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The Longest Shortest Time

Dispatches from Black Motherhood

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | Realm

Kids & Family, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Parenting

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Anthonia Akitunde went looking for websites about Black working moms that broke stereotypes. She came up empty. So she started her own. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the longest shortest time I'm Hillary Frank and I want to introduce you to somebody

0:13.1

who helps us out behind the scenes here.

0:15.6

My name is Antonia Akitunde.

0:17.8

Antonia is on our editorial board.

0:20.1

She helps us define stories for the show.

0:22.8

I asked Antonia to work with us because she's got this awesome project called Modernia.

0:28.1

It's a website where she features interviews with black women,

0:31.4

black mothers specifically, who have interesting jobs.

0:35.0

Yeah, from my perspective, it was a way of filling a void in the media landscape

0:41.4

where black women are presented outside of the stereotypes.

0:46.2

You're either the welfare mom stereotype, the angry black woman stereotype,

0:53.4

and then there's only one Michelle Obama.

0:56.2

And I wanted to show that there was different ways and spaces of being black and being a mother

1:01.9

and being a career woman.

1:04.0

For myself and also I figured other people would be interested in that as well.

1:08.6

Modernia has all kinds of content geared toward black working moms.

1:13.0

There's lifestyle tips like how to handle the stress of working while black beauty tips,

1:18.7

how to care for your skin and hair.

1:20.8

There's tips on family relationships, like how to deal with unwelcoming in-laws.

1:26.4

And there's a whole series on mental illness in the black community.

1:30.8

Modernia is just stunning visually.

1:33.6

The photos are huge, colorful, beautifully shot.

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