Welcome my lovely listeners to the third part of my mini-series based on bell hook’s cult classic: all about love: new visions (2000). This week I am exploring the topic of friendship, specifically kinship and the origin story of my chosen family. In an exploration of my past, I recall Livingston’s Paris Is Burning (1990) documentary as one of the foundational pieces into discovering what it means to choose who you allow into your life and ultimately, how to find community in the darkest of spaces… Please join me as we explore a little into what drives me and what keeps me going to this day.

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