May 1, 2026 · 11 min · 8 segments
Welcome to the first episode of Mothering New Worlds! Hear the lore behind the podcast and myself, your host, Bianca Mabute-Louie (@beyonkz). I talk about revolutionary caregiving and world building…
Bianca Mabute-LouiHostHere, of course, I am referencing our mother, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and her writing on revolutionary mothering, which really taught me to understand mothering not as a gendered identity defined by the state or by whether you have biological children or not.
Instead, in her anthology, mothering is defined as our collective capacity to protect one another, to transform harm into care, and to nurture new ways of being and living together as antidotes to violence.
In The Words of Gums, she writes, mothering is a queer practice of transforming the world through our desire for each other and another way to be.
So with that framework, each week I will have conversations with, yes, moms, but also creatives, artists, writers, doulas, midwives, sex workers, educators, organizers, people who I feel are living proof that another world is not only possible, but is already here.
I will also try to throw in some solo episodes like this one, but honestly, this is my first time talking into a mic in a room by myself long form.
I don't know how vloggers and how people like Gabby Windy do it, and I honestly don't know if I have what it takes, but we will see.
Here, of course, I am referencing our mother, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and her writing on revolutionary mothering, which really taught me to understand mothering not as a gendered identity defined by the state or by whether you have biological children or not.
Instead, in her anthology, mothering is defined as our collective capacity to protect one another, to transform harm into care, and to nurture new ways of being and living together as antidotes to violence.
In The Words of Gums, she writes, mothering is a queer practice of transforming the world through our desire for each other and another way to be.
So with that framework, each week I will have conversations with, yes, moms, but also creatives, artists, writers, doulas, midwives, sex workers, educators, organizers, people who I feel are living proof that another world is not only possible, but is already here.
I will also try to throw in some solo episodes like this one, but honestly, this is my first time talking into a mic in a room by myself long form.
I don't know how vloggers and how people like Gabby Windy do it, and I honestly don't know if I have what it takes, but we will see.
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