The Relay

Queerness: An Identity and a Politic (Part 2)

The term “Queer” is often used as a broad umbrella term for the LGBTQIA+ community. But the term not only describes sexual and gender identities, it is also a politic, a way of being and operating in the world. In this episode we continue our discussion about queerness as both a form of identity and a particular politic that aims to defy the limits of prescribed norms and structures in favor of more expansive ways of being in relation and in community with one another. We examine how these ways of being not only have implications for those who identify as queer, but also for how we all conceive of what’s possible in the way of justice and community-building. Roundtable guests for this conversation include once again Jude Feng, Dr. Jessica Davenport, and Janae Ariel. CREDITS Produced, edited, and mixed by Luke Brawner Co-Produced by Dr. Jessica Davenport Music licensed through PodcastMusic.com [https://PodcastMusic.com] Artwork designed by Heather Hale [http://halehouse.co] BECOME A PATRON Join the neighborhood we're building and receive bonus content from this and other Odd Parliament shows for as little as $1 a month on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/oddparliament]! VISIT US ONLINE www.therelaypodcast.com [http://www.therelaypodcast.com] www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast [http://www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast] ©2016-2024 Odd Parliament [https://oddparliament.com], in association with Project Curate [http://www.projectcurate.org]

Queerness: An Identity and a Politic (Part 1)

The term “Queer” is often used as a broad umbrella term for the LGBTQIA+ community. But the term not only describes sexual and gender identities, it is also a politic, a way of being and operating in the world. In this episode we’ll discuss queerness as both a form of identity and a particular politic that aims to defy the limits of prescribed norms and structures in favor of more expansive ways of being in relation and in community with one another. We’ll examine how these ways of being not only have implications for those who identify as queer, but also for how we all conceive of what’s possible in the way of justice and community-building. Roundtable guests for this conversation include Jude Feng, Dr. Jessica Davenport, and Janae Ariel.   CREDITS Produced, edited, and mixed by Luke Brawner Co-Produced by Dr. Jessica Davenport Music licensed through PodcastMusic.com [https://PodcastMusic.com] Artwork designed by Heather Hale [http://halehouse.co] BECOME A PATRON Join the neighborhood we're building and receive bonus content from this and other Odd Parliament shows for as little as $1 a month on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/oddparliament]! VISIT US ONLINE www.therelaypodcast.com [http://www.therelaypodcast.com] www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast [http://www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast] ©2016-2024 Odd Parliament [https://oddparliament.com], in association with Project Curate [http://www.projectcurate.org]

That Sounds About White (Part 2)

“Whiteness” is a term often used in discussions about race. And yet it is not so much a reference to white people, but rather to a set of behaviors, privileges and ways of being that are common to--yet often take for granted by--white people. In this episode, Secunda and Luke are joined once again by Dr. Rachel Schneider and the Rev. Dr. Matt Russell to continue their discussion of whiteness, it’s relationship to white supremacy, and how justice-minded white folks are seeking to disrupt and undo it’s already and always insidious and violent trajectory. CREDITS Produced, edited, and mixed by Luke Brawner Co-Produced by Dr. Jessica Davenport Music licensed through PodcastMusic.com [https://PodcastMusic.com] Artwork designed by Heather Hale [http://halehouse.co] BECOME A PATRON Join the neighborhood we're building and receive bonus content from this and other Odd Parliament shows for as little as $1 a month on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/oddparliament]! VISIT US ONLINE www.therelaypodcast.com [http://www.therelaypodcast.com] www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast [http://www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast] ©2016-2024 Odd Parliament [https://oddparliament.com], in association with Project Curate [http://www.projectcurate.org]

That Sounds About White (Part 1)

