🕯️ The Portrait and the Pantry: Gothic Hunger & Sovereign Care
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🕯️ The Portrait and the Pantry: Gothic Hunger & Sovereign Care
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About this listen
This week’s episode opens with a haunting radio-style reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Oval Portrait—a tale of beauty, obsession, and fatal neglect. A woman immortalized in paint, her body forgotten.
A final line that chills: “She was dead.”
But this isn’t just gothic fiction. It’s a mirror.
As we approach the November SNAP cutoff, millions face real hunger. Food pantries are bracing. Soup kitchens are stretching. And still—people fade from view.
In this episode, I draw the line between gothic horror and modern hunger. Between aesthetic obsession and systemic neglect. Between the painted and the perishing.
🎧 Tune in for:
* A dramatic reading of Poe’s The Oval Portrait
* A reflection on hunger, visibility, and care
* A sovereign call to action: feed your neighbors, support food justice, and turn waste into nourishment
Because beauty without care is cruelty. And gothic horror belongs on the page—not in our communities.
🛒 Support: Feeding America, local food banks, and waste-to-taste initiatives. 🗳️ Share. Donate. Volunteer. The time is now.
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