ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Bree (they/them) is a 20-something year old wanderer, wonderer and creator. They live in Hottie, their renovated vintage RV with their two giant dogs, and fill their time with hiking, photography, writing & imagining a world without white supremacy.
Find the full episode transcript here: Episode 2 Transcript
SOCIALS
Featured Guest: Bree @doesthiscountasvanlife
Host: Noami @irietoaurora
Co-host: Anaïs @anaismoniq
Podcast @nomadsattheintersections
Community @diversify.vanlife
QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE
JOURNALING PROMPTS — EXPAND THE CONVERSATION
- How do you react when your beliefs and ideas are challenged?
- People from the LGBTQIA2S+ community are often required to Out themselves in society; even if it endangers them. In a world so obsessed with labels, describe yourself without yours.
- What changes can you make in your daily life to avoid being unintentionally exclusive?
- Has being nomadic made you more or less empathetic of other people’s experiences?
Join us each month for a live journaling sesh with our NATI Hosts on Instagram Live. Follow our Instagram @nomadsattheintersectionspod for announcements.
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🎵 S1E2 NATI 📻 — Bree🎵
POINTS OF INTEREST
Podcast— How Billionaires Made Off Like Bandits Amid Global Pandemic, Recession
https://open.spotify.com/episode/170B0XqlRlbvAYI69UNjdM?si=FMwrGUJ5QmK54hllo2Ah4w
IGTV— A Love Letter to Trans People
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CIOd_Fkne16/?igshid=hjokcd2map3o
Podcast— Bianca Devins & Trauma Porn Culture
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3wN8EP514HvbVpUB97Uoq2?si=4j2ymUnjSO-O7p4rENI4WQ
Blog article— I Cant Breathe
https://lifewithbree.co/i-cant-breathe/
YouTube— Hottie, the (not) Van Tour
MENTIONED IN PASSING
How Bree’s RV Got the Name “Hottie”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/60BvZtuZ5otu8OhoMvXong?si=LDZ_jdRjQnaYCsuSbOXCkg
“We see a lot of queer-phobia and it gets violent!”
Vox article— Black Trans Women Beat Up by Dozens of Men
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/identities/2020/6/3/21279407/video-black-trans-woman-iyanna-dior-beaten
“Requiring people to Out themselves.”
ACLU— Outing Youth
https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbt-rights/lgbt-youth/outing
“Mis-gendering sucks a lot!”
Instagram— International Pronouns Day
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGoAjNLhvPh/?igshid=145jp0o1ft9s5
BREE’S BOOKSHELF
“Black Power— The Politics of Liberation in America”
by Kwame Ture & Charles V. Hamilton
https://mygaryislike.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/black-power-kwame-ture-and-charles-hamilton.pdf
“Are Prisons Obsolete?”
by Angela Y. Davis
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/angela-y-davis-are-prisons-obsolete.pdf