Alok V. Menon is as much of a light in this world as they are willing to hold and be with the darkness and I am so honored that they took the time to speak with me. Alok has been very open and generous with making sure that the conversation around pain and chronic illness is shared with as many people as possible and that we open that conversation to the world, whether it’s ready or not.
Alok is a gender non-conforming writer and performance artist. Their distinctive style and poetic challenge to the gender binary have been internationally renowned. As a mixed-media artist, Alok uses poetry, comedy, performance, lecture, sound-art, fashion design, and self-portraiture to explore themes of gender, race, trauma, belonging, and the human condition. They are the author of Femme in Public (2017) and Beyond the Gender Binary (2020). In 2019 they were selected as one of NBC’s Pride 50 and Out Magazine’s OUT 100.
In this episode, Alok shares their struggle with self-acceptance and how they reclaimed their authenticity despite being surrounded by intolerance, how pain brings us together, recognizing that life is pain, why we need to realize that everyone is suffering, and so much more!
The Pain Points We Explore In This Episode:
How Alok’s self-acceptance was impacted from growing up with systemic intolerance
Why Alok still struggles with reclaiming their authenticity
How the cycle of abuse is perpetuated
Why Alok believes feminism should be for all people who are oppressed on the basis of gender
Why Alok believes we should break the social contract and admit we’re in pain
This podcast is just one of the many ways that we get to spend time together. Be sure you’re following me on Instagram @NitikaChopra so you can be the first to know about my upcoming events, programs and get your daily dose of self-love throughout each and every day. I can’t wait to see you over on the ‘Gram!
Hi there! So glad you enjoyed this episode. We don’t have a transcript but you’ve made me think that maybe we need to start offering them? I will look into it!
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Comments
Erika Katzman 06/11/20
Loved this episode. Do you have a transcript available?
Nitika 08/02/20
Hi there! So glad you enjoyed this episode. We don’t have a transcript but you’ve made me think that maybe we need to start offering them? I will look into it!