Will an era of rap that's finally making room for its male elders make equitable space for women and MaGes too?

For this conversation we use the Clipse epic rollout as grown ass rappers (Pusha T, 48 & Malice, 53) launching their highly rated album and successful tour - to explore the experiences and P.O.V of Black women in and around the industry. I promise you it's not a reach.

Culture writer Starr Rocque & PR Strategist Uchechi Chinyere join me to discuss all things Clipse, hip-hop, Black women & femmes.

You don’t have to know shxt about the Clipse or their latest album Let God Sort Em’ Out to enjoy this conversation, but also please email and let me know how you managed to avoid knowing shxt about the Clipse during this very Clipse 2025.

I think it's important to note that Tyler the Creator who shows up in one of the best features of the album is queer. We mention his feature, but not his queerness, which IS relevant in THIS conversation.

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Women rapper thread: https://www.threads.com/@janiciaf/post/DMDQXE7gI6j?xmt=AQF0WN0h7xzS2qlRGsOYMykXzUyAAPgE41MUyQlMM43TAQ

00:00 intro

1:52 Hyperbolic Bronx rappers

3:47 Growing up with The Clipse

8:19 Sometimes you just want n****s to rap

11:54 "Drake" "was" "a" "backpacker"

13:10 The Black Women problem

17:58 Women rappers & The Clipse

23:49 Doechii won't stop talking about her vxgina

24:42 Rapsody the obvious or problematic choice

28:20 Give us nothing Nas!

29:25 Ageism

40:09 André 3000

44:10 Misogyny in hip hop is systemic AND personal

48:46 Colorism

58:47 Christianity

1:09:51 Journalism

1:17:15 When women and girls love hip hop

1:35:46 Gatekeeping Black women out, ushering white people in

1:44:04 Asking for what we deserve

1:49:17 Attending Clipse NPR Tiny Desk

1:52:50 Honesty in hip hop and IRL

1:57:17 Big sibling energy

2:03:59 What happened with The Grapevine

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00:00 Intro & updates

04:57 Who is Deanté Kyle

06:52 Men with podcast mics

12:49 How video podcasting is a call back to an earlier podcast era

15:42 The problem

29:42 Jess Hilarious & The Breakfast Club

31:46 Not every transphobe is a TERF

34:50 Jess Hilarious hates “real women” too

41:17 What’s wrong with birth-centric womanhood

This episode was recorded prior to Deanté Kyle’s use of a derogatory slur (typically used against Mexican Americans) in an instagram comment and does not address that incident. Reference link: https://www.tiktok.com/@cetosdaughter/video/7515458001906568478?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7214922055941899818

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If you wear clothes this is a Black ass history conversation that you need. Let's discuss. Fashion & style friend's Channél Jordan & Diamond Stylz join us for history, theory & context.

While we use the Met Gala as a launching point for a larger conversation on Black style, YOU DO NOT NEED TO CARE ABOUT OR TO HAVE SEEN MET GALA COVERAGE to enjoy this episode.

3:05 Pop-culture & fashion in politically perilous times

7:37 Black Dandyism Definitions & Disappointment

15:33 Met Gala theme habits

18:00 Enslavement & Jim Crow vs. the last 100 years

26:44 The exhibit

29:30 Gender

40:28 Corporatism

42:53 Black contributors and the Pharrell of it all

52:05 Respectability & Class

56:47 Sapeurs

1:00:09 Who Understood the assignment

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Before my solo Sinners review, I sat with actor/comedian Chris Lamberth on The Mundane Festival podcast for a fresh-out-the-theater spoiler filled review, and got to cover a few additional themes that were on my mind.

We get into the Black British actor debate, church-y-ness and a fear of spirit (we're seeing a lot of that fear in some Christian's negative reactions to the film), Mary's 'whiteness' and more. (Note: The film had just come out at the time of this recording, so I confuse Mary and Annie's name a few times)

6:05 Michael B. Jordan THE ACTOR

10:13 The Black British actor debate

24:09 The world building of 1932 Mississippi

25:02 Lie-max vs IMAX

28:11 Family, Community & Connection

31:44 The importance of movie theaters

34:26 Hoodoo, Anti-Blackness & the Church

38:21 white Mary

44:01 "Revenge" and "life" vs. "death"

53:57 Brotherhood beyond death

57:42 Ranking Ryan Coogler films

1:00:58 Ryan Coogler's unique press run

1:07:09 Why some Christians are afraid of Sinners and Beyoncé

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Let's review Ryan Coogler's original film "Sinners"

4:58 The Great Migration

10:33 Sammie's Salvation

12:27 Why Twins?

