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Olivia and Raven are black, blind women, passionate about shedding light on issues regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion, and sharing their perspectives on living at the intersection of disabled, black, and a woman.

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    • Jun 21, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Latest episodes from Intersectional Insights

    Insight On the Side…Do We Love Racism?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 22:55


    Raven unpacks her thoughts on what is appreciated about racism and its legacy in the US, as well as the ways it impacts the identities of Black people and US citizens. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page

    Does Heritage Matter?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2023 37:39


    Olivia and Raven discuss the meaning of heritage, why it matters to them, and why heritage can be valuable for everyone. They share their thoughts on claims that cherishing the past isn't important, the issue with only focusing on the the past's problems, and ways in which the past can be a source of hope for present-day struggles. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page

    Black Beauty Highlight: Kara Walker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 6:25


    Raven highlights the talent, success, and brilliance of this artist, known for centering themes of identity, violence, and historical narratives in her work. -- Learn More! Celebrating Black History: Kara Walker | Kara Walker Biography | Kara Walker -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page

    Black Beauty Highlight: Marie Van Brittan Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 2:40


    Raven talks about the innovation of this nurse, known for inventing the home security system. -- Learn More! MARIE VAN BRITTAN BROWN (1922-1999) | Marie Van Brittan Brown -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page      

    What Is Womanhood?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 57:56


    Olivia and Raven get personal and technical surrounding what it means to be a woman, diving into inclusive and conservative definitions of woman, and unpacking what womanhood means to them. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram | Twitter @I_squaredpod | Facebook page -- Learn More! 17 Women Share What Womanhood Means to Them | HOW TO SPOT TERF IDEOLOGY   | Sex and Gender Identity   | The Sociology of Gender Performances   -- Episodes Referenced: Disability, Beauty, and Appearances Part1 | Disability, Beauty, and Appearances Part2 | Disability, Beauty, and Appearances Part3

    Native Women's History Highlight: Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 4:44


    Olivia highlights the struggles and successes of this Omaha medical doctor, and legal and health advocate, who was the first Native woman to earn a medical degree. -- Learn More! DR SUSAN LA FLESCHE PICOTTE | Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte Changing the Face of Medicine -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Native Women's History Highlight: Elizabeth Peratrovich

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 5:27


    Raven shares the accomplishments and advocacy of this Tlingit civil rights activist, who fought for equality for Alaska Natives, and whose efforts contributed to the passage of the United States' first anti-discrimination bill. -- Learn More! Elizabeth Peratrovich, Civil and Voting Rights Activist | Celebrating the Life of an Important Civil Rights Activist -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Music Credit: Thanks to Kevin MacLeod over at incompetech.com!

    Native Women's History Highlight: Lyda Conley

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 5:08


    Olivia honors this Wyandot lawyer, known most for her advocacy and protests to protect Indian burial lands from being desecrated and sold as real estate. --   Learn More! Lyda Conley | 10 Native Women You Should Have Learned About in History Class -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Native Women's History Highlight: Zitkála-Šá

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 5:45


    Raven honors the herstory of this Dakota civil rights activist, writer, and musician, remembered for her contributions to the women's Suffrage movement, and activism which led to the passage of the the Indian Citizenship Act. -- Learn More! | Zitkala-Sa Biography | Zitkála-Šá ("Red Bird"/Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod  

    Battle of the Black Leaders…Booker T. vs Du Bois

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 44:15


    Olivia and Raven share the differing perspectives on Black advancement, held by intellectuals Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. They discuss the conflicting views between the two, and what they personally find pleasing and problematic with the philosophies expressed by both leaders. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Learn More! Booker T. Washington | Atlanta Compromise | W.E.B. Du Bois -- Episodes Referenced: Black Pride and the Pan-African Movement | The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn't Start With Rosa Parks | Rosa Parks: Beyond The Bus and The Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Cultural Competence vs Cultural Humility Part2…Getting It Right

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 38:57


    Olivia and Raven talk about challenges with exercising cultural humility in everyday conversations and the clinical setting, the fear of awareness and asking questions, and ways we can all develop cultural humility. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Learn More! How cultural humility and cultural competence impact belonging https://www.betterup.com/blog/cultural-humility-vs-cultural-competence  

    Black Disability History Series Day6: A Record-Breaking Paralympian

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 4:33


    Raven closes out the series with Blake Leeper, an amputee who's won multiple paralympic medals, and set world and American records in track & field. -- Learn More! Blake Leeper Biography | A Blake Leeper Interview | Patrick "Blake" Leeper -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

