Trauma "validates" our lives and bodies in the eyes of non-Black folks—and, even at times, Black folks.
Trauma Olympics
Black Girl Magic
The mantra uplifts and praises the accomplishments, beauty, and other amazing qualities of Black women. But on the flip side, it inadvertently pressures Black women to maintain a standard of excellence at all times.
Episode 16 — Don’t Be Surprised If You Get a Pop Quiz
This podcast episode we chatted about Inauguration Day, bad habits we want to leave in 2020, and lessons we've already learned in 2021.
Episode 15 — Not a Good Cultural Fit
This month is National Black Business Month. And we tapped on Will — a multi-hyphenate by every sense of the word — to join us for this podcast episode.
Will is an entrepreneur, creative, photographer/videographer, and stock trader.
And he's been featured in The Wall Street Journal TWICE this year alone.
But despite being gifted in many avenues, many of these same avenues are occupied predominantly by white folks.
Episode 14 — I’m Not God
Far too often Black women are expected to be on the frontlines for every battle against social injustice — on top of being mothers, providers, and working professionals.
Our guests Shawnee (a social worker) and Erin (a mental health professional) talk about their toil and challenges as Black women in corporate America in the midst of international uprisings.
Episode 13: Father’s Day
Unfortunately, in our community, fathers are an anomaly.
But Brandon and L.C. are changing the narrative.
On this episode, we talk fatherhood during the coronavirus and resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, upbringings, and much more.
“You just want me to be like you.”
Almost every time we spoke, we argued — nothing I did seemed to please her.
She didn’t like the person I was dating (which, in hindsight was fair).
She didn’t like the activities I engaged in.
And she didn’t like that I stopped attending the church I grew up in.
The friction felt unbearable and the basis of my frustration was that I felt my mom wanted me to be like her.
In one heated argument, I remember shouting, “You just want me to be like you. I’m not YOU!"
2 Years!!!
We're shocked too.
Time needs to RELAX...much like the year of our Lord 2020.
SportsCenter
Think of the SportsCenter’s Top 10.
Back when sports were a thing, every day the Top 10 would showcase 10 amazing bit-sized moments from sporting events around the world.
Now think of how many sporting events happened on a daily basis coupled with how long each event was.
Because of this, the caliber of the moments that make the Top 10 are borderline supernatural.
This same concept applies to social media — times 10.
Episode 12: Internal Inventory
On this episode...you get to see our faces live for the first time!
We talk all things COVID-19; Timbaland and Swizz Beatz's Verzuz series, as well as other IG Live and virtual happenings; the controversy surrounding Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union's trans-daughter Zaya; and much more. Tap in!
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