15:11 IMAX baby!!!!

17:14 Why do we sleep on Michael B. Jordan?

21:22 What does "Good" vs "Evil" mean to you?

27:15 Music and Spirit

33:24 "The best day" of their lives

37:39 Oral s*x in 1932

38:43 Vampires, cults and persuasion

44:58 Let's talk world building

49:27 That Jonathan Majors casting rumor

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Over the past five years, after a lifetime of struggling and a lot of research, I’ve come to the conclusion that I probably have ADHD = Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. I’m self-diagnosed, so I invited my medically diagnosed friend Diamond Stylz to discuss all things ADHD and how it impacts our lives.

1:55 Growing up undiagnosed

12:21 What is ADHD?

15:54 Ableism & Stigma

20:18 Symptoms and lowkey hoarding

25:00 Procrastination and executive function/dysfunction

26:55 Diagnoses and medication

33:33 ADHD & depression

36:58 Hormones and ADHD

42:38 Anxiety, depression and environment

49:46 bell hooks and your home

55:59 Getting/hiring help

1:00:11 Love, Limerence & ADHD

1:05:10 Friendship & ADHD

1:10:38 Rejection Sensitivity (RSD)

1:14:18 Releasing shame & building community

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Not to bring up old shxt, but I don't like how "the media" glazed over Kendrick Lamar calling out ShxtsNGigs specifically, on 'wacced out murals'. Kendrick is just as sick of the podcast industrial complex as the rest of us and I think that's hilarious. In this episode we talk about Kendrick (because I must) but more importantly we use the men-with-podcast-equipment epidemic as a jumping off point for how to approach trusting men in our community, the potential for betrayal - and how the way we approach both reflects our understandings of oppression, and our individual relationships to power, privilege, and accountability.

00:58 LA fires, California Black Freedom Fund

2:14 Kendrick Lamar is tired of the podcast industrial complex too

5:51 Queen is ok not watching anime

8:37 Were James & Fuhad ever “one of the good ones”

10:56 Is participating in misogyny a choice

13:18 Misogyny sounds cute in a British accent

15:26 Your privilege increases your capacity to harm

17:16 Hyper-focusing on marginalization lets privilege of the hook

19:33 Deifying “nice” men

23:05 Is the disappointment/upset at men like ShxtsNGigs performative

24:53 Are you an agent of oppression?

31:50 Are you in community with people more marginalized than you

36:40 Is your partner's misogyny a reflection of you

Check out the California Black Freedom Fund https://www.pledge.to/BlackLA

For other vetted funds, resources, and events in California check out Philanthropy CA https://www.philanthropyca.org/2025-california-disaster-response

The previous episode referenced is Black American Dollars, Black American Politics, available on patreon, where we discuss the ShxtsNGigs incident and anti-Blackness across the diaspora: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-video-113195050?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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Music featured in this episode includes "Totter Teeter" by Guustavv https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/4y6tgclvb0/

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Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Let's talk about HOW we're talking about Diddy.

Though Sean "Diddy" Combs is in jail on a variety of SA allegations, a lot of social media content has reduced his alleged behavior to "being freaky" - raising a larger conversation about society's understanding of SA, consent and it's complicated relationship with consensual sex.

Our resident kink enthusiast, Queen breaks down how sex and kinks get harmfully conflated with acts of violence and SA, while J. gets in their Black church kid Telfar about the influence of cultural Christianity, domination & control on community concepts of sex and deviance.

Also the kink spectrum, group sex, the closet queer to r*pist pipeline (that's not a thing), queerness and possibility, and more.

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00:45 GloRilla's PR savvy

4:09 So Diddy is in jail...

6:15 Exhibit A: Diddy is not from Harlem

9:10 How social media is engaging with the Diddy allegations

10:47 Being "freaky" vs being "a r*pist"

12:52 Conflating sex with deviance is a tradition

14:06 The kink spectrum

18:46 Queerness, non-monogamy and Black cultural Christianity

22:53 How a cultural context of control & domination impacts sexual beliefs

27:13 Not the group sex girlies being surprised by consent

35:35 Closeted sexuality is not a pipeline to being a r*pist

38:00 How disregarding whole groups of people allows abuse to persist

41:27 Kendrick's "Not Like Us" and how it frames SA

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Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Your womanist race-nerd recap of all them post-election vibes, is here!

