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Let's celebrate beauty, creativity, joy, and black excellence together. Hey Ladies, hey ladies, hey ladies.

Hey ladies.

Hello.

Hi, hi.

I'm Sam Sanders.

I'm Saeed Jones.

And I'm Zach Stafford, and you're listening to Vibe Check.

Welcome, welcome, to yet another installment of our

haysis of Yibchek series where we are highlighting

some amazing black women for Black History Month

and Women's History Month.

And today, I'm having a conversation

with a very old friend of mine, maybe out of all my interviews,

the person I'm the longest. Her name is Rochelle Willis. She's a writer, editor, and a transgender

rights activist, and just all around

one of the most beautiful people I know and have gotten to know for a long, long time.

So I'm so excited to share this with you all today because I'm so

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