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3.01 Are We Free Yet?

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Tina Strawn (she/they) is a joy and liberation advocate, activist, author of "Are We Free Yet? The Black, Queer Guide to Divorcing America" (Row House Publishing, January 2023). Tina is the owner and host of the Speaking of Racism podcast. The heart of her work is founding and leading Legacy Trips, immersive antiracism experiences where participants visit historical locations such as Montgomery and Selma, AL, and utilize spiritual practices as tools to affect personal and collective change. Tina has three adult children, an ex-husband, an ex-wife, and an ex-country. She has been a full-time minimalist nomad since February 2020 and currently lives in Costa Rica. Tina travels the globe speaking, writing, teaching, and exploring where on the planet she can feel safe and free in her queer, Black, woman-identifying body.

In this very special episode, we discuss:

The Blaxit Social Movement
The Experience of Being a Black American and Choosing to Leave America
How Black People Can Never Truly Leave the Experience of Being Black
Isolation Versus Finding and Creating Solitude
Racial Trauma
The Experience of Being a Black Ex-Pat Nomad
Tina’s Writing Process
Grief
Liberation
Systems of Oppression and How We Find Freedom In Spite of Them
White Supremacy
Black Joy
Sovereignty
Pleasure
Committing to Peace and Joy
Dreaming and Visioning

Connect with Tina on her website and Instagram @tina_strawn_life

Purchase Are We Free Yet: The Black Queer Guide to Divorcing America

Podcast music by Charles Kurtz

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Tina Strawn (she/they) is a joy and liberation advocate, activist, author of "Are We Free Yet? The Black, Queer Guide to Divorcing America" (Row House Publishing, January 2023). Tina is the owner and host of the Speaking of Racism podcast. The heart of her work is founding and leading Legacy Trips, immersive antiracism experiences where participants visit historical locations such as Montgomery and Selma, AL, and utilize spiritual practices as tools to affect personal and collective change. Tina has three adult children, an ex-husband, an ex-wife, and an ex-country. She has been a full-time minimalist nomad since February 2020 and currently lives in Costa Rica. Tina travels the globe speaking, writing, teaching, and exploring where on the planet she can feel safe and free in her queer, Black, woman-identifying body.

In this very special episode, we discuss:

The Blaxit Social Movement
The Experience of Being a Black American and Choosing to Leave America
How Black People Can Never Truly Leave the Experience of Being Black
Isolation Versus Finding and Creating Solitude
Racial Trauma
The Experience of Being a Black Ex-Pat Nomad
Tina’s Writing Process
Grief
Liberation
Systems of Oppression and How We Find Freedom In Spite of Them
White Supremacy
Black Joy
Sovereignty
Pleasure
Committing to Peace and Joy
Dreaming and Visioning

Connect with Tina on her website and Instagram @tina_strawn_life

Purchase Are We Free Yet: The Black Queer Guide to Divorcing America

Podcast music by Charles Kurtz

+ Read transcript

  continue reading

65 episodes

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