    Black Disability History Series Day5: A Warrior Poet

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 4:14


    Olivia shines light on the herstory of Audre Lorde, known for her poetry and contributions to feminist theory. -- Learn More! AUDRE LORDE (1934-1992) https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/lorde-audre-1934-1992/ -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

    Black Disability History Series Day4: Deaf, Loud and Proud

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023 4:20


    Raven honors the contributions of educator, advocate, and researcher, Dr. Nathie Marbury. -- Learn More! In Memoriam: Dr. Nathie Marbury | NBDA Mourns the Loss of Longtime Member: Dr. Nathie Marbury | Obituary: Dr. Nathie Marbury 1944-2013 -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

    Black Disability History Series Day3: Fighting for Blind People to Serve Their Civic Duty

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2023 4:05


    Olivia highlights some of the accomplishments of this disability rights advocate, who refused to accept discrimination as the default. -- Learn More! Donald Galloway, advocate of rights of disabled, dies at 73 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/donald-galloway-advocate-of-rights-of-disabled-dies-at-73/2011/10/31/gIQAl93MdM_story.html | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

    Black Disability History Series Day2: Falling for Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 5:51


    Raven shares James Ian's story, and his experiences as a performing musician and actor with a physical disability. -- Learn More! Disabled Musician, Actor, and Writer, James Ian is Highlighting the Beauty in Disability … https://www.respectability.org/2022/02/james-ian-spotlight/ | Disability and music: disabled singer James Ian and his Labour of Love https://disabilityhorizons.com/2015/12/disabled-singer-james-ian-talks-about-his-labor-of-love/ | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

    Black Disability History Series Day1: Making Hollywood Accessible

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 3:03


    Happy Black History Month! Follow our six-day series celebrating Black disabled folks. Olivia starts the series off honoring Tatiana Lee, an actress, model, and Hollywood Inclusion Associate. -- Learn More! Tatiana Lee https://campowerment.com/experts/impact/tatiana-lee/ | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod - Thanks to purple-planet.com for the intro music!

    Cultural Competence vs Cultural Humility Part1…The Problematic Approach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023 44:05


    Olivia and Raven share the history of the terms “cultural competence” and “cultural humility,” shed light on why this is relevant to everyone, and they discuss criticisms and their perspectives on what cultural competence should look like. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Learn More! How cultural humility and cultural competence impact belonging https://www.betterup.com/blog/cultural-humility-vs-cultural-competence | Cultural Competence vs Cultural Humility - Health.mil https://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Centers-of-Excellence/Psychological-Health-Center-of-Excellence/Clinicians-Corner-Blog/Cultural-Competence-vs-Cultural-Humility

    The Savior Complex and the Persecution Complex

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023 52:04


    Olivia and Raven are back with a discussion about white savior syndrome, Western saviorism, and the persecution complex of Christians and conservatives in the US. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Episodes Referenced: United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Upholding White Supremacy https://isquared.podbean.com/e/united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-and-upholding-white-supremacy/ | Blind People React to Visual Art https://isquared.podbean.com/e/blind-people-react-to-visual-art/ | The Black Church's Role in Black Liberation https://isquared.podbean.com/page/2/ --- Learn More! A Savior No One Needs: Unpacking and Overcoming the White Savior Complex https://www.healthline.com/health/white-saviorism#examples | The Evangelical Persecution Complex https://www.leoweekly.com/2022/05/the-evangelical-persecution-complex-and-the-christian-academy-of-louisvilles-homophobic-assignment/

    Black Joy and Hope. Honoring the New Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2022 6:57


    Closing out the year with poetry performances, Raven reads “Cozy Apologia” by Rita Dove, and “The Black Finger” by Angelina Weld Grimké, and Olivia delivers a moving performance of Maya Angelou's “Still I Rise.” -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Learn More! Rita Dove https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rita-dove | The Black Finger https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/157902/the-black-finger | Still I Rise BY MAYA ANGELOU https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise

    Black Beauty Highlight: Elizabeth Evelyn Wright

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2022 5:08


    Olivia details the journey of this educator to start a school for Black youth, that is now an HBCU. -- Learn More! Elizabeth Evelyn Wright https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/wright-elizabeth-evelyn-1872-1906/ -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod  

