Hello Sunshine! Welcome to another episode of Reimagining with Ayandastood. Today, we are joined by the one and only Mia Mingus. In this episode, we explore Beauty, Desirability, Ugliness and Magnificence. Full transcripts to all episodes are available here.
Mia Mingus is a writer, educator and trainer for transformative justice and disability justice. She is a queer, physically disabled, Korean-American transnational adoptee raised in the Caribbean. She works for community, interdependence and home for all of us, not just some of us, and longs for a world where disabled children can live free of violence, with dignity and love. As her work for liberation evolves and deepens, her roots remain firmly planted in ending sexual violence. Find Mia at @MiaMingus on Twitter and suppert her on Venmo @Mia-Mingus if you can!
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Highlights:
(03:22) Intro to Mia Mingus
(07:42) What brings Mia joy
(11:28) What does it mean to Move Towards Ugliness?
(16:07) Experiences that led Mia into this work
(27:15) What does it mean to embrace each other’s Magnificence?
(33:19) How desirability has been used to commit violence
(46:36) How the need to feel beautiful is rooted in harm
(1:06:25) How can we find ways to Move Toward Ugliness?
(1:13:13) What is the antidote to shame?
(1:18:49) Why is the burden of Beauty so high?
Links:
Mia Mingus:
Venmo: @Mia-Mingus
Writing: About | Leaving Evidence
Twitter: @miamingus
IG: @mia.mingus
Reading: “Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability” by Mia Mingus
Mentions:
Sip & Politic is an incredible podcast by my mutuals Joy Malonza & Carla Marie Davis. Find it on Apple here and Spotify here
Support my amazing mutual Ismatu on Substack here and on TikTok @ismatu.gwendolyn
Audre Lorde Essay: The Transformation of Language into Silence and Action
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Ant-fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun L. Harrison is a fantastic book and resource! Follow them on Twitter here @DaShaunLH
Ayanda:
Substack: ayandastood.substack.com
Tiktok: @ayandastood
Podcast Instagram: @reimaginingwithayandastood
My Instagram: @ayandastood
Moving toward Ugliness Ft. Mia Mingus