In this lawd halmurphy of an episode we recap the delusion of the Mike Tyson vs. J*ke Paul fight, what we're gonna do about these yt people, the racism of deflecting to non-white voters, performing voter disappointment on social media, how the ego is might be ruining activism, the 4B movement, self-caring to freedom and mad other sh*t.

Check out Kimberly Foster's breakdown of the 4B movement making its way to the US. Shout out to @pardonmewithp for capturing that fresh post-election rage. And our throwback post-election episode #79 Bigotry Didn't Start Last Tuesday is worth the listen as a time-capsule of what was happening at the time politically, the birth and rebranding of the "women's march" and the frustration a lot of us felt towards Hillary Clinton's campaign.

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0:00 Intro

2:09 Mike Tyson vs Paul fight

5:23 VP Harris Concession speech

7:56 Post-election WTF

16:15 Stop deflecting to non-white voters its eww

21:23 2016 vs 2024 election vibes

24:03 Performative pain for social media

31:28 "Not voting during a genocide" morning afters

35:06 Is your activist ego happy that Tr*mp won

39:57 Is the 4B movement a viable post-election response

50:08 What are we gonna do about yt ppl?

52:00 1:02:00 Can we self-care to freedom?

1:05:02 Is there too much disagreement within the movement?

1:09:24 Can you remove your ego from your activism on social media?

1:15:46 The "Latino" vote

1:18:29 Get in your community!

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Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

If you're a Black feminist, a womanist, a Black radical, a liberationist, a radical liberationist or a womanist race nerd, somebody you know, (somebody you may trust) been talking about not voting. We get to the bottom of what it means to vote or not vote during a genocide, how the desire to be liked manifests itself in liberation movements, and why some of your faves been moving like closeted voters this election cycle.

As a Black femme centric podcast we almost never discuss Tr*mp. Our lives are bigger than what yt mehn be trying to do to us. He is discussed in this episode as a presidential candidate (and a d*mon bc bffr), but this episode is not about how Twump so scawy. It's about liberatory strategy and the role of electoral politics.

Also, Mayor Eric Adams, an NYC rat (make that comma do whatever you need it to), VP Kamala Harris' biracial identity and how we should feel about it, President Obama and his cousin Pookie, and mad other election related ish.

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!

Episode Timestamps:

00:00 Recording while wearing pants

03:00 Electoral politics... why?

05:13 Mayor Eric Adams and NYC's trash/rat problem

20:30 Mayor David Dinkins would never

21:42 Presidential Election

23:25 Voter apathy

26:21 Voting or nah during a genocide

30:10 Post-election 2016

35:43 What is the strategy for liberatory minded non-voters

47:33 Are you exercising a vibes-only politic

49:42 The cool kids, cliques and being liked in liberation movements

52:00 President Obama, Black men voters & "cousin Pookie"

1:09:43 VP Kamala Harris and Black media's obsession with the silk press

1:15:19 VP Harris bi-racial identity, misogyny/noir & xenophobia

1:19:53 Black voters and the "voting for them just bc they're Black" allegations

1:24:15 Final thoughts on VP Harris

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Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

On episode #309 . . . So, it’s been a long ass minute, but we’re back, well kinda. . . we explain it all in this episode. Still, the womanist race nerds you love, figuring out life in this white supremacist cesspool of a planet. We get into where we have been, how we have been, what kept us away, and what rest means 3 years into a global pandemic. We also dip into an old review we did of the Max documentary Tina vs. her 1993 biopic. The Queen of Rock n Roll passing was heavy, so going back to our discussion of Tina Turner’s life as a Black woman in entertainment, feels good.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!

