Tea with Queen and J.

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 Watch the full video version of this episode on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/met-gala-was-y-129079950?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Email me [email protected] Support Paypal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2025

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. 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 Watch the full video version of this episode on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/met-gala-was-y-129079950?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Email me [email protected] Support Paypal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2025

Before my solo Sinners review, I sat with actor/comedian Chris Lamberth on The Mundane Festival podcast for a fresh-out-the-theater spoiler filled review, and got to cover a few additional themes that were on my mind. We get into the Black British actor debate, church-y-ness and a fear of spirit (we're seeing a lot of that fear in some Christian's negative reactions to the film), Mary's 'whiteness' and more. (Note: The film had just come out at the time of this recording, so I confuse Mary and Annie's name a few times) 6:05 Michael B. Jordan THE ACTOR 10:13 The Black British actor debate 24:09 The world building of 1932 Mississippi 25:02 Lie-max vs IMAX 28:11 Family, Community & Connection 31:44 The importance of movie theaters 34:26 Hoodoo, Anti-Blackness & the Church 38:21 white Mary 44:01 "Revenge" and "life" vs. "death" 53:57 Brotherhood beyond death 57:42 Ranking Ryan Coogler films 1:00:58 Ryan Coogler's unique press run 1:07:09 Why some Christians are afraid of Sinners and Beyoncé Watch the full video version of this episode on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/another-sinners-127862233?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Email me [email protected] Support Paypal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Transcribed - Published: 2 May 2025

Let's review Ryan Coogler's original film "Sinners" 4:58 The Great Migration 10:33 Sammie's Salvation 12:27 Why Twins? 15:11 IMAX baby!!!! 17:14 Why do we sleep on Michael B. Jordan? 21:22 What does "Good" vs "Evil" mean to you? 27:15 Music and Spirit 33:24 "The best day" of their lives 37:39 Oral s*x in 1932 38:43 Vampires, cults and persuasion 44:58 Let's talk world building 49:27 That Jonathan Majors casting rumor Watch the full video version of this episode on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sinners-spoiler-127335654?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Email me [email protected] Support Paypal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Transcribed - Published: 25 April 2025

Over the past five years, after a lifetime of struggling and a lot of research, I’ve come to the conclusion that I probably have ADHD = Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. I’m self-diagnosed, so I invited my medically diagnosed friend Diamond Stylz to discuss all things ADHD and how it impacts our lives. 1:55 Growing up undiagnosed 12:21 What is ADHD? 15:54 Ableism & Stigma 20:18 Symptoms and lowkey hoarding 25:00 Procrastination and executive function/dysfunction 26:55 Diagnoses and medication 33:33 ADHD & depression 36:58 Hormones and ADHD 42:38 Anxiety, depression and environment 49:46 bell hooks and your home 55:59 Getting/hiring help 1:00:11 Love, Limerence & ADHD 1:05:10 Friendship & ADHD 1:10:38 Rejection Sensitivity (RSD) 1:14:18 Releasing shame & building community Episode credits, links & resources https://www.patreon.com/posts/icymi-theres-new-126784182?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Watch the full video version of this episode on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/are-you-raw-adhd-125589631?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link [email protected] SUPPORT Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2025

Not to bring up old shxt, but I don't like how "the media" glazed over Kendrick Lamar calling out ShxtsNGigs specifically, on 'wacced out murals'. Kendrick is just as sick of the podcast industrial complex as the rest of us and I think that's hilarious. In this episode we talk about Kendrick (because I must) but more importantly we use the men-with-podcast-equipment epidemic as a jumping off point for how to approach trusting men in our community, the potential for betrayal - and how the way we approach both reflects our understandings of oppression, and our individual relationships to power, privilege, and accountability. 00:58 LA fires, California Black Freedom Fund 2:14 Kendrick Lamar is tired of the podcast industrial complex too 5:51 Queen is ok not watching anime 8:37 Were James & Fuhad ever “one of the good ones” 10:56 Is participating in misogyny a choice 13:18 Misogyny sounds cute in a British accent 15:26 Your privilege increases your capacity to harm 17:16 Hyper-focusing on marginalization lets privilege of the hook 19:33 Deifying “nice” men 23:05 Is the disappointment/upset at men like ShxtsNGigs performative 24:53 Are you an agent of oppression? 31:50 Are you in community with people more marginalized than you 36:40 Is your partner's misogyny a reflection of you Check out the California Black Freedom Fund https://www.pledge.to/BlackLA For other vetted funds, resources, and events in California check out Philanthropy CA https://www.philanthropyca.org/2025-california-disaster-response The previous episode referenced is Black American Dollars, Black American Politics, available on patreon, where we discuss the ShxtsNGigs incident and anti-Blackness across the diaspora: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-video-113195050?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Watch full video version of this episode on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-participating-121221180?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Music featured in this episode includes "Totter Teeter" by Guustavv https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/4y6tgclvb0/ Teawithqueenandj.com DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis, with editorial support from Jonathan Luna, Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

