Womanist Bible Talk: A Podcast for Womanish Bible Readers and Friends
“Womanist Bible Talk: A Podcast for Womanish Bible Readers and Friends” engages stories about women in Scripture from the perspectives of contemporary Black and other women of color from different walks of life and various socio-economic backgrounds. Hosts, Vanessa Lovelace and Gay Byron, redeem the reputations of biblical women, such as Jezebel, Delilah, and Mary Magdalene who are often represented as “bad girls of the Bible” and introduce other women who have either been nameless or hidden behind the men in the biblical stories.
Womanist Bible Talk: A Podcast for Womanish Bible Readers and Friends
Episode 11: Mark 7:24–30, the Syro-Phoenician woman, and the politics of sass
In this episode, Dr. Margaret Aymer and I interview Dr. Mitzi Smith to discuss her article in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse, “Race, Gender, and the Politics of ‘Sass’: Reading Mark 7:24–30 through a Womanist Lens of Intersectionality and Inter(con)textuality.” What does women's speech, Sandra Bland, and the Syro-Phoenician woman have in common? Listen to this episode to learn how "talking back" or "sass" is a form of resistance and agency for marginalized women.