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Headscarves and Good YarnsHeadscarves and Good Yarns Author: Amal Abdullahi
Headscarves and Good Yarns is all about celebrating the differences we have in our community. Even though we all look, think and speak differently to each other we all call Aotearoa our home so tune in and find hear the stories of many different kiwis. We also navigate those uncomfortable conversations around race that we just need to have sometimes. Hope you guys tune in! Language: en-nz Genres: Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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struggle, identity + scripts
Sunday, 19 April, 2026
In this episode, we unpack the unspoken scripts that shape how marginalised lives are understood, particularly the expectation of struggle as a defining feature of identity. While struggle and inequality are very real, we explore what happens when suffering becomes the primary way people are seen, validated, and made legible. Moving through ideas from thinkers like bell hooks and James Baldwin, alongside pop culture and everyday examples, this conversation examines how struggle can become a kind of social currency — something compared, performed, and even quietly romanticised. Ultimately, we sit with a more difficult question: if identity is no longer anchored in hardship, what does it mean to exist beyond it? This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