Not to bring up old shxt, but I don't like how "the media" glazed over Kendrick Lamar calling out ShxtsNGigs specifically, on 'wacced out murals'. Kendrick is just as sick of the podcast industrial complex as the rest of us and I think that's hilarious. In this episode we talk about Kendrick (because I must) but more importantly we use the men-with-podcast-equipment epidemic as a jumping off point for how to approach trusting men in our community, the potential for betrayal - and how the way we approach both reflects our understandings of oppression, and our individual relationships to power, privilege, and accountability. 00:58 LA fires, California Black Freedom Fund 2:14 Kendrick Lamar is tired of the podcast industrial complex too 5:51 Queen is ok not watching anime 8:37 Were James & Fuhad ever “one of the good ones” 10:56 Is participating in misogyny a choice 13:18 Misogyny sounds cute in a British accent 15:26 Your privilege increases your capacity to harm 17:16 Hyper-focusing on marginalization lets privilege of the hook 19:33 Deifying “nice” men 23:05 Is the disappointment/upset at men like ShxtsNGigs performative 24:53 Are you an agent of oppression? 31:50 Are you in community with people more marginalized than you 36:40 Is your partner's misogyny a reflection of you Check out the California Black Freedom Fund https://www.pledge.to/BlackLA For other vetted funds, resources, and events in California check out Philanthropy CA https://www.philanthropyca.org/2025-california-disaster-response The previous episode referenced is Black American Dollars, Black American Politics, available on patreon, where we discuss the ShxtsNGigs incident and anti-Blackness across the diaspora: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-video-113195050?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Watch full video version of this episode on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-participating-121221180?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Music featured in this episode includes "Totter Teeter" by Guustavv https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/4y6tgclvb0/ Teawithqueenandj.com DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis, with editorial support from Jonathan Luna, Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

Let's talk about HOW we're talking about Diddy. Though Sean "Diddy" Combs is in jail on a variety of SA allegations, a lot of social media content has reduced his alleged behavior to "being freaky" - raising a larger conversation about society's understanding of SA, consent and it's complicated relationship with consensual sex. Our resident kink enthusiast, Queen breaks down how sex and kinks get harmfully conflated with acts of violence and SA, while J. gets in their Black church kid Telfar about the influence of cultural Christianity, domination & control on community concepts of sex and deviance. Also the kink spectrum, group sex, the closet queer to r*pist pipeline (that's not a thing), queerness and possibility, and more. Watch the video version of this episode on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/sex-queerness-118518621?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 00:45 GloRilla's PR savvy 4:09 So Diddy is in jail... 6:15 Exhibit A: Diddy is not from Harlem 9:10 How social media is engaging with the Diddy allegations 10:47 Being "freaky" vs being "a r*pist" 12:52 Conflating sex with deviance is a tradition 14:06 The kink spectrum 18:46 Queerness, non-monogamy and Black cultural Christianity 22:53 How a cultural context of control & domination impacts sexual beliefs 27:13 Not the group sex girlies being surprised by consent 35:35 Closeted sexuality is not a pipeline to being a r*pist 38:00 How disregarding whole groups of people allows abuse to persist 41:27 Kendrick's "Not Like Us" and how it frames SA Teawithqueenandj.com DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis, with editorial support from Jonathan Luna, Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 1 January 2025

