Parable of the Sower: Chapter 15

Lauren, Harry, and Zahra grieve, share, prepare to move. We go to Hanning Joss. We start to learn some of the ingredients of survival. Because Lauren intends to survive.

adrienne and Toshi dig into Chapter 15 of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. As always, with questions for you and your people to consider. 

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CW: transphobic language. In the episode, adrienne equates Lauren dressing as a man for safety on the road with being trans. It was brought to our attention that this language was transphobic. 

adrienne says, “I asked for guidance on this and learned that what I should have said was that ‘Lauren was transgressing gender or expressing gender expansively as an act of resistance and survival.’ We will add this warning and note. Thanks for helping me learn this. I’m sorry for the impact on you and anyone else harmed by this misstep.”

Thank you to Ryan li and waywardnegro on IG for helping us learn on this.