Episode Timestamps:

Where we been?: 00:48-14:09

What we been doing?: 14:09- 23:23

Throw back Tina Turner clip:23:23-52:24

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Watch us on Strange Fruit:

Part 1: https://youtu.be/YYRavtGis_Y

Part 2: https://youtu.be/QUoVoC76GJU

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This week’s closing clip features the debut trailer for Drapetomaniax: Unshackled History podcast https://www.pod.link/1687096254/episode/83ae8b38a18266a7b75fd2e85069b4b3

This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis, with editorial support from Jonathan Luna, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo

Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

On this episode… bell hooks, one of the greatest thinkers of our time recently passed away leaving us to explore her legacy and its impact on our intersections of Black womanhood. Our friend and activist Diamond Stylz joins J. this week to discuss Blackademia, the reality tv icon Nene Leakes (it’s important!), and to reflect on Insecure and an era of television that will be referenced for years to come.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!

This week’s hot list: we fvcking survived 2021, pay Black Transwomen Inc., we bingeing The Witcher, possible awkward C*sby show reference, bell hooks, street feminism, “femininity”, Laverne Cox, “problematic” but “important” questions, Nene Leakes and navigating grief & trauma on the blogs (she in these streets with a new boo all quick!), that Insecure glow up, Diamond is tired of Lawrence’s shit, J. might be lowkey #teamlawrence and ready to fight Nathan, and more about Kelli

Libations: 3:57

Donation Libations: 7:03

Affirmations: 11:25

bell hooks: 12:22

Grieving in public and should we be in Nene’s business?: 45:25

Insecure and last minute ass Lawrence (SPOILERS): 1:02:38 - 1:30:20

Spoiler free Insecure reflections: 1:30:20

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GUEST CO-HOST DIAMOND STYLZ

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Podcast: Marsha’s Plate https://pod.link/1293033444

Website: https://diamondstylz.com/about-diamond-stylz/

PAY BLACK PEOPLE Support Black Transwomen’s Inc. https://blacktranswomen.org/

Check out bell hooks and Laverne Cox in conversation at The New School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oMmZIJijgY

This week’s closing clip features recent ancestor bell hooks on what it means to be feminist. Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpdJUGn0FHE

This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with special guest host Diamond Stylz, editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Segment Music by Chad Milner

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On this episode… Single and “childless” (there’s gotta be a better term for that) - Why you shouldn’t (or should?) ask people about their parenting status. Then we get litigious about Black hair, and we finally talk about Dave Chappelle

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!

This week’s hot list: talking reckless to Vivica A. Fox, sh!t people ask women with no kids, Medical drawings and white supremacy (for real), spa etiquette, wtf is a legacy exactly, can a triggering question be a good question, Jeffery Thorton and the CROWN act (them lawsuits hit different), a wellness check on Dave Chappelle and mad other ish

Libations: 7:17

Donation Libations: 17:08

Affirmations: 19:32

The politics of being grown and “childless”: 20:28

Moment in Black Hair: 53:54

Dave Chappelle, the not so great Bokeem Woodbine: 1:07:58:00

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Check out Chidiebere Ibe’s medical drawings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ebereillustrate/

Listen to Marsha’s Plate episode #207 Selective Offenses And Selective Bans https://soundcloud.com/danella-xuc/207-selective-offenses-and-selective-bans

Moment In Black Hair: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/04/us/black-job-applicant-hair-discrimination-lawsuit/index.html

https://www.thecrownact.com/about

Dave Chappelle just out here: https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/dave-chappelle-teen-critics-alma-mater-q-and-a.html

This week’s closing clip features recent ancestor bell hooks https://twitter.com/donovanxramsey/status/1471185375334830080?s=21

This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Segment Music by Chad Milner

On this episode…Season 2 of the series “Love Life” just wrapped on HBO. It’s got us pondering Black Love ™ versus the swirl; covid and the great white awakening of 2020; and Black masculinity, monogamy, love, and sex

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!

This week’s hot list: Shout out to boundaries, and good family time. J. investigates how a really white show turned into an example of representation behind the camera, Black male characters and the “good guy” trope in film and IRL, When Black love ™ gets silly, interracial dating, marriage, divorce, threesomes, code switching and do people even use condoms anymore?

