338 Lets Revisit Kendrick Lamar's Auntie Diaries

Marsha's Plate: Black Trans Podcast

Diamond Stylz

Society & Culture

4.9 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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We breakdown the lyrics of Kendrick Lamar's new song Auntie Diaries because now yall have calm down. Can we regroup on this masterpiece Kendrick Lamar's Aunties Diaries is the first time we see a cisgender heterosexual Black man grapple with the subject of the trans experience so deeply in Hip Hop. His use of slurs has triggered a backlash that is overshadowing the beauty of this powerful autobiographical story of change and acceptance. We have merch as well if you wanna support Marsha’s Plate https://teespring.com/stores/marshasplate Reading Recommendations https://bookshop.org/shop/DiamondStylz #marshasplate #girlslikeus #boyslikeus #transgender #podcast #podsincolor #podernfamily #transisbeautiful #houston #lgbt #transmen #transwomen #blackfeminism #trans101 #trans #blacktranswomen #blacktransmen #houstonpride #indiepodcast #blacktranslivesmatter #lgbtqia #lgbtq #genderidentity #pride #blackgirlmagic #blackboyjoy #podcast🎧 #podcaster #queer #transpodcasts Accountability is an ongoing process and allyship has to be renewed every day through actions and support We run off of donations to keep this programming accessible so monetary donations are so helpful BUT Ways to support that don’t cost money is to share comment and subscribe #marshasplate #girlslikeus #boyslikeus #transgender #podcast #blacktranslivesmatter #podsincolor #podernfamily #transpodcast Trans Agenda https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trans-agenda-for-liberation/ Trans 101 from Havard http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/gender-lines-science-transgender-identity/ PODCAST PLATFORMS iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/marshas-plate-black-trans-podcast/id1293033444 TuneIn http://tun.in/piRlF Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/diamondstylzgmailcom/marshas-plate Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/danella-xuc Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4Iv5ymzrIouiCGHsOBNB47 https://pod.link/1293033444 DONATE HERE https://app.thefield.org/profile/Marsha-s-Plate-LLC/646107 https://www.patreon.com/MarshasPlate https://venmo.com/DiamondStylz https://cash.me/$DiamondStylz https://www.paypal.me/DiamondStylz https://linktr.ee/DiamondStylz https://www.youtube.com/c/DiamondStylz https://www.facebook.com/MarshasPlate/ https://www.Instagram.com/MarshasPlate/ https://www.twitter.com/MarshasPlate/ https://linktr.ee/MarshasPlate

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up? You are listening to Marcia's Plate, and I am your principal host, Diamond
0:05.6	Stiles. I'm throwing a solo episode up on the feed just for y'all to enjoy. The crew will be back
0:11.8	tomorrow. So, if you don't know, I go live at 7 p.m. Central Time on my YouTube. Come on over
0:19.7	this week and check me out.
0:22.3	We be having fun.
0:28.2	A couple of years ago, I had a conversation about Kendrick Lamar's Auntie Diaries.
0:35.5	It kind of went viral because it was him discussing his experience around trans. And people were offended by him using the word the f-bomb the f-a-g word the slur
0:45.4	in the song and i had a conversation with my audience and i want to share with you all and i
0:53.2	added some things and discussed some other things.
0:56.3	And yeah, we're going to do a deep dive conversation about Auntie Diaries, because I think
1:04.0	is important to examine now that we have, you know, sat on it a little bit.
1:09.6	Yeah. So the beginning of the song, the intro starts off with Kendrick Lamar and
1:15.0	Eckhart Tolly. Anybody know him? He's one of them kind of one of the book that I really,
1:21.1	he's an author. One of the books that I like him is when he talks about the ego. He's really,
1:26.9	really good at discussing ego things about, you know, about how to get your ego
1:32.2	in check because a lot of people's problems, their social problems, revolved around your ego
1:38.6	and you're not having your ego in check.
1:40.8	It starts off with this clip repeating in the beginning of the song. And the lyrics to the
1:46.1	clip is, heart plays in ways the mind can't figure out. Heart plays in ways the mind can't figure out.
1:54.6	Heart plays in ways the mind can't figure out.
2:02.8	This is how we conceptualize human beings.
2:05.6	That's a great intro to what he's about to talk about.
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