When the Body Complains - Jane Rule's Taking My Life and Sara Ahmed's Complaint!

Season 2, Ep. 15

In this episode, addressing Jane Rule's Taking My Life (Talon Books), Linda discusses why bodies "complain" and what it means when they do. In the Takeaway section, she reviews Sara Ahmed's new book, Complaint (Duke University Press). In Complaint!, Ahmed examines institutional harassment and bullying, and how to read complaints that are lodged against such institutions. In the entirety of the episode, Linda is discussing how we respond to different forms of "grooming" (Ahmed) or bodily coercion - and why indeed the body complains.

If you want to know more generally about Jane Rule, please visit the Queer Legends podcast, in which Shawn Dearn interviews Linda Morra about her life and work.

Host & Writer: Linda Morra, Co-producers: Linda Morra & Marco Timpano, Music: Raphael Krux