#295 It's Just A Hobby!

Tea with Queen and J.

Society & Culture

4.8 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 88 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… Black people got hobbies! But should every hobby turn into income? Do we even really know what a hobby is? If you don’t make a living wage, should you have a hobby? Are we for real about to explore hobbies this whole episode? Yep!

This week’s hot list: A poppin, health summer, rest and family time. All things Black people and hobbies! Childhood hobbies, the history of hobbies & leisure amongst Black Americans, monetizing your hobby, how to talk to your friends about their hobby (yes, we’re serious lol), hobbies & capitalism, who deserves fun and leisure, tweet streets, and mad other sh!t

EPISODE TIMESTAMPS

Libations: 3:15

Donation Libations: 13:32

Affirmations: 16:38

Why we talking about hobbies: 17:53

A Black twitter drama: 41:50

Black hobby history: 1:05:10

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NOTES AND EXTRA TEA

Listen to Queen talk about her new flower hobby at minute 16:58 of episode #293 Kissing Dogs In The Mouth https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/293-kissing-dogs-in-the-mouth

More history on Black Americans and leisure: https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/african-american-leisure-lifestyles

This week’s closing clip features Katt Williams take on “cancel culture” from The Joe Budden Podcast: https://twitter.com/naacpyoungboy/status/1400941136336805888?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

Transcript

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0:00.0	Black people got hobbies.
0:01.7	Should every hobby turn into income?
0:03.8	Do we even really know what a hobby is?
0:05.7	If you don't make a living wage, should you have a hobby?
0:08.5	Are we for real about to explore hobbies?
0:11.2	Yep.
0:11.7	It's tea between and Jay.
0:12.9	Drink up.
0:18.7	What's up?
0:20.5	Nothing. What's up? Nothing.
0:21.1	What's up?
0:23.0	Nothing.
0:23.9	I am in a room with a window.
0:26.3	Oh.
0:26.8	So that's new.
0:27.7	Okay.
0:28.3	Sunlight is hitting my face.
0:30.0	It's raining outside and it's still, somehow it's still sunlight, yo.
0:33.5	I can't relate.
0:34.4	I'm usually sitting in a dark room, the dark dungeon that is my apartment.
0:39.4	So I feel good.
0:40.6	That has those fucking light out curtains in the room that she does have.
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