Reclaim Our Names: A Trans Joy+Justice Podcast
Reclaim Our Names: A Trans Joy+Justice Podcast
Podcast Description
Reclaim Our Names is a trans joy+justice podcast focused on intersectional trans self-determination. Host Denise! Denise! Ph.D. shares interviews, research, and creative works from the trans community about reclaiming our power "to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves" (Borrowed from the Kwanzaa principle of Kujichagulia). We explore choosing names for ourselves; defining our families, communities, and vocations on our terms; trans bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom; advancing and sustaining anti-(racial) capitalist trans economic empowerment.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of trans identity empowerment, bodily autonomy, and anti-capitalist economic empowerment, featuring episodes that explore topics such as name-choosing, trans family dynamics, and the importance of personal stories in defining trans culture, exemplified by discussions with guests about their name changes and impacts on their lives.
Reclaim Our Names is a trans joy+justice podcast focused on intersectional trans self-determination. Host Denise! Denise! Ph.D. shares interviews, research, and creative works from the trans community about reclaiming our power “to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves” (Borrowed from the Kwanzaa principle of Kujichagulia). We explore choosing names for ourselves; defining our families, communities, and vocations on our terms; trans bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom; advancing and sustaining anti-(racial) capitalist trans economic empowerment.
In this episode, Dr. Eric Joy Denise shares their name-choosing to become Denise! Denise! She recalls her declaration of The Year of Denise in the year 2016 as a testimony to the kind of person they want to become forever.
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