Host Cathy Hannabach interviews interdisciplinary feminist scholar Zakiyyah Iman Jackson about the role of blackness in histories of the human.
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Juana María Rodríguez and Emma Pérez on Writing Partnerships
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Emma Pérez and Juana María Rodríguez about writing partnerships during a pandemic and queer sociality.
Rebecca Wanzo on Visibility and African American Comics
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Rebecca Wanzo about black cartoonists, interdisciplinary humanities, and teaching others to see the world differently.
Christopher B. Patterson on Writing as Resistance and Refusal
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Christopher B. Patterson about the writing process, name politics, and refusal as activism.
Amber Jamilla Musser on Valuing Embodied Knowledge
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Amber Jamilla Musser about aesthetics and racialized sexuality and the politics of co-authoring.
Sandra Ruiz on Resetting the Colonial Clock
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Sandra Ruiz about Puerto Rican anti-colonial resistance, performance, and radical curation.
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas on Leaving No One Behind
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Ebony Elizabeth Thomas about the power of children’s literature and Black speculative fiction.
Jade S. Sasser on Reproductive Justice and Climate Change
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Jade S. Sasser about the reproductive justice movement and climate change activism.
Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón on Women Graffiti Artists
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón about women graffiti writers, feminist curation, and Puerto Rican activism.
Heath Fogg Davis on Gender’s Administration
Heath Fogg Davis and Julian Gill-Peterson discusses getting rid of gender markers in public restrooms, IDs, sports, and educational institutions.
Tavia Nyong’o on Revolutionary Queer Imaginaries
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Tavia Nyong’o about the ongoing project of abolition and centering queer of color joy.
Karen Tongson on the Pleasures of Pop Culture
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Karen Tongson about music’s relationship to place and going deep with popular culture.