#209 It's Above Me

Tea with Queen and J.

Society & Culture

4.9 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2019

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Are you using progressive language while doing regressive sh!t? One of our faves addresses sexual assault allegations in a questionable way on a questionable platform and we question all that shit and more. This week’s hot list: Ms.Vixen podcast, #ItsAboveMe, Jason Mitchell played himself, sexual harassment on set, The Chi, Lena Waithe is a zaddy, Black women on The Breakfast Club (why?), Charlachew, activism in media, buzzwords, Times Up, Me too, social capital, leverage, who holds power and who takes responsibility, Black women at work, misogynoir, infantilizing grown ass men in life and in media, y mas! Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! 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 OUR FRIENDS Inner Hoe Uprising’s live show Friday, June 7th in Brooklyn! Info & tix: https://www.wearemuchdifferent.com/events/inner-hoe-uprising-live-podcast-show 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 WE’LL BE at Afros and Audio Podcast Festival in Brooklyn, June 22nd! Text AFAUPROMO to 55222 for 25% off your festival ticket. Tix & info: https://www.afrosandaudio.com NOTES & EXTRA TEA Check out Gem City Tornado Recovery organized by Dayton Young Black Professionals: https://www.gofundme.com/gem-city-relief Listen to the first episode of Queen’s Ms.Vixen podcast with special guest Diamond Stylz of Marsha’s Plate podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-570908584/1-accidental-activism-w-diamond-stylez 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 features @craignofridayy denying a racist a hotel room: https://twitter.com/craignofridayy/status/1135377999287738369?s=21 The Chi Showrunner speaks to The Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chi-showrunner-goes-public-jason-mitchell-misconduct-claims-was-well-aware-1214068 Lena Waithe on The Breakfast Club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S6yN50YqQM This episode of Tea with Queen and J. was created, hosted & produced by Naima & Janicia. 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, are you using progressive language while doing regressive shit?
0:05.7	One of our faves addresses sexual assault allegations in a questionable way on a questionable platform and we question all that shit and more.
0:14.3	It's Tea with Queen and Jay people. Drink up. T with tweeter j another day another day of
0:36.0	another day of Beyonce's capitalism
0:37.2	I just had that little picture that We're recording. Another day of Beyonce's capitalism.
0:43.7	I just had that little picture that emoji that's like standing in hell.
0:44.9	It's like fiery flames.
0:48.7	That's what Beyonce's capitalism is like you just know you shouldn't be in it.
0:51.5	You know you shouldn't be there, but you feel so good.
0:52.6	It's warm.
0:54.4	Saving your money for concerts.
0:56.3	Buying merch.
0:58.1	That's over price.
1:02.8	Absorbing her like promotional content.
1:05.1	Watching her on Netflix over and over.
1:07.2	So she can get money and you're still poor.
1:08.0	Yeah.
1:11.0	That's the hell sound. That's the hell sound.
1:15.1	That sounds like Christian hell.
1:16.6	Yes, yes, Christian hell.
1:17.5	What is Muslim hell? I don't know.
1:18.1	It's probably just silent.
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