Hello everyone it's Lauren Ash

hey y'all zakia and a jeba welcome to the Black Girl Nome

podcast we promote holistic wellness and inner beauty for women of color

we also encourage self-care and self-love for our communities.

In a nutshell, we create space for women of color to breathe easy.

Thanks for listening.

Womanist is to feminist, purple is to lavender, Ellis Walker.

Womanist. From womanish, frivolous, irresponsible, not serious, a black feminist or

of color, from the black folk expression of mothers to

female children, quote unquote, you act a womanish.

Like a woman, usually referring to outrageous, audacious, courageous, or willful behavior,

wanting to know more in a greater depth than is considered good for one.

Acting grown up, being grown up, interchangeable with another black folk expression.

I'm trying to be grown, responsible, and charged, and serious.

Committed to the survival and wholeness of the entire people male and female, not a separatist except

periodically for health.

So today we're diving in a really really important conversation.

Takeda, do you want to share more about it?

Yeah, so today we'll be sharing a little bit about the philosophies behind the

inspiration for Black Girl and Home. So really talking about, you know, women who have inspired the work that we do and that

inspired the work that we would love to do more of while we're here.

We'll also be talking a little bit more about the exclusivity of Black

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