Your womanist race-nerd recap of all them post-election vibes, is here! In this lawd halmurphy of an episode we recap the delusion of the Mike Tyson vs. J*ke Paul fight, what we're gonna do about these yt people, the racism of deflecting to non-white voters, performing voter disappointment on social media, how the ego is might be ruining activism, the 4B movement, self-caring to freedom and mad other sh*t. Check out Kimberly Foster's breakdown of the 4B movement making its way to the US. Shout out to @pardonmewithp for capturing that fresh post-election rage. And our throwback post-election episode #79 Bigotry Didn't Start Last Tuesday is worth the listen as a time-capsule of what was happening at the time politically, the birth and rebranding of the "women's march" and the frustration a lot of us felt towards Hillary Clinton's campaign. Watch the video version of this episode on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/not-post-shoulda-116836973 0:00 Intro 2:09 Mike Tyson vs Paul fight 5:23 VP Harris Concession speech 7:56 Post-election WTF 16:15 Stop deflecting to non-white voters its eww 21:23 2016 vs 2024 election vibes 24:03 Performative pain for social media 31:28 "Not voting during a genocide" morning afters 35:06 Is your activist ego happy that Tr*mp won 39:57 Is the 4B movement a viable post-election response 50:08 What are we gonna do about yt ppl? 52:00 1:02:00 Can we self-care to freedom? 1:05:02 Is there too much disagreement within the movement? 1:09:24 Can you remove your ego from your activism on social media? 1:15:46 The "Latino" vote 1:18:29 Get in your community! Teawithqueenandj.com DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis, with editorial support from Jonathan Luna, Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 1 December 2024

If you're a Black feminist, a womanist, a Black radical, a liberationist, a radical liberationist or a womanist race nerd, somebody you know, (somebody you may trust) been talking about not voting. We get to the bottom of what it means to vote or not vote during a genocide, how the desire to be liked manifests itself in liberation movements, and why some of your faves been moving like closeted voters this election cycle. As a Black femme centric podcast we almost never discuss Tr*mp. Our lives are bigger than what yt mehn be trying to do to us. He is discussed in this episode as a presidential candidate (and a d*mon bc bffr), but this episode is not about how Twump so scawy. It's about liberatory strategy and the role of electoral politics. Also, Mayor Eric Adams, an NYC rat (make that comma do whatever you need it to), VP Kamala Harris' biracial identity and how we should feel about it, President Obama and his cousin Pookie, and mad other election related ish. Watch the video version of this episode on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/election-episode-114786447?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! Episode Timestamps: 00:00 Recording while wearing pants 03:00 Electoral politics... why? 05:13 Mayor Eric Adams and NYC's trash/rat problem 20:30 Mayor David Dinkins would never 21:42 Presidential Election 23:25 Voter apathy 26:21 Voting or nah during a genocide 30:10 Post-election 2016 35:43 What is the strategy for liberatory minded non-voters 47:33 Are you exercising a vibes-only politic 49:42 The cool kids, cliques and being liked in liberation movements 52:00 President Obama, Black men voters & "cousin Pookie" 1:09:43 VP Kamala Harris and Black media's obsession with the silk press 1:15:19 VP Harris bi-racial identity, misogyny/noir & xenophobia 1:19:53 Black voters and the "voting for them just bc they're Black" allegations 1:24:15 Final thoughts on VP Harris Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J.! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis, with editorial support from Jonathan Luna, Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 30 October 2024

On episode #309 . . . So, it’s been a long ass minute, but we’re back, well kinda. . . we explain it all in this episode. Still, the womanist race nerds you love, figuring out life in this white supremacist cesspool of a planet. We get into where we have been, how we have been, what kept us away, and what rest means 3 years into a global pandemic. We also dip into an old review we did of the Max documentary Tina vs. her 1993 biopic. The Queen of Rock n Roll passing was heavy, so going back to our discussion of Tina Turner’s life as a Black woman in entertainment, feels good. Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! Episode Timestamps: Where we been?: 00:48-14:09 What we been doing?: 14:09- 23:23 Throw back Tina Turner clip:23:23-52:24 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! Watch us on Strange Fruit: Part 1: https://youtu.be/YYRavtGis_Y Part 2: https://youtu.be/QUoVoC76GJU WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 This week’s closing clip features the debut trailer for Drapetomaniax: Unshackled History podcast https://www.pod.link/1687096254/episode/83ae8b38a18266a7b75fd2e85069b4b3 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis, with editorial support from Jonathan Luna, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 8 June 2023

