This week Harmony and Maggie celebrate pride by reflecting on marginalized communities and the right for everyone to feel comfortable, safe, and loved in their own skin and identities. They explored two poems, "dear white America" by Danez Smith and "The Company You Keep: a Poem for my Family" by Vita E.

In this episode:

HRC

https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-trans-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2020

"dear white america"

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/150542/dear-white-america

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olnVW3Lixbw

On the poplar tree:

https://polygrafi.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/strange-fruit-hanging-from-the-poplar-trees-blood-on-the-leaves/

“The Company You Keep: a Poem for my Family”

https://twocpoetry.tumblr.com/post/154811931314/the-company-you-keep-a-poem-for-my-family

Vita E.'s Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO9ZI06PVlcWrI-D3ePSg9w

Where you should donate:

GWORLS

https://linktr.ee/FORTHEGWORLSPARTY

Trans Women of Color Survival Fund

https://www.twocc.us/media/survival/

Black Trans Protestors Emergency Fund

https://twitter.com/BTFAcollective/status/1267853959378731023

The Okra Project

https://www.theokraproject.com/

What We're Reading: 

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

https://bit.ly/30ctEZH

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

https://bit.ly/2XCM8AH

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13214.I_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by The TERF-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2.Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix

Are you feeling overwhelmed about racial inequality in the U.S.? We are too! Here's some resources we've found useful. If you have any additional resources you'd like to share feel free to email us at [email protected].

https://bit.ly/2XCLZgD

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