Dec 19, 2018
Kiese Laymon’s Heavy: An American Memoir has been hailed as “a tapestry of heart and heartache” (Boston Globe), “raw, cathartic” (O Magazine), “staggering” (Elle.com), “stunningly honest” (The Atlantic) and “a refined, warm, generously poetic library work.” (Entertainment Weekly). Written as an...
Nov 10, 2018
You are born in the south, raised moving from small town to small town because your father is a minister in the church, you’re gay and you know it but you can’t come out, and all you hear from your family is how homosexuality is a sin, an abomination. You’re stuck, at least it feels that way. So you get married,...
Oct 8, 2018
We all know that child abuse is shitty, and we all know that it exists. If awareness is part of the answer, then why does it continue to be a local and national epidemic? How do we care for the abused, and YES, the ABUSER so that the cycle can be broken? As one interviewee observes, it must be spoken about. In this...
Sep 14, 2018
Let’s face it- we’re all recovering from something. Do you hide away in the kitchen feeding that chocolate addiction, do you need to get high to make love, is there something that you are compelled to do that keeps you away from being free? There are all sorts of addictions and every day we are recovering from one...
Jul 30, 2018
In this episode of SHAMEBOOTH Podcast we follow one artist’s
journey out of shame and silence into unrepentant, uncompromising,
balls-to-the-wall self-honesty.
Her generational anthem “Quiet” went viral at the Women’s March
January 27, 2017 receiving 14 million views in 48 hours. A survivor
of abuse, anorexia,...