The next embbodi mapping retreat:
Let Her Tell It: Black Women Writing on the Body and Mind
Saturday, May 7 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
- In-Person Only
Brower Center – Tamalpais Room
- 2022
- Poetry
- Race/Identity
- Women/Gender
Kira Lynne Allen, Jenee Darden, Natalie Devora, Kelechi Ubozoh, adrienne danyelle oliver
Many Black women have a complex relationship with their bodies. Historically their bodies have been racialized, hypersexualized, exoticized, abused, exploited for labor and othered. Stressors in their lives effects both their physical and mental health. But Black women also nurture their bodies, celebrate their bodies, and give themselves permission to enjoy pleasure. These Black women writers will share poetry and stories about their bodies, while showing how physical health affects mental health and vice versa. Whether it’s fighting fibroids or reclaiming their bodies after harm—these writers are telling their stories to disrupt what they’ve been mistaught about their bodies. This panel is inspired by embbodi mapping retreat the writers attended where they created body maps: life-size canvases of their bodies that artistically express their perceptions of and experiences with their bodies.
KALW
Here’s part one & two of my interview that aired no April 28, 2022 on KALW with the incomparable, Jenee Darden! Listen, share and check out the links!
Part one: https://www.kalw.org/show/sights-sounds/2022-04-28/sights-and-sounds-kira-allen