Sparks In-Between, with Scott Branson

The Grounded Futures Show, Ep 21: Sparks In-Between, with Scott Branson  “thinking alone is not as exciting as thinking together” Scott Branson, a Jewish transfemme anarchist writer, and artist, joined carla and Uli for an inspiring virtual walk to think (and feel) together. They go deep into Trans worlding and talk pathways to gender abolition, discovering voice, embracing not knowing, sampling ideas, learning through play and making mistakes, practical anarchism, and more! This joyful conversation covers a lot of ground, including a poetry reading! TRANSCRIPTS Show Notes: Scott’s webpage Scott on IG: Scott on Twitter  Practical Anarchism: A Daily Guide  Gay Liberation after May 68 The Abolition of Prison How I Became a Genre Bender and Found a Voice Women on the Edge of Time The Dispossessed   The Earthsea Trilogy  Witch Hat Atelier  “We study with any person who can teach us.” -- Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time Favourite quote by Ursula K, Le Guin:  “But he had not brought anything. His hands were empty, as they had always been.” -- the Dispossessed  Recommendations: I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem, by Maryse Condé Akata Witch Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy Scott’s Poem: where had we left you? a long necked white creature bobbing in the distance on the lake it was clear we had overlooked the mysteries of the world so white i wondered how it kept clean in polluted waters i can’t wear white pants without staining the sun doesn’t cause waves but lets us see them and the lake ripples into this white protuberance a child’s drawing of a sea dinosaur smiling so happy to be here where had we left you? but that’s the best we could have done on the pier no one sees she swims unnoticed except by me, in my quick glance, and i decide to avert my eyes and let her be * ​​Scott Branson is a Jewish transfemme anarchist writer, teacher, organizer, musician and artist. Scott is also a co-host on the anarchist radio show/podcast The Final Straw Radio. Their book, Practical Anarchism: A Daily Guide, just published by Pluto Press, offers ways to infuse everyday life with ideas of mutual responsibility and collective liberation, combining anarchist and queer/feminist approaches to relationships, work, and living. Their translation of the queer theorist and gay liberation militant Guy...