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Joy as rebellion. Style as armor. Love as proof. Janelle Monáe reminds us that liberation doesn’t always look like prote...
09/11/2025

Joy as rebellion. Style as armor. Love as proof. Janelle Monáe reminds us that liberation doesn’t always look like protest. Sometimes it looks like pleasure.

This week’s episode asks: Is joy itself a political act?

08/11/2025

Not everyone resists the same way. Some march, some vote, some build community. But if you’re not doing any of it… are you really part of the movement?

EP 1104: ‘Black Joy vs Black Resistance’ streaming everywhere

07/11/2025

We get it, sometimes you just need to brunch it out. After all the noise, the losses, the “almosts,” joy can feel like the only thing we still control. But when the mimosas are gone, where does that energy go?

EP 1104: ‘Black Joy vs Black Resistance’ streaming everywhere

Woke was never about being trendy; it was about survival. What started as a warning became a weapon against us, and we'r...
06/11/2025

Woke was never about being trendy; it was about survival. What started as a warning became a weapon against us, and we're breaking down how that happened. Save this carousel for the next time someone forgets where the term 'woke' came from.

05/11/2025

Joy is powerful, but it cannot be the only form of resistance. For Black q***r people, joy is a radical act of self-love in a world that taught us to hate ourselves. But resistance also looks like voting, protesting, organizing, and showing up for each other. It’s not joy or action. It’s both.

EP 1104: ‘Black Joy vs Black Resistance’ streaming everywhere

We were taught that silence equals shame, but maybe privacy is just a boundary that keeps us whole. How do you decide wh...
04/11/2025

We were taught that silence equals shame, but maybe privacy is just a boundary that keeps us whole. How do you decide what’s sacred and what’s shareable?

04/11/2025

Who’s more Black famous, Gina or Pam? 👀 This one might divide the room again, y'all had a hard time with Loretta Devine and Jenifer Lewis 😮‍💨

Sound off in the comments!

03/11/2025

Who all gon’ be there? 👀

James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and Marsha P. Johnson. These three fearless Black, q***r activists are at the center of Christopher's ultimate dinner party conversation.

Christopher wants the blueprint for freedom: how to use teaching as liberation, how to water yourself so you can water others, and how travel shapes your vision.

02/11/2025

Sometimes taking the high road just lets people get away with too much. How do you decide when to stay calm and when to call it out?

EP 1103: ‘Sex, Secrecy, and Survival’ streaming everywhere

The truth has a price. Ess*x Hemphill paid it with honesty. He wrote about love, lust, and loneliness when silence was s...
02/11/2025

The truth has a price. Ess*x Hemphill paid it with honesty. He wrote about love, lust, and loneliness when silence was safer, and left a roadmap for those of us still unlearning shame.

In this episode, we ask if the Black Church can ever hold space for q***r truth?

01/11/2025

Some of us were raised to make ourselves smaller. Others were taught to take up space. How did your home shape your confidence?

EP 1103: ‘Sex, Secrecy, and Survival’ streaming everywhere

31/10/2025

The church can’t talk about q***rness because it still can’t talk about s*x. What would faith look like if we led with consent, honesty, and mutuality instead of shame?

EP 1103: ‘Sex, Secrecy, and Survival’ streaming everywhere

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