Hot Bimbo Genius with Em Gonzalez

I talk to Em Gonzalez (Liberation Library, Chicago Abortion Fund) every day. They're a teacher, a transformative and restorative justice practitioner, a fierce abolitionist organizer, and one of my closest friends. So it was a distinct pleasure to have a different kind of conversation for the podcast. This is one of the most accessible political conversations I've ever had, examining abolition, accountability, and self-esteem through the lens of the Hot Bimbo Genius.Content warning: amateur witchcraft, Florida Water, not getting dick jokes, wiping your feet on someone's towel, community accountability.If you think This Is Your Afterlife is worth the price of a nice coffee or a cheap meal, please consider joining my Patreon for $5 or $15/month at patreon.com/davemaher. Subscribers get my full convos with guests, the companion podcast This Is Your Aftershow, and shoutouts in future episodes.Leave a voicemail, and I'll play it on the show: (313) MIST-URA (647-8872).Follow Em on Twitter: @small_meatballLearn more about and donate to Liberation Library and Chicago Abortion Fund.Subscribe to my newsletter, Definitive Answers, for weekly personal and cultural essays, plus music recs! And follow me @thisisdavemaher on Twitter and Instagram.---Transcript: This Is Your Afterlife on PodscribeMusic = Future: "Use Me" / James Blackshaw: "The Cloud of Unknowing" / Johnnie Frierson: "Miracles"