Growing Our Souls with Bianca Mabute-Louie

Bianca is a mother, PhD scholar, activist, and author of the forthcoming Unassimilable. She also cohosts her own podcast, linked below. Our conversation weaves in and out from our personal experiences to global issues. We talk about the impact of our traumatic births and identity as mothers in connecting us with mothers in Palestine, and we question how it is possible to resist the systems we are beholden to. Bianca has a specific understanding of the role of academic institutions and reminds us that representation is not liberation. We also talk about decolonial solidarity, colonial wounds, and what it means to create microcosms of care. Throughout the conversation, we return to one of our Asian American heroes — Grace Lee Boggs — who said, “These are the times to grow our souls.” Please enjoy the delightfully thoughtful — Bianca. Bianca’s IG Bianca’s substack Good Thunder podcast Leah’s IG