{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Messy Liberation: Feminist Conversations about Politics and Pop Culture","title":"Safe Space Is a Buzzword: What Real Community Actually Looks Like","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3475,"description":"Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown break down what actually makes a group of people a community — not just a paid membership or \"safe space\" buzzword. On this episode of Messy Liberation, they unpack why comfort and safety get conflated (especially by white women), why \"we don't talk politics here\" silences the most marginalized voices in a space, and what harm repair and restorative justice look like when done right. Plus: the stories of the best communities they've ever been part of, from a virtual event where a host let Resmaa Menakem rest mid-talk, to a nonprofit that gave staff the day off after a police shooting, to the friends who took Taina in when she was homeless.\nTimestamps:\n0:00 – Intro & follow-up from last episode\n0:34 – Why \"community\" became a business buzzword\n1:14 – Defining community: shared vision & culture-making\n4:46 – Trust, \"ride or dies,\" and the buzzword of \"safe spaces\"\n7:07 – Feeling held vs. feeling safe\n9:00 – Why community isn't about being safe for everyone\n9:57 – Privilege, comfort, and what \"safe\" really means\n11:23 – True crime, privilege, and the illusion of safety\n12:06 – White women's tears: confusing comfort with safety\n14:02 – \"We don't talk politics here\" and who gets silenced\n18:19 – Threats to privilege vs. threats to safety\n18:56 – 2016 & 2020: white coaches shutting down callouts\n24:29 – Harm repair and restorative justice, set up front\n28:18 – Communities that got it right: affinity spaces & chosen family\n33:04 – Taken in when homeless: a story of real community\n34:52 – Black spaces vs. white spaces: the difference in care\n38:35 – The Resmaa Menakem story: modeling collective care live\n43:29 – A nonprofit that gave everyone the day off\n47:05 – The FEO community: emotional labor, race & accountability\n54:51 – Recap: discomfort isn't unsafe, and harm repair matters\n57:25 – Outro\n• \"My Grandmother's Hands\" by Resmaa Menakem: https://amzn.to/4r3bsMh\n• Rooted Global Village: https://rootedglobalvillage.com/\n🎤 JOIN US IN THE...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aNtkeONUK2JFF10pE30y12Nynv6W5wgwicUSi78cNts/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMmU0/NjgyMWQ2YWYxMDE4/MTE0ZGIzY2I3MDEx/MTlhYS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}