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The Poets' TableCelebrating Women Through Their Poetry - Part 2Hey friends! We are back and still celebrating Women's History month (because WE CAN!). This week, I will be sharing a few more of my favorite pieces of poetry written by women. Join me at the Poets' table!Find the poems from today's episode below: The Joys of Motherhood - Mwende Katwiwa ( FreeQuency) - TED Talk: "Black Life at The Intersection of Life and Death" A Message to Women - Reyna Biddy, I love my love, pgs 100-101 How to Love a Woman - Melissa Tripp The Woman Who Keeps Herself - Sez Kristiansen, Healing HER: Po...2021-04-0937 min
F***ing ShakespeareAyokunle Falomo, poetIn this episode, we get to chat (and giggle and lose all sense of time) with an old friend, Ayokunle Falomo, whose first incendiary chapbook entitled African, American has been published. He has promised us that it will be available for purchase from New Delta Review as soon as COVID insanity ends! We talk with Ayo about the many steps of working on a decade-long project, and we tackle the age old question of writing between the personal and the political, the body of a nation and the body of an individual. Not to mention that he gives us...2020-08-2525 min
Black Aesthetic"Being Black At The Intersection Of Birth And Death" w/ Mwende FreeQuency Katwiwa.Recap of virtual 2020 Juneteenth Celebration: Knowledge For Power session 2 led by the incredible, Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa FreeQuency aka FreeQ Tha Mighty , @Mwendeinsuspenders, who is a storyteller, a truth-teller, a builder and breaker trying to figure out what it means to be human in a world that removes so much of our humanity in order to survive. For more information on FreeQuency check out http://www.freequencyspeaks.com Title of Session: Being Black at the Intersection of Birth & Death."It is the artist's job to unearth stories that people try to bury with shovels of complacency and time," says poet and...2020-07-2256 min
Gayish PodcastGayish: 176 Gay White PrivilegeYou are not exempt from white privilege just because you’re gay.
Information for "Dear White People" artist: Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa is a Kenyan, Immigrant, Queer Womxn storyteller.
www.freequencyspeaks.com
IG: @MwendersInSuspenders
TWITTER: @freeqthamighty
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Featured Audio:
“Your Assignment” speech by Andre Taylor from Not This Time (www.notthistime.global)
Making Gay History, Season 1: Episode 1: Sylvia Rivera (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-1-episode-1-sylvia-rivera/id1162447122?i=1000376583256)
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Reynolds HotBoxA Queer Kenyan's Poet American JourneyPrince Nesta hosts Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa, a Kenyan queer spoken word artist, immigrant, author, freedom fighter and social justice activist. “FreeQuency” performs some of her poems, touching on issues such as LGBTQ advocacy, sexuality, feminism, the Black Lives Matter movement, oppression, Pan-Africanism, Kenyan roots, and she also shares her incredible American journey.2018-03-0629 min
TEDTalks Culture et sociétéLa vie noire à l'intersection de la naissance et de la mort | Mwende « FreeQuency » Katwiwa« Il est du rôle de l'artiste de déterrer les histoires que les gens essayent d'enterrer avec les pelles de la complaisance et du temps », dit la poètesse et combattante de la liberté Mwende « FreeQuency » Katwiwa. Récitant son poème « Les Joies de la Maternité », Katwiwa explore le vécu des mères noires en Amérique et discute de l'impact du mouvement pour les vies noires, car elle dit qu'il est impossible de séparer ces deux notions.2018-02-0107 minTEDTalks Gesellschaft und KulturSchwarzes Leben zwischen Geburt und Tod | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa"Es ist die Aufgabe des Künstlers Geschichten freizulegen, die Menschen
