Belonging In The South: A Guide For Misfits

Belonging In The South: A Guide For Misfits

I'm Rebecca Lauderdale, and my mission with this podcast is to help Southerners of all types find belonging and community while remaining true to who they really are. I hope you'll join me as I explore what it means to belong, the challenges we face to belonging in the South, and how to build belonging matter who you are.Would you or someone you know like to talk about being a misfit in the South? Go to www.belonginginthesouth.com and fill out the guest nomination form at the top of the page!You can follow me at dr.lauderdale on Instagram and TikTok

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June 28, 2023 28 mins

Today is part 2 of our conversation with Ashleigh Nelson and her mom, Debbie Jones, who share their personal journey of their evolving faiths. Ashleigh is Executive Director of the Evolving Faith Conference and Community, whose personal journey of acceptance not only transformed her faith, but her mother's. 

Debbie highlights the importance of proximity to 'the other' - a concept that can help us ask better ...

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Join me in celebrating Pride Month with a heartfelt conversation featuring Ashleigh Nelson and her mother, Debbie. They openly share the story of Ashleigh's journey as a gay woman raised in the evangelical church. Hear the incredible story of how Ashleigh, now the executive director of the Evolving Faith Conference, found love and acceptance from herself, her family, and a faith community,  after decades of trying to deny an e...

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Of the many Southern stereotypes, one that affected me early in life is that Southerners aren't smart. Luckily, I was able to embrace my intelligence by attending the best public high school in Mississippi: the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS). It was there I first felt comfortable embracing my nerdiness and my love for knowledge. I found "my people."

In this episode of Belonging In The South, you...

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May 1, 2023 25 mins

🎙️ Episode 8: Fabulous Misfit Book Club 📚

🌟 In this episode, I share my top book recommendations for fellow misfits in the South, along with a new segment highlighting inclusive Southern spaces! 🌟

If you’d like links to all the books and other things mentioned in this episode, go to the episode blog page here!

📌 What you'll find in this episode:

1️⃣ Three life-changing nonfiction books

2️⃣ Two Fiction series

3️⃣ Three Bonus rea...

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🎙️ "Loving the Misfit Within: Self-Acceptance and Belonging To Yourself" 🌈

Join me, Rebecca Lauderdale, in this episode where my friend and colleague, Dr. Derrick Burgess, interviews me about my personal journey towards self-acceptance and finding a sense of belonging within myself. As a physician, born and raised in the South, I understand the unique challenges that many of us face while navigating our complex...

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In this episode of "Belonging in the South", host Rebecca Lauderdale speaks with former Mississippi State Health Officer and infectious disease specialist, Dr. Thomas Dobbs. They discuss how Southerners can improve public health, the effects of belonging and loneliness on health, and the criminal justice system.
 
And yes, he's
that Dobbs - from the supreme court case that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2021 ...
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In this episode of Belonging in the South, host Rebecca Lauderdale talks about the importance of understanding belonging and how it can be achieved. She shares her experience of feeling overwhelmed and reflects on the lessons she learned about inner freedom and the importance of seeing others and ourselves with humility. Finally, she reads two beautiful blessings from Jan Richardson's book, "In the Sanctuary of Women,&quo...

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Think back to your high school days, when it wasn’t “cool” to be one of the smart kids. Now imagine also being a minority in the South, and how would it affect your sense of belonging?

Sharing his story of breaking stereotypes and identity on the show today is Derrick Burgess, MD. He found his calling in helping minority athletes, but it was the great training and mentorship he received throughout his life that helped him get to whe...

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Does it seem suspicious to you that Alabama and Mississippi were the first states that established a Department of Archives and History?

This episode explores how state-sponsored misinformation perpetuated Jim Crow and white supremacist ideology for over 100 years and how it has affected Southerners' ability to flourish and belong.

It also highlights the power of archivists, librarians, and historians in perpetuating or challeng...

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A Legend By Accident: Sue Anna Joe and the Mississippi State Flag

Episode 02


In the South, states were slow to change their flags away from including divisive confederate symbolism, and Mississippi was the last to do so, in 2021. 


Today, host Rebecca Lauderdale is joined by her childhood friend and one of the designers of Mississippi’s new state flag, Sue Anna Joe. Out of almost 3000 submissions, her magnolia flower was chos...

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March 6, 2023 16 mins

Welcome to episode 1!   I'm Rebecca Lauderdale, and my mission with this podcast is to help southerners of all types find belonging and community without having to change who they truly are. This first episode, I want to talk to you about why this is so important to me - and how I might be able to help you - people who live in the American South now or who used to live here but moved away yet still find your experiences here a...

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January 24, 2023 2 mins

     
Are you from the South? Have you ever felt out of place? Most of us have at some time or other, but what about REALLY out of place? A time where you felt like being who you truly are was risky.  Maybe because of a political opinion you held, your religious beliefs, your gender, race, or who you love. Or one of a million other things that put you on the outside, feeling alone. 

Me? I’m Rebecca Lauderdale, and my ...

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