Episode 2: Self-Acceptance
Music
Here’s a video playlist of the songs above if visual media is more your thing.
We would also love to build a collaborative playlist of songs with all of you! What songs inspire you to be more accepting and appreciative of yourself?
Click here to submit your song suggestions!
P.S. We talked quite a bit about a band called Blue October in this episode and you can learn more about them here.
Movies
Rent
A small community of bohemians living in NYC band together to face the challenges of life, love, careers, poverty, drug addiction, encroaching commercial development, and the tragedy of the AIDS epidemic.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
When their car breaks down while on the way to a competition, three drag queens find themselves stranded in a small, rural community that is little more than a ghost town. Through their enthusiasm, confidence, and kindness they transform the lives of the residents and revitalize the town to create a thriving community.
The Greatest Showman
This film explores how a group of misfits and social outcasts find solace, companionship, self-acceptance, and a sense of family while working for the Barnum & Bailey circus.
Napoleon Dynamite
This movie follows the daily lives of some quirky characters in a sleepy little Idaho town. The most endearing quality of this film is that they are all just living life alongside each other; being authentically themselves without giving much thought or worry to how odd they may appear to other people.
Books