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Hair! How I Grew It
Hair! How I Grew ItEp. 47: Kassidi JonesHair! How I Grew It tops Feedspot’s and MillionPodcasts’ Best Natural Hair Podcasts. On today’s show, I interview Kassidi Jones. Kassidi is an assistant curator at a Black research library. The Hartford, Connecticut native is also an antiracist animal advocate. Pets and racism – I’d never put those words together until I discovered Kassidi a few months ago on social media. When I heard her talk about the prejudice she and her pit bull Ginger have experienced, and how that led her to create Ginger’s Naps, I knew I had to talk to her. More on Ginger’s Nap...
2025-07-2139 minOur One Wild And Precious Lives (And Our Dogs)
Our One Wild And Precious Lives (And Our Dogs)E46 Antiracist animal advocacy: a conversation with Kassidi JonesKassidi Jones is an antiracist animal advocate, grad student in African American Studies and English and shares her life with the one and only Ginger. In this episode, we take a look at how classism and racism show up in the pet world and in the peculiar slice of the dog world Caden talked about in E45. How do minds change? Get in touch with Kassidi: https://www.instagram.com/gingers_naps/ https://www.gingers-naps.com/ https://www.patreon.com/kassandginger
2024-10-2933 minThe Animal Rescue Podcast: what you always wanted to know but didn’t know who to ask
The Animal Rescue Podcast: what you always wanted to know but didn’t know who to askEp. 99 - Kassidi JonesThis week I talk with Kassidi Jones. She runs the Instagram page @gingers_naps. We discuss antiracism work in the animal welfare world, what that means and looks like, and how she balances mental health in all of this. In the several years that I have been involved in animal rescue and this podcast, I have seen racism and classism at play. I will be the first to admit that I have shied away from being too loud about what I am seeing out of fear of rocking the boat. But this episode has given me the motivation to...
2024-10-1429 minEnrichment for the Real World
Enrichment for the Real World#85 - Building Safe Spaces for HumansLast week we heard from Kassidi Jones and one of the topics we discussed was Antiracism in Animal Welfare. This week we dive further into Building Safe Spaces for Humans and the implementation with the animals in your life.In this implementation episode, Emily and I talk about:How humans are animals tooSafety vs. comfortImplicit biases are a thingYou can find the full episode show notes here.
2024-07-1545 minEnrichment for the Real World
Enrichment for the Real World#84 - Kassidi Jones: Antiracism in Animal WelfareIn this week's interview episode, we're joined by Kassidi Jones. Kassidi is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in African American Studies and English at Yale and the content creator behind the Instagram account @gingers_naps, which explores the relationship and history between Black Americans and animals. In this episode, you’re going to hear Emily and Kassidi talk about:Education is empoweringWhat on earth are ecopoetics?Abolition in the 21st centuryHow we can do a better job of integrating multiple cultural views of animal careHow to find mentorship in antiracist workYou can find the ful...
2024-07-0854 minThe Juniper Podcast
The Juniper PodcastAntiracism & Animal Advocacy with Kassidi JonesKassidi Jones is a first-time dog mom, social justice advocate, Ph.D. candidate, and the content creator behind @gingers_naps. And Ginger is her three-year-old mixed breed pup! This week Kassidi is here to share her journey with Ginger and to teach us about antiracist animal advocacy, including: Hard truths about racism in the pet industry Bias in animal rescue The Pet POC Directory How Kassidi approaches the content she creates Critter Fixers Racist and classist origins of pitbull hate And more! Tune in for a dog-walk-length dose of antiracist pet education. Then...
2024-07-0140 minNew on Midtown Radio
New on Midtown RadioDog Friendly KW Podcast: Anti-Racism and Animal Advocacy w/ Kassidi JonesIn this podcast episode, Justine and Mackenze are joined by Kassidi Jones, curator of the instagram page @gingers_naps. Kassidi discusses issues of anti-black racism within dog culture and American history.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
2023-11-0227 minDog Friendly KW Podcast
Dog Friendly KW PodcastFull Episode: Anti-racist animal advocacy w/ Kassidi JonesIn this podcast episode, Justine and Mackenze are joined by Kassidi Jones, curator of the instagram page @gingers_naps. Kassidi discusses issues of anti-black racism within dog culture and American history. 
2023-10-2727 minDog Friendly KW Podcast
Dog Friendly KW PodcastKassidi Jones of @gingers_naps on dogs in anti-black historyIn this clip from the Dog Friendly KW podcast, Justine and Mackenzie are joined by Yale Ph.D candidate and dog mom Kassidi jones of the instagram handle @gingers_naps to discuss the role of dogs in anti-black history. They also talk about why social justice issues should be an important focus in dog culture.  
