Tormented by a spiritual thirst,
I stumbled through a gloomy waste,
And there a six-winged seraph
Appeared before me at the crossroad.
-Pushkin, “The Prophet”
Welcome to the Crossroads podcast! My name is Sasha White, and I was fired for my tweets in August 2020. I was accused of “transphobia” by an anonymous user for my critiques of gender identity ideology, and my employer terminated me in under two hours. You can read that story in full detail here.
My goal is to explore the way censorship works not only to silence outspoken people but to influence ordinary people to censor themselves. I hope that this project will give a voice to opinions and perspectives that are not typically included in mainstream narratives.
I originally started Crossroads with the idea of having conversations at the “crossroads of literature, justice, and feminism.” The project has expanded to include some overarching themes: the importance of exchanging ideas with people we disagree with, and what it means to live in a culture that increasingly wants to ban books and ideas.
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Music by Stephanie Guasch. Header graphic by A.M.