Suburban Paradise | Water, Honour, Anger, Grief

About this episode

This episode explores themes of activism and organizing through personal stories of anger and grief, featuring insights from Nicole and Deborah Gould.

The sound of the water in a river in Wissahickon, Philadelphia. An episode in honour of organizers. Greg aka my dad learns that most of the time we call "activism" "organizing" now. We listen to an episode made by Yowei Shaw, the investigative journalist of emotion. Nicole is an organizer who’s afraid to stop being angry. At the same time she is afraid NOT to stop being angry. Yowei connects Nicole with what she calls a "proxy"; someone who has experienced something similar. Lucky for us, this proxy is Deborah Gould, a member emeritus of the ICONIC gay rights organization: ACT UP. Happy pride month beautiesssss xoxo Donate to the guild (KP/the heart/mermaid palace) HERE. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: Kaitlin Prest

Guests: Nicole, Deborah Gould

Topics covered

• activism
• organizing
• anger
• grief
• LGBTQ rights
• community

Keywords

• activism
• organizing
• anger
• grief
• LGBTQ rights
• community organizing
• Wissahickon
• ACT UP

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ACT UP

Places: Wissahickon, Philadelphia

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