Content warning with timestamps ahead. There is a miscarriage in episode 6 of the series. We discuss this from 1:36:50-1:38:30

Libations: 3:16

Donation Libations: 9:00

Affirmations: 12:32

What is Love Life: 16:58

The “good guy” trope IRL: 36:51

Interracial marriage: 45:00

Black parents gonna Black parent: 1:00:51

Black Love ™: 1:08:38

A threesome: 1:21:49

Ya’ll Mofos Don’t Use Condoms: 1:25:34

Marcus had that breakup coming: 1:38:30

Kian’s down with O.P.P.: 1:47:35

Love, Covid & White Folks Wildin: 1:55:12

Issa Relationship: 2:01:39

We wanna seasons greet you with a post card for the new year! (for reals this time) We promise it'll be cute and not an entire waste of paper. Send your address here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhaXUgyYrT_r46FpFwpYkYTUenXGZGJVgrZ0U-jjJTbQ_orQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

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This week’s closing clip features the recent ancestor Virgil Abloh https://www.instagram.com/tv/CW2uNUlFqgK/?utm_medium=copy_link

This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Segment Music by Chad Milner

On this episode… It’s how to get away with murder. The internet shares their disappointment about the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal. Should we feel a public sadness? What impact does the killing of white protesters have on allyship? And on a much needed lighter note, fun nerd sh!t and a game changing moment in Black hair

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!

This week’s hot list: Use your PTO, Anime NYC, nerd judgement, Stranger Things, birthdays, Kyle Rittenhouse, white supremacy and the internets reaction, anti-protest laws, synthetic hair’s life cycle and mad other ish

EPISODE TIMESTAMPS

Libations: 3:15

Donation Libations: 14:14

Affirmations: 15:58

Kyle Rittenhouse timeline of events: 18:29

Acquittal and internet reaction: 26:29

A moment in (synthetic) Black hair: 1:12:01

We wanna seasons greet you with a post card for the new year! (for reals this time) We promise it'll be cute and not an entire waste of paper. Send your address here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhaXUgyYrT_r46FpFwpYkYTUenXGZGJVgrZ0U-jjJTbQ_orQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

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J. mentions the idea of “lone wolf” terrorism in this ep, but we have a more in depth discussion about domestic terrorism on episode #278 Issa Coup. Conversation starts around minute 18:41 https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/278-issa-coup

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Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028

MOMENT IN BLACK HAIR

The Wig Station Recycle Program: https://thewigstation.com/recycling/

Plant based braiding hair by Rebundle: https://rebundle.co/

This week’s closing clip features Gayle King Interviewing Jonathon Majors, for the movie ”The Harder They Fall” https://www.instagram.com/tv/CV_g2NJgb-y/?utm_medium=share_sheet

This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Segment Music by Chad Milner

On this episode…What about your friends? When friendships end, what else gets lost? Today we’re talking about love and friendship, and making room for the questions we thought we already had the answers to. Our biggest fears, what happens when we die, and our plans for the zombie apocalypse.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!

This week’s hot list: Afros & Audio, Are you friends with your parents? Ya’ll watching Love Life? Social fatigue vs. saying yes! Big small talk, embarrassing moments, bad dates, childhood memories, soulmates, love languages and more.

EPISODE TIMESTAMPS

Libations: 3:20

Donation Libations: 10:46

Affirmations: 15:11

Friendship Dynamics & Loss: 15:53

Questions About Life: 24:06

Questions About Love and Zombies: 1:01:25

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Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm

Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028

This week’s closing clip features Nimco Happy singing her single Isii Nafta (Love You More Than My Life) https://twitter.com/nimcoshappy/status/1453796255742758918?s=21

This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Segment Music by Chad Milner

On this episode… Revenge of the Black nerds! Were you othered for being queer or Black or nerdy, or all of that sh!t? Then, why labels may or may not be important to you and if any of that has to do with your privilege

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!

This week’s hot list: Sex toys, daylight savings or takings, Queens (the TV show), velvet, anti-Blackness and othering at the intersections of nerdiness & queerness, demisexuality, Cardi cosplay, labels, belonging, who gets to claim queer, who needs to claim queer, who cares and mad other ish

EPISODE TIMESTAMPS

Libations: 4:57

Donation Libations: 17:08

Affirmations: 20:18

Anti-Blackness and Black nerds: 22:37

Who claims queerness, who gets to say: 55:33

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COME TO AFROS & AUDIO VIRTUAL PODCAST FESTIVAL!

