Category: Podcast
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PODCAST – Part 2 – South To America by Imani Perry
Part 2 shares an excerpt from Chapter ‘Pearls Before Swine’ pages 196 – 198. I talk about opportunity you are born into or come into by luck and what you should do with it. Support Black owned bookstore by buying South To America here
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PODCAST: South To America by Imani Perry
How are children learning Black History? How should they be? Buy South to America by Imani Perry from a Black Woman Owned bookstore here
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PODCAST: Dear Girl by Aija Mayrock
“Dear Mother, I see your fears baked into how you raised me. I see them tremble from your lips as you warn me. I know you are terrified of the world that could swallow me whole. But Mother, you need not fear, because even if I am swallowed up, I will kick until I am…
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PODCAST: The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
How does our early experiences with media shape how we view our body? How we are complicit in body terrorism? Support local bookstores and buy the book here
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PODCAST: A Drop Of Midnight by Jason ’Timbuktu’ Diakité
How does one qualify as white or Black? When is it necessary for qualification? Is the question of “What are you?” ever appropriate when the petitioner is white and the respondent is BOPIC? Buy A Drop of Midnight from a local bookstore here.
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PODCAST: Heavy by Kiese Laymon
How can a parent/child relationship evolve into adulthood? How important is honesty? Buy Heavy from a local bookstore here
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PODCAST: Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
This episode examined body image and how women are conditioned to place value upon themselves based on how they look. A lot of this conditioning is inherited. Support Local Bookstores and Purchase Milk Fed HERE ** Some may experience quality issues. I’m unsure if it is my cold or my defective podcast skills. Probably a…
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PODCAST: If My Body Could Speak by Blythe Baird
This episode explored dress codes, who they are for, why they exist, and what we can do about them. Do you see a positive to dress codes? Support Local book stores and purchase If My Body Could Speak HERE
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PODCAST: Ain’t Burned All The Bright by Jason Reynolds
We experienced a collective quarantine. It changed us all. How did it change you? Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin collaborated to create this impactful piece of art in the form of a book. Buy it here.
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PODCAST: Thick and Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
America the Beautiful! What does that really mean? What is considered a “beautiful” woman in America? Tressie McMillan Cottom examines why proximity to whiteness determines beauty. I reflect on how my biraciality has shaped my idea of beauty. Buy Thick and Other Essays here.
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