Self Love and Basketball

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

“When can we allow somebody to cry and be transparent?” WNBA player Chamique Holdsclaw asked at the height of her career as a pro basketball player. Chamique's willingness to address her mental health changed her life.

In this episode, Chamique talks about the Black pride that can get in the way of healing, what she’d like for people to consider when they have loved ones struggling, and she shares her story of survival and choosing to love herself.

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0:00.0	Hey Lila! Hey, so you know this season we said we talk about love.
0:13.6	And so today we're going to have a conversation
0:16.4	about the love of the game
0:19.3	with a legendary basketball star.
0:22.0	Yes, I am all about this because it is March Madness,
0:27.2	but also because this isn't just about the love of the game.
0:32.0	It's about growing up, hard conversations around mental health
0:35.6	and finding a deep love for yourself. Love and basketball. We're talking to
0:42.4	W. N. B. A legend, Shamiqua Holdsclaw. The stoop. The stoop. Stories from across the black diaspora. My cousins were
1:01.2	water and grease girls and I couldn't be a water and
1:03.9	Greece girl. That's what I'm talking about ballerina in the hood. We be gonna get
1:07.6	you a 90 people. When a black woman walks up to the desk in labor desk preconceived notions do you have about her?
1:16.2	I didn't even know we had a hair chart. The Stoop.
1:30.0	Hello, Malcolm Glaboy here. This season on Division of History, we're looking at the dreaded phrase
1:34.4	that no one in Hollywood wants to hear.
1:37.4	One that describes the purgatory were once promising scripts go to die. Development in hell.
1:44.0	I called up everyone into Hollywood
1:46.0	and asked them to pitch me a project
1:48.0	that broke their heart because it never got made.
1:51.0	These stories were so good, and you can hear some of them on Revisionist
1:55.7	History. Listen on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you
2:00.5	listen to podcasts. Coming from New York is something about the timberland boots on the basketball court.
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