Fun Home Episode 2

Concluding their series on “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way” by Jesse Thistle, the women discuss fan responses, cruises, Covid dreams, swag, the greed disease, language, and bare feet. Discussion Points: Nomination for the Podcast Awards Comments from fans Cruises - would you go on one now since the pandemic? Covid dreams and Covid test requirements Feedback from Jesse Thistle Inviting authors on the show Book Interrupted swag Apply to be a fan and choose a book for next season’s fan choice! Buying, consuming and the greed disease Trying to use language to describe a deeper meaning How many books do you read at the same time? Is life better in bare feet? Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website  Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey Lia’s artwork for From the Ashes Down the Rabbit Hole Indigenous Resilience: Healing Trauma Through Tradition and Resistance The Wisdom of Trauma Buffy Sainte-Marie The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist University of Alberta Indigenous Canada The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi  How to Change ...

Concluding their series on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown, the women and their fan Lindsay discuss fan responses, mermaids, librarians, secret languages, the rat race, being famous, swag and a whole lot of laughing. Discussion Points: Fan response to our blog answers Mermaids What’s worth getting out of bed for? The rat race - do we really want to be in it? How do we find balance between work and the rest of our lives? What’s the relationship to those living near the poverty line? The impact of social media on our feelings of missing out Glamorizing over-working salary employees  Making a supportive work environment  Librarians and libraries  Our Book Interrupted swag Would you want to be famous? Secret codes and languages made up as children Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website  Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog Rascally Raccoon Meets Playful Dog - Meredith’s claymation White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo The Book Interrupted Swag Shop All Welcome Here Rural BIPOC Association ...

The Book Interrupted women begin their first conversation on their Series 7 book choice: “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way” by Jesse Thistle. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “From the Ashes”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of reconciliation, appropriation, the Indigenous experience, community and interconnectedness, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of Jesse Thistle Discussion Points: Reconciliation and being an ally How books can come to you at the right time Spirit animals and appropriation  Community and interconnection Responsibility and Rights Individualistic versus collective We’re all interconnected and related  Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website  Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo IndigenEYEZ The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz Untamed by Glennon Doyle ...