Thread the Needle

05/11/2024

📣 New episode of Thread the Needle for election day! 📣 A Better Way to Disagree
I’ve always found it difficult to interact with people I disagree with—especially during election season. I had the pleasure of interviewing Professor Loretta Ross about how she’s learned to hold people accountable while maintaining empathy and compassion. I hope you find her as inspiring as I did! (Link in bio)
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03/05/2024

Look who I ran into today at The Newsletter Conference in NYC! My sisters and I have been listening to Happier Podcast for years and I loved getting to chat with her about all things newsletter growth and podcasting 🤩

13/02/2024

I’m hosting a free online workshop on lessons in podcasting this Saturday morning from 10-12 p.m. CST as part of SOUL BONE Literary Festival. I’ll share how I started a non-fiction storytelling podcast as a way to explore my passion for feminism and the big lessons I’ve learned so far. If you love podcasts and/or are considering starting your own show, I hope you’ll join me! You can register for free with the Eventbrite link in bio :)

08/02/2024

Thread the Needle is back for Season 2, opening with an episode on Women & Divorce.

Going through a divorce is a decidedly sucky process. While still taboo, the dreaded D word is extremely common— in the U.S., about 1 million women file for divorce every year.

Interestingly, women have consistently initiated the majority of divorces in hetero unions throughout US history. But the reasons women jump ship have changed. In this episode, we’ll explore how many women describe abandoning themselves within their marriages and how divorce becomes an act of self-empowerment. (Link in bio!)
What’s your divorce/breakup story? Comment in the chat and tag/share with anyone who needs to hear this 🙏 🫶✨💛
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28/05/2021

We've all fallen into the trap of measuring our lives by what we think we "should" have achieved by our age. This article offers a refreshing take:

"Nothing I truly want can be measured or logged as behind or ahead. . . We know the markers of adulthood, and timelines when those markers unfold—moving out, getting married, finishing school, financial security, having children—are changing. But we don’t allow people to change along with them."
https://catapult.co/stories/the-obsession-with-getting-ahead-in-your-twenties-is-failing-young-people-rainesford-stauffer

Why do we need measuring sticks like college and marriage and leaving home to track our worth?

16/04/2021

Joined the club! 💉

07/01/2021

White men are empowered to behave in this way, experts say

07/01/2021

94SharesBeneath a veneer of “niceness,” the Midwest is among the very worst places to live in the United States if you’re a person of color. That’s what historian and University of Iowa history professor Colin Gordon discovered while completing a report for the Iowa Policy Project titled “...

17/12/2020

Literary artist beautifully describes her determination to live on her own terms. Hear more from Tameka on living in Iowa as a woman of color in the season one finale of Thread the Needle (link in bio).

14/12/2020

In this extended interview with historian Colin Gordon of the Iowa Policy Project, learn the history of racist policies and practices in flyover country and what we can do about it today. (Link in bio to episode 7.)

08/12/2020

Thanks for the feature from my alma mater, University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication! 🙏

07/12/2020

“Iowa’s racism is right in your face.” Chef Cashus shares a first-hand account of the racism he faces as a Black restaurant owner in rural Iowa. Listen to episode 7 for the full story (link in bio)
Cashus Italian Cuisine