On this episode… bell hooks, one of the greatest thinkers of our time recently passed away leaving us to explore her legacy and its impact on our intersections of Black womanhood. Our friend and activist Diamond Stylz joins J. this week to discuss Blackademia, the reality tv icon Nene Leakes (it’s important!), and to reflect on Insecure and an era of television that will be referenced for years to come. Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This week’s hot list: we fvcking survived 2021, pay Black Transwomen Inc., we bingeing The Witcher, possible awkward C*sby show reference, bell hooks, street feminism, “femininity”, Laverne Cox, “problematic” but “important” questions, Nene Leakes and navigating grief & trauma on the blogs (she in these streets with a new boo all quick!), that Insecure glow up, Diamond is tired of Lawrence’s shit, J. might be lowkey #teamlawrence and ready to fight Nathan, and more about Kelli Libations: 3:57 Donation Libations: 7:03 Affirmations: 11:25 bell hooks: 12:22 Grieving in public and should we be in Nene’s business?: 45:25 Insecure and last minute ass Lawrence (SPOILERS): 1:02:38 - 1:30:20 Spoiler free Insecure reflections: 1:30:20 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 GUEST CO-HOST DIAMOND STYLZ Twitter: @diamondstylz https://twitter.com/DiamondStylz IG: @diamondstylz https://www.instagram.com/diamondstylz/ Podcast: Marsha’s Plate https://pod.link/1293033444 Website: https://diamondstylz.com/about-diamond-stylz/ PAY BLACK PEOPLE Support Black Transwomen’s Inc. https://blacktranswomen.org/ Check out bell hooks and Laverne Cox in conversation at The New School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oMmZIJijgY This week’s closing clip features recent ancestor bell hooks on what it means to be feminist. Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpdJUGn0FHE This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with special guest host Diamond Stylz, editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner 8rfUZAjxghLkOKKCJCKO

Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2021

On this episode… Single and “childless” (there’s gotta be a better term for that) - Why you shouldn’t (or should?) ask people about their parenting status. Then we get litigious about Black hair, and we finally talk about Dave Chappelle Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This week’s hot list: talking reckless to Vivica A. Fox, sh!t people ask women with no kids, Medical drawings and white supremacy (for real), spa etiquette, wtf is a legacy exactly, can a triggering question be a good question, Jeffery Thorton and the CROWN act (them lawsuits hit different), a wellness check on Dave Chappelle and mad other ish Libations: 7:17 Donation Libations: 17:08 Affirmations: 19:32 The politics of being grown and “childless”: 20:28 Moment in Black Hair: 53:54 Dave Chappelle, the not so great Bokeem Woodbine: 1:07:58:00 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 Check out Chidiebere Ibe’s medical drawings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ebereillustrate/ Listen to Marsha’s Plate episode #207 Selective Offenses And Selective Bans https://soundcloud.com/danella-xuc/207-selective-offenses-and-selective-bans Moment In Black Hair: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/04/us/black-job-applicant-hair-discrimination-lawsuit/index.html https://www.thecrownact.com/about Dave Chappelle just out here: https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/dave-chappelle-teen-critics-alma-mater-q-and-a.html This week’s closing clip features recent ancestor bell hooks https://twitter.com/donovanxramsey/status/1471185375334830080?s=21 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2021

