EPISODE · May 12, 2025 · 56 MIN
Joy Is Revolutionary: A Conversation on Zadie Smith’s Essay with Jordan Maney
from Assigned Reading with Becky Mollenkamp: Conversations about Feminist Essays · host Becky Mollenkamp
Get "Liberate Your Business" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/This week’s text: ✍️ “Joy” by Zadie Smith (New York Review of Books)This week's guest:Jordan Maney is the Radical Joy Coach™ helping Black, brown, and queer folks recover their softness, reclaim their joy, and rest without guilt. She’s a writer, speaker, and coach whose work centers joy as a liberatory, ancestral practice. Jordan’s presence is sunshine—you’ll see what we mean.Find Jordan: 🌐 radicaljoycoach.com 📷 @radicaljoycoach on InstagramDiscussed in this episode:Why Zadie Smith’s essay is “close but no cigar”The bittersweet intersection of joy and griefIs joy a struggle, a surrender, or a risk?What ecstasy (the drug and the feeling) says about manufactured joyThe difference between pleasure, contentment, happiness, and JOYBlack Southern church traditions as containers for joyThe power of presence, noticing, and choosing joy in dark timesWhy resisting despair is a revolutionary act of self-loveConcerts, croissants, and the art of letting yourself become joyResources mentioned:“Beloved” by Toni Morrison“White Teeth” by Zadie SmithRisk It For a Biscuit™ (yes, we’re putting that on a T-shirt)🚨 Sign up for Becky's newsletter, Feminist Rants Are My Superpower🎤 PROUD MEMBER OF THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE 🎤
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Get "Liberate Your Business" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/This week’s text: ✍️ “Joy” by Zadie Smith (New York Review of Books)This week's guest:Jordan Maney is the Radical Joy Coach™ helping Black, brown, and queer folks recover their softness, reclaim their joy, and rest without guilt. She’s a writer, speaker, and coach whose work centers joy as a liberatory, ancestral practice. Jordan’s presence is sunshine—you’ll see what we mean.Find Jordan: 🌐 radicaljoycoach.com 📷 @radicaljoycoach on InstagramDiscussed in this episode:Why Zadie Smith’s essay is “close but no cigar”The bittersweet intersection of joy and griefIs joy a struggle, a surrender, or a risk?What ecstasy (the drug and the feeling) says about manufactured joyThe difference between pleasure, contentment, happiness, and JOYBlack Southern church traditions as containers for joyThe power of presence, noticing, and choosing joy in dark timesWhy resisting despair is a revolutionary act of self-loveConcerts, croissants, and the art of letting yourself become joyResources mentioned:“Beloved” by Toni Morrison“White Teeth” by Zadie SmithRisk It For a Biscuit™ (yes, we’re putting that on a T-shirt)🚨 Sign up for Becky's newsletter, Feminist Rants Are My Superpower🎤 PROUD MEMBER OF THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE 🎤
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