Episode 92: A Review of Kindred by Octavia Butler: Autonomy is everything!!

⚠️Spoiler Alert, this episode is filled with them!! Your F.A.B. Friends are talking all things "Kindred" written by Octavia Butler. "This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes the challenge she’s been given." -Good Reads WHEWWW, told you , lots to unpack... so get ready! Listen in on their honest conversation spanning from interracial relationships to Trigger Warning: Most of our episodes contain spoilers, adult content & language. Please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded. We are not professionals, or educators...just friends having candid conversations. We are spealking about Whiteness as social construct. **Dedication: To our patrons always, thank you!! Let us know if you guys want to do a monthly live with us!! Moni: To the podcast and being pushed out of her comfort zone. Kat: To Harriett Jacobs aka Linda Brent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IncidentsintheLifeofaSlave_Girl ** About the Book *:Paperback, 287 pages Published January 1st 2003 by Beacon Press (first published 1979) Original Title Kindred From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Nebula, and Hugo award winner, her visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now. https://www.amazon.com/Kindred-Octavia-Butler/dp/0807083690 https://www.octaviabutler.com/kindred Characters: Edana Franklin, Tom Weylin, Kevin Franklin, Rufus Weylin, Alice Greenwood *Genres: *Novel, Science fiction, Graphic novel, Comics *About the Author:Kindred by Octavia Butler; https://www.octaviabutler.com/theauthor Interesting facts about Kindred from the author:https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/kindred-octavia-butler-book-facts Show Notes: Some themes in the episode: Slaves, slave mentality, oppression, sci-fi, time travel, interracial dating, Holocaust, reading, Black erasure, Bible stories, autonomy, rest is reparations, self love, women, murder, violence mysogyny, sexual abuse, entitlement Hagar in the Bible: *https://biblekeyword.com/the-story-of-hagar-and-ishmael-conflict-with-sarah-in-genesis-16/ *Pottifer's wife in the Bible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potiphar%27s_wife Carter G. Woodson the father of Black History Month: https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/carter-g-woodson Book Moni's son is Reading in 5th grade:_ The Witch of Black Bird Pond_ Elizabeth George Speare ** **Book Moni mentioned but has not read "**Why Black Americans are lazy: Left brain logic paralysis theory"** Unknown Binding – January 1, 1996 by Faheem Akunta (Author) The title is misleading lol Amazon Review: "Great book! Read it many years ago and would like another copy. I think this book explains the reason inner city children perform poorly on standardized tests and other things. This book really addresses the deficiency in our education system and the value of proper education. People need to be exposed to certain experiences in order to unlock reasoning ability and problem solving verses becoming addicted to emotion and drama without THINKING." Interracial marriage legal in US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage Arab Population in the states **according to wikipedia: "The Detroit metropolitan area is home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans (403,445), followed by the New York City Combined Statistical Area (371,233), Los Angeles (308,295), San Francisco Bay Area (250,000), Chicago (176,208), and the Washington D.C area (168,208)." as of 2019.**Arab Americans - Wikipedia *Stranger than Fiction: *None this week💜*Email us at thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content, weigh in on upcoming topics, and help us start a monthly live wine down for our F.A.B. FAM! Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!