On this episode…Season 2 of the series “Love Life” just wrapped on HBO. It’s got us pondering Black Love ™ versus the swirl; covid and the great white awakening of 2020; and Black masculinity, monogamy, love, and sex Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This week’s hot list: Shout out to boundaries, and good family time. J. investigates how a really white show turned into an example of representation behind the camera, Black male characters and the “good guy” trope in film and IRL, When Black love ™ gets silly, interracial dating, marriage, divorce, threesomes, code switching and do people even use condoms anymore? Content warning with timestamps ahead. There is a miscarriage in episode 6 of the series. We discuss this from 1:36:50-1:38:30 Libations: 3:16 Donation Libations: 9:00 Affirmations: 12:32 What is Love Life: 16:58 The “good guy” trope IRL: 36:51 Interracial marriage: 45:00 Black parents gonna Black parent: 1:00:51 Black Love ™: 1:08:38 A threesome: 1:21:49 Ya’ll Mofos Don’t Use Condoms: 1:25:34 Marcus had that breakup coming: 1:38:30 Kian’s down with O.P.P.: 1:47:35 Love, Covid & White Folks Wildin: 1:55:12 Issa Relationship: 2:01:39 We wanna seasons greet you with a post card for the new year! (for reals this time) We promise it'll be cute and not an entire waste of paper. Send your address here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhaXUgyYrT_r46FpFwpYkYTUenXGZGJVgrZ0U-jjJTbQ_orQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 This week’s closing clip features the recent ancestor Virgil Abloh https://www.instagram.com/tv/CW2uNUlFqgK/?utm_medium=copy_link This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 2 December 2021

On this episode… It’s how to get away with murder. The internet shares their disappointment about the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal. Should we feel a public sadness? What impact does the killing of white protesters have on allyship? And on a much needed lighter note, fun nerd sh!t and a game changing moment in Black hair Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This week’s hot list: Use your PTO, Anime NYC, nerd judgement, Stranger Things, birthdays, Kyle Rittenhouse, white supremacy and the internets reaction, anti-protest laws, synthetic hair’s life cycle and mad other ish EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 3:15 Donation Libations: 14:14 Affirmations: 15:58 Kyle Rittenhouse timeline of events: 18:29 Acquittal and internet reaction: 26:29 A moment in (synthetic) Black hair: 1:12:01 We wanna seasons greet you with a post card for the new year! (for reals this time) We promise it'll be cute and not an entire waste of paper. Send your address here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhaXUgyYrT_r46FpFwpYkYTUenXGZGJVgrZ0U-jjJTbQ_orQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! J. mentions the idea of “lone wolf” terrorism in this ep, but we have a more in depth discussion about domestic terrorism on episode #278 Issa Coup. Conversation starts around minute 18:41 https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/278-issa-coup WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 MOMENT IN BLACK HAIR The Wig Station Recycle Program: https://thewigstation.com/recycling/ Plant based braiding hair by Rebundle: https://rebundle.co/ This week’s closing clip features Gayle King Interviewing Jonathon Majors, for the movie ”The Harder They Fall” https://www.instagram.com/tv/CV_g2NJgb-y/?utm_medium=share_sheet This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2021

On this episode…What about your friends? When friendships end, what else gets lost? Today we’re talking about love and friendship, and making room for the questions we thought we already had the answers to. Our biggest fears, what happens when we die, and our plans for the zombie apocalypse. Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This week’s hot list: Afros & Audio, Are you friends with your parents? Ya’ll watching Love Life? Social fatigue vs. saying yes! Big small talk, embarrassing moments, bad dates, childhood memories, soulmates, love languages and more. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 3:20 Donation Libations: 10:46 Affirmations: 15:11 Friendship Dynamics & Loss: 15:53 Questions About Life: 24:06 Questions About Love and Zombies: 1:01:25 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 This week’s closing clip features Nimco Happy singing her single Isii Nafta (Love You More Than My Life) https://twitter.com/nimcoshappy/status/1453796255742758918?s=21 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2021

On this episode… Revenge of the Black nerds! Were you othered for being queer or Black or nerdy, or all of that sh!t? Then, why labels may or may not be important to you and if any of that has to do with your privilege Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This week’s hot list: Sex toys, daylight savings or takings, Queens (the TV show), velvet, anti-Blackness and othering at the intersections of nerdiness & queerness, demisexuality, Cardi cosplay, labels, belonging, who gets to claim queer, who needs to claim queer, who cares and mad other ish EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 4:57 Donation Libations: 17:08 Affirmations: 20:18 Anti-Blackness and Black nerds: 22:37 Who claims queerness, who gets to say: 55:33 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! COME TO AFROS & AUDIO VIRTUAL PODCAST FESTIVAL! Enter code AFAUTQJ21 for 25% off your ticket at https://www.afrosandaudio.com/podcastfestival Listen to J. on Bag Ladiez demisexual roundtable episode: https://soundcloud.com/bgladies/all-baggage-episode-with-akua-j-being-demisexual WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 This week’s closing clip features Sylvia Scott featured on Advanced Style Official https://www.tiktok.com/@advancedstyleofficial/video/7027107364427795718 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2021

