47: Palestine & the words I’m reaching for — Part 1

hello soul siblings 🥰, I have MISSED YOU! 🫶🏾 as we bear witness to genocide and support and uplift the student and other protests in response, today I want to share and amplify the work of the WONDER-MAGIC-FUL Dr Ayesha Khan  who writes the beautiful, informative, revolutionary Cosmic Anarchy Substack, which I am entirely obsessed with. I am sharing their work imperfectly, reaching for these words, and reaching for you. I send you my love, today and always. Thank you for being here. 🥺💛

ESSAYS mentioned: 
Subscribe to Cosmic Anarchy Substack
Learn more about Dr Ayesha Khan website + Follow on IG @thewokescientist

Our boys & men deserve to live, not just our women & children (focus of today’s episode)
Effective activism will never be 'peaceful' & we should stop using that word
How do we keep hope alive in our movements?
We keep us safe by fighting back & taking collective risks, not by being pacifists

Poem: If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer
Palestine Is a Story Away: A Tribute to Refaat Alareer by Mosab Abu Toha
Book: Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine edited by Refaat Alareer 
Subscribe to Cosmic Anarchy Substack
Learn more about Dr Ayesha Khan website
Follow Khan on IG at @thewokescientist

Other sources mentioned (in order):
Book: Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe
Book: In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Precarity, Power, Communities: Precarity, Power, Communitie by Joy James
Book: Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
Soul Salon episode: 7: viral justice ft. Ruha Benjamin podcast episode on Spotify and Apple
Book: Viral Justice: How We Grow The World We Want by Dr. Ruha Benjamin
Book: Imagination: A Manifesto by Dr. Ruha Benjamin
Essay: How the Universe resembles a human brain by Paul Ratner
Essay: Heavy, difficult emotions are important to face & only overwhelming when carried alone by Dr. Ayesha Khan

Other resources:
Decolonize Palestine reading list
14 Trusted Charities Helping Civilians in Palestine

Time stamps
(01:00): Intro to Dr Ayesha Khan & Cosmic Anarchy
(05:04): Overview of 3 takeaways 
(13:46): Deconstruct & Reconstruct
(15:38): #1: Dehumanization of Palestinian men & buys
(31:09): Reflections & Resources
(34:30): The importance of in-person community
(40:26): Poem: If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer

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