Creative Musings

FYI: Sorry for the Echo!

This episode I focus on how fat phobia is rooted is colonization, and how fat women's agency and sexuality have been erased and negotiated through some bullshit!

Contact Info

Website: christxn.com

Email: [email protected]

Cashapp: $christxnn

Social media

Insta: @__creativemusings

Twitter: @creativemusing_

Books

1. Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and Rastus: Blacks in Advertising, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow  by Marilyn Kern Foxworth 

2. Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, Updated and Expanded 5th Edition by Donald Bogle

Welcome to the first episode! On this episode we will discuss Black Radical Imagination and how it is key to our resistance as Black folks. Black radical imagination can be seen and heard in popular culture from artists such as Solange, which will be discussed on this episode.

Contact Info

Website: christxn.com

Email: [email protected]

Cashapp: $christxnn

Social media

Insta: @__creativemusings

Twitter: @creativemusing_

Show notes:

When I Get Home Visual Solange Spoiler  37:30 - 47:38

When I Get Home Visual: http://smarturl.it/WhenIGetHomeFilm

Slavery Trigger Warning: 49:45 - 52:39

Books and authors mentioned

1. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

2. Queer Times, Black Futures by Kara Keeling

3. When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down by Joan Morgan

4. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

5. A Secret History Of Memphis Hoodoo 

A good source for more information on African spiritual practices: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-little-juju-podcast/id1444197888

(That podcast is also available on Soundcloud and Spotify!!)