Podcasts about octavia's brood science fiction

We're back in 2020 with a look at one of the authors who inspired this whole project: Octavia Butler. In this brand new episode we return to and build on our very first discussion of her amazing works Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998). This time we add our reflections on one of her most famous, and most intense, novels, Kindred (1979). A powerful voice in science fiction, speculative fiction, and Afrofuturism, Octavia Butler should be read by anyone interested in transformational and liberatory movements. For more about what Butler can mean to movements today, check out the anthology Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction from Social Movements Link to discussion on the unfinished Parable of the Trickster: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/theres-nothing-new-sun-new-suns-recovering-octavia-e-butlers-lost-parables/

Welcome to a very special New Years practice with adrienne maree brown, where she'll guide you through writing and casting a spell for yourself and your community to help transition us from 2018 to 2019. You'll need 30-90 minutes, a clear space, something to write on, and something to write with. ** If it helps you to have the prompts adrienne uses visually, scroll all the way to the bottom of these show notes for a list of the key questions for this practice. ** ------ THE REMIX This practice was originally posted last year, so some of you have already done this with us! If you have your spell from last year, we give instructions in the first 10 minutes about how to release and transform it so you are ready to create a new one. (Thank you to Mya Spalter, author of Enchantments, for her recommendations.) If you want to skip right now to where the 2018-19 instructions begin, jump to about 17 minutes in. You'll also hear us release our COLLECTIVE SPELL FOR 2018 that our community wrote together at this time last year! Follow along to see words and images from our community (it's so awesome) at http://www.healingjustice.org/spell ------ SHARE YOUR SPELL!We'd love to hear from you about the spell you've written to transition into the new year. Share a selfie, the full text, one line, or your reflections on what it was like to do this practice on social media with us - let's see what our community is conjuring for 2019! Find us on Instagram @healingjustice, like Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, and tweet at us @hjpodcast on Twitter. --------- MEET OUR GUEST: adrienne maree brown is the author of Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds and the co-editor of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements. She is a writer, social justice facilitator, healer/doula, and pleasure activist living in Detroit, and co-host of the podcast How to Survive the End of the World. KEEP LEARNING WITH ADRIENNE: How to Survive the End of the World podcast adrienne’s blog Read - Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds  ---------WILL YOU HELP US CONTINUE IN 2019? So many people need this support to help sustain their liberatory work, and these practices and this wisdom are not ours to sell. We have radical faith that we can sustain this project on a gift economy, with the generosity of our community as our fuel. Please give what you can to our Facebook fundraiser here before midnight on 12/31: http://www.tinyurl.com/hjpgive OR donate via the links on our website: http://www.healingjustice.org Learn more and sign up for the email list to hear when new episodes drop at www.healingjustice.org THANK YOU!This podcast is mixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMAll visuals contributed by Josiah WerningIntro and closing music gifted by Danny O’Brien --------- REFERENCE NOTES FOR THE PRACTICE: You'll need: 30 minutes, pen/pencil, journal or paper, a clear workspace, and a tarot deck if you already have one and like to use it (optional).  ///   2018 Free Write Prompts:  - Were there things in this year that felt too heavy for me to carry? - Were there things in this year that I learned about myself, about movements for justice, about how I want to be? Lessons that I want to carry forward?  /// Reflecting on the Present: - How do I feel like I am in my power and in my dignity in this present moment? - Where do I feel like I want to grow my power or dignity in this moment?  ///   Looking Forward to 2019: - What does liberation mean to me? - What can I practice in this next year to increase my liberation and the liberation of my people?  ///   Writing Your Spell: - 1st stanza: What you’re letting go of and what lessons you’re carrying forward - 2nd stanza: The power you’re standing in and what you want to lean into more - 3rd stanza: With your eyes on liberation, what are you going to practice?

In this week's episode of Fortification: Spiritual Sustenance for Movement Leadership, Caitlin Breedlove, Vice President of Movement Leadership at Auburn Seminary is joined by adrienne maree brown. adrienne maree brown, the Co-Editor of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements, is a social justice facilitator, healer, doula and pleasure activist living in Detroit. She is a student of emergence, somatics, transformation and science fiction. She is part of the training body of generative somatics, and coordinating the Just Films Narrative Shift Program for Allied Media Projects. She is the 2015-2016 Ursula le Guin Fellowship, the Knight Arts Challenge for 2013 and 2015, a Kresge Literary Arts Fellow for 2013, in the inaugural Speculative Fiction Workshop at Voices of Our Nation 2014, and a graduate of the Clarion Sci-Fi and Fantasy Workshop in 2015.

