Ep 63. Surviving "Survivor's Guilt" ft. Julia Mallory

Around The Way Curls

Antoinette Lee & Shanti Mayers

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

This week Shanti is joined by poet and author Julia Mallory. Together, we talk about her journey with grief after losing her father unexpectedly at the age of 13 followed by the murder of her 17-year-old son in 2017. Join us as we navigate how despite being gripped by grief, Julia deliberately seeks joy and pleasure through her self care practices and writing.

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0:00.0	Hey, yeah. Yeah. I see a girl shanty and it's a bhoohoo.
0:14.0	Oh my God.
0:19.0	Missy girl shanty. And it's Ansonette and you are listening to
0:26.0	around the way curls we are two Philly bred best friends who strive to produce
0:31.4	content that is authentic,
0:33.3	unapologetic, and exulting of the magic
0:35.8	we see in ourselves and in you.
0:38.0	Join us as we oscillate between love and light
0:41.2	and money and dicks,
0:43.3	because duality is a thing.
0:46.1	For quiet black girls, the world is afraid
0:50.0	that your silence is summoning the riot within,
0:53.0	preparing to overthrow the tyranny that refuses to see you,
0:57.1	invisible until you won't see them,
0:59.7	won't bend and lift their comfort,
1:01.9	carrying it all up on your back.
1:04.0	Where do black women go when they go quiet?
1:06.6	A watercolor in her chest, a garden in her mouth,
1:10.4	resting her mind, building a fortress around her peace, in a world that won't show up in the same way, where reciprocity is privilege.
1:18.5	Go ahead, black girl, build a world in quiet. Listen to the God within. Go ahead black girl find your first
1:24.8	voice before the world ran interference on your thoughts. Go ahead black girl turn
1:30.0	your cape into a pillow. Go ahead, black girl.
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