DALLAS GOLDTOOTH on Responding to Toxic Masculinity [ENCORE] /255
Photo of Laocoön Group: A white marble statue depicting a man and his three sons wrestling with a large serpent (200BC) via WikiCommons.
This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Dallas Goldtooth, originally aired in December of 2018. Dallas Goldtooth joins Ayana in a conversation around toxic masculinity, accountability, and dismantling patriarchy. So often, conversations around gender wounds quickly deteriorate into oversimplifications of, and accusations towards, one gender or another – failing to realize how we are all hurting under patriarchy.
Toxic masculinity, settler colonialism, and white supremacy are impelling us to a point of no return. If you are coming to this conversation as an environmental advocate, understand that in order to shift our relationship from that of domination over “nature” to one of reciprocity and understanding of the ecosystem we are a part of, we must examine our values with one another. What are we trying to build? What parts of ourselves must we heal to get there? How can we hold men accountable in transformative ways? How can we envision, or for some, remember, healthy and sacred masculinity?
“Toxic masculinity is a symptom of a greater systemic disorder that is killing all of us”
Photo of Dallas Goldtooth
“Dallas Goldtooth is the Keep it in the Ground Campaign Organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network. He is also the co-founder of the Indigenous comedy group The 1491s. Dallas is Dakota and Diné, a loving husband, dedicated father, comedian, public speaker, recovering exotic dancer, plastic shaman extraordinaire, and body double for that guy who plays Thor in them Thor Movies.”
♫ The music featured in this episode is "All Nations Rise" by Lyla June.
Action Point from Dallas
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