#147 Mercury Is In Reggaeton

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture and over tea. Drink up! On this spot of tea episode… Killer Mike wants to arm Wakanda with guns, the NRA doesn’t care about Black people, and agency, affirmations & pronouns. Call people what the fvck they want to be called. This week’s hot list: Killer Mike is wildin, aunties vs aunts, is it a ‘podcast’ or a ‘pahwdcast’, what does it mean to be called “girl”?, we #sayhername and honor Linda Brown, Brown v. Board of Ed, Queen throws a yt woman of color sized temper tantrum in Target, and language, sizeism, fatphobia and loving draggings. Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj EVENTS NEW YORK - #PodinLiveNYC is back! Join us Saturday, April 21st at 4:00 for #PodinLiveNYC: Podcast Meet-up, we’re hanging out with some of our favorite Black podcasts in NYC and their listeners at Von (3 Bleeker Street) for an afternoon kick it session: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/podinlivenyc-podcast-meet-up-tickets-44528362531?ref=estw WASHINGTON, DC - Queen and J. will be joining a panel at We The Culture Podcast Conference: The Age of the Digital Griot, a historic, two-day conference aimed at creating a more inclusive podcasting industry, April 27-28! Tickets & Information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-the-culture-podcast-conference-the-age-of-the-digital-griot-tickets-43090338362 NOTES & EXTRA TEA Deadline to apply for the SOZE NYC Call for Public Art is 3/31/18! Apply today! https://www.wearesoze.com/call-for-public-art Check out Marsha’s Plate: Black Trans Talk podcast! Listen to Diamond Stylz recap of our SXSW experience now: https://soundcloud.com/danella-xuc/25-aint-no-white-like-sxswhite-black-love-bombs-and-micro-aggressions Listen to Still Processing’s “We Love Auties” episode now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-love-aunties/id1151436460?i=1000407134869&mt=2 Be sure to follow @rodimusprime on twitter and listen to The Black Guy Who Tips Podcast! Check out his Killer Mike thread: https://twitter.com/rodimusprime/status/978014754227785730?s=21 Learn more about Brown v. Board of Ed’s Linda Brown: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/26/linda-brown-brown-v-board-education-case-dies-76/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork Check out Thic Roots podcast: https://soundcloud.com/thic-roots/tracks This week’s closing clip features Naomi Wadler’s speech at the March For Our Lives in Washington, DC. Watch her speech and others here: https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/march-for-our-lives-2018-03-24-live-stream-updates-today/?linkId=49647933 Engineering by Indie Creative Network: www.icn.dj/ 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 on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ohenecornelius/ Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.tflintvoiceovers.com/