Juneteenth Love: Reclaiming the Sacred Intimacy from the Genetic Silence of Chains

21/06/2025 1h 16min
Juneteenth Love: Reclaiming the Sacred Intimacy from the Genetic Silence of Chains

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Episode Synopsis

What if intimacy itself—softness, surrender, safety—was once criminalized for Black bodies, and thus encoded as a threat within the nervous system? If love during slavery was punishable by separation, humiliation, or death, then how do we today, in the echo of those lashings, trust in vulnerability without flinching?