As much as I love art and culture, fashion and beauty, I’m also a fan of politics and politicians whose platforms center and elevate the human condition.
Today's @fullbodyfrequency guest has gone from Certified Nursing Assistant to the Illinois General Assembly representing the 9th district. And while folks say that all politics are local, Lakesia Collins has made a national impact with her work on behalf of workers, including the Fight for $15, the movement that advocates for the $15 dollar per hour minimum wage.
Between June and July of this year, she sponsored over 20 bills in the IL General Assembly while remaining on the frontline, fighting for the rights of workers and children.
In addition to her work, Illinois State Senator Lakesia Collins's story of pushing past trauma and moving forward to the plus-size life she now lives is absolutely inspirational!
ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR LAKESIA COLLINS (D-5TH DISTRICT):
https://www.lakesiacollins.com/about-lakesia/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/replakesiacollins/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sencollins5
Twitter: https://x.com/replcollins?s=21&t=kmZL4L6tzxw0NbAvw-l--w
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakesia-collins-383b551b8/
The Illinois Supreme Court Cash Bail Ruling, Explained: https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/the-illinois-supreme-court-cash-bail-ruling-explained
Remembering Kalief Browder a Year After his Suicide and Why Rikers Island Should be Shut Down: https://innocenceproject.org/news/remembering-kalief-browder-year-suicide-rikers-island-shutdown/
Two Years After Kalief Browder’s Suicide, His Brother Recounts Horrifying Ordeal at Rikers:
https://youtu.be/3VchmU5NP_U?si=uo47ORATFhwpGjMG
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As much as I love art and culture, fashion and beauty, I’m also a fan of politics and politicians whose platforms center and elevate the human condition.
Today's @fullbodyfrequency guest has gone from Certified Nursing Assistant to the Illinois General Assembly representing the 9th district. And while folks say that all politics are local, Lakesia Collins has made a national impact with her work on behalf of workers, including the Fight for $15, the movement that advocates for the $15 dollar per hour minimum wage.
Between June and July of this year, she sponsored over 20 bills in the IL General Assembly while remaining on the frontline, fighting for the rights of workers and children.
In addition to her work, Illinois State Senator Lakesia Collins's story of pushing past trauma and moving forward to the plus-size life she now lives is absolutely inspirational!
ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR LAKESIA COLLINS (D-5TH DISTRICT):
https://www.lakesiacollins.com/about-lakesia/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/replakesiacollins/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sencollins5
Twitter: https://x.com/replcollins?s=21&t=kmZL4L6tzxw0NbAvw-l--w
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakesia-collins-383b551b8/
The Illinois Supreme Court Cash Bail Ruling, Explained: https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/the-illinois-supreme-court-cash-bail-ruling-explained
Remembering Kalief Browder a Year After his Suicide and Why Rikers Island Should be Shut Down: https://innocenceproject.org/news/remembering-kalief-browder-year-suicide-rikers-island-shutdown/
Two Years After Kalief Browder’s Suicide, His Brother Recounts Horrifying Ordeal at Rikers:
https://youtu.be/3VchmU5NP_U?si=uo47ORATFhwpGjMG
FULL BODY FREQUENCY:
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Going For Gold: The Olympics: Hair, Hats, and Hormones and the Regulation of Black Women's Bodies
Full Body Frequency
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4 years ago
Going For Gold: The Olympics: Hair, Hats, and Hormones and the Regulation of Black Women's Bodies
This is Laura Rice, and you're listening to Full Body Frequency. My guest this segment is Idy Uyoe. He is an Olympic historian and leads Idy Sports (https://www.idysports.com/), a sports marketing, media, and events management agency located in Atlanta, Georgia. Not only does he work with several African Olympic Committees, but he also ran one leg of the 1996 Summer Olympic torch relay.
In this segment:
Idy Uyoe and I discuss the regulation of Black women’s bodies. We begin with British swimmer Alice Dearing, her natural hair, and Soul Cap; natural hormones and the bannings of Olympic middle-distance runner Caster Semenya and Namibian track and field stars Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi. Uyoe also touches on the Olympic disqualifications of Sha’Carri Richardson and the Nigerian women’s 4x400 team.
#EpisodePreview #SummerOlympics #TheBlackBody
How a Ban on a Swim Cap Galvanized Black Swimmers: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/style/olympics-soul-cap-ban-swimming.html
The Ban on Swimming Caps for Black Women is Just One Example of Racism at the Olympics: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ban-swimming-caps-black-women-130020143.html
Soul Cap (Hair Care for the Volume Blessed): https://soulcap.com/
Natural Hormones:
The Testosterone Debate Won’t End with Caster Semenya
https://www.outsideonline.com/health/running/caster-semenya-christine-mboma-beatrice-masilingi-testosterone/
Blocked From Her Signature Race, Caster Semenya Won’t Run in Tokyo: https://www.wsj.com/articles/caster-semenya-tokyo-olympics-11625159284
Namibian teens vow to fight Olympics testosterone ban: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57748135
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Full Body Frequency
As much as I love art and culture, fashion and beauty, I’m also a fan of politics and politicians whose platforms center and elevate the human condition.
Today's @fullbodyfrequency guest has gone from Certified Nursing Assistant to the Illinois General Assembly representing the 9th district. And while folks say that all politics are local, Lakesia Collins has made a national impact with her work on behalf of workers, including the Fight for $15, the movement that advocates for the $15 dollar per hour minimum wage.
Between June and July of this year, she sponsored over 20 bills in the IL General Assembly while remaining on the frontline, fighting for the rights of workers and children.
In addition to her work, Illinois State Senator Lakesia Collins's story of pushing past trauma and moving forward to the plus-size life she now lives is absolutely inspirational!
ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR LAKESIA COLLINS (D-5TH DISTRICT):
https://www.lakesiacollins.com/about-lakesia/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/replakesiacollins/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sencollins5
Twitter: https://x.com/replcollins?s=21&t=kmZL4L6tzxw0NbAvw-l--w
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakesia-collins-383b551b8/
The Illinois Supreme Court Cash Bail Ruling, Explained: https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/the-illinois-supreme-court-cash-bail-ruling-explained
Remembering Kalief Browder a Year After his Suicide and Why Rikers Island Should be Shut Down: https://innocenceproject.org/news/remembering-kalief-browder-year-suicide-rikers-island-shutdown/
Two Years After Kalief Browder’s Suicide, His Brother Recounts Horrifying Ordeal at Rikers:
https://youtu.be/3VchmU5NP_U?si=uo47ORATFhwpGjMG
FULL BODY FREQUENCY:
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