misogynoir is a sleep paralysis entity.
by ALYH ABOVE
dispatched Oct 6, 2024
Misogyny is a spirit we call “He”.
Day 10,700 explores misogynoir as a child of oppression and an entity which has its own will and stays alive through our conditioning and commitment to it.
This is in attempt to point out the importance of continually telling the complex stories we’ve survived, while contextualizing our experiences within the larger experience of oppression, and re-humanizing ourselves as we move towards liberation.
When “He” is spoken throughout the episode, it is meant to reference the spirit of misogyny itself, though it may also represent a person or archetype.
THREADS + THEMES
✷ the omnipresence of misogynoir
✷ the feigned elusiveness of oppression
✷ oppression as a force that separates us from ourselves
✷ that misogynoir has no one body, but moves through bodies. no matter what we look like, we are capable of channeling oppression.
EPISODE OUTLINE:
✴︎ 01 INTRO — THE VENT:
• I Gotta Find Peace of Mind — Lauryn Hill (Chopped by ALYH)
✴︎ 02 BUYING IN/THE LIE:
from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella:
• Impossible — Whitney Houston + Brandy
• Sweetest Sound — Brandy (Chopped by ALYH)
✴︎ 03 TRYING:
• Lil Lonely — Devin Morrison
• Division of Joy — J*Davey
(Mixed by ALYH)
✴︎ 04 JUST WRONG:
• Snippets from ‘Poem About My Rights’ — June Jordan
• Done — TeaMarr (Chopped by ALYH)
✴︎ 05 WHICH WAY IS I?:
• 20 Feet Tall — Erykah Badu
✴︎ 06 A LINE, BLURRED:
• Reminders — Mariah The Scientist
• Moments in Love — Art of Noise
• Jaguar Wright on “Monsters”
(Mixed/Chopped by ALYH)
✴︎ 07 A PAIN LOOP:
• My First Love — Avant + Keke Wyatt
• Don’t Wake Me Up — Lianne La Havas
• Like Some Dream — Sirens of Lesbos featuring JID
✴︎ 08 ASKING + INDIGNATION:
• Words by Nikki Giovanni
✴︎ 09 I FOUND MY NO:
• I’ll Come Too — James Blake (Chopped by ALYH)
✴︎ 10 GETTING ON (WITH IT [?])
• Formwela 4 — Esperanza Spalding (Chopped by ALYH)
• Nikki Giovanni + James Baldwin in Conversation on Ellis Haizlip’s “Soul!” Network
✴︎ 11 LOVE AS LAW
• Ne Me Quitte Pas — Nina Simone