    Festive Season Series Day6…Christmas in Ghana

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2022 2:39


    Raven closes the Festive Season Series with the traditions of Ghana's Christmas celebration, held from December 20th to January 1st. -- Learn More! Christmas in Ghana https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/ghana | How Christmas is celebrated in Ghana https://www.gviusa.com/blog/how-christmas-is-celebrated-in-ghana/ | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Story background music: "Savannah (Sketch)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Festive Season Series Day5…Ethiopian Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2022 3:13


    Olivia details the religious traditions of Ethiopian Christmas, celebrated on January 7. -- Learn More! Christmas in Ethiopia https://www.brilliant-ethiopia.com/christmas-in-ethiopia | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Story background music: "Adding the Sun" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Festive Season Series Day4…New Yam Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 4:25


    Raven discusses the traditions and lore behind this harvest celebration in Igbo Land. -- Learn More! NEW YAM FESTIVAL IN IGBO LAND http://www.ndiigbogermany.de/articles/igbo-new-yam-festival | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Festive Season Series Day3…Junkanoo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 2:53


    Olivia shares some Black-Caribbean history and talks about the traditions of this celebration. -- Learn More! Junkanoo – December 26, 2022 https://nationaltoday.com/junkanoo/ | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

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    Festive Season Series Day2…Ojibwe Fireside Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 5:08


    Raven talks about the storytelling tradition common among Indian tribes during the winter season, and she reads an Ojibwe legend, “How Dogs Came to the Indians.” -- Learn More! A Season of Storytelling and Ceremony https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2017/12/20/american-indian-winter-solstice/ | How Dogs Came to the Indians http://www.indigenouspeople.net/dog.htm | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Festive Season Series Day1…Zuni Shalako Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 1:24


    Olivia kicks off our Festive Season series with this winter solstice tradition of the Zuni people. -- Learn More! Winter Solstice Traditions https://blog.kachinahouse.com/native-american-winter-solstice-traditions/ | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod  

    Life with a Guide Dog…Realities and Misconceptions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 71:43


    Olivia and Raven share their experiences with navigating life with guide dogs, and they dive into the joys, struggles, and misconceptions of the guide dog handler journey. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod  

    Advocacy in All we Do: Family and Challenges Advocating

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 58:25


    Olivia and Raven unpack the struggles and successes with self-advocating among family members as a disabled person, in this first installment of their Advocacy In All We Do series. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Black Beauty Highlight: Rosen Skin Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 2:22


    Olivia talks about this Black-owned skin care line designed to combat breakouts, and diminish acne scars and hyperpigmentation. -- Learn More! ROSEN SKINCARE FOUNDER JAMIKA MARTIN IS DEFYING ACNE SKINCARE BARRIERS FOR BLACK WOMEN https://www.blackenterprise.com/rosen-skincare-founder-jamika-martin-is-defying-acne-skincare-barriers-for-black-women-at-ulta-beauty/ | Rosen Skincare https://www.rosenskincare.com/ -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    The Black Church's Role in Black Liberation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2022 52:56


    Olivia and Raven dive into the Black church's positive contributions to Black liberation and Black advancement. They discuss the role of the Black church during the Abolitionist movement, Reconstruction era, the Great Migration, and the Civil Rights movement. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Learn More! The Black Church https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/godinamerica-black-church/

    Black Beauty Highlight: Purpose Toys

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 3:51


    Raven shines a light on this Black-owned toy start-up and some of its product lines, which aim to represent and celebrate Black characteristics and the Black experience. -- Learn More! Black-Owned Toy Start-Up (Purpose Toys) Unveiled New Naturalistas Pixie Puff Collection https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/black-owned-toy-start-purpose-110000268.html | Top of Their Class: Purpose Toys' HBCU-Inspired Dolls Debut at Target https://finurah.com/2022/08/09/top-of-their-class-purpose-toys-hbcu-inspired-dolls-debut-at-target-in-first-big-step-toward-taking-on-the-102-5-billion-market/ | Hair Type Chart: https://www.curlcentric.com/hair-typing-system/ -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Honoring the Earth and Her Gifts

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2022 17:08


    Olivia and Raven share two stories each from Native American tribes, telling of plant myths, gratitude, and sharing food with the community. Raven closes the episode by reading thoughts on Thanksgiving from 5 Native Americans who celebrate the day. | Thanks to Kevin MacLeod over at incompetech.com for the background tracks used in the stories: "Firesong," "Drums of the Deep," "Spirit of the Girl," and "River Fire." -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod -- Read the stories here! HOW Bear BECAME KEEPER OF THE MEDICINES http://www.muiniskw.org/pgCulture3d.htm | Native American Bloodroot Mythology http://www.native-languages.org/legends-bloodroot.htm | Turkey makes the corn and Coyote plants it https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TurkeyMakestheCornandCoyotePlantsIt-Apache.html | Coyote Builds Willamette Falls And The Magic Fish Trap https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev2_025634.pdf