On this episode…Can breaking up with your therapist be therapeutic? Is Jada Pinkett Smith being too honest about marriage? Are yall tired of talking about Jada Pinkett Smith yet? And making friends as an adult...Can you build community in an era of no new friends? Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This week’s hot list: New therapist energy, getting paid, those Jada and Will relationship goals you have, have been shattered, now what? Friendship, marriage, building community pre & post covid vibes, work friend politics, and mad other ish EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Mental health & wealth out this bitch: 3:54 Donation Libations: 12:36 Affirmations: 16:14 Jada Pinkett Smith, marriage, misogynoir & media: 17:21 Making new friendship, building new community: 43:00 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! COME TO AFROS & AUDIO VIRTUAL PODCAST FESTIVAL! Enter code AFAUTQJ21 for 25% off your ticket at https://www.afrosandaudio.com/podcastfestival WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 This week’s closing clip features Moschini Dorito- Heterophobic Mobsters https://www.tiktok.com/@moschinodorito/video/7023785346269760774? This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2021

On this episode… The girls are grieving! We talk about navigating death, grief and loss and everything that comes with it. Then in honor of spooky season we revisit blackface for the holidays, whether or not J. was a coon in 2017, why ni**as give Queen heebee jeebees and how working at a cool job while Black can still be wack. Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This week’s hot list: It’s on sight for death! Funerals and shit people say at funerals, high value memories, Halloween and spooky season tings, a bad blackface take, learning in public, an Aaliyah tribute, colorism in language, Black on Black hair crime, and working at a “cool” company while Black EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations for our ancestors: 5:24 Donation Libations: 20:06 Affirmations: 24:54 How we living: 26:16 Colorism in costuming & language: 57:16 A bad blackface take: 1:00:32 Moment in Black Hair touching: 17:01 Get away from my desk: 1:27:28 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! COME TO AFROS & AUDIO VIRTUAL PODCAST FESTIVAL! Enter code AFAUTQJ21 for 25% off your ticket at https://www.afrosandaudio.com/podcastfestival WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 This week’s closing clip features Gillie Da King and Wallo https://twitter.com/longlivepele/status/1436406372787277825?s=21 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones and social media support from Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2021

On this episode… Being twice as good is fvcking exhausting! We lean into Black mediocrity and the freedom to show your ass at work (metaphorically!). We celebrate the joys of sex toys and cannabis. Explore the state-sanctioned mistreatment of Haitian migrants and what’s happening on the Mexican side of the border. Then troll baiting, and J. finds a reason to talk about Blues Clues because that shit was delightful! Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This week’s hot list: R. Kelly is finally going to jail, but we want restorative street justice. Affirming rest, abundance and stability. What our parents taught us about working while Black, addressing microaggressions, and the perfect work turn up. #BluesClues25, Michael K. Williams, and does 50 cent have a soul, or friends? EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Sex toys & cannabis: 5:24 Donation Libations: 20:06 Affirmations: 24:54 Black Mediocrity: 26:16 Pay Black Women, Pay Black People 57:16 What's happening on the Mexican side of the Del Rio Bridge? 1:00:32 Blues Clues haters 1:17:01 50 Cent and harmful clickbait media 1:27:28 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS: In Mexico, Some Haitians Find a Helping Hand https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-09-26/in-mexico-some-haitians-find-a-helping-hand Haitian migrants to be offered residency, permits by Mexico https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/25/mexico-offer-haitian-migrants-residency-work-permits-del-rio/5866435001/ PAY BLACK WOMEN: Help our friend Lina of Bag Ladiez podcast raise money for their grandmother’s funeral services and burial in the Dominican Republic: https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-petronila-gil-funeral-expenses?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 This week’s closing clip features Micheal K Williams in the HBO short, Typecast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpST8KE3vSI This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones and social media support from Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 29 September 2021

