Innovation, grit, creativity, flexibility, choice — these words are ubiquitous in US society and yet, according to John Patrick Leary, they’re not neutral. Leary weighs in on the language of 21st century capitalism and how certain keywords are a slippery way to avoid calling thing what they are. Resources: John Patrick Leary, Keywords: The New … Continued
This week on The Visionary Activist Show, we re·play an especially lively radio romp with poet, Aphorism Genie, Yahia Lababidi, while Caroline convenes a two-week council in Goa, India. “Salvation lies on the other side of danger.” -Yahia Lababidi [Show originally aired 11.09.2017] Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for RSS podcast feed ($1/month), weekly … Continued
Megan Garber, staff writer at the Atlantic. Her most recent piece is The History of ‘Thug’ : The surprisingly ancient and global etymology of a racially charged epithet. Elizabeth Nix, assistant professor of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies at the University of Baltimore and co-author of the book Baltimore ’68: Riots and Rebirth in an … Continued