versuchen mit Schaufeln aus Apathie und Zeit zu vergraben", sagt Dichterin und Freiheitskämpferin Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa. Mit dem Vortrag ihres Gedichts "Die Freuden der Mutterschaft" erkundet Katwiwa die Erfahrungen schwarzer Mütter in Amerika und diskutiert die Auswirkungen der Movement for Black Lives -- denn die beiden zu trennen, sagt sie, ist unmöglich.2018-02-0100 minTEDTalks Sociedade e CulturaA vida do negro na encruzilhada entre o nascimento e a morte | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa"Compete ao artista revelar histórias que as pessoas tentam enterrar com as pás da complacência e do tempo", diz a poeta e defensora da liberdade Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa. Apresentando seu poema "As Alegrias da Maternidade", Katwiwa explora a experiência das mães negras nos EUA e discute o impacto do "Movement for Black Lives" (Movimento pelas Vidas Negras), porque, como diz ela, é impossível separar os dois.2018-02-0107 minTEDTalks Sociedad y CulturaLa vida negra, entre el nacimiento y la muerte | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa"Es trabajo del artista es descubrir historias que la gente intenta enterrar con palas de complacencia y tiempo", dice la poetisa y luchadora por la libertad Katwiwa Mwende "FreeQuency". Al interpretar su poema "Las alegrías de la maternidad", Katwiwa explora la experiencia de las madres negras en EE.UU. y analiza el impacto del Movimiento por las Vidas Negras, porque, según ella, es imposible separar ambas cosas.2018-02-0107 minTEDTalks 사회와 문화출생과 죽음의 교차점에서의 흑인의 삶 | 미윈드 캇위와(Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa)"사람들이 세월과 자기위안이라는 삽으로 묻으려 하는 이야기들을 파내는 일이 예술가의 일이다", 시인이자 자유투쟁가, 미윈드 캇위와가 말합니다. "모성에 의한 기쁨"을 낭송하며, 캇위와는 미국에서의 흑인 어머니들의 경험들을 탐구하고, 흑인생명 운동의 영향를 논의합니다. 그녀에 의하면, 그 두 가지는 결코 따로 생각할 수 없기 때문입니다.2018-02-0107 minTED Podcast | Society and Culture출생과 죽음의 교차점에서의 흑인의 삶 | 미윈드 캇위와(Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa)"사람들이 세월과 자기위안이라는 삽으로 묻으려 하는 이야기들을 파내는 일이 예술가의 일이다", 시인이자 자유투쟁가, 미윈드 캇위와가 말합니다. "모성에 의한 기쁨"을 낭송하며, 캇위와는 미국에서의 흑인 어머니들의 경험들을 탐구하고, 흑인생명 운동의 영향를 논의합니다. 그녀에 의하면, 그 두 가지는 결코 따로 생각할 수 없기 때문입니다.2018-02-0107 min
TEDTalks 社会与文化生死边缘的黑人生活 | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa“揭露人们想用时间和自满掩盖的真相，是艺术家的职责。”身为诗人和自由战士的曼达·卡提哇如是说。演讲自己的诗作“为母之乐”的同时，卡提哇挖掘了美国黑人母亲的生活经历，并且讨论了黑人运动的影响。因为，她认为这两者是不能分割开的。Translated by 娟 郁Reviewed by Chen Yunru2018-02-0107 minTED Talks Society and CultureBlack life at the intersection of birth and death | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa"It is the artist's job to unearth stories that people try to bury with shovels of complacency and time," says poet and freedom fighter Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa. Performing her poem "The Joys of Motherhood," Katwiwa explores the experience of Black mothers in America and discusses the impact of the Movement for Black Lives -- because, she says, it's impossible to separate the two.2018-02-0107 min
Life on the Swingset - The Swinging & Polyamory PodcastSS 241: Men, We Need To Talk.Hey fellow men... Dylan here. I want to take a moment to express a little sympathy. It can be incredibly hard out there to be a man. We're living in an age inspired by the speed of the internet. Our goalposts of acceptability and common respectability on social issues and on how we relate to others in the world change what seems like weekly at times. Our perception of our gender as a responsibility hasn't kept up with the evolution of gender as identity and of sexuality as more fluid than we were ever told was possible.
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Write About Now PodcastWrite About Now featuring FreeQuency!This week we present poet FreeQuency.
Born in Kenya in 1991 as Mwende Katwiwa, FreeQuency is a spoken word artist living, loving and working in New Orleans, LA since 2009. The daughter of two lifelong educators, FreeQuency was raised believing in the power at the intersection of education, art, service and activism. Known for her social justice work and poetry, FreeQuency has been described as 'challenging', 'dynamic', and it has been said on numerous occasions that "the room isn't the same after hearing FreeQuency spit". You can find her at freequencyspeaks.com
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