Session 388: Culturally Critiquing with Care

Therapy for Black Girls

iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Whether it’s an essay on last night’s viral moment, a deep dive into a favorite celebrity’s career, or a hot take that sets social media on fire, cultural critique is something that helps us analyze, question, and understand the world around us. But what makes a good piece of criticism? And why do we sometimes embrace it—or resist it—so strongly?

Joining us this week to talk intimately about the state of cultural criticism is journalist, writer, and care worker, J Wortham. You may know J as a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, where they co-hosted the podcast ‘Still Processing — a weekly show about pop culture, television, films, books, music, and the internet. J is also a sound healer, reiki practitioner, and herbalist oriented towards healing justice and liberation. During our conversation, we discuss the role of the critic in our society, how to distinguish between a care-centered vs. a bad-faith critique, and the ways in which platforms like Twitter and TikTok have made criticism so accessible in both good and bad ways.

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0:00.0	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
0:22.0	versions of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in
0:28.7	Atlanta, Georgia. For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website
0:35.6	at Therapy for Blackgirls.com.
0:38.6	While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a
0:44.4	substitute for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional.
1:00.1	Hey, y'all. Thanks so much for joining me for session 388 of the Therapy for Black Girls podcast. We'll get right into our conversation after a word from our sponsors.
1:18.6	Whether it's an essay on last night's viral moment, a deep dive into a favorite celebrity's career, or a hot take that sets social media on fire, cultural critique is something
1:24.8	that helps us analyze, question, and understand the world around us.
1:28.7	But what makes a good piece of criticism? And why do we sometimes embrace it or resist it so
1:33.7	strongly? Joining me to talk intimately about the state of cultural criticism is journalist, writer,
1:40.3	and care worker, Jay Wortham. You may know Jay as a staff writer for the New York Times Magazine,
1:46.2	where they co-hosted the podcast Still Processing, a weekly show about pop culture, television,
1:52.0	films, books, music, and the internet. Jay is also a sound healer, reggae practitioner,
1:58.5	and herbalists oriented towards healing justice and liberation.
2:02.3	During our conversation, we discussed the role of the critic in our society, how to distinguish
2:08.1	between a care-centered versus a bad faith critique, and the ways in which platforms like
2:13.4	Twitter and TikTok have made criticism so accessible in both good and bad ways.
2:18.8	If something resonates with you while enjoying our conversation,
2:22.4	please share it with us on social media using the hashtag TBG in session.
2:27.6	Or join us over in the sister circle to talk more about the episode.
2:31.4	You can join us at community.therapyfor Blackgirls.com. Here's our conversation.
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