Roxane Gay on “Stand Your Ground: A Black Feminist Reckoning with America’s Gun Problem”

I talk with one of my favorite cultural critics, Roxane Gay, about her long-form essay on Black gun ownership. We discuss how the gun industry frames women as victims in waiting and the importance of dismantling the trope of the “good man with a gun." We also delve into the societal cost of our resisting, rejecting, and resenting nuance and the importance of holding the tension of competing ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Roxane Gay on “Stand Your Ground: A Black Feminist Reckoning with America’s Gun Problem” is an episode from Unlocking Us with Brené Brown by Parcast.

This episode is 69:38 long.

This episode was published on Sep 25, 2024.

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