From an Interview with Krista Tippett

“That Sure is Racist”: Classroom Race Talk as Resistance

“…Native peoples seen as now “rare,” as “not really there,” and “not common,” is an understanding that comes from how society and institutions choose to discuss Native people. Poet Long Soldier (Tippett, 2018) contends that concerning anything to do with Native peoples, there is a tendency to jump back 100 or 200 years. “I think, so often, that’s really a temptation to do when it comes to anything that has to do with Native issues, Native rights, or history.” It is what she calls a “sort of nostalgic portraiture of a Native life.”…”

Community psychoanalysis and the generative landscape of our times

“…-Krista Tippett (Marchese, 2022, p. 12) We're in a time of new suns. -Adrienne Maree Brown (Tippett, 2022a) In a recent interview (Marchese, 2022), journalist, author and broadcaster Krista Tippett responded to a question about the meaning of "generative possibilities" and "the generative landscape of our time" in the following way:…”

“…In the spirit of Krista Tippett's (2022) determined counter-force to expressions of hopelessness in our dysfunctional landscape, the co-authors of this paper are fortunate to be a part of a movement of Bay Area psychoanalytic clinicians for whom these catastrophic times are also filled with new, generative possibilities. Among those is the resurgence of interest in and development of Community Psychoanalysis.…”

Adolescents with Vulvar Ulcers: COVID-19 disease, COVID-19 Vaccines, and the Value of Case Reports

“…Most scientific insights stem from an initial observation. We know from neuroscience that our brains are “difference seeking machines” 2 , so when a case is unusual, it sticks out. Long before we conduct a formal study of a disease, we need a front-line provider to notice, pay attention, and write it down.…”