Show Your Teeth: What Your Whimsy Can't Survive Without

About this episode

The episode explores the balance between strength and whimsy in personal identity and self-defense.

I know what people see when they look at me. They see someone intense, who doesn’t hesitate, who has probably always been this way. And they’re not wrong. I’m not a person who is big on giving grace just for the sake of giving grace, and I know that gets me a bit of a bad rap, which I am totally ok with. I’m the type of woman who has been thrown to the wolves and came back leading the pack. My Nana (a very dangerous yet loving woman) taught me that at a super young age. I remember me, my baby sister & cousins getting a lecture before school that if anyone tried us “ you make em hurt so bad that they will never think of hurting you again ” essentially I was taught that at the first sight of disrespect you eradicate it before it becomes too big to handle. Now Nana may have meant that in terms of bullies putting hands on us but there was nuance there. There are many ways to remove a threat to your well being that doesn’t equate to being physically violent - and yet at some moments in life that may be exactly what you need to do. Discernment is key here. When I seek out justice or retribution, I receive it — because I come letting people know that if I need to be deadly , I will. For…

Topics covered

• self-defense
• personal growth
• justice
• identity
• whimsy
• resilience

Keywords

• self-defense
• whimsy
• identity
• resilience
• justice
• personal growth

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