejaying under her belt, Forde is renowned for her ability to mix all styles of dance music while maintaining her signature electro-funk sound. Proving that there is no rest for the wickedest, Forde also maintains a critically acclaimed recording career as MC Betti Forde, part of Cochon Recording Artists StinkMitt (www.stinkmitt.com). Before becoming a pro-DJ and indie-rap star, she was a feminist academic, musicologist and activist, achieving a B.A. (Hon.) and an M.A. in Womens Studies and Gender Relations. She has programmed, played and promoted many fundraisers in tandem with other artists, and was one of the original creators and coordinators of Victoria's annual charity/awareness bash Groovefest and Vancouver's Sista'Hood. She believes that partying and politics can and should go hand in hand.