Hello listeners! Here is the shortened version of episode 102, specifically cut for my classmates and professors. The full portion of the clip in the original episode begins at 2:39 and ends at 9:03; I encourage you to listen over there. https://open.spotify.com/episode/15VhTOpb3ICO7FsbtPrSBk

Anyway, this segment is based on bell hooks' Teaching to Transgress, and the assignment was to consider my own journey to the Ph.D. program and what it means for an educational space to be one of transformation, pleasure, and the practice of freedom. I spoke to my identities as Queer, Black, Christian woman, and what it means to make room for others like me. I also spoke directly to perfectionism and my need to eradicate that in my life.