{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67ae4d906addc7890b4dcdaa/6a76159ed410c25118f93b01?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Do We Get Free?","description":"<p>Welcome back to Sylly, a podcast for the curious and critical. We’re your hosts, <a href=\"https://choicecuts.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mbiye Kasonga</a> and <a href=\"https://tembe.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tembe Denton-Hurst</a>. In episode 17, we’re thinking about freedom using <a href=\"https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Gathering-Blossoms-Under-Fire/Alice-Walker/9781476773162\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gathering Blossoms Under Fire</a> as a primary text. The journals of Alice Walk offer us insight into what it means to be a free woman, and a free Black woman at that. Tembe and I discuss how people misinterpret freedom, confusing it with power and domination. We round out the conversation by discussing books that center liberated women.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Books We Talked About</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/gathering-blossoms-under-fire-the-journals-of-alice-walker-1965-2000-alice-walker/e73d4f3bb17af85f\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gathering Blossoms Under Fire</a> by Alice Walker</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-eating-the-making-and-unmaking-of-my-appetites-alicia-kennedy/65ac0c87b689e70a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">On Eating</a> by Alicia Kennedy</p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/New-Skin-Novel-Sarah-Wang/dp/0316607703\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New Skin</a> by Sarah Wang</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/permanence-a-novel-sophie-mackintosh/2a9e4befbcd6ace9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Permanence</a> by Sophie Mackintosh</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-pearl-john-steinbeck/6962757ee83daf9d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Pearl</a> by John Steinbeck</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/east-of-eden-john-steinbeck/08b1a78e3c74be5c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">East of Eden</a> by John Steinbeck</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-neapolitan-novels-boxed-set-elena-ferrante/00e2bb2d7d6b89f3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Neapolitan Novels Boxed Set</a> by Elena Ferrante</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/they-all-fall-in-love-at-the-end-a-novel-haili-blassingame/5b3410d7d3277898?ean=9781668204122\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">They All Fall in Love at the End</a> by Haili Blassingame</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/parable-of-the-sower-parable-of-the-talents-boxed-set-octavia-butler/12662272\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Parable of the Sower &amp; Parable of the Talents Boxed Set</a> by Octavia Butler</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/matilda-roald-dahl/824a5772c165334f\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Matilda</a> by Roald Dahl</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/heavy-an-american-memoir-kiese-laymon/f650fc3869a6d4d9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Heavy</a> by Kiese Laymon</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/sugar-a-novel-bernice-l-mcfadden/d4959ea4a39bd186\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sugar</a> by Bernice McFadden</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/sula-a-novel-toni-morrison/f0986afd7787b1bc?ean=9781400033430&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sula</a> by Toni Morrison</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-color-purple-alice-walker/081a66c3cfa5d6bf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Color Purple</a> by Alice Walker</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/fat-swim-fiction-emma-copley-eisenberg/8928593852a2659e\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fat Swim</a> by Emma Copley Eisenberg</p>","author_name":"Mbiye Kasonga"}