“Whiteness” is a term often used in discussions about race. And yet it is not so much a reference to white people, but rather to a set of behaviors, privileges and ways of being that are common to--yet often take for granted by--white people. In this episode, Secunda and Luke are joined by Dr. Rachel Schneider and the Rev. Dr. Matt Russell to discuss whiteness, it’s relationship to white supremacy, and how justice-minded white folks are seeking to disrupt and undo it’s already and always insidious and violent trajectory. CREDITS Produced, edited, and mixed by Luke Brawner Co-Produced by Dr. Jessica Davenport Music licensed through PodcastMusic.com [https://PodcastMusic.com] Artwork designed by Heather Hale [http://halehouse.co] BECOME A PATRON Join the neighborhood we're building and receive bonus content from this and other Odd Parliament shows for as little as $1 a month on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/oddparliament]! VISIT US ONLINE www.therelaypodcast.com [http://www.therelaypodcast.com] www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast [http://www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast] ©2016-2024 Odd Parliament [https://oddparliament.com], in association with Project Curate [http://www.projectcurate.org]

The Black Future (Part 2)

In 2018, Pittsburgh artist Alisha Wormsley created and posted what many considered to be a “controversial” billboard in the East Liberty neighborhood of the city. The billboard contained a single sentence that read: “There are black people in the future.” The simple statement was a profound one; in the context of a gentrifying neighborhood where black residents were being rapidly displaced, the billboard critiqued community planning strategies that expunge and erase black communities. But more than a critique, the billboard was also indicative of a particular artistic practice, mode of study and social engagement that has come to be known as “Afrofuturism.” In this episode, Secunda continues her conversation with De'Anna Daniels, Jaison Oliver, and Dr. Jessica Davenport about afrofuturism and its creative and cultural possibilities for community-building. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES For more on Wormsley, click here. [https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/there-are-black-people-in-the-future-controversy-inspires-community-artist-in-residence-program/Content?oid=13144103] Drexciya [https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/drexciya] Adrienne Maree Brown - Octavia's Brood [https://www.amazon.com/Octavias-Brood-Science-Fiction-Movements/dp/1849352097] Rhiana Gunn Wright - New Consensus Green New Deal [https://newconsensus.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/new_consensus_gnd_14_pager.pdf] The Intercept - A message From the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9uTH0iprVQ] How It Feels to Be A Colored Me - Zora Neale Hurston [https://www.casa-arts.org/cms/lib/PA01925203/Centricity/Domain/50/Hurston%20How%20it%20Feels%20to%20Be%20Colored%20Me.pdf] Aaron Douglas - Painter [https://www.theartstory.org/artist/douglas-aaron/] The Comet - W. E. B. DuBois [https://magicmonstersbcc.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/the-comet-w-e-b-du-dubois-1.pdf] Zone 1, Underground Railroad, Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead [https://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Boys-Novel-Colson-Whitehead/dp/0385537077] Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments - Saidiya Hartman [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiOh524_9blAhVCAqwKHfetB44QFjAAegQIAxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FWayward-Lives-Beautiful-Experiments-Histories%2Fdp%2F0393285677&usg=AOvVaw2Uhfv0IWtnUcvhz-OTTFwC] John Jennings [https://twitter.com/jijennings?lang=en] Kenitra Brooks [http://www.kinitradbrooks.com] Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Harriet Jacobs [https://www.amazon.com/Incidents-Slave-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486419312] Parable of the Talents - Octavia Butler [https://www.amazon.com/Parable-Talents-Earthseed-Octavia-Butler/dp/0446675784] Jessi Jumanji - Artist [https://jessijumanji.com] Alondra Nelson - Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination [https://www.amazon.com/Body-Soul-Panther-against-Discrimination/dp/0816676496] Black Panther [https://www.netflix.com/title/80201906] CREDITS Produced, edited, and mixed by Luke Brawner Co-Produced by Dr. Jessica Davenport Music licensed through PodcastMusic.com [https://PodcastMusic.com] Artwork designed by Heather Hale [http://halehouse.co] BECOME A PATRON Join the neighborhood we're building and receive bonus content from this and other Odd Parliament shows for as little as $1 a month on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/oddparliament]! VISIT US ONLINE www.therelaypodcast.com [http://www.therelaypodcast.com] www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast [http://www.instagram.com/therelaypodcast] ©2016-2024 Odd Parliament [https://oddparliament.com], in association with Project Curate [http://www.projectcurate.org]