The Grounded Futures Show, Ep 21: Sparks In-Between, with Shuli Branson*
“thinking alone is not as exciting as thinking together”
Shuli Branson, a Jewish transfemme anarchist writer, and artist, joined carla and Uli for an inspiring virtual walk to think (and feel) together. They go deep into Trans worlding and talk pathways to gender abolition, discovering voice, embracing not knowing, sampling ideas, learning through play and making mistakes, practical anarchism, and more! This joyful conversation covers a lot of ground, including a poetry reading!
*when we recorded this epsidoe, Shuli went by Scott.
Show Notes:
Practical Anarchism: A Daily Guide
How I Became a Genre Bender and Found a Voice
“We study with any person who can teach us.” -- Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time
Favourite quote by Ursula K, Le Guin:
“But he had not brought anything. His hands were empty, as they had always been.” -- the Dispossessed
Recommendations:
Scott’s Poem:
where had we left you?
a long necked white creature
bobbing in the distance
on the lake
it was clear we had overlooked
the mysteries of the world
so white i wondered how it...
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