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Referential is hosted by Dr. Khaliden Nas to have serious conversations about frivolous topics!
Each episode takes you on an academically informed deep dive into pop culture and media that never skips out on a stupid joke.
Subscribe & join Dr. Khaliden Nas (and the occasional guest!) as we dive into conversations about identity, representation, Blackness, queerness (and so much more) across the cultures that we make; and the cultures that make us.
Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.
Music by Pampered Fists & Anzahlung.
Find out more at www.alsopurple.com
(Video Update) Black Girlhood and Coming of Age (Or From Daria to Megan Thee Stallion with Shannon Miller)
Referential
1 hour 14 minutes
4 months ago
(Video Update) Black Girlhood and Coming of Age (Or From Daria to Megan Thee Stallion with Shannon Miller)
Video episode 4
Vid version available to view on the Spotify app or link below to watch the YouTube version
https://youtu.be/K6Oh0AgeLaw
For this video episode I'm joined by first time guest Shannon Miller (OG Nerd of Prey!!) to talk about the theme of Black Girlhood and Coming of Age in media.
Shannon Miller is a cultural commentator and writer who you might know from her work as the previous Managing Editor at Adweek, the former News Editor and writer at the A.V. Club, or her many bylines from throughout the web!
Our conversation spanned Black film, TV, characters and celebrity from Michaela Cole's Chewing Gum to Jodie Landon (Daria) and Megan Thee Stallion.
+ Find out how we also fit the following in:
Adultification
Depiction of Black girls and femmes in media
Realities of Black girls and femmes
Coming of age narratives in media
The current state of Black television
The erosion of physical media and Black TV cancellations
Judging art by quality vs utility
Empathy as an active process
Escapism
Steven Universe
Black girl magic
Toxic Excellence
I Don't Know Him.
Daria, Chewing Gum, Living Single, How To Die Alone, Heartstoppers, Harlem, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Moesha, Insecure, Awkward Black Girl, On My Block
Wanting good things for Natasha Rothwell
Transitional periods
Issa Rae
Megan Thee Stallion
Cardi B, take me out of the group chat
Michaela Coel
SNIPER
Buy Black!
*apologies for audio issues on my end in the first 18ish minutes of the conversation, it fixes it self from that point onwards!*
Find Shannon Miller @shannonlmiller on all Bluesky, @shannon_lmiller and listen to more of her pop culture thoughts @PopDishKitchen on TikTok and Instagram.
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Music by PamperedFists & Anzahlung.
Original podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.
Video Production by Victor Alexander (@Ugly_knees on insta and @clevvergirl on Tiktok)
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Referential
Referential is hosted by Dr. Khaliden Nas to have serious conversations about frivolous topics!
Each episode takes you on an academically informed deep dive into pop culture and media that never skips out on a stupid joke.
Subscribe & join Dr. Khaliden Nas (and the occasional guest!) as we dive into conversations about identity, representation, Blackness, queerness (and so much more) across the cultures that we make; and the cultures that make us.
Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.
Music by Pampered Fists & Anzahlung.
Find out more at www.alsopurple.com
