EPISODE · Mar 31, 2022 · 1H 2M
Queering the American Dream with Angela Yarber
from Home to Her
You can learn more about Angela and buy her book Queering the American Dream at www.tehomcenter.org. 100% of all book sales are donated to the nonprofit Tehom Center. Instagram: @tehomcenter Facebook: @angelayarber; @tehomcenter Twitter: @tehomcenter Here are a few more resources related to today’s discussion: You can learn more about queer, Black human rights activist Pauli Murray at https://www.paulimurraycenter.com/. bell hooks quote shared by Angela when discussing what it means to “queer” the American Dream: “Queer not as being about who you’re having sex with (that can be a dimension of it); but queer as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live.” Wendell Berry’s poem, “The Peace of Wild Things”: https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/peace-wild-things-0/ For more Sacred Feminine goodness and to stay up to date on all episodes, please follow me on Instagram: @hometoher. To dive into conversation about the Sacred Feminine, join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hometoher To go deeper in your Sacred Feminine explorations, check out the course offerings via Home to Her Academy: www.hometoheracademy.com And to read about the Sacred Feminine, check out my award-winning book Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine (Womancraft Publishing), available wherever you buy your books!. If you've read it, your reviews on Goodreads and Amazon are greatly appreciated! Mentioned in this episode: 1:1 Coaching Available This show has ended, but I'm still available for 1:1 coaching. You can learn more and book a discovery call at www.hometoher.com.
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The American Dream, which suggests that anyone can achieve success in this country, is a concept desperately in need of radical revision: It blatantly ignores the realities of Indigenous genocide, institutionalized racism, sexism, ableism, and heteronormativity; assumes that “success” within a capitalist framework is the ultimate goal; that hard work in favor of material gains should take precedence over everything, including our relationships and our well-being; and that human dominance over all living species, on the way to this success, is natural and even favorable. None of this is a dream that I wish for myself or for my loved ones! But what dreams do we want to cultivate instead? What American dreams guide us toward healing – ourselves and the earth; towards restorative justice; towards radical inclusion that really does make life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness available to everyone? On the latest episode of the Home to Her podcast, Rev. Dr. Angela Yarber offers us a beautiful revisioning of what a healthier, more inclusive American Dream looks like for her and her family. Angela is the Founder and Executive Director of the Tehom Center, a non-profit eco-retreat center that empowers marginalized women by teaching about revolutionary women through art, writing, retreats, and courses. She is also the author of the new book, Queering the American Dream, a memoir about her queer family’s 18-month trek across the country in their camper named Freya, while being guided by the wisdom of 16 revolutionary women from history and mythology. On today’s episode we discuss: • Angela’s evolving religious journey away from the Christian faith in which she is ordained; • What queering the American dream looks like for her and her family; • The lessons offered to her by the “subversive sister saints” who guided her journey; • Why it’s so important that followers of feminist spirituality be committed to liberation for all; • and how power saws can teach us valuable lessons about women’s empowerment work.
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