#114 Reclaiming My Time

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking politics, pop-culture and liberation over tea. Drink up! On this episode… How to be Black and talk about light skinned privilege, when white folks wanna host the cookout, and the cisgender straight imagining of a transgender boogie man. This week’s hot list: Looking for an apt in NY is abuse, Amber Rose wanders out of her lane, CURLFEST, yt folks and Black holidays: a how-to, J.’s dad is wildin on facebook, Have you had sex with Usher in the past 10 years? Natural hair care products and anti-Black packaging, The Breakfast Club uses trans women for laughs but also THEY’VE BEEN TRASH Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj NOTES & EXTRA TEA Learn more about Southern University’s digital archive of slave narratives: http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/article_996926ae-579c-11e7-9d36-13d23afca32d.html Learn more about the International African American Museum Center for Family History: http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/07/20/intl-african-american-museums-new-genealogy-research-center-will-help-black-people-trace-their-roots/ This week’s closing clip is features First Nations organizer Jocelyn Wabano-Iahtail at a press conference regarding indigenous rights & liberation in Canada. Watch the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTG73ww5o4A Read more about what Jocelyn Wabano-Iahtail and other organizers are working toward here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTG73ww5o4A Libations to TK (@TastyKeish) for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio studios! Be sure to visit www.TastyKeish.net for more information on TK, and check out our fellow independent media friends at www.BondfireRadio.com for more dope programming. Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com