Enter code AFAUTQJ21 for 25% off your ticket at https://www.afrosandaudio.com/podcastfestival

Listen to J. on Bag Ladiez demisexual roundtable episode: https://soundcloud.com/bgladies/all-baggage-episode-with-akua-j-being-demisexual

WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com

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DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm

Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028

This week’s closing clip features Sylvia Scott featured on Advanced Style Official https://www.tiktok.com/@advancedstyleofficial/video/7027107364427795718

This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Segment Music by Chad Milner

On this episode…Can breaking up with your therapist be therapeutic? Is Jada Pinkett Smith being too honest about marriage? Are yall tired of talking about Jada Pinkett Smith yet? And making friends as an adult...Can you build community in an era of no new friends?

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!

This week’s hot list: New therapist energy, getting paid, those Jada and Will relationship goals you have, have been shattered, now what? Friendship, marriage, building community pre & post covid vibes, work friend politics, and mad other ish

EPISODE TIMESTAMPS

Mental health & wealth out this bitch: 3:54

Donation Libations: 12:36

Affirmations: 16:14

Jada Pinkett Smith, marriage, misogynoir & media: 17:21

Making new friendship, building new community: 43:00

Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast!

COME TO AFROS & AUDIO VIRTUAL PODCAST FESTIVAL!

Enter code AFAUTQJ21 for 25% off your ticket at https://www.afrosandaudio.com/podcastfestival

WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com

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DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm

Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028

This week’s closing clip features Moschini Dorito- Heterophobic Mobsters https://www.tiktok.com/@moschinodorito/video/7023785346269760774?

This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Segment Music by Chad Milner

On this episode… The girls are grieving! We talk about navigating death, grief and loss and everything that comes with it. Then in honor of spooky season we revisit blackface for the holidays, whether or not J. was a coon in 2017, why ni**as give Queen heebee jeebees and how working at a cool job while Black can still be wack.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!

This week’s hot list: It’s on sight for death! Funerals and shit people say at funerals, high value memories, Halloween and spooky season tings, a bad blackface take, learning in public, an Aaliyah tribute, colorism in language, Black on Black hair crime, and working at a “cool” company while Black

EPISODE TIMESTAMPS

Libations for our ancestors: 5:24

Donation Libations: 20:06

Affirmations: 24:54

How we living: 26:16

Colorism in costuming & language: 57:16

A bad blackface take: 1:00:32

Moment in Black Hair touching: 17:01

Get away from my desk: 1:27:28

Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast!

COME TO AFROS & AUDIO VIRTUAL PODCAST FESTIVAL!

Enter code AFAUTQJ21 for 25% off your ticket at https://www.afrosandaudio.com/podcastfestival

WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com

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DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm

Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028

This week’s closing clip features Gillie Da King and Wallo https://twitter.com/longlivepele/status/1436406372787277825?s=21

This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones and social media support from Jo Caraballo

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Segment Music by Chad Milner

On this episode… Being twice as good is fvcking exhausting! We lean into Black mediocrity and the freedom to show your ass at work (metaphorically!). We celebrate the joys of sex toys and cannabis. Explore the state-sanctioned mistreatment of Haitian migrants and what’s happening on the Mexican side of the border. Then troll baiting, and J. finds a reason to talk about Blues Clues because that shit was delightful!

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!

This week’s hot list: R. Kelly is finally going to jail, but we want restorative street justice. Affirming rest, abundance and stability. What our parents taught us about working while Black, addressing microaggressions, and the perfect work turn up. #BluesClues25, Michael K. Williams, and does 50 cent have a soul, or friends?

EPISODE TIMESTAMPS

Sex toys & cannabis: 5:24

Donation Libations: 20:06

Affirmations: 24:54

Black Mediocrity: 26:16

Pay Black Women, Pay Black People 57:16

What's happening on the Mexican side of the Del Rio Bridge? 1:00:32

Blues Clues haters 1:17:01

50 Cent and harmful clickbait media 1:27:28

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NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS:

In Mexico, Some Haitians Find a Helping Hand

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-09-26/in-mexico-some-haitians-find-a-helping-hand

Haitian migrants to be offered residency, permits by Mexico https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/25/mexico-offer-haitian-migrants-residency-work-permits-del-rio/5866435001/

PAY BLACK WOMEN:

Help our friend Lina of Bag Ladiez podcast raise money for their grandmother’s funeral services and burial in the Dominican Republic: https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-petronila-gil-funeral-expenses?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

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Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm

Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028

This week’s closing clip features Micheal K Williams in the HBO short, Typecast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpST8KE3vSI

This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones and social media support from Jo Caraballo

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Segment Music by Chad Milner