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Writing Life Together

Oct 31, 2019

This episode offers my PhD research at the intersections of neuroscience, therapy, and feminist writing practices to talk about what the processes of recognition—and non recognition—do to us. I especially highlight Black feminist thinkers at this nexus of ideas.


Oct 26, 2019

Neuroscience tells us recognition is important for how our brains grow. What parts of yourself do you need to name and recognize? What parts of yourself would you like to ask others to recognize? How is recognition part of growth and healing and flourishing into all the aspects of who we are and why we are here?


Sep 23, 2019

How can feminist writing practices help us get closer to the knowledge inside ourself that is both powerful and entwined within deep grief labor? And how do we learn to hold that process as it unfolds? What changes in ourselves and our relationships along the way?


Sep 10, 2019

Self-care is useful as a coping mechanism, but it's also an attempt at an individual solution to a problem that has deep, systemic roots. i talk about identifying our needs and deprivations, as well as the abundant resources of various kinds that we have to circulate to others as feminist practice. 


Sep 1, 2019

One of the reasons people fear change in the feminist journey is because challenging patriarchy usually is not profitable! I talk in this episode about what it means to build alternative community structures that support the change of the feminist journey.