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Yes, Girl!

Luvvie Ajayi & Abiola Abrams

Yes, Girl!

ESSENCE PODCAST NETWORK

Cori Murray, Women, Yes, Arts, Music, Podcasts, Essence, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Black Women, Celebrity, #Blackgirlmagic, Girl!, Pop Culture, Charli Penn, 509640, Essence Magazine, Cardi B, Yolanda Sangweni, Entertainment, Blackgirlmagic, Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Podcastsforwomen, Podcast

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Luvvie Ajayi is not only one of ESSENCE’s 100 Woke Women and featured on the May 2017 cover, she’s a New York Times bestselling author (I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual) and she’s developing a show with Shonda Rhimes. Her life right now: WINNING. Luuvie chats with Yolanda and Cori about her blogger beginnings, hooking up with Hollywood go-getters and why even when she’s judged, she’s gracious. Plus, ESSENCE's resident intimacy expert, Abiola Abrams, is in the house to answer reader's sex questions and offer advice for some of those "sticky" situations that occur between lovers. She's keeping it all the way real! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Charlotte's back.

0:04.0

Hey Boos!

0:05.0

How was Jamaica?

0:07.0

Jamaica was everything.

0:09.0

Wait, are they playing Bob Marley as soon as you get off the airport?

0:12.0

I mean, off the airplane? You know what? No actually we

0:14.7

stayed at a brand new resort and it was like a different like you know like a more like a Miami like a

0:18.8

sheik vibe you know little techno well all-inclusive adult only I live my best life I've never been in

0:24.9

Jamaica so I don't mean to offend any Jamaicans but I always just have this very

0:28.6

generic simpleton view of like when I go to Jamaica how no no let's be clear the rum punch is flowing the patties are everywhere and everybody what I love

0:38.0

about Jamaicans for my two visits there let me just say just two they are

0:42.2

really about the party. They are like

0:44.0

welcome to the party, feel good, we want you just to relax and have fun. They want you

0:48.8

to live your best life. Everybody. From the person who picked you up to the person

0:52.4

at your hotel to the person walking by

0:54.7

The vibe in Jamaica shout out to Jamaicans. Y'all know how to have a good time

0:58.2

So thank you I am refreshed and I am back and I heard you. I was talking about my shoes so okay everybody it's

1:06.3

official I need a vacation your mixed-match shoes today we have lovey a jay oh Oh yeah. A J J J. A Jai. Thank you,

1:15.0

Thank you, Yolanda. We love her.

1:17.0

She was great. She's one of the 12 women we have on our current cover of the May issues, Stay woke.

1:22.6

Stay woke.

1:23.6

And I peeped your woke necklace there, Yolanda.

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