The mainstream media is clogged with only the biggest stories of the day. Efemeral, alluding to women who are overlooked, spotlights women whose accomplishments are championed within their respective fields yet leads you to beg the question: so why haven't we heard of her?
On this episode of Efemeral, we discuss themes in Black literature with Dr. Felice Blake, Black studies and gender & sexuality professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Blake discusses the tropes of Black intimacy, incarceration, and intra-racial degradation as explored in her published novels, Black Love, Black Hate: Intimate Antagonisms in African American Literature and Antiracism Inc.: Why the Way We Talk about Racial Justice Matters. Blake details her own experience as a scholar during the L.A. Riots and unravels the institutional systems from which Black Lives Matter came about, connecting abolitionist movements to themes of segregation amplified by the prison industrial system.
Show Notes:
All music in this episode written by Molly McAnany.
Special thanks to the English & Black Studies Departments at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Sources Referenced:
Black Love Black Hate: (https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814213865.html) (https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814213865.html)Intimate Antagonisms in African American Literature (https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814213865.html)
Antiracism Inc.: Why the Way We Talk about Racial Justice Matters (https://punctumbooks.com/titles/antiracism-inc-why-the-way-we-talk-about-racial-justice-matters/)
Separate but Equal Doctrine (https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/separate_but_equal#:~:text=Implementation%20of%20the%20%E2%80%9Cseparate%20but,for%20African%20Americans%20and%20whites.)
Intersectionality Theory (https://daily.jstor.org/kimberle-crenshaws-intersectional-feminism/)
4 Sept 2019
Shawna Karrasch
On this episode of Efemeral, we speak with a world renowned animal trainer and how she ventured off from teaching and performing with the marine mammals at Sea World to develop her own humane horse training program. After 25+ years in the business, Karrasch has developed her own program called 'On Target Training' and hosts positive reinforcement clinics around the United States.
Show Notes:
All music in this episode written by Molly McAnany.
Sources Referenced:
On Target Training (https://shawnakarrasch.com/)
Sea World Training (https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/training/benefits-of-animal-training/)
Training Horses: Positive reinforcement, positive punishment, and ridden behavior problems (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1558787812000950)
3 Sept 2019
Cora Weiss
On the pilot episode of Efemeral, I speak with one of the leading female activists of our time and her unbelievable involvement in the Vietnam War. Cora Weiss is a four time Nobel Peace Prize nominee whose dedication to anti-war protests, legislation on women and children's safety in wartime, and anti-apartheid efforts in South Africa is recognized internationally. Before her time as the President of the Hague Appeal for Peace and the UN Representative of the International Peace Bureau, Weiss organized the exchange of mail between families and POW’s in Vietnam and was on the plane that brought the first batch home from overseas.
Show Notes:
All music in this episode written by Molly McAnany.
Special thanks to the Weiss family for access to their archives.
Organizations to support:
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (https://gnwp.org/cora-weiss/)
UN Commission on the Status of Women (https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw)
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