Alesia is joined by some equally rude friends to discuss Donald Glover’s new show Atlanta, the current state of Black folks on tv, the Black love we deserve and a lot more.
Join Ramou as she sits down with The Lingerie Addict herself, Cora Harrington, to chat about knickers, bed jackets, the significance of lingerie within the fashion industry and why we need to have more conversations about all of it.
Here’s a complete list of the brands mentioned in this episode:
Hello! In this edition of my beauty column I show you how to pamper yourself with a really easy at home facial and highly recommend you get into Being Mary Jane. Enjoy!
Former BGT guest and college graduate Alexis Wilkinson is back and she’s here to discuss Snapchat, the dangers of giving out your phone number, and the perfect Brussels sprout.
Black Girls Talking Episode 64:
F@#$ Your Exposure - Fatima chats with Riya Jama
Fatima and artist Riya Jama chat about impostor syndrome, stanning for Black girls, knowing your worth, the artist struggle, internet trolls and more. TW for talk of sexual violence.
Black Girls Talking Episode 63:
#DISABILITYTOOWHITE: On Disability and Representation
Fatima, Krystal and Vilissa get into representations of people with disabilities in media, beginning with the new film Me Before You, and discuss #DISABILITYTOOWHITE, the GOAT Muhammad Ali and more.
Black Girls Talking Episode 63:
#DISABILITYTOOWHITE: On Disability and Representation
Fatima, Krystal and Vilissa get into representations of people with disabilities in media, beginning with the new film Me Before You, and discuss #DISABILITYTOOWHITE, the GOAT Muhammad Ali and more.
Issa Rae has put together a GoFundMe in honor of #AltonSterling. This family scholarship will hopefully cover their finances as well as funding for the children to go to school.
Issa writes:
If you feel helpless, but want to play a small part in easing the
burden of #AltonSterling’s family, consider donating to this scholarship
fund for his 15-year-old son (and his other kids).
*ALL* funds raised will go to Alton Sterling’s family.
In this edition of #Beautychat we sit down with Julee Wilson and Pamela Christiani to chat about Essence Beauty Box. We get all the details on Essence Beauty Box and get into the importance of supporting Black beauty brands, finding a signature fragrance, what the world of beauty is missing and the Kultural Appropriation Kardashians. Sit back, drink some water and have a listen. Please wash your face tonight!
So excited to share this discussion with @fansylla and @unimpressed2chainz on the ways beauty intersects with their lives, their beauty crushes and their personal journeys✨✨✨
In this episode, Ramou is joined by comedy writers Lisa McQuillan and Amy Aniobi, the hilarious minds behind the web series Lisa And Amy Are Black and writers from blackish (Lisa) and the long-anticipated Issa Rae HBO show, Insecure (Amy). Listen in as Ramou lies back on the therapy couch while Lisa and Amy talk having the confidence to release your inner creative, quickly transition into why craft services is heaven on earth, and end with the quest for hardwood floors.
In this episode Aurelia chats with her friend; NYC based singer-songwriter and self proclaimed Tinder queen, Jenn Mundia. They run down topics like: making it in the music business, Kenyan home cooking, and what its like as a Black girl acoustic artist in a post Tracy Chapman world.
You can check out Jenn’s new album “Heads or Tails” as well as the rest of her discography and schedule of live performances at: www.facebook.com/jennmundiamusic/
When Dr. Martin Luther King came out against the war in Vietnam in
1967, he was criticized by the mainstream press and his own advisors who
told him to not focus on “foreign” policy. But Dr. King forged forward,
and to justify his new stand, said publicly, “Like Muhammad Ali puts
it, we are all—black and brown and poor—victims of the same system of
oppression.”
When Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island, he said that Muhammad Ali made him feel like the walls were not there.
When John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fists on the medal stand
in Mexico City, one of their demands was to “Restore Muhammad Ali’s
title.” They called Ali “the warrior-saint of the Black Athlete’s
Revolt.”
When Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
volunteers in Lowndes County, Alabama launched an independent political
party in 1965, their new group was the first to use the symbol of a
black panther. Beneath the jungle cat’s black silhouette was a slogan
straight from the champ: “WE Are the Greatest.”
When Billie Jean
King was aiming to win equal rights for women in sports, Muhammad Ali
would say to her, “Billie Jean King! YOU ARE THE QUEEN!” She said that
this made her feel brave in her own skin.
The question is why? Why was he able to create this kind of radical ripple throughout the culture and across the world?
What Muhammad Ali did—in a culture that worships sports and violence
as well as a culture that idolizes black athletes while criminalizing
black skin—was redefine what it meant to be tough and collectivize the
very idea of courage. Through the Champ’s words on the streets and deeds
in the ring, bravery was not only standing up to Sonny Liston. It was
speaking truth to power, no matter the cost. He was a boxer whose very
presence taught a simple and dangerous lesson fifty years ago: “real
men” fight for peace and “real women” raise their voices and join the
fray. Or as Bryant Gumbel said years ago, “Muhammad Ali refused to be
afraid. And being that way, he gave other people courage.”