Using the Abolitionist Imaginary to Create: Choreographing a Habitable Life through Movement, Storytelling, and Activism

Join us for this embodied and moving conversation with Harrison Guy and Dr. Brianna Suslovic. Our guests teach us how to harness the reconstructive power of the abolitionist movement in order to reimagine a thriving black and queer life. Anchored both in their spirited optimism and capacity to face the brutal realities of injustice, our guests inspire listeners to engage with the yet to be realized possibilities for meaningful action and transformative living. Mentioned in this episode (in order of mention)Kelley, R. D.G. (2003). Freedom dreams: The black radical imagination. Penguin Books.https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/206173/freedom-dreams-by-robin-dg-kelley/DuBois, W.E.B.(1935). Black reconstruction in America: An essay toward a history of the part which black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct democracy in America, 1860-1880. Harcourt, Brace and Company.http://www.webdubois.org/wdb-BlackReconst.htmlNo New Prisons Illinois - https://www.chicagoactivismhub.org/detail/2116/Sedgwick, E. K. (1997). Paranoid reading and reparative reading; or, you’re so paranoid, you probably think this introduction is about you. In E. K. Sedgwick (Ed.), Novel gazing: queer readings on fiction (pp.1-38). Duke University Press.https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/636/chapter/128566/Paranoid-Reading-and-Reparative-Reading-or-You-reBoggs, N. (2025). Baldwin: A love story. Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux. https://www.nicholasboggs.com/El-Kurd. M. (2025). Perfect victims: And the politics of appeal. Haymarket. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2499-perfect-victims Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.