The Power of Naming as a Justice Issue

Who holds power when things are named? In this episode, Kelly talks about how the language of injustice shapes how we craft and bring together words. As a mother of 5 children, all who are of African and Dutch descent, Kelly shares how having a liberatory mindset helps her navigate this unfamiliar terrain as a mother with skin colour privilege. She also explains why we need to invent a language of justice so we shift our culture towards justice.Kelly Diels as a feminist educator, writer and coach. She specializes in feminist marketing for culture makers. She’s here to raise awareness about how the business as usual formulas we learn everywhere, actually reproduce oppression, she develops and teaches alternate feminist marketing tools to help us do it differently. And better. You can find out more about Kelly by going to www.KellyDiels.com.Here’s what you’ll learn:How the absence of knowing her matrilineal line prompted Kelly to create the work she does todayWhat guides Kelly so she creates a safe space at home for her mixed race children without causing racial harmWhat white fragility really is and the questions white people can use to interrogate their relationship to a system that demeans, oppresses, and abusesHow intersectional identities create nuance, complexity, and layers (and how Kelly navigates her dominant and marginalized identities)The one academic whose framework guides Kelly in all that she does and how others, no matter their leadership potential, can use this method in their communities, corporations, and homesThe injustice that Kelly named and how doing so has helped she and her clients understand the power of naming thingsHow to protect the words that you coin without hiring a lawyer and going through an expensive trademark processWhy fonts are a feminist issue and how they tie into a liberatory framework of naming thingsClick here for show notes and lightly edited episode transcripts Get Exclusive Guided Prompts on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.