Ghost of a Podcast: Astrology & Advice with Jessica Lanyadoo

504: Horoscope + Mutual Aid with Dean Spade

Feb 16, 2025

This week’s guest is Dean Spade, an activist and author known for his impactful work on mutual aid and trans rights. They dive into the transformative power of communal support versus traditional charity, emphasizing how mutual aid fosters shared responsibility. Dean discusses personal finance aligning with values and how anger can drive social change. Listeners are encouraged to engage in local mutual aid initiatives, highlighting the need for empathy and emotional intelligence in building resilient communities amidst today’s challenges.

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Dean Spade

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Quick takeaways

Mutual aid emphasizes community support and responsibility, distinguishing it from charity by rejecting judgmental frameworks for assistance.

The podcast highlights historical examples, like the Montgomery bus boycott, showcasing how mutual aid fosters resilience and grassroots collaboration.

Effective mutual aid involves building relationships and trust, emphasizing emotional intelligence in conflict resolution to enhance group effectiveness.

Deep dives

Introduction to Mutual Aid

Mutual aid is defined as the collective support communities provide to one another during crises, emphasizing a shared responsibility to address systemic issues rather than individual failings. This is distinct from charity, which often involves a judgmental framework that categorizes recipients into 'deserving' and 'undeserving' groups. The podcast highlights historical examples, such as the Montgomery bus boycott, where mutual aid efforts facilitated community resilience and organization. Such coordinated efforts are foundational to effective resistance movements, demonstrating the power of grassroots collaboration in addressing immediate needs.

Intro

2min

Astrology and Community: Navigating Change

13min

Navigating Humanity Amidst Belief and Fear

3min

Exploring Anger as a Force for Change and Financial Wellness

3min

Understanding Mutual Aid vs Charity

4min

The Power of Mutual Aid

6min

Building Community Through Mutual Aid

32min

This week's horoscope is short and sweet, so stay tuned for an extra special segment with Jessica in conversation with Dean Spade (https://linktr.ee/deanspade) about mutual aid and we can come together, for each other.

🤝 Read: https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/vicky-osterweil-in-defense-of-looting_-a-riotous-history-of-uncivil-action-bold-type-books-2020.pdf --ESP recommend Chapter 5 right now + Free workshop series about building mutual aid groups, decision making and conflict, and more: https://www.deanspade.net/2021/12/20/workshop-series-building-capacity-for-mutual-aid-groups/ + Mutual Aid book free online: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/dean-spade-mutual-aid + Downloadable 57 minute free sample of Love in a F*cked Up World: https://m.soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio/love-in-a-fcked-up-world-by-dean-spade + Migrant Justice Groups that may help people find local groups in their area doing rapid response: Detention Watch Network, and Mijente

🌉Join Jessica in SF or from anywhere in the world here: https://www.ciis.edu/events/navigating-through-astrology-these-times-in-person

🔮 Learn with Jessica, get her astrology book, and your free weekly horoscope at https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/

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🧘‍♂️ Get my new audiobook, Meditations for Your Sign, here: https://tiny.cc/0sywzz 🎉

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✨ Get Facing 2025 Together: Astrology for Community Care and Resistance here: https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/shop/facing-2025-together-astrology-for-community-care-and-resistance and support Dahnoun Mutual Aid here: https://chuffed.org/project/115245-dahnoun-mutual-aid

☎️ Reach out your members of Congress and make your voice heard with https://5calls.org/

🔔 LA fires master mutual aid directory: bit.ly/la-disaster-support ✨ To put funds to incarcerated folks on frontlines of fires: Bit.ly/fund-jpay ✨ Domestic Workers Relief Fund: bit.ly/workersLA ✨ Support Filipino community impacted by LA Fires: tinyurl.com/bdrforla ✨ Disability-led disaster support: disasterstrategies.org or 800-626-4959 ✨ GoFundMe displaced Latine folks: bit.ly/placeAD ✨ Day laborers, migrant workers + immigrants : bitly/laborLOVE ✨ GoFundMe campaigns for displaced Black folks from LA fires in Altedena bit.ly/rebuildAD ✨ Support for deaf and disabled folks impacted by the LA fires through @offthegridmissions To request help: bit.ly/otg-request To donate: bit.ly/otg-donate

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