The Poetry of ALOK [Books]

Jala is joined by Briar to discuss ALOK's activism for gender-nonconforming and trans bodies as well as work to combat what they call "the international crisis of loneliness." They also discuss ALOK's books of poetry, Femme in Public and Your Wound/My Garden.

Mentioned during this episode: Alicia Roth Weigel (she/they)

Links

• ALOK’s website
• Getting Curious with JVN: “How Grateful Are We to Live Beyond the Gender Binary?”
• The Man Enough Podcast: “The Urgent Need for Compassion”
• “Bible Belt” - performance of ALOK of their poem
• TEDx Talk: “We are nothing (and that is beautiful)”

Tiers are up on Ko-fi! Once we reach $1.5K we will release a new podcast called Put That Cookie Down Now, an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie show covering every Arnie movie chronologically. We REALLY wanna make this show but the extra work, materials etc means we need some help getting there. All subscriptions and one-shot donations apply toward the goal so if you want to hear this content, make it happen at ko-fi.com/fireheartmedia!

Support this show via Ko-fi! Just like Patreon, there are subscription tiers (with bonus content!) in addition to the ability to drop us a one-time donation. Every little bit helps us put out better quality content and keep the lights on, and gets a shout out in a future episode. Check out ko-fi.com/fireheartmedia for the details!

Don't forget to rate & review us on your podcasting platform of choice~

Jala Prendes - @jalachan
The Level
Ko-fi

Briar - @13briars
Briar's Grove