On this episode… We’re back! We talk about the value of Black ass rest, navigating body image, pandemic fatigue, and mad other sh!t Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This week’s hot list: It’s been a minute! Who is you Chiron!? We reintroduce ourselves. J. considers forgiveness, fatphobia’s in the air, what pandemic are YOU having cuz…, a lil vaccination talk, friendship & isolation, and fighting the pandemic (not like metaphorically, we want to physically fight the pandemic, and his hoe ass friends) EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 3:58 Donation Libations: 17:12 Affirmations: 16:50 Who are we tho?: 20:53 Where we been tho? 28:33 Is it still a pandemic?: 1:01:38 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 This week’s closing clip features Jadakiss at the Lox vz Dipset battle https://twitter.com/r0bato/status/1422759790959382529?s=12 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones and social media support from Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 22 September 2021

On this episode… We talk about our favorite mental health socialist Black lesbian homies over at QueerWOC the podcast and share one of our favorite episodes! Who is Queer WOC, what are the dynamics on the show, why should you listen? Enjoy this listener's guide to Queer WOC the podcast! Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop culture over tea. Drink up! #QueerWOC, the community podcast for all things Queer Women of Color community and healing. Hosted by Money and Nikeeta, two Black Queer Troublemakers, this biweekly insurgent audio syllabus that unites, ignites, and excites the queer women of color community. QueerWOC is a space for queer women and folks of color rooted in reimagining healing, organizing, and community. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Queen and J. love QueerWOC: 1:27 QueerWOC Money & Nikeeta: 18:40 Trish Millines-Dziko is changing tech: 27:38 Mental Moment with Dr. Money (she a doctor for real): 37:13 What to do when you can’t afford therapy: 44:45 A political word on Karen Lewis & labor unions: 57:50 Dating and relationship renegotiating: 1:21:12 Curved chronicle, QueerWOC dating woes & wins: 1:50:09 FOLLOW & SUPPORT QUEER WOC PODCAST https://queerwoc.com/ Follow Queer WOC on Instagram and Twitter @QueerWocpod Gmail: [email protected] Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Cashapp: $QueerWOCPod TEA WITH QUEEN AND J. WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com TEA WITH QUEEN AND J. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 4 August 2021

On this episode… We talk about two of our favorite fellow Bronx friends, the queer Afro Latinx lead podcast Bag Ladiez and share one of our favorite episodes! Who are Bag Ladiez, what are the dynamics on the show, why should you listen? Enjoy this listener's guide to Bag Ladiez! Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop culture over tea. Drink up! Bag Ladiez is a podcast about BAGGAGE: yours, mine, and ours. Through the podcast, their goal is to help each other and their listeners by pushing themselves to be vulnerable about the way that the world affects them and their ability to live their truest, most authentic lives. We’re sharing a Bag Ladiez All Baggage All the Time episode, where they assemble the BBB Demi Squad! Akua from Inner Hoe Uprising and J. from Tea with Queen and J join Bag Ladiez to talk about demisexuality ( Estephanie also identifies as demisexual!), their journeys figuring out the label, the misconceptions, and what it means to them to navigate this part of their identity as Black women! Hope you enjoy! EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Queen and J. love Bag Ladiez: 0:44 Bag Ladiez & Demisexuality: 20:18 FOLLOW & SUPPORT BAG LADIEZ PODCAST https://www.bgladiez.com/ Twitter: Bag_Ladiez Instagram: BgLadiez Gmail: [email protected] Patreon: www.patreon.com/bgladiez Paypal: paypal.me/BagLadiez Cashapp: $BgLadiez TEA WITH QUEEN AND J. WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com TEA WITH QUEEN AND J. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 28 July 2021

