GFADAF EP 17 - Learning To Die Daily; Tap Dance and Bipolar Disorder

Sometimes people say the most reprehensible things, but is what they say really what they mean? When it comes to conversations in text, it can be very difficult to ascertain a person's true intention. There could be a lot going on in their life, including mental illness like bipolar disorder. On tap dance social media groups, there is the occasional controversy sparked by individuals spouting racist, misogynist and violent rhetoric, often for no reason, seemingly only to upset people. These words may be masking a deeper issue, and in this episode of Gasps, host Tristan Bruns attempts to shine some light on why some tap dancers say terrible things online and what we can do about it.

Chapters:

00:00-00:49 Intro and Theme Song 17

00:50-03:56 Paideia and Learning How To Die

03:47-06:30 What are the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder?

06:31-11:45 The Problem with Discerning Intent on Social Media

11:46-15:52 The Story of A.

15:53-20:18 Did I Learn My Lesson?/The Story of D.

20:19-26:23 The Question Everybody Everybody Asks Next

26:24-30:47 A Real Life Example

30:48-33:59 What Can We Do?/Conclusion

34:00-40:00 The Tap Dance Podcast Roundup (YeeHaw!)

Special thanks to Khallid Hill, Bril Barrett, Mrs. A., my wife who is a certified counselor and Dance Movement Therapist, my own therapist, Rodney Walker, and D., and the Gasps Patreon supporters, Junior Laniyan, Lori Williams, Brian Zimmer (whose name I got wrong in the podcast, my apologies!) and Gasps #1 fan, John Nasko.

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GFADAF EP16 - The Origin(s) of Whiteness / Books From A Dying Art Form: David Roediger and the “Wages of Whiteness”

Sure, we're all aware of the various harmful stereotypes placed upon non-white people, but what about white stereotypes? Where do they come from and how have they been instrumental in forming "white culture"? "Wages of Whiteness" by David Roediger is a monumental text that shows how, through language, labor competition and blackface minstrelsy (where much of the style of tap dance was developed) white folk created distinctions that separated themselves from non-white people in order to gain a financial and psychological advantage—the repercussions of which we still experience today! If you study the histories of U.S. labor, the formation of racial stereotypes and blackface, this book is referenced all the time. Get in on the ground floor of contemporary scholarship through this introduction to "Wages of Whiteness."

Photo Info: American political cartoon by Thomas Nast titled "The Usual Irish Way of Doing Things", depicting a drunken Irishman sitting on a barrel of gunpowder while lighting a powder keg and swinging a bottle in the air. Published September 2, 1871 in Harper's Weekly (Wikipedia)

Time Codes:

00:00-00:51 Theme Song 16

00:52-13:44 A Brief(ish) Preface

13:45-14:47 Biography of David Roediger

14:48-23:00 The Language of White Supremacy

23:01-35:32 Blackface and the formation of white stereotypes

35:33-39:22 A Marxist Interpretation of Blackface

39:23-51:33 How the Irish Became White

51:34-54:28 Race/Labor Relations After the Civil War

54:29-56:49 Dance as a Unifying Element

56:50-57:33 A Plea to my Fellow Paper-Imitators

57:34-1:02:00 Epilogue: Is This Episodes Anti-White?

1:02:00-1:09:10 The Tap Dance Podcast Roundup

No need to stick around. Nothing else to see here!

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GFADAF EP 15 - Belated 4th of July Spectacular!

According to many, the United States' greatest strength is that we are a proud nation of immigrants. So why do so many people demonize immigrants? Every patriot is no doubt familiar with the famous lines "Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" but don't seem to understand it. In this episode, host Tristan Bruns breaks down the monumental poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus—the same poem inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty—which spells out what ostensibly separates the U.S.A. from Europe and why we should be making life easier for immigrants, not harder. If you're a true patriot, then give this episode of Gasps a listen...and then go read a book (of poetry)!

Chapters:

0:00-1:50 Theme 15

1:51-4:46 Reading of "The New Colossus" and why it matters to tap dancers

4:47-7:17 Biography of Emma Lazarus

7:18-9:43 Poem Breakdown: The Colossus of Rhodes

9:44-10:31 The Statue of Liberty Speaks!

10:32-11:45 The Famous Line

11:46-20:24 "The Wretched Refuse" and Poverty/Crime Statistics

20:25-22:42 Solutions

22:43-27:18 Tap Dance Patriots

27:19-33:45 The Tap Dance Podcast Roundup

And that's it! Nothing else to hear here, so don't stick around.

A very special thank you to the Gasps' Patreon supporters Junior Laniyan and Lori Williams—Love you guys!

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