Eyes On Whiteness

Cultural Resistance: Transmuting Censorship into Collective Creation


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Welcome back....again.  It´s Season 3! 

In this return episode of Eyes on Whiteness, Maureen reflects on the global rise in censorship—from banned books and criminalized drag to the erasure of murals and public memory. But this moment is not just political—it’s cultural, spiritual, and creative.

Drawing from history and present-day resistance, Maureen shares how artists have long transmuted oppression into beauty, grief into expression, and truth into action. You'll hear powerful examples from across the U.S., Palestine, Brazil, Germany, and beyond—and receive a personal reflection on rest, rhythm, and reclaiming imagination as a sacred tool of resistance.

This episode is a call to the culture-bearers and creators—to resist erasure through collective creation.

In this episode:

  • Executive Orders from T**mp and the whitewashing of public history
  • Censorship of Black and queer voices in schools, museums, and public art
  • Global artistic resistance movements and the power of memory
  • A personal reflection on transparency, urgency, and sacred pause
  • An invitation to join the Cultivating Intersectional Leadership course—especially for artists and arts organizations

🎨 Learn more & join us:
→ Podcast home: www.eyesonwhiteness.com
→ Course info: www.cultivatingintersectionalleadership.com

→ Newsletter + reflections: www.transmutingwhitesupremacyandpatriarchy.com


This Week’s Reflection Practice:
Where in your creative practice or leadership might transparency feel risky—but necessary?
How might truth-telling, with compassion, allow more freedom—for you and your community?

Let these questions sit with you. Let them compost.
Let something tender grow.

Support the show

This episode was created with deep love, and deep thanks to the frameworks and tools within Cultivating Intersectional Leadership, a course I co-created with Diedra Barber.

CIL isn’t just a training. It’s a transformative journey—one that supports individuals and organizations in making the systemic, strategic, and spiritual shifts needed to build something different.
Something rooted in justice. Something aligned with who we say we want to be.

You're invited to learn more or inquire about participation at:
🌐
www.cultivatingintersectionalleadership.com
Or visit our podcast site at:
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www.eyesonwhiteness.com

If this episode stirred something in you, share it.
If you’re holding big questions, write them down.
And if you’re tired—rest. But don’t quit.

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