Welcome to a very special New Years practice with adrienne maree brown, where she'll guide you through writing and casting a spell for yourself and your community to help transition you from 2017 to 2018. You'll need 30 minutes, a clear space, something to write on, and something to write with. ** If it helps you to have the prompts adrienne uses visually, scroll all the way to the bottom of these show notes for a list of the key questions for this practice. **   SHARE YOUR SPELL!We'd love to hear from you about the spell you've written to transition into the new year. Share a selfie, the full text, one line, or just your reflections on what it was like to do this practice on social media with us - let's see what our community is conjuring for 2018! Find us on Instagram @healingjustice, like Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, and tweet at us @hjpodcast on Twitter. --------- You can download the corresponding conversation called "10 Imagination & Critical Connection -- adrienne maree brown" to hear us talk about the imagination battles of our time, the conversations that need to be had beneath what we think we need, the relationship between critical connection and critical mass, how she manages her time and sense of urgency, and the transition into the new year. --------- MEET OUR GUEST: adrienne maree brown is the author of Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds and the co-editor of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements. She is a writer, social justice facilitator, healer/doula, and pleasure activist living in Detroit, and co-host of the podcast How to Survive the End of the World.   KEEP LEARNING WITH ADRIENNE: How to Survive the End of the World podcast adrienne’s blog Read - Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute adrienne’s column: “The Pleasure Dome” on Bitch Media   ---------WILL YOU HELP US CONTINUE? So many people need this support to help sustain their liberatory work, and these practices and this wisdom are not ours to sell. But we need money to continue this resource. We have radical faith that we can sustain this project on a gift economy, with the generosity of our community as our fuel. Will you give $25, $15, or $5 / month to keep this work accessible to all? Give any amount here: patreon.com/healingjustice   And if you feel moved to donate but would prefer to make a sizable tax-deductible donation, email kate.werning@gmail.com and we will send you the details to go through our fiscal sponsor. Thank you! You can check out the incredible guests and topics we'll be featuring coming up, and sign up for the email list to hear when new episodes drop at www.healingjustice.org THANK YOUThis podcast is mixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMAll visuals contributed by Josiah WerningIntro and closing music gifted by Danny O’Brien --------- REFERENCE NOTES FOR THE PRACTICE: You'll need: 30 minutes, pen/pencil, journal or paper, a clear workspace, and a tarot deck if you already have one and like to use it (optional).  ///   2017 Free Write Prompts:  - Were there things in this year that felt too heavy for me to carry? - Were there things in this year that I learned about myself, about movements for justice, about how I want to be? Lessons that I want to carry forward?  /// Reflecting on the Present: - How do I feel like I am in my power and in my dignity in this present moment? - Where do I feel like I want to grow my power or dignity in this moment?  ///   Looking Forward to 2018: - What does liberation mean to me? - What can I practice in this next year to increase my liberation and the liberation of my people?  ///   Writing Your Spell: - 1st stanza: What you’re letting go of and what lessons you’re carrying forward - 2nd stanza: The power you’re standing in and what you want to lean into more - 3rd stanza: With your eyes on liberation, what are you going to practice?

In this episode, adrienne maree brown joins host Kate Werning to talk about the imagination battles of our time, the conversations that need to be had beneath what we think we need, the relationship between critical connection and critical mass, how she manages her time and sense of urgency, and the transition into the new year.PRACTICE: Download the next episode (Practice 10) to do a very special New Years practice with adrienne maree brown, and learn how to write and cast a spell for yourself and your community to transition you from 2017 to 2018. You'll need 30 minutes, a clear space, something to write on, and something to write with.   MEET OUR GUEST: adrienne maree brown is the author of Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds and the co-editor of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements. She is a writer, social justice facilitator, healer/doula, and pleasure activist living in Detroit, and co-host of the podcast How to Survive the End of the World.   KEEP LEARNING WITH ADRIENNE: How to Survive the End of the World podcast adrienne’s blog Read - Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute adrienne’s column: “The Pleasure Dome” on Bitch Media   REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE: National Bail Out campaign Reflections on Mama’s Bail Out from Southerers on New Ground Intelligent Mischief WILL YOU HELP US CONTINUE? So many people need this support to help sustain their liberatory work, and these practices and this wisdom are not ours to sell. But we need money to continue this resource. We have radical faith that we can sustain this project on a gift economy, with the generosity of our community as our fuel. We already have 9 monthly sustainers (thank you!) and 3 one-time donors supporting the podcast -- we need 11 more sustainers before the end of the year to meet our goal. Will you give $25, $15, or $5 / month to keep this work accessible to all? Give any amount here: patreon.com/healingjustice   And if you feel moved to donate but would prefer to make a sizable tax-deductible donation, email kate.werning@gmail.com and we will send you the details to go through our fiscal sponsor. Thank you!JOIN THE COMMUNITY Check out the incredible guests and topics we'll be featuring coming up and sign up for the email list to hear when new episodes drop at www.healingjustice.org   Follow us on Instagram @healingjustice, like Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, and tweet at us @hjpodcast on Twitter -- we love to hear from you about how you are using the podcast and practices, your own struggles at the intersection of justice and healing, and what you want to hear next! We are posting inspirational quotes from our guests every day, so follow us on social media not to miss a beat of that encouragement in your day. THANK YOUThis podcast is mixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMAll visuals contributed by Josiah WerningIntro and closing music gifted by Danny O’Brien

The inaugural Book Club meeting of Black Market Reads features a lively discussion of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction from Social Movements, an anthology of visionary science and speculative fiction written by organizers and activists. inspired by Octavia Butler, edited by Adrienne Maree Brown and Walidah Imarisha. Book Club participants Tish Jones, Senah Sampong, and Chastity Brown in a discussion led by BMR co-hosts Erin Sharkey and Junauda Petrus.