#308 bell hooks, The Blogs, and Insecure
Tea with Queen and J.
Tea with Queen and J.
4.8 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2021
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
On this episode… bell hooks, one of the greatest thinkers of our time recently passed away leaving us to explore her legacy and its impact on our intersections of Black womanhood. Our friend and activist Diamond Stylz joins J. this week to discuss Blackademia, the reality tv icon Nene Leakes (it’s important!), and to reflect on Insecure and an era of television that will be referenced for years to come.
Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!
This week’s hot list: we fvcking survived 2021, pay Black Transwomen Inc., we bingeing The Witcher, possible awkward C*sby show reference, bell hooks, street feminism, “femininity”, Laverne Cox, “problematic” but “important” questions, Nene Leakes and navigating grief & trauma on the blogs (she in these streets with a new boo all quick!), that Insecure glow up, Diamond is tired of Lawrence’s shit, J. might be lowkey #teamlawrence and ready to fight Nathan, and more about Kelli
Libations: 3:57
Donation Libations: 7:03
Affirmations: 11:25
bell hooks: 12:22
Grieving in public and should we be in Nene’s business?: 45:25
Insecure and last minute ass Lawrence (SPOILERS): 1:02:38 - 1:30:20
Spoiler free Insecure reflections: 1:30:20
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Check out bell hooks and Laverne Cox in conversation at The New School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oMmZIJijgY
This week’s closing clip features recent ancestor bell hooks on what it means to be feminist. Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpdJUGn0FHE
This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with special guest host Diamond Stylz, editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by 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
Segment Music by Chad Milner
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| 0:00.0 | Bell Hooks, one of the greatest thinkers of our time, recently passed away, leaving us to explore her legacy and its impact on our intersections of Black womanhood. |
| 0:10.7 | Our friend and activist Diamond Stiles joins me this week to discuss Blackademia, the reality TV icon Nini leaks of all people, and to reflect on insecure and an era of television that |
| 0:22.7 | will be referenced for years to come. |
| 0:25.0 | It's Tea with Queen and Jay. Drink up. |
| 0:29.6 | How you doing, Diamond? |
| 0:31.5 | I am good. I am good. I feel amazing. |
| 0:34.6 | Good. Why do you feel so amazing? That's just what it is? Well, no, I've been like self-caring |
| 0:41.6 | because this is the anniversary of my mom passing away this week. She passed away on the 8th, 18th of |
| 0:48.7 | December in 2020. So this is the anniversary, but because I knew this has been coming up, I really did all my normal self-care stuff, |
| 1:00.8 | but really all in one week. |
| 1:02.5 | I usually don't do it all in one week because I can't afford it. |
| 1:05.6 | But I got a cute little check from the University of British Victoria for Trans Awareness Week. |
| 1:13.4 | You know, so I was like, ah, I can afford this. |
| 1:15.4 | Beautiful. |
| 1:16.2 | So I got my feet done. |
| 1:17.9 | I got a massage. |
| 1:20.1 | I did, I went to the sauna. |
| 1:24.0 | And I just have been doing like just tons of spiritual baths and just stuff that makes me personally feel good. |
| 1:31.1 | So yeah, I feel great. |
| 1:32.3 | I feel amazing. |
| 1:32.7 | I love that. |
| 1:33.8 | I love that. |
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