April's Brain Leavings
April's Brain Leavings
April Line
Readings of essays on topics from food to lady power to lefty politics and more.
Episode 6: Men are Not Toddlers
The one in which April gives us all permission to expect men to be adults, and urges us to banish our fealty to Toxic Masculinity.  https://www.authenticitymags.com/men-are-not-toddlers
Nov 15, 2020
10 min
Episode 5: Dating Crimes
Welcome to the one about the weirdest decade of April's life. It came with a lot of lessons. <3  https://www.authenticitymags.com/when-dating-becomes-a-crime
Nov 15, 2020
7 min
Episode 4: Tarot & Guns
Here's an essay about radical acceptance of people regardless of what they like.  https://www.authenticitymags.com/bullets-over-broadway-tarot-cards-and-firearms-in-a-pennsylvania-hamlet
Nov 15, 2020
9 min
Episode 3: Hugs & Rona
Episode 3 is an ode to hugs and hugging, and an exploration of why doing that is tricky at this strange time in history.  Here's the written post.  https://www.authenticitymags.com/hugs-in-the-time-of-rona
Nov 15, 2020
8 min
Episode 2: Parenting Teens
In Episode 2, April reads the essay about parenting a teenager. Truly, it doesn't have to suck.  Here's the link tot he written piece on Authenticity.  https://www.authenticitymags.com/parenting-a-teenager-doesn-t-have-to-suck
Nov 15, 2020
9 min
Episode 1: Food & Feeding
In the first episode of April's Brain Leavings, we listen to the essay titled "Food & Feeding in the Time of the Rona"  Here's a link to the piece on Authenticity Mags https://www.authenticitymags.com/food-and-feeding-in-the-time-of-rona Here's a link to NYTimes Cooking, if you wanna subscribe to the lovely newsletter: https://cooking.nytimes.com/
Nov 15, 2020
10 min