2023-10-2513 minThe BK Pets Podcast
The BK Pets PodcastHOW DOES RACISM SHOW UP IN THE WORLD OF PETS? The BK Petcast w/ PhD Candidate, Kassadi JonesKassidi Jones is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in African American Studies and English at Yale. Her dissertation explores nineteenth-century ecopoetics, focusing on pleasure as an experience central to the relationships between Black folks and nonhuman members of their environments. She shares some of that research through content creation for @gingers_naps on Instagram. She currently resides in the Hartford area with her dog, Ginger. www.kassidijones.com/Instagram www.instagram.com/gingers_naps Want to learn how to feed your dog a homemade diet? Sign up for our Homemade Diet Guide below! 👇 Guide: https://thebkpets.teachable.com Thank you...
2023-08-2235 minK9 Conservationists
K9 ConservationistsAntiracism and Detection Dogs with Kassidi JonesIn this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla speaks with Kassidi Jones to talk about antiracism and detection dogs. Science Highlight: Handler beliefs affect scent detection dog outcomes Links Mentioned in the Episode: Reading list Where to find Kassidi: Instagram You can support the K9 Conservationists Podcast by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/k9conservationists. K9 Conservationists Website | Merch | Support Our Work | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok
2023-01-2458 minTelltail Dog
Telltail DogEpisode 45: “I Wasn’t Expecting All Of That”: Caring for People and Dogs with Kassidi Jones of Ginger’s NapsKassidi Jones, the human behind the popular gingers_naps Instagram account, joins Elizabeth Silverstein of Telltail Dog Training to share her experience going viral, how she navigates the negativity and demands, how her studies impact her content, and the amount of joy that Ginger brings to her life and how well they compliment each other. She is a published poet and a PhD candidate at Yale University. She has gone viral with her content that covers everything from average dog owner questions, like where to find the best spots to bathe your dog, to in-depth research on dog industry...
2022-11-2038 minThe Baroo: A Podcast for Dogs and Their People
The Baroo: A Podcast for Dogs and Their PeopleYou Can't Fix A Problem You Can't See with Kassidi JonesIn this episode I am joined by Kassidi Jones. Kassidi is a PHD candidate in African American Studies in English at Yale University, social justice advocate, and content creator behind @gingers_naps on Instagram. In addition to posting super cute pics of her dog Ginger, she discusses the intersections of race and animal welfare. We dive into the fraught relationship between African Americans and dogs in the United States and the discrimination that still shows up today.  We also discuss how we as pet parents and those that work in the pet industry, can do our part to bring a...
2022-08-3037 minWith A Dog
With A DogThe Black Dog Mom's POV w/ Kassidi of @ginger_napsThis week I'm joined by Kassidi and Ginger of @ginger_naps. Kassidi  is a first-time dog mom living in Philadelphia with her boyfriend and her adorable rescues 1 yr old Black Mouth Cur named Ginger . She’s a poet, a social justice advocate, and a Ph.D. candidate at Yale studying African American Studies and English. Kassidi openly shares her lived experience as a black woman and first time dog mom. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTSThe expense of having a new dog.Where are the black dog moms in the pet industry? Why are they not seen?How we can pass...
2021-06-2337 minDisorderly Dogs!
Disorderly Dogs!152. #pitbullstories Racism and Pitbulls w/ Kassidi JonesReactive Redefined FREE Mini Course  Adventure Dog Academy FREE Mini Course Trustworthy RecallsFollow us on Instagram @agoodfeeling_inco www.agoodfeelingdogtraining.comVetCs discount code DISORDERLYDOGS 10% off your purchase If you like this podcast, be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on super cool future episodes!Leaving a 5-star review really helps this podcast reach other dog guardians in search of help for their dogs and I literally read every single one! Song credit: Podington BearEpisode 152: #pitbulls...
2021-03-2600 minDisorderly Dogs!
Disorderly Dogs!152. #pitbullstories Racism and Pitbulls w/ Kassidi JonesReactive Redefined FREE Mini Course   Adventure Dog Academy FREE Mini Course  Trustworthy Recalls Follow us on Instagram @agoodfeeling_inco  www.agoodfeelingdogtraining.com VetCs discount code DISORDERLYDOGS 10% off your purchase  If you like this podcast, be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on super cool future episodes! Leaving a 5-star review really helps this podcast reach other dog guardians in search of help for their dogs and I literally read every single one!  Song credit: Podington Bear Episode 152: #pitbul...
2021-03-2600 min