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Emma Dabiri

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Disobedient Bodies x Penguin for Black History Month

Hi everyone, 

Disobedient Bodies book club have partnered with Penguin for Black History Month. I'll be announcing it over on IG over the weekend but wanted to let you know first. I'm ru...

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What have braiding, praise poems, Tupac, Debarge, Victoria Beckham and Lady Gaga got in common? (answers on a postcard please)

 Up next are some deep cuts from an early draft of Don't Touch My Hair. I was waaaay over the word count and had to get brutal but I'm really fascinated by these ideas and will deffo revisit a...

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We Will Dance With Mountains. Let Us Make Sanctuary

Hi everybody,


I am have just enrolled on this course - which I think looks absolutely awesome. I'm incredibly excited about it and wanted to share with you, in case it was of inter...

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Awoke(cast) - Podcast about the intersection between activism, politics and spirituality

Peeps here's the podcast episode.  It was recorded 4 years ago but I never broadcast it and fucking hell, it feels more relevant and necessary  today then it did then ! So this is its big...

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Podcast

Way back when, in the world of 2016 I started an NTS podcast about the intersection between spirituality and activism. I came increasingly to believe the latter really needed to be animated by the ...

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Disobedient Bodies Book Club Zoom link

Hey folks

Really looking forward to our next book club meeting tomorrow Thursday August 27th 9pm. We will be discussing Don't Touch My Hair //  Twisted (if you're in the US). Ill be in c...

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Hey all, 

How you all been? It's been a busy week for me as I've been working on a new project,  one close to my heart, which I can tell you all about next week. 

My sche...

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Twitter

Good evening friends, 

I hope you are well during this strange sweltering summer! For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed - I'm not there ! I have something impor...

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disobedient bodies bookclub

Evenin crew !

Come on now don't be shy - let me know if any of you want to be in conversation with me for our next disobedient bodies book club.  Doesn't matter if you've never done anyt...

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Disobedient Music vol. 1

A likkle soundwave to sooth ye through the night, or indeed the day.

music is a conduit for so many forms of power, and one of the most potent instruments for both revolution and joy

mi...

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Don't Touch My Hair // Twisted

Hola 

How are you all? Well I hope. 

Our third disobedient bodies text is going to be Don't Touch My Hair. It hadn't occurred to me to do my own book but I had quite a few req...

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Update

Hi Patrons, 

I received some very sad news last week that my father had passed away. 

I just wanted to let you know whats been going on and to explain that I'll be taking a li...

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The 'White Club' The Problem with 'White Guilt' by Julian Obubo

New post over at Disobedient Bodies https://disobedientbodie...

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Facilitators for next book club sessions

Hola, 

I hope you're all well. I wanted to ask if any of you were interested in facilitating some of the zoom break out sessions for tonight's discussion of Trick Mirror, which you will ...

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Where Does Whiteness Come From ?

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Race is just a social construct... but what does that mean ?

Hola, 


Over the last week I've been made some resources p about the invention and construction of race which I've postd IG  and I wanted to make that information availabl...

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New writing up on www.disobedientbodies.com

Given the nature of this piece and the context, it would be obscene to have it behind a paywall so please check out first disobedient bodies essay over at  2020-06-06 16:44:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Update in light of recent events

Hola denizens of the disobedient. 

Just wanted to update you as work that I was planning to post for you all has been put on hold for a week or so, as I respond to the global protests sp...

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Trick Mirror Reflections on Self Delusion

Greetings gang, 

Can't wait for our second session! The next Disobedient Bodies Reading Group will be discussing Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self Delusion on Wednesday J...

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Disobedient Bodies Virtual Book Club

I'm delighted that for our first session of disobedient bodies book club we will be joined by Kiley Reid the author of  “Such A Fun Age” - a zinger that I flew through in a couple of days....

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