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Morgan Bassichis introduced me to the idea that intentionally generating bad ideas for impossible actions, bad poetry, bad writing can loosen the rigid, critical mind that impedes our creativity.

Find more content like this and join the conversation on patreon.com/deanspade.
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
To kick off Season 2, @jessicalanyadoo.bsky.social joins me to answer listener questions about confidentiality, self care, and building and maintaining community when friends couple off or make choices that don't align with your values.

Join us at Patreon.com/deanspade.
September 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Here's a clip from a conversation I had with Annie Spencer at Casino for Social Medicine about her book How to Break an Addiction (Common Notions Press).

You can listen to the whole conversation at patreon.com/deanspade for free.
July 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM
In this clip, I discuss the idea that cell phones are important because it helps people reach you in an emergency, and because cell phones make us safer. I’ve heard this a lot, but I don’t buy it.

You can watch our whole conversation at patreon.com/deanspade for free!
January 30, 2026 at 8:40 PM
When our friends are venting about what is frustrating them it’s easy to go into autopilot responses. It can help to notice what our go-to responses are so we can choose to do more value-aligned things.

Find more conversations about building relationships and movements at patreon.com/deanspade.
May 19, 2026 at 8:40 PM
We’re tired, wired, fried from all that is happening, the losses, the hard work in our communities, the overwhelm. How do we relax?

Find more conversations about how to sustain ourselves & our participation in resistance struggles on the Love in a F*cked Up World podcast & at patreon.com/deanspade
July 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
My friend Holiday Simmons and I will be doing a livestream conversation on my Patreon this Monday (Feb 2) at 1PM EST.

Holiday is a Black Cherokee, genderqueer, two-spirit social worker and the host of the Trans Cookout Podcast. Please join us live or catch the video after.

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January 31, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Here are some larger abolitionist / adjacent accounts I was looking for and couldn’t find. Maybe I missed them!

avitale (Alex Vitale)
prisonpolicy (Prison Policy Init.)
deanspade (Dean Spade)
breenewsome (Bree Newsome Bass)
policingblack (Robyn Maynard)
marshallproj (Marshall Project)
List some?
It may or may not help us ensure they come along
May 12, 2023 at 6:41 PM
One of the handful of books I'm currently reading is Dean Spade's, 'Mutual Aid' which has become a modern classic. More thoughts later.
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#anarchism #anarchist #anarchistreadinglist #DeanSpade #MutualAid
February 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Bring your reading group to a live discussion of Love in a F*cked-Up World! Bring all your questions about crushes, friendships, open relationships, robust support systems, conflict, hard feelings.

Tickets: www.patreon.com/c/DeanSpade/...
September 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Healthy conflict resolution practices are essential for mutual aid and organizing groups! Dean Spade is back to dive deeper on Thursday, November 20 at 3 PM ET for the new #MutualAid 101 Learning Series session, “Navigating Conflict.”

Sign up MutualAid101.org, @deanspade
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is an excerpt from a longer conversation that Elias Lowe and I had about jealousy, including about when people have gender-based jealousy, meaning they feel more jealousy if their partner is with someone with a particular gender. You can find the whole thing on patreon.com/deanspade
June 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Just got more of these cute stickers that I've been handing out during my book tour to give out to people who join our podcast's new Patreon! Grateful to the artists who designed these with me--Sophie Lucido Johnson, Chris E Vargas, Calvin Burnap, and EM Frank.

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September 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Summer reading 2025: a couple picks fun and a couple for (emotional) work 📚💙

Pretty nervous about that middle one, I'm not gonna lie 😅

#BOBITMS #BuryOurBones #VESchwab #DreamCount #ChimamandaNgoziAdichie #LoveInAFuckedUpWorld #DeanSpade #AdultChildrenOfEmotionallyImmatureParents #LindseyCGibson
June 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
February's Mutual Aid Resource Network Book Club Book! #mutualaid #deanspade #bookclub #booksky
February 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
In the meantime, we’ll still be putting new interviews and other video and audio content on our Patreon at patreon.com/deanspade. Membership is free.
Dean Spade — Creating the Love in a F*cked Up World Podcast
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May 28, 2026 at 9:10 PM
This week on the LF&F #podcast, author & activist #DeanSpade shares how so many books within the self-help genre focus on individual suffering, when in reality, we’re all suffering at the hands of these massive external systems. Listen to the conversation on podcast platforms or community radio.
March 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Looking for ways to get involved? Check out this awesome book: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade!

#getinvolved #leanintocommunity #youarenotalone #activism #mutualaid #deanspade
January 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Dean Spade — Creating the Love in a F*cked Up World Podcast
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May 28, 2026 at 9:10 PM
It was great meeting you as #ASA2012, @deanspade! Could you DM your deets so I can share re @JustPublics365? So pumped to talk re MediaCamp.
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