12| Self love literally can never save us.
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Da’Shaun L. Harrison has penned one of my favorite texts in the past five years. I have read it three times in nine months and I have become more and more delighted with the person that I become absorbing these words. In Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness, Harrison presents theoretical frameworks that compel us to meaningful action. I will tell you now and I will tell you for free: belief that compels me to meaningful action is exactly my s**t. I am grateful, to my bones, for theory. Blessed are the workers who make the way clearer with their weighty, weighty words. I relish texts like this.
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Jazz songs of the episode:
Skylark x Wynton Marsalis
Abide With Me x Thelonious Monk Septet
Fools Rush In x Teddy Wilson (this is what was playing when my mom interrupted me)
My Romance x Gene Ammons (remastered by Rudy Van Gelder)
Confirmation - Take 3 / Master x Charlie Parker Quartet
Cup Bearers x Tommy Flanagan, George Mraz, and Elvin Jones
A Sleepin' Bee x Wynton Marsalis
Stomping At The Savory x Red Gardland, Paul Champers, Art Taylor
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Sleep tips for those who struggle to sleep when they could. Essay (and transcript) available at ismatu.substack.com.
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Published 06/15/24
Squeeee we finished!!!
I have finally (!!!) finished my reading of the first chapter of How To Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind by Dr. La Marr Jurelle Bruce and let me tell you, reading it took a bite out of me. It was so difficult and so worth it. Cannot recommend the full text enough!! As per my...
Published 05/12/24