In this episode, we hear from Shallion Dixon and Alessandra Ruiz on code switching -- what it means to them and how it’s impacted their voices; how it's a form of erasure; and how a person can both use it to their advantage and reject it as a form of oppression.

Links from our discussion!

Define and dig deeper into code switching - 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/code-switching 

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/04/13/177126294/five-reasons-why-people-code-switch

Dare greatly and get vulnerable with Brené Brown - https://brenebrown.com/

Check out Jamella Jamil's I Weigh podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-weigh-with-jameela-jamil/id1498855031

Watch Katherine Ryan's Netflix comedy special three days straight - https://www.netflix.com/title/80238020

Cheer on Lizzo on Letterman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3gPY9XjHpM

Read Adrienne Maree Brown's book Emergent Strategy (and then read Pleasure Activism!) - https://alliedmedia.org/speaker-projects/emergent-strategy-ideation-institute

Subscribe to Beth Pickens's Mind Your Practice podcast - http://www.bethpickens.com/mind-your-practice

Find our guests online...

Alessandra Ruiz - http://www.alessandraruiz.com/

Shallion Dixon - @shalliondixon - https://www.instagram.com/shalliondixon/?hl=en

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