Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about

mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to

become the best possible versions of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr Joy Hardin

Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information or to find a therapist in your area,

visit our website at therapy for black girls.com.

While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute for a

relationship with a licensed mental health professional. Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 359 of the Therapy for

Black Girls Podcast. We'll get right into our conversation after a word from our

sponsors. Hi, I'm Dr. Erica Brittany Horn and I'm on the Therapy for Black

Girls Podcast. cast. I think about the subtle glances we share when something ridiculous happens in public.

The physicality of slapping each other on the back after a really good joke are the ways in which

you can always tell just how a girlfriend is feeling by looking at the expression on her face.

Even when meeting a black woman who is a complete stranger, we still find ways to connect over our shared sense of humor.

To talk a little more about the subtle nuances of black women's humor

and why humor is so sacred to us.

I'm joined today by professor, researcher, and Black Humor Scholar, Dr. Erica Brittany Horn.

In 2020, Dr. Horn published her dissertation, Sassy Subversions, Knowing Glances, and and black women's laughter, moving towards a black

woman's pedagogy of humor, earning her PhD in educational studies from the University

of North Carolina. During our conversation we chat about what makes

black women so funny, how black women have historically used humor to

combat the psychological impacts of oppression and the ways in which black women's humor is passed down

generationally. If something resonates with you while enjoying our

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