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Nontsi and Lindelani chat with Helen Lewis about "how the feminist passion for Artemisia Gentileschi's life story risks overwhelming her artistic talent." Inspired by Helen's piece titled "Isn't She Good—For a Woman?"

Reading material mentioned in the conversation:

Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights by Helen Lewis

The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work by Germaine Greer

Nontsi and Lindelani chat with Joanne Limburg about her personal journey with disability and the impact it has had on her family, social and professional life. Inspired by Joanne's piece titled "Am I disabled?"

Reading material mentioned in the conversation:

Disability Visibility by Alice Wong

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Inspiration Porn

Inspired by the piece 52 Things I Learned in 2020, Lindelani and Nontsi speak to the author Tom Whitwell about his list of interesting things he learned in the year 2020.

Inspired by the piece The Modern World Has Finally Become Too Complex for Any of Us to Understand, Lindelani and Nontsi speak to the author Tim Maughan about the complex systems of the modern world and how they affect us.

Inspired by the interview Men who have affairs: An Interview with Alicia Walker, conducted by Arielle Kuperberg, Lindelani and Nontsi speak to the Dr. Alicia Walker about her studies on cheating and how to better understand what cheating is.

Inspired by the piece Who's in the Crossword, Lindelani speaks to the co-author Michelle McGhee about inclusion in the crossword and the experience of existing within marginalized and underrepresented cultures.

Lindelani and Nontsi chat with Sophie Haigney, about her piece featured in the Browser (titled Making Art Bad Again) about shock, protest, and visual art in the age of Trump and what similarities or differences exist in the South African context.

Mentioned in the episode:

Brett Murray

Ayanda Mabulu

This week, Lindelani and Nontsi chat with Alison Gopnik, about her wonderful piece featured in the Browser (titled Vulnerable yet vital) about the importance of grandparents in the life and upbringing of their grandchildren.

Inspired by Stefan Al's "The Air-Conditioned Cowboy", Nontsi and Lindelani discuss the similarities of the becoming of Las Vegas to that of Maboneng. They further discuss the good and bad that Maboneng Precinct has brought to the community of downtown Johannesburg.

1. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/uighur-exiles-kashmir-heaven-161117133848689.html

(A story of a hidden community of Uighurs living in Kashmir from the time of Silk Route trade)

2. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/peoples-linguistic-survey-of-india-ganesh-devy

(A story on a man who set out to count every language in India, he found 780)

3. https://narratively.com/the-diver-who-brings-up-the-bodies/

(A story on a man whose job it is to dive in the water to bring out bodies of farmers who commit suicide in north India)

Sunaina's recommendations for the holiday season:

1. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith and Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford

2. Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy and the new adaptation of the book by Mira Nair on Netflix, an enduring story from India

3. The Jungle Prince of Delhi by Ellen Barry, widely shared but always worth talking about as long-form inspiration