    Black Beauty Highlight: Hair Are Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 4:42


    Olivia switches things up and highlights this multi-million dollar E-commerce brand, and she shares the story of its co-founder, Ashley Williams. -- Learn More! About Ashley Williams https://entrepreneurareus.com/pages/about-me -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Black Elitism and Respectability Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 51:49


    Olivia and Raven discuss the Black women's club movement, what it achieved, and how it pushed respectability narratives. They also unpack what respectability politics is, specific flaws with respectability, and actionable steps for combatting respectability politics. -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod --- Episodes Referenced: Black Feminism Part 1: Discrimination In Women's Liberation, and Black Liberation https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-feminism-part-1-discrimination-in-women-s-liberation-and-black-liberation/ | The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn't Start With Rosa Parks https://isquared.podbean.com/e/the-resistance-in-our-blood-challenging-segregated-buses-didn-t-start-with-rosa-parks/ | Emotional Safety and Disability https://isquared.podbean.com/e/emotional-safety-and-disability/ -- Learn More! Black Women's Club Movement https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/black-womens-club-movement | The Rise of Respectability Politics https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-rise-of-respectability-politics | respectability-politics https://www.studioatao.org/respectability-politics  

    Black Beauty Highlight: Charlotte Forten Grimke

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 4:57


    Raven honors the life and contributions of this abolitionist, educator, and women's rights activist, who dedicated her life to Black advancement. -- Learn More! Celebrating Charlotte https://www.salemstate.edu/charlotte-forten | Charlotte Forten Grimké https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlotte-Forten-Grimke -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Emotional Safety and Disability

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 50:32


    Olivia and Raven dive into what emotional safety is, why it's important to maintain as disabled people, and the various ways it's often minimized for disabled people. --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod --- Learn More! 7 Ways to Create Emotional Safety in Your Relationship https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-do-you-create-emotional-safety-in-your-relationships

    The Backbone in the Fight for Equality

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2022 49:32


    Olivia and Raven discuss the controversial topic of the Communist Party's contributions to the Civil Rights movement in the US, and the positive impact communist ideology had on women's empowerment in various countries. --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod --- Episodes Referenced: Pan-Africanist Highlight: Claudia Jones https://isquared.podbean.com/e/pan-africanist-highlight-claudia-jones/ | Black Beauty Highlight: A Mastermind of the Civil Rights Movement https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-a-mastermind-of-the-civil-rights-movement/ | The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn't Start With Rosa Parks https://isquared.podbean.com/e/the-resistance-in-our-blood-challenging-segregated-buses-didn-t-start-with-rosa-parks/ --- Learn More! The CPUSA and the African American Liberation struggle: a global perspective https://www.cpusa.org/party_info/the-cpusa-and-the-african-american-liberation-struggle-a-global-perspective/ | Marxism, Communism, and Women http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~delittle/Entry%20communism%20and%20marxism%20on%20gender%20v2.htm | The Communist Women's Movement https://isreview.org/issue/87/communist-womens-movement/index.html | How 'Communism' Brought Racial Equality To The South https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123771194  

    Spooky Stories Day 6: Vampire Hermit

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 3:21


    Happy Halloween! Raven brings you our final spooky story from the Iroquois people, sharing the lore of a vampire hermit, who waits in his coffin to prey on hunters. --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Read this story here! https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2011/09/vampire_hermit.html

    Spooky Stories Day 5: Jack O'Lantern

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 6:59


    Olivia delivers a delightful fright  for Devil's Night, telling of a terrifying encounter with the spirit of Jack O'Lantern. --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Read the story here! https://www.americanfolklore.net/jack-olantern/

    Spooky Stories Day 4: Big Liz

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2022 4:25


    Raven serves this slice of southern horror, in which a Confederate-supporting enslaver plays a terrible trick on an enslaved girl, but the joke's on him. --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Read the story here! https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/big_liz.html

    Spooky Stories Day 3: Hold Him Tabb

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 3:58


    Sticking with our theme of abandoned abodes, Olivia tells of two travelers seeking shelter from the cold, and a tangle with a spirit who's not so welcoming. --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Read the story here! https://www.americanfolklore.net/hold-him-tabb/

