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Olivia and Raven are black, blind women, passionate about shedding light on issues regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Get political and personal with them as they share their perspectives on living at the intersection of disabled, black, and women in the US.
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Oct 31, 2021
Oct 31, 2021
2 min
Happy Halloween! Raven closes out our spooky series with a story about one of the many ghosts at the Myrtle's plantation, one of America's most haunted homes.
Learn More!
Myrtles Plantation: The South’s Spookiest House
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/myrtles_plantation_the_souths
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Oct 30, 2021
Oct 30, 2021
8 min
For Devil's Night, Olivia shares the darkest story of the series thus far – speaking on the lives claimed by Lake Lanier, known as one of the deadliest lakes in the United States.
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https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-113-summer-2021/the-haunting-of-lake-lanier
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Oct 29, 2021
Oct 29, 2021
3 min
Today in the Halloween series, Raven shares an Ojibwe oral tradition. Ojibwe Natives (typically Canadian), or Chippewa tribes (United States), occupied territories around the Great Lakes as early as 1400.
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(Adapted from Albert B. Reagan, 1928, "The Magic Pots," Wisconsin Archeologist 7[1]:227-28.)
https://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-141
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Oct 28, 2021
Oct 28, 2021
2 min
Olivia talks about duennes, mischievous spirits from Trinidad and Tobago folklore, who target small children.
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http://www.triniview.com/TnT/Folklore.htm
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Music Credit: "Expeditionary" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Oct 27, 2021
Oct 27, 2021
3 min
Second in our Halloween series, Raven recounts the tale of a skin-changing witch, "Skin, Don't You Know Me?", performed by J.D. Suggs, Mississippi singer and guitarist here:
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Oct 26, 2021
Oct 26, 2021
6 min
For the first story in our Halloween series, Olivia graces us with singing and storytelling in her reading of "I Know Moonrise,” excerpted from the book Spooky Georgia.
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I Know Moonrise
https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2013/09/i_know_moonrise.html
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Oct 21, 2021
Oct 21, 2021
53 min
Olivia and Raven get blasphemous and talk about some of the harmful beliefs within Christianity that contribute to stigmas surrounding mental illness, self-care, and seeking therapy, as well as other difficulties accessing mental health services.
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Discussion Summary:
01:05: Acknowledging that many cultures and, society in general, stigmatize mental illness and therapy.
02:35: The belief that prayer and Jesus can heal mental illness, and how this is harmful.
10:14: How people have used religion to lead others to believe they’re inherently bad and their suffering is deserved.
18:47: The glorification of suffering.
26:25: Religion as a source of hope in spite of suffering, and how it’s weaponized.
31:17: Misconceptions about who can afford and access therapy, and how they’ve been perpetuated.
37:04: barriers to accessing therapy.
44:22: Accessing therapy via programs for low-income folks.
52:54: Outro.
Oct 18, 2021
Oct 18, 2021
7 min
Olivia tells the story of Tanya Denise Fields, creator of the Black Feminist Project, who used her trauma and healing to help fight sexism and poverty, and encourage black women and fems to confidently share their experiences with abuse and poverty.
Learn more!
https://www.theblackfeministproject.org/
Book: You Are Your Best Thing:
Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
, by Tarana Burke, Brene Brown
Chapter: "Dirty Business: The Messy Affair of Rejecting Shame" by Tanya Denise Fields
https://brenebrown.com/you-are-your-best-thing/
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Oct 15, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
1 hr 1 min
Olivia and Raven talk about personal safety, the importance of situational awareness as disabled people, and self-defense, including weapons.
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Discussion Summary:
01:05: The importance of learning how to defend yourself, and experiences with feeling unsafe.
11:06: Stats and facts about violent victimization of disabled people.
16:44: Personal safety and situational awareness.
27:59: Safety when using rideshare services.
33:02: Martial arts vs self defense programs designed for blind people.
50:12: Precautions and thoughts on using weapons.
1:00:34: Outro.
Oct 12, 2021