Now, could you walk us through your personal journey that led you to the idea of writing pleasure activism? I think of pleasure activism as the actions that we take to reclaim our happiness, joy, and the possibility of contentment from the weight of oppression and the myths of supremacy. I appreciate all of you.Īdrienne, please define pleasure activism for us. adrienne, welcome to Radical Imagination. She is also an activist and the writer-in-residence at the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute. We're now joined by its author, adrienne maree brown. It became a New York Times bestseller and even more relevant when the pandemic began. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good explores how we can fuel the struggle for social justice from pleasurable human experience. In today's episode, we learn about pleasure activism and about finding love and hope in the middle of the despair that surrounds us. But this can also create an opportunity to focus on ourselves, our own joy and satisfaction and strengthen our conviction that things can be better. I'm your host, Angela Glover Blackwell more than a year into the pandemic and the historic protests that emerged throughout it is expected for activists and seekers of a better world to become discouraged, to burn out. Welcome to the Radical imagination podcast, where we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change.
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