    Spooky Stories Day 2: Sifty Sifty San

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 3:52


    Raven shares this story of an encounter with a spirit who is disturbed and enraged when a man trespasses and stays in the lake house it is haunting. --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Check out the story here! Sifty Sifty San https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2011/10/sifty_sifty_san.html

    Spooky Stories Day 1: I'm Coming Down Now!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 4:47


    Olivia kicks off our Black folk horror series with a tale of the struggle to sell an authentically haunted house. --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod | Check out the story here! I'm Coming Down Now! https://www.americanfolklore.net/im-coming-down-now/

    Black Beauty Highlight: The First Black-American Psychiatrist

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 3:34


    Raven talks about the life and research of Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller, remembered for his discoveries which expanded the body of knowledge on the disease we know today as Alzheimer's. -- Learn More! SOLOMON CARTER FULLER (1872-1953) https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/fuller-solomon-carter-1872-1953/ | Solomon Carter Fuller https://chaamp.virginia.edu/node/3844 | The Black Doctor Who Helped Decode Alzheimer's Disease https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/09/21/world-alzheimers-day-solomon-carter-fuller/ -- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Blind People React to Visual Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2022 53:43


    Olivia and Raven read and respond to written descriptions of 5 works by Black portrait painter, Kehinde Wiley. They share their interpretations of the various elements in the paintings, and talk about the significance of finding detailed descriptions of visual art. --- Learn More! Kehinde Wiley AMERICAN PAINTER https://www.theartstory.org/artist/wiley-kehinde/ --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod   Episodes Referenced: Black Beauty Highlight: Kehinde Wiley https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-kehinde-wiley/ | United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Upholding White Supremacy https://isquared.podbean.com/e/united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-and-upholding-white-supremacy/ | Black Feminism Part 1: Discrimination In Women's Liberation, and Black Liberation https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-feminism-part-1-discrimination-in-women-s-liberation-and-black-liberation/

    Black Beauty Highlight: Charity Adams Earley

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 5:33


    Olivia highlights this educator and army officer, who was the first Black-American woman to serve as an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of Black-American women to serve overseas during World War II. --- Learn more! LTC Charity Adams Early https://www.womenofthe6888th.org/charity-adams-earley | Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod  

    Disabled and a Burden to Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2022 53:07


    Olivia and Raven discuss why disabled people often feel like they're a burden. They share common experiences that illustrate how society views and treats disabled people as burdensome. --- Learn More! Burden vs. Entitlement: A Disabled Person's Internal Battle https://dcp.ucla.edu/node/88 --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Black Beauty Highlight: An Afro-Indigenous Mental Health Advocate

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 4:05


    Raven honors Sutton King, known for her dedication to supporting mental health, social well-being, and health research for Native Americans. -- Learn More! | Mount alumna, Urban Indigenous Collective president https://mountsaintvincent.edu/indigenous-voices-in-mental-health/ | Sutton King, MPH | Co-Founder, Co-Director https://urbanindigenouscollective.org/leadership | Honoring Indigenous Voices with Sutton King, MPH ‘20 https://publichealth.nyu.edu/podcast/iamgph/ep85-honoring-indigenous-voices-sutton-king --- Email us! isquaredhello@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Honoring Indigenous Peoples Day On the Same Day as Columbus?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 42:28


    Olivia and Raven detail the histories of Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day. They discuss their views on dedicating the same Monday to both holidays, and share their hopes regarding Indigenous Peoples Day. --- Learn More! Goodbye, Columbus? Here's what Indigenous Peoples' Day means to Native Americans https://www.npr.org/2021/10/11/1044823626/indigenous-peoples-day-native-americans-columbus | How Columbus Sailed Into U.S. History, Thanks To Italians https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/10/14/232120128/how-columbus-sailed-into-u-s-history-thanks-to-italians | Celebrating Columbus Day overlooks violence, racism against Indigenous people https://news.umich.edu/celebrating-columbus-day-overlooks-violence-racism-against-indigenous-people/ - Email us! intersectionalinsights@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod

    Black Beauty Highlight: Sandra Mason

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 4:13


    Olivia celebrates this Barbadian lawyer, educator, and ambassador, who became Barbados's first president after the nation transferred from a constitutional monarchy. --- Learn More! SANDRA PRUNELLA MASON (1949- ) https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/people-global-african-history/sandra-prunella-mason-1949/ --- Email us! intersectionalinsights@gmail.com. | Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ | Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod | Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod  

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