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E8 Safe Spaces: Sean Johnson Andrews
In this episode, drawing on his current book project, podcast co-host Sean Johnson Andrews talks about concepts like safe space, cancel culture, and trigger warnings. Sean argues that these are not “merely cultural” concerns but are part of a larger, longer struggle over which subjects get to feel safe in our society.
Show Notes
We don’t quite get around to talking about this essay by Roxanne Gay, but it is a useful one for thinking about the concept of the trigger warning as well as safe spaces.
https://therumpus.net/2012/08/28/the-illusion-of-safetythe-safety-of-illusion/
Near the end of the episode, we talk a bit about the way trans people were vilified following recent mass shooting events, a topic covered on Sean’s Substack.
https://breakingculture.substack.com/p/trans-terrorism-still-no
He also has several recent posts on the way recent ICE/BP operations in Chicago are presented on keeping (white?) people safe despite the fact that they do nothing of the sort.
https://breakingculture.substack.com/p/the-racist-schema-of-safety
Here is the podcast conversation Sean mentions with Palestinian activist Eman Abdelhadi and other organizers of the resistance in the city.
https://truthout.org/audio/holding-the-line-through-tear-gas-and-censorship/
Credits
The image is a mashup of several of the movements and concepts that intersect in this conversation. The background is taken from a set of “safe space” rules that were generated by an anarchist book fair in New York City c. 2012.
https://libcom.org/article/safer-spaces-false-allegations-and-nyc-anarchist-bookfair
The pink triangle in a green circle was used by the LGBTQ movement in the late 1980s to designate safe spaces free from homophobia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_space
The protest images are from a 2017 demonstration of the #MeToo movement (attended by Tarana Burke) and a 2015 Black Lives Matter demonstration in Minneapolis, Minnesota protesting the police killing of Jamar Clark.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/take-back-workplace-me-marches-take-hollywood-1057374/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jamar_Clark
Hosts:
Madhurima Chakraborty - https://madhurimachakraborty.net/
Sean Johnson Andrews - http://breakingculture.substack.com
Show music: composed by Kris Stokes - https://www.krisstokes.com
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By So What?In this episode, drawing on his current book project, podcast co-host Sean Johnson Andrews talks about concepts like safe space, cancel culture, and trigger warnings. Sean argues that these are not “merely cultural” concerns but are part of a larger, longer struggle over which subjects get to feel safe in our society.
Show Notes
We don’t quite get around to talking about this essay by Roxanne Gay, but it is a useful one for thinking about the concept of the trigger warning as well as safe spaces.
https://therumpus.net/2012/08/28/the-illusion-of-safetythe-safety-of-illusion/
Near the end of the episode, we talk a bit about the way trans people were vilified following recent mass shooting events, a topic covered on Sean’s Substack.
https://breakingculture.substack.com/p/trans-terrorism-still-no
He also has several recent posts on the way recent ICE/BP operations in Chicago are presented on keeping (white?) people safe despite the fact that they do nothing of the sort.
https://breakingculture.substack.com/p/the-racist-schema-of-safety
Here is the podcast conversation Sean mentions with Palestinian activist Eman Abdelhadi and other organizers of the resistance in the city.
https://truthout.org/audio/holding-the-line-through-tear-gas-and-censorship/
Credits
The image is a mashup of several of the movements and concepts that intersect in this conversation. The background is taken from a set of “safe space” rules that were generated by an anarchist book fair in New York City c. 2012.
https://libcom.org/article/safer-spaces-false-allegations-and-nyc-anarchist-bookfair
The pink triangle in a green circle was used by the LGBTQ movement in the late 1980s to designate safe spaces free from homophobia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_space
The protest images are from a 2017 demonstration of the #MeToo movement (attended by Tarana Burke) and a 2015 Black Lives Matter demonstration in Minneapolis, Minnesota protesting the police killing of Jamar Clark.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/take-back-workplace-me-marches-take-hollywood-1057374/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jamar_Clark
Hosts:
Madhurima Chakraborty - https://madhurimachakraborty.net/
Sean Johnson Andrews - http://breakingculture.substack.com
Show music: composed by Kris Stokes - https://www.krisstokes.com