Fighting Words with George M. Johnson

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"Number One Most Challenged Author" (w/ Maia Kobabe)

George is joined this week by writer and cartoonist Maia Kobabe, whose illustrated memoir Gender Queer was the most challenged book of 2021, 2022 and 2023. Maia talks about what it's like to have your labor of love attacked and misconstrued, other writers who inspired the book, and why e're so excited for the next generation of Queer storytellers to come of age. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  ICYMI: "Music is the Weapon of the Future" (w/ Jason King)

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  “Queer Superpower” (w/ Ian L. Haddock) 

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  ICYMI: "Just Getting Started" (w/ Angelica Ross)

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  "Creating Music That Feels Good" (w/ Julian King)

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  "There is Always Pop Culture" (w/ Shar Jossell) 

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  "Is Writing Activism?" (w/ Leah Johnson)

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  ICYMI: "Choosing to Remember" (w/ Sapphire)

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  "Make Something Shake” (w/ Sean Coleman)

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  “Without a Vision, People Perish” (w/ Bishop Joseph W. Tolton)

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  "Art Should Agitate"  (w/ Charlene A. Carruthers) 

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  "Focus on Living" (w/ Greg Mathis Jr.)

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  "Toni Morrison, Editor" (w/ Dana A. Williams) 

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  "Revealing Times" (w/ Yvie Oddly and Ryan Mitchell)

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  "Stop Giving Your Power Away" (w/ Nathan Hale Williams)

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  ICYMI: "The Freedom Was the Star" (w/ Bob the Drag Queen)

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  "What White Supremacy Does to Your Mental Health" (w/ Shahem Mclaurin)