• self-care is always political — radical self-care & the issues with traditional self-care

  • Mar 5 2024
  • Length: 50 mins
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self-care is always political — radical self-care & the issues with traditional self-care

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  • 🌬️ In this episode, we’ll unpack: * the factors that make self-care political * issues with traditional self-care; individualism, ableism, productivity as a means to define our worth * radical self-care — what it means; it’s importance in the context of our lives; key historical figures who radicalised its meaning, purpose, and practice; how radical-self care has been historically been used as a mechanism for social justice and liberation; self-preservation, self-determination, and self-restoration as principles rooted in radical self-care * explore how radical self-care has expanded and evolved over time * how we can integrate radical self-care practices in our own lifestyles * ableist notions of traditional self-care * explore intersectionality and liberation psychology as they relate to radical self-care •••••••• Assertion: Self-care is always political, and when practiced by Black communities it is an act of resistance ✊🏾 🪷 ••••••••• 🌿 connect 🔗 @divine.design.australia 💕 episode artwork 🔗 @artbyruth_nj ••••••••• ✨ SOURCES
Academic Journals: * https://samischalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Schalk-and-Kim_Reclaiming-the-Radical-Politics-of-SelfCare_SAQ-2021.pdf * https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10597-021-00884-9 * https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/1554477X.2021.1874185 * https://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1716&context=etd * https://www.proquest.com/openview/4b7c4d30c63bc8f6028bdc0e5ecdbaa0/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y ——— Websites: * https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10493153/reclaiming-self-care-audre-lorde-black-women-community-care * https://urge.org/there-is-no-self-care-without-community-care/ * https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/angela-davis-40 * https://www.selfpractice.com.au/self-practice/angela-davis-on-radical-self-care ——— Videos: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1cHoL4vaBs — Angela Davis, Radical Self-Care Interview (Afro-Punk)
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