Wondermine

On this episode, Larissa & Elizabeth talk about desire and power--how they're related and how we can embrace our power and act on our desires.

Discussed on this episode:
K.F. Breene, Magical Midlife Madness series 

Gina at Incandescent Tarot

Larissa’s current favorite  tarotdeck is the Lightseer’s Tarot

The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change

 by Dr. Pauline Boss

Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness

Roy Richard Grinker

Appetites: Why Women Want, by Carolyn Knapp

I Am Always Hungry When I Write

On motherhood, writing, being selfish, and doing it anyway

Shine Theory

Isaac’s Bagels

Joanne Chang

Jewish For Good Challah

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Show notes:

This episode was recorded on April 7, about a month prior to the Supreme Court Draft Opinion leak, so we know it might sound a little out of date! Here’s a comprehensive list (via Alison Turkos) of ways to support abortion access and reproductive rights.

Mentioned in this episode:

America’s Next Top Model

The Chiffon Trenches by Andre Leon Talley

Power of Change: Leading Lady

Dietland by Sarai Walker

Matrix by Lauren Groff 

Abortion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States#:~:text=The%20legal%20position%20prior%20to,for%20the%20legalization%20of%20abortion.

https://www.guttmacher.org/perspectives50/abortion-and-after-legalization

https://www.aclutx.org/en/know-your-rights/abortion-texas

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2022/01/28/heres-how-abortion-access-would-change-if-supreme-court-erodes-roe

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/08/evolution-education-united-states-is-more-complicated-than-you-think/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/01/22/most-americans-want-abortion-remain-legal-back-some-state-restrictions/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/opinion/missouri-abortion-roe-v-wade.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/briefing/abortion-debate-public-opinion.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/roe-v-wade-overturn-abortion-rights/629366/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_mediu

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Welcome back to another season of Wondermine! For Season Two, we're talking about things we don't talk about...and why we don't talk about them. Episode One: Elizabeth and Larissa share why they're focusing on this theme.

Show notes:
Johann Hari’s newest book “Stolen Focus”

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

“Marriage Requires Amnesia.” by Heather Havrilesky

Foreverland, Heather Havrilesky

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This is our second bonus episode on BOOKS! This time we talked about what makes us re-read a book, put a book down, or keep reading. And more!

As always, links to Bookshop are affiliate links.

Pindar

Plato

Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

NK Jemisin, Broken Earth Trilogy

Dante, Divine Comedy

Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Dr, Honorée Fannone Jeffers, The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois

Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in The Castle

Stephen King, Eyes of the Dragon

James Joyce, Ulysses

James joyce, Finnegan’s Wake

Julia F. Green (IG)

Lauren Groff, Matrix

Toni Cade Bambara, These Bones Are Not my Child

G.R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones series 

Robert Jones, Jr., The Prophets

David Sedaris

Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow

Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

#MeToo

Stats on who is in juvenile detention centers (these are from 2017, and look at the trend from 1997-2017)

Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

Percival Everett, The Trees

Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer

Kiese Laymon, Heavy

The third rail (politics)

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On this bonus episode, Larissa and Elizabeth discuss their favorite books as children, what they read for now, and who's on their shitlist in 2022.

We mentioned a lot of authors and books! Many of these links are to Bookshop; we'll receive a small affiliate payment if you purchase through these links. 

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Langston Hughes

Little House on the Prairie (series)

Island of the Blue Dolphins 

Julie of the Wolves

Nancy Drew

Beverly Cleary

Judy Blume

bell hooks, All About Love

Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart

VC Andrews

Clan of the Cave Bear

Land of Stories series 

Harry Potter series

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones 

The Love Songs of WEB DuBois 

Loulou & Yves: The Untold Story of Loulou de la Falaise and the House of Saint Laurent

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In this episode Elizabeth and Larissa wrap up and recap the themes of this series of podcasts. If we could sum it up in one word: titration.   

Mentioned in this episode:
Matrix, Lauren Groff  (bookshop)

Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone, Diana Gabaldon  (bookshop)

Allegory of the Cave from Plato’s Republic

Pleasure Activism, adrienne maree brown   (bookshop)

The Body Is Not An Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor (bookshop)

Strong Arm Baking Co.

Deb Malkin

Nuvotaco Durham

Cocoa Cinnamon coffee in Durham

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On today's episode, Larissa & Elizabeth talk about what it means to feel at home in your body, and Larissa gives Elizabeth (and you!) some experiences to try during the call--with fascinating results! Small steps, and lots of practice and self-compassion are key to feeling that your body is your home.

Mentioned in this podcast (Bookshop links are affiliate links):
The Warmth of Other Suns- Isabel Wilkerson (bookshop)

The reference to “dark emotions” is a Miriam Greenspan term. Her book is Healing Through the Dark Emotions. (bookshop)

Wayward Son - Rainbow Rowell (bookshop)

How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett (bookshop)

Shake It Off - Taylor Swift (YouTube)

Tigress Osborn -  https://www.instagram.com/iofthetigress/
Tigress's essay on the history of body positivity

The Body Is Not An Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor (bookshop)

Lauren Ohayon (website)

My Grandmother’s Hands - Resmaa Menakem (bookshop)

Jane Clapp (website)

What Happened To You by Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey

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Elizabeth and Larissa consider what alternatives to binary thinking might look like. And we added an episode ahead of this one, which is why we say it's Episode 5 when it's really episode 6.  We hope you enjoy!

Wayward by Dana Spiotta (bookshop)

These Bones Are Not My Child by Toni Cade Bambara

(Divorcing) White Supremacy Culture

Binary thinking: https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/eitheror--the-binary.html

Anna Sweeny, dietitian @DieticianAnna on Instagram

https://www.wholeliferd.com/#welcome

Kiese Laymon in conversation with Tressie McMillan Cottom on The Ezra Klein Show.

Hear To Slay episode, “Fat is Not a Feeling,” when Tressie McMillan Cottom and Roxane Gay talk to Julia Turschen 

These Bones Are Not My child by Toni Cade Bambara (bookshop)

The Body Is Not An Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor (bookshop)

Your Body Is Not An Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor (bookshop)

Kelly Diels

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In this episode, Larissa & Elizabeth discuss what play and getting curious have to do with liberation. If we could sum up this episode in one sentence: How we create a better world is by creating opportunities for people to play together, and to enjoy being together.

Stuff we mentioned:

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers' book, ‘The love songs of WEB DuBois’

'Cloud cuckoo land’ by Anthony Doerr.

Stuart Brown TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_play_is_more_than_just_fun/transcript?language=en#t-758879

Summary of Brown’s work by Larry Maguire-- Larissa found this while googling for a list of the properties and it’s just very concise.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

We mentioned, but did not quote, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s work on flow.

Dianne Bondy & Amber Karnes, Yoga for All

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We explore who your Right People are, how to figure out who your Right People are NOT, and talk about Right Relationship.

Mentioned in this episode:
Everyman, M. Shelly Conner

Rock The Boat, Resmaa Menakem

Conflict Is Not Abuse, Sarah Schulman

The Love Songs of WEB Dubois, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Prophets, Robert Jones Jr.

Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi

How We Show Up, Mia Birdsong

Relationship Red Flags, Elizabeth M. Johnson

Annie Duke

Duped podcast

Toi Marie on the "impossibility of removing ourselves from a capitalist system."

Bruce Perry 

The Body Is Not An Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor

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