Liberated Care, with Zena Sharman

The Grounded Futures Show, Ep #19 Liberated Care, with Zena Sharman“I think about care as a process, as an ongoing act of weaving — that it is this active thing that we do, that happens in relationships, that happens in communities.”Zena Sharman joins the show to talk casting spells and weaving webs of care beyond institutions. This episode is all about intergenerational solidarity, and queering kinship and care in the everyday. Zena is a writer, speaker, strategist and LGBTQ+ health advocate and our conversation goes deep into the radical possibilities for care as an ongoing, consensual process — from grief care to ageing and dying, to gender open parenting, to centring pleasure and disability justice in health care.Show NotesFollow Zena on TwitterZena’s two books:The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health CarePhoto of Zena for show is by K. HoRecommendations:  Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s books Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice and The Future is Disabled Megan Linton’s Invisible Institutions podcast Hil Malatino’s book Trans Care (the free open access version is available here) Jules Gill-Peterson's article Doctors Who? Radical lessons from the history of DIY transition I didn't mention it during the interview, but this podcast interview The Legend of the Orchi Shed with Guest Eilís Ni Fhlannagáin is another wonderful example of an oral history about trans DIY health care The book Trans Bodies, Trans Selves (second edition) Katie Batza’s book Before AIDS: Gay Health Politics in the 1970s Dean Spade's mutual aid course syllabus, which includes Katie Batza's book alongside other health-related titles like Alondra Nelson’s book Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination...

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the Grounded Futures Show is hosted by carla joy bergman and Uilliam Joy. Uilliam (Liam) and carla discuss topics ranging from climate change to identity to how youth can gain new skills to thrive amid current and ongoing disasters that we are collectively facing. The show will take a deep dive on these issues, and be in conversations with incredible guests. We are a Gen-X and a Gen-Z, and we are keen on tearing down the walls between generations together and on our show! Each episode includes a short segment called Delighting in our Friends, whereby Liam and carla delight and amplify friends' radical art! Grounded futures show is produced on Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-waututh lands, but our guests are from around the world . The music for our show is by Sour Gout. Logo Art by Robin Carrico IG: @somegaywizard *transcripts are at grounded futures.com *** Please note: season one was based on training youth, and we are grateful to all our guests who joined us on our learning journey! As of June 22,  2022 this season has been archived. Thanks for listening!