#207 Not Even Water?

Tea with Queen and J.

Society & Culture

4.9 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2019

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Are you in the sunken place? Are you your own tether? We talk about how to regain your authentic Black voice after code switching. Also can you be Black, from uptown, listen to Killa Cam and be anti-fur? How to mind your business during Ramadan, then #payBlackwomen, and supporting Black creatives out loud. This week’s hot list: Safaree and NYC fur protests, Black greek life & transphobia, that Zeta statement, code switching, sports & pregnancy, Nike, sponsorships, healthcare & maternity leave, Alysia Montaño, cultural competency during Ramadan, creatives supporting creatives, struggle as a woman’s virtue instead of a very obvious tool & result of muh fuggin oppression, and mad other ish! Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! EPISODE SPONSOR “Hello My Name Is” by Rasheed Hamid available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hello-My-Name-Rasheed-Hamid/dp/1795155973/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr0_1?crid=31TEVUESQF6Y0&keywords=hello+my+name+is+rasheed+hamid&qid=1557002972&s=gateway&sprefix=hello+my+name+is+ras&sr=8-1-fkmr0 WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj EVENTS JOIN US for our 4th annual Juneteenth Afterwork Kickback! Wednesday, June 19th from 6-10pm at VON, FREE.99 with RSVP: https://juneteenthkb.eventbrite.com JOIN Ms.Vixen at CareFreeBlackGirl Cookout again this year! Queen will be hosting affirmation and intention setting workshops, helping folks get their Bad bitch energy up! June 15th, 2-7pm @ Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn, NY. FREE RSVP: http://www.msvixenmag.com/2019/05/ms-vixen-irl-carefreeblackgirk-cookout.html PAY BLACK WOMEN Check out The House of Kaluuah for “excessively gaudy, fashionably exciting” earings, shades, and herbal mixes!: http://houseofkaluaah.bigcartel.com/products?page=1 NOTES & EXTRA TEA Listen to We Gotta Have It! Where we reviewed season one of the Netflix series “She’s Gotta Have It” : https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/sets/we-gotta-have-it-teawithqj This week’s closing clip is a public announcement from Cardi B.: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxp27mxnbK0/?igshid=od90miouydey This episode of Tea with Queen and J. was created, hosted & produced by Janicia & Naima with editorial support by Sam Riddell Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.tflintvoiceovers.com/

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0:00.0	This week on Tea with Queen and Jay.
0:02.1	Are you in the sunken place?
0:03.8	Are you perhaps your own tether?
0:05.8	We talk about how to regain your authentic black voice after code switching.
0:10.0	Also, can you be black from Uptown, listen to Killicam, and be anti-fur?
0:14.2	How to mind your business during Ramadan, then pay black women and support black creatives out loud.
0:20.3	It's tea with Queen and Jay people. Drink up.
0:26.2	Hold up. We got a sponsor.
0:28.2	Oh shit, we do have a sponsor.
0:30.3	This week's episode is sponsored by the new book.
0:33.0	Hello My Name is by Rashid Hamid.
0:35.8	Rashid Hamid Hamid debuts his first autobiography, Hello My Name is, about his struggles and happiness
0:41.5	of coming out as a gay black Muslim living in D.C.
0:44.9	Hamid shares his adventures, highlighted through all the characters he meets throughout his
0:49.4	life that begin to shape his understanding of himself and his sexuality.
0:53.3	Through comedy and pain, Hamid shows the brilliance of his stories in a light that brings hope
0:58.4	to those with their own coming out struggles and successes.
1:01.6	By the book today, Hello, My Name is by Rashid Hamid, is available now on Amazon.com and
1:07.4	Kindle Unlimited. and kindle unlimited i'm not a girl i hate that song i don't care i don't care i don't care it I don't care enough about it to hate it. It was weird. It was weird because she was introduced to us like she was a grown sex pot. Then it was like, I'm not a girl. Yeah, like she was never like presented as a girl. A girl. We're talking about Britney Spears for anybody who doesn't know what the heck is going on. Okay.
1:46.1	Welcome to Tea with Queen and Jay.
1:55.3	We are two women's race nerds talking shit over tea, dismantling white supremacist, patriarchal to capitalism, one episode at a time.
1:56.3	I'm Queen.
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