Episode 99: A Birth Mom Tells Her Story
Continuing on the topic of adoption, on this episode I get the opportunity to talk to Kesley Vander Vliet Ranyard (aka @fromanothamotha) about her experience of choosing to give her child up for adoption and her work with adoption agencies. Follow: @fromanothamotha Podcast: Twisted Sisterhood
Episode 97 and 98: Centering Adoptee Voices
Tiffany Henness, a transracial adoptee, talks to us about her experience of realizing the trauma she inherently held as an adoptee and about the need to center adoptee’s voices when discussing adoption. *note: there is some thumping on my audio track, not Tiffany’s, I edited it out the best that I could, but it will […]
Episode 96: Seeking Justice is Evangelism
D.L. Mayfield author of “The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power” talks to us about her experience protesting in the “Wall of Moms” in Portland and the need for Church Folks to examine their own complicity in injustice. Check out D.L. Mayfield’s website here! Support BLM here
Episode 95: Making it Through 2020
A global pandemic, conspiracy theories, racial injustice: 2020 has been a hard year for a lot of us. So today on the podcast I talk to therapist Lanta Carol on how we can make it through. Get Lanta’s coloring book for free and check out her website here!
Episode 94: Art and Abolition
Brittanie Richardson, the founder of Art and Abolition, talks to us about the needs of survivors of sexual violence in Kenya and her growth as a leader as she learned to listen to those she served. Check out Art and Abolition’s website here! Check out how to donate to their “School of Life” here!
Episode 93: Racism in Porn
Dr. Carolyn West, psychologist and domestic violence researcher, connects the racist images found in porn today to our dark history with slavery. Dr. Carolyn West’s website Dr. Carolyn West’s documentary on Racism in Porn
Episode 92: Patriarchy and Colonialism in Missions
Dalaina May, a former missionary, talks about how she came to the realization that Patriarchy and Colonialism was inherently part of how many missionary organizations functioned—and talks about how to change it. Check out Dark Bali here. Check out Dalaina’s blog here.
Episode 91: Let’s Talk About Sex- Part 2
Brittany Broaddus-Smith Christian sexologist of the Intimacy Firm continues our conversation on the things we weren’t taught about sex, and her project, “My Vulva and Me: An Anthology of Stories For, By, and About Black Women.” To find out more about the work the Intimacy Firm does, check out Brittany’s website here!
Episode 87: Diet culture, Vegetables, Vitamins, and Weight Loss: A Dietician Helps Us Sort It Out
Do you have trouble loving your body? Is it ok to want to lose weight? What is diet culture? Are vitamin supplements necessary? Registered dietician Cassie Christopher helps us sort through it all. Here’s her website!
Episode 86: Body Positivity
Amy Pence-Brown, the self-described fat feminist mother, talks to us about the importance of the body positive movement and why loving your body is a revolutionary act. Check out Amy Pence-Brown’s website here!