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As She Rises brings together local poets and activists from throughout North America to depict the effects of climate change on their home and their people. Each episode carries the listener to a new place through a collection of voices, local recordings and soundscapes. Stories span from the Louisiana Bayou, to the tundras of Alaska to the drying bed of the Colorado River. Centering the voices of native women and women of color, As She Rises personalizes the elusive magnitude of climate cha ...
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Greta Thunberg is a burr in the ass of the powerful throughout the world—and not only for rightwing sociopaths. Increasingly, as she grows up, learns more, and networks with other activists around the world, she’s become a scourge for liberals as well.
Many of them would prefer she remain a child, providing a theatre of emotional catharsis for a climate crisis industry more interested in raising money from green economy donors than forcing change.
Now, as Thunberg broadens her target to capitalism and colonialism writ large, it’s more and more clear that she’s confronting what autistic philosopher Robert Chapman calls “the empire of normality”, from her lived experience of autism, about which so many of the conspiracy theories we cover here swirl.
CORRECTION: Robert Chapman's pronouns are they/them.
Chapter One:
Seizure of the Madleen
Why do Fascists Hate Greta
Why are Liberals Backing Away from Greta?
Neurodiversity and activism
Chapter two (Monday on Patreon):
Masking, Burnout, Contemplation
Hamster Wheel of Capitalism
Parenting in Humility
Show Notes
Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Aid Ship With Greta Thunberg Aboard - The New York Times
Greta Thunberg “kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces” - YouTube
Greta Thunberg Frog Hat - Shibtee Clothing
Posts distort 2018 Greta Thunberg tweet on climate danger | AP News
Lindsey Graham Fantasizes About Sinking Gaza Aid Ship Carrying Greta Thunberg | Truthout
Thunberg gets backlash for pro-Palestinian post – DW – 10/21/2023
Fact Check: Altered image of Greta Thunberg holding antisemitic book | Reuters
Right-Wing Attacks Greta Thunberg
The cult of Greta Thunberg - spiked
The dangers of depicting Greta Thunberg as a prophet
Margaret Atwood says Greta Thunberg is the ‘Joan of Arc’ of environmentalism | The Independent
Greta Thunberg speech at climate protest Glasgow, November 5
We are all living in Greta's world now
The Greta Effect: a timeline of Thunberg's activism leading to her being on the Madleen
Fridays for Future – How Greta started a global movement
Greta Thunberg: From a Darling of Liberal Media to Public Enemy No. 1 - Left Voice
Why the Media Stopped Covering Greta Thunberg
Jason Hickel: Why a Liberated Palestine Threatens Global Capitalism
The Climate Movement Breaks Through | The Nation
Greta Thunberg Was Targeted for an Octopus. Then Israel Chimed In
School strike for climate - save the world by changing the rules | Greta Thunberg | TEDxStockholm
Understanding Masking: A Neurodiversity-Affirming Perspective - Autism Society of NC
Mask of Your Own Face – Experiences with Masking as an Autistic Adult - Autism Spectrum News
“Masking Is Life”: Experiences of Masking in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults - PMC
What Is Autistic Burnout? | Psychology Today Canada
Greta Thunberg on X: "yes, please do enlighten me. email me at [email protected]" / X
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