Understanding Kindness

In this episode, Dani discusses the English language and how it shapes worldviews.

They recommend learning a new language and/or about the culture of the Peoples whose Land you’re currently occupying if you’re a colonizer. You can learn about the Potawatomi culture and language here and here; and about the Hawaiian and Navajo languages here.

Dani also recommends It’s Going Down, “your daily resource for insurgent, Proletariat life”. They’re currently in need of funds to continue going, so send some money their way! Also consider sending money to anyone you’re learning from on the internet, especially if you’re white ;)

For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!

Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!

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In this episode, Dani discusses language, both their personal journey with languages and how language shapes our worldviews.

They recommend “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer for some learning on the Potawatomi language and worldview. Also, GenderReveal episode 72 with Vico Ortiz to learn about the ungendering of the Spanish language.

Lastly, Dani recommends the Indigenous Action post titled, “Tending Sacred Fires: Make Colonizers Afraid Again - Part 3” for some beauty on anti-colonial antagonistic approaches to the far-right and liberals’ perspectives on power.

For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!

Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!

Follow the podcast on instagram, facebook, or twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!

To contact Dani, email [email protected] or send Dani a DM on social media!

To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast’s patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on paypal!      

In this episode, Dani talks about our Water, how she's being used and abused, and what we can do about it.

They recommend appreciating and being grateful for the fresh, clean Water you do have. Also, following @mmiwhoismissing on instagram and listening to Total Liberation's episode 77 called, "Water is Life: The US War Machine Poisons Hawaii" for more information on the current Water crisis on O'ahu. They recommend watching and sharing The Story of Stuff's videos titled, "The Story of Water" and "5 Things Nestle Doesn't Want You To Know" to learn more about Water privatization. And to learn more about your most-local pipeline resistance, try visiting StopLine3.org, TinyHouseWarriors.com and Secwepemculecw.org, and listening to It's Going Down's podcast episode "This is America #151". To learn about divesting yourself and your Community from supporting these projects, visit MazaskaTalks.org.

You can also listen to the Warrior Life podcast, specifically episode 2 titled "Water is Life" if you'd like to hear where Dani got their inspiration to create this episode. 

Lastly, Dani recommends It's Going Down, a resource for anarchist, anti-fascist, and autonomous anti-capitalist and anti-colonial analysis and news.

For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!

Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!

Follow the podcast on instagram, facebook, or twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!

To contact Dani, please email [email protected] or send Dani a DM on social media!

To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast’s patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on paypal!      

In this episode, Dani discusses how Human Animals use Beings at their disposal and who we need to listen to in order to end the cycle of abuse.

They recommend reading "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants" by Robin Wall Kimmerer and "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz for more information on Indigenous, sustainable way of Life and the true history of the so-called United States. She also recommends Indigenous Action and It's Going Down for articles that dive deep into the concepts that run our Lives and societies and interviews with individuals on the horrors of capitalism and settler-colonialism. They'd also recommend listening to the episode of Total Liberation titled, "Do You Know Where Your Taxes Are Going? Big Ag VS. Supply & Demand with Connie Spence" for more info on how the US government subsidizes big agriculture, making supply and demand obsolete. 

Lastly, Dani recommends listening to the episode of Indigenous Action titled, "Abolishing the Non-Profit Industrial Complex" to hear for yourself how the NPIC co-opts mutual aid projects.

For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!

Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!

Follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!

To contact Dani, please email [email protected] or send Dani a DM on social media!

To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast’s patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on paypal!     

In this episode, Dani talks about everything they've learned about gender stuff, and their understanding of their own gender!

They recommend listening to Pynk Spots and GenderReveal for more information and interviews on gender. Dani also really enjoyed Alok Vaid-Menon's book "Beyond the Gender Binary" for its unique perspective and how much she identified with it.

She also recommends the Indigenous Action article, "Against the 'Colonizer's Burden': Climate Justice Means Anti-Colonial and Anti-Capitalist Struggle" for more information on how our societies cause the climate crisis.

For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!

Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!

Follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!

To contact Dani, please email [email protected] or send Dani a DM on social media!

To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast’s patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on paypal!    

In this episode, Dani shares her sexuality journey and gives some overview of terminology.

They recommend listening to Pynk Spots, Normalizing Non-Monogamy, True Sex & Wild Love, and GenderReveal for more information on sexuality and gender and some personal stories on the subjects.

She also recommends the It's Going Down episode titled "This Is America #151" to learn more about the resistance to Enbridge's Line 5.

For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!

Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!

Follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!

To contact Dani, please email [email protected] or send Dani a DM on social media!

To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast’s Patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal!      

In this episode, Dani discusses how she deals with recurring depression.

They recommend learning more about decolonization by visiting IndigenousAction.org, ItsGoingDown.org, and listening to The Vegan Vanguard episode 58, "US Empire and Decolonization with Dr. Nick Estes".

For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!

Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!

Follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!

To contact Dani, please email [email protected] or send Dani a DM on social media!

To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast’s Patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal!     

In this episode, Dani takes us on a journey of imagination. They'd like this episode to act as a thought experiment and get us all thinking.

They recommend learning about Line 3 on StopLine3.org, visiting Mazaska Talks to learn how to divest your money from banks supporting big oil, and checking out It's Going Down, specifically the episode titled "Anti-Pipeline Resistance & Organizing for Indigenous Survival: A Discussion" to learn more about Line 3's current resistance and suggestions for how to be more effective.

For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!

Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!

Follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!

To contact Dani, please email [email protected] or send Dani a DM on social media!

To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast’s Patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal!    

In this episode, Dani discusses the differences between saying "yes" to ourselves and saying "no" to ourselves. She suggests how we can take back the power in these situations.

She recommends listening to The Cure for Chronic Pain E112: REAL-TIME HEAL- An Alcoholic Home, Fibromyalgia, and Social Anxiety for more about how emotional pains manifest into physical pains.

She also recommends listening to Witch, Please Book 4, E6: The Return of Pedagogy for more info on how schooling is used for assimilation and Indigenous Action E10: From the Ashes: Boarding/Residential Schools, Historical Trauma & Radical Reconnection to learn more about the horrors of residential/boarding schools and their history.

For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!

Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!

Follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!

To contact Dani, please email [email protected] or send Dani a DM on social media!

To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast’s Patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal!   

In this episode, Dani talks about prices versus the actual cost of things.

She recommends reading "The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-And How We Can Make it Better" by Annie Leonard and watching ThoughtSlime's video on minimum wage.

She also recommends helping in the fight to Stop Line 3. You can learn about the UN letter to the "US" government, send customizable letters to Jaime Pinkham and Joe Biden, learn up on joining in an Indigenous-led resistance, and find out when events are taking place on StopLine3.org.

For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!

Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!

Follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!

To contact Dani, please email [email protected] or send Dani a DM on social media!

To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast’s Patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal!