Herstorically Speaking
Herstorically Speaking

Herstorically Speaking

Alyssa Gray-Tyghter

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Your favourite middle school teacher brings her special brand of wit, sass, and shade to this pop culture podcast that seeks to uncover how the stories of our past shape the ways of our future.

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Recent Episodes

Say Goodbye to Your Safe Space
OCT 2, 2020
Say Goodbye to Your Safe Space
Alyssa talks about the origins of the "safe space" and the co-opting of safe space for the dominant culture.

References/Resources

What’s a ‘safe space’? A look at the phrase's 50-year history by Malcolm Harris

Invitation to Brave Space by Mickey Scottbey Jones can be accessed via Google. However, Facing History and Ourselves includes it in their bullying & ostracism resources, which may be helpful for the classroom.

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28 MIN
What Happened to Your Black Square?
AUG 24, 2020
What Happened to Your Black Square?

Alyssa talks influencer marketing and the weaponizing of white femininity from first contact, to the Indian Act, to the transatlantic slave trade, to the suffragette movement.

Trigger Warning: Talk of the Indian Act, Residential Schools, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade which includes instances of abuse (physical, emotional, psychological and sexual abuse) - Abuses are not explained in great detail however, it may be triggering for survivors and others.

References/Resources

Barrera, J. (2018, March 29). The horrors of St. Anne’s. CBC News. https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/st-anne-residential-school-opp-documents

Chan, D. (2018, May 15). Residential school survivors and their descendants share their stories.The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/residential-school-survivors-and-their-descendants-share-their-stories/article24717419/

Davis, Angela. Y. (1983). Women, race & class. Vintage Books. 

Howard Shaw, A. (2018). The Story of a Pioneer: Autobiography of Anna Howard Shaw. Madison & Adams Press. 

Khan Academy. (Accessed: April 6, 2020). Life for enslaved men and women. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/civil-war-era/sectional-tension-1850s/a/life-for-enslaved-men-and-women

Lewis, T. (2020, April 6). Transatlantic Slave Trade. https://www.britannica.com/topic/transatlantic-slave-trade

Little, B. (2019, March 12). The Massive, Overlooked Role of Female Slave Owners. History. https://www.history.com/news/white-women-slaveowners-they-were-her-property

Tsosie, R. (2010). Native Women and Leadership: An Ethics of Culture and Relationship. (pp. 29-42). Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture. UBC Press.



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38 MIN
Emancipate This!
AUG 1, 2020
Emancipate This!
Alyssa explores the history of Emancipation Day in Canada and the reality of Canadian history as we teach it now.

Note:
The definition of Femme is NOT someone who identifies as female (that language was incorrect)
A Femme (definition used from
Ericka Hart) "is someone who does NOT benefit from masculine privilege in a patriarchal world." (Hart 2020)

My definition excluded gender non-conforming folx, non-binary folx, and people assigned male. I apologize for mis-representing the original definition. Know better, do better!

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29 MIN