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In this episode, we’re talking about FAT JOKES THAT ARE ON OUR LAST NERVE IN QUARANTINE TIMES feat. our fave recurring anon guest, Your Fat Friend.
PATREON DRIVE!
Join Team Paisley Mumu in the next month to be part of our BABYSITTERS CLUB. That means weekly lives with Sophie giggling at a chapter, special shoutout next episode, group crafts, and maybe even something special in the mail ;)
BOOKCLUB:
Fearing the Black Body / Black Owned Bookstores / bookclub webpage
From Laila:
On “Aryan” Beauty and the Threat Of Contact Lenses” from the Gnarl 2 cluster of “A Very Large Array” (a collage poem project) by Professor Peter Schmidt, Swarthmore College
From Lynn:
Listen to the School House Rock song “The Great American Melting Pot
In this Chpt we learned that the phrase “The Great American Melting Pot” originally referred to white Anglo Saxon Europeans immigrating to the U.S. and having babies with one another, melding together their “most attractive” (according to white supremacy) features and creating an attractive crop of white Americans.
Journal:
1) Did you learn about “The Great American Melting Pot” in History class? What did your class talk about?
2) How does School House Rock paint the idea of the melting pot? What do they focus on in this song?
3) Is School House Rock propaganda? lol but like really is it?
3) How did you feel reading this Chapter? I know for me, I felt both icky (about history I hadn’t learned) and repulsed (by the hoops Eugenicists were taking to qualify their anti-Black racism. Use the rest of your time to journal about what made you feel how and why!
From Yeli:
This week, Yeli is challenging fellow non-Black immigrants to journal about immigration and how the process is in relationship with racism and upholding colonization.
How can we as immigrants take up space in North America while acknowledging that we benefit from stolen land?
How do we engage in dismantling systems of oppression against Black communities?
How do we still benefit from these systems that also oppress us?
What is our responsibility to grapple with the violence that has occurred on the land we have made a home in?
For next week, Read Chapter 7!
THE MEAT OF IT:
Your Fat Friend @yrfatfriend / Season 4 ep / 7 Ways to Uproot Your Anti-Fat Bias / The False Safety of Listening and Learning / How to Love a Fat Person / Find more of Your Fat Friend’s writing here
CALL TO ACTION: SUPPORT THE BLACK AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES OF CHICAGO
You have probably heard about the extreme violence the US government is deploying on Portland protestors. The president announced on July 20th that he was expanding this “federal crackdown” to other major cities, notably Chicago. Chicago obviously has a much larger population of Black and Indigenous people than Portland — and we need to come together with solidarity and support.
There are a lot of resources out there to learn and contribute to. I want to point you to the Chi-Nations Youth Council — follow their instagram to WITNESS what is happening in Chicago; if you’re in Chicago, show up to their rallies if you’re able, and if not, contribute by sharing their info and donating to their paypal.
And to our Black/Indigenous fatmily members in Chicago and elsewhere, stay safe. We love you.
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