Ep. 19 - Happy Father's Day ft. Larone Ellison

GUEST
Larone Ellison is a scholar, researcher, and father with a
background in women’s and gender studies. He is a recent graduate
of DePaul University’s sociology masters program where he
researched cyber-harassment of Black women.


OVERALL
Larone discusses his experiences co-parenting and raising his
daughter while in graduate school and beyond with (childless)
BrownTown. He leads the conversation on the involved, hands-on
role of fathers versus strictly the financial provider, as is
often recognized and championed in heteropatriachy. We unravel
this problematic model of fatherhood and explain the
ramifications of how toxic masculinity and white supremacy
scaffold a mythical standard version of fatherhood and family.
The group touches on their personal experiences with their
parents and fathers as men of color, relating back to infamous
Chris Rock bits as well as unnecessary praise given to male
mediocrity.


Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there! BrownTown loves
and appreciates you for all that you do. And you gender
non-conforming parents, too!


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As Larone mentions in the episode: Watch, interact, and get more
information on Zarniah's series Sex is a God Thing: When two
queer women of color connect as long lost sisters, they must
lament the recent loss of their father, repair their broken
relationships, and reconcile their childhood religiosity as they
begin to own their identities as Black lesbians.


Find Larone on Twitter and check out his new venture, Elevated
Podcast, on Apple Podcasts or your chosen platform.


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CREDITS: Intro music by Fiendsh. Outro song
Papa was a Rolling Stone by The Temptations with soundbite
from Chris Rock. Audio engineered by Genta Tamashiro. Episode art
and Bourbon 'n BrownTown logo by Desirae Gladden.


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