The Politics of Black Style: Gender, Resistance, Black Dandyism & why the Met gala was kinda slavey

Tea with Queen and J.

Society & Culture

4.8 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

If you wear clothes this is a Black ass history conversation that you need. Let's discuss. Fashion & style friend's Channél Jordan & Diamond Stylz join us for history, theory & context.

While we use the Met Gala as a launching point for a larger conversation on Black style, YOU DO NOT NEED TO CARE ABOUT OR TO HAVE SEEN MET GALA COVERAGE to enjoy this episode.

3:05 Pop-culture & fashion in politically perilous times

7:37 Black Dandyism Definitions & Disappointment

15:33 Met Gala theme habits

18:00 Enslavement & Jim Crow vs. the last 100 years

26:44 The exhibit

29:30 Gender

40:28 Corporatism

42:53 Black contributors and the Pharrell of it all

52:05 Respectability & Class

56:47 Sapeurs

1:00:09 Who Understood the assignment

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0:00.0	For full video of this episode, visit patreon.com backslash T with QJ.
0:06.0	We're just black people in suits.
0:08.4	And that black people in suits is still the revolution in 2025.
0:14.8	It just feels ridiculous and a little bit, a little bit sad.
0:19.1	I'm in an era of compassion.
0:21.2	And so I'm trying to be thoughtful.
0:22.9	As I, I, I'm very upset.
0:26.5	I'm very upset with Farrell and what he did.
0:29.4	There's another element that I feel also...
0:33.4	Sorry, I was muted.
0:34.3	I was having a whole conversation.
0:41.0	My bad. My bad.
0:42.6	Tea with Queen of Jay.
0:44.9	Tea with Queen of Jay.
0:48.5	Thank you all for joining me and for entertaining me.
0:51.7	Hey, everybody. Welcome to Tea with Queen and Jay, a womaness race nerd
0:54.8	podcast. It is Genesia here. Thank you so much for tuning back in. I have guests today.
1:01.6	I watched the Met Gala. We are about a week out from that and during this recording, and so we've
1:07.4	had time to sit with it. And I wanted to tap a few of my fashion friends when I want to tap in and lean into like some actual fashion history.
1:16.6	I dive into both of their content.
1:18.6	So I have someone who I had the pleasure of working with, Chanel Jordan, TikToker, content creator, fashion history, nerd.
1:29.1	You may have seen Chanel's TikToks covering black-ass fashion history.
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