On this episode… We talk about our favorite hoes and creators of the queer Black feminist centered sex, love and dating podcast Inner Hoe Uprising! Our friend Diamond Stylz joins J. to discuss our love for Inner Hoe Uprising (IHU), the value in telling listeners your business, our thoughts on sex parties, a lil IHU history, the hosts, and why you should listen! Enjoy this listener's guide to Inner Hoe Uprising! Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop culture over tea. Drink up! Inner Hoe Uprising is A smart & funny podcast about sex, love, and dating from 4 Black feminist 20 somethings living in NYC EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Diamond and J. love Inner Hoe Uprising: 1:39 The value in telling your business: 6:37 Who are the hoes?: 11:47 Do you sex party?: 14:03 Our favorite IHU eps: 16:45 Hoe show dynamics: 27:24 IHU episode Fifty, Fine and Fvcking: 35:37 INNER HOE UPRISING, FIFTY, FINE AND FVCKING EPISODE DESCRIPTION Our guest Melissa aka Melahoe joins us to talk all things sex, love, and dating as a Black woman a part of generation X lennials. Points of discussion include: Adoption, Ancestry (dot) com, secret families, fibroids, reproductive health, forced & coerced sterilizations of black women, medical mistreatment of young black girls, bodily autonomy, contraceptives, dating as a teen parent in the 80s, 90s dating for black women, AIDs epidemic, marital sex issues, infidelity, single motherhood, tying your tubes, paternalistic gynecologist, sexual exploration and your agency post 50, kinky communities, 50-year-old fuckboys, having the talk with you kids, words of wisdom from gen X to millennials. CONTENT WARNING(S) To skip a a conversation surrounding suicide avoid this section of the episode: 1:24:26 - 1:25:29 SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES If you are in suicidal crisis or emotional distress, use the contact info below to get help: United States: Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (the Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Crisis workers are available 24 hours a day. Calls are free and confidential. Other countries & regions: To find a crisis center in your area, go to the International Association for Suicide Prevention website: findahelpline.com/i/iasp How to help someone you know: suicidepreventionlifeline.org/help-someone-else/ www.befrienders.org/helping-a-friend Follow Inner Hoe Uprising guest Melissa on IG: @being_melli Check out these episodes of the Inner Hoe Uprising also: Sex, Romance, & Disability: https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/sex-romance-disability Decolonizing Marriage (w/ Danny & Cleo): https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/decolonizing-marriage-w-danny-cleo Herpes Isn't The End of The World: https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/herpes-isnt-the-end-of-the-world FOLLOW MARSHA’S PLATE PODCAST @MarshasPlate on twitter & Instagram https://linktr.ee/MarshasPlate Shop Marsha’s Plate merch https://marshasplate.creator-spring.com/ Follow Diamond on Instagram and twitter @Diamondstylz Contact Diamond vial email [email protected] TEA WITH QUEEN AND J. WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com TEA WITH QUEEN AND J. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 21 July 2021

On this episode… We talk about three of our favorite Black trans media makers, the creators of Marsha’s Plate podcast and share one of our favorite episodes! What is Marsha’s Plate, what are the dynamics on the show, why should you listen to it? Enjoy this listeners guide to Marsha’s Plate! Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop culture over tea. Drink up! Marsha's Plate is a weekly podcast that archives and centers the trans-inclusive feminist culture. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Queen and J. love Marsha’s Plate: 0:58 Diamond, Mia & Zee catch up: 13:30 Intersex: 20:27 Cis-men are exhausting: 37:43 Janet Mock politics & power: 1:06:15 Black and trans and the family function: 1:40:57 FOLLOW MARSHA’S PLATE PODCAST @MarshasPlate on twitter & Instagram https://linktr.ee/MarshasPlate Shop Marsha’s Plate merch https://marshasplate.creator-spring.com/ TEA WITH QUEEN AND J. WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com TEA WITH QUEEN AND J. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 14 July 2021

On this episode… People are returning to work! As the country re-opens, what does it mean for Black people to return to the office? Working remote was cute, but could working in person mean anti-Blackness and antagonism up close? Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop culture over tea. Drink up! This week’s hot list: Happy pride to our queer sibs and nibs! Doja Cat is a talented yikes! Breaks and vacations are dope so we’re taking one, we’ll be back in August! Working remote vs. returning to the office and why identity plays a role. What the data says about who’s excited to return and who isn't, is work culture actually just racism? Has remote work served as an equalizer? Do we even have to go back to the office? How to care for ourselves as many of us transition to in-person work, and more! EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 5:43 Donation Libations: 12:26 Affirmations: 15:24 Black to the office, stats and identity: 16:38 Remote work, safety and harassment: 28:39 We got feelings about this office shit: 48:08 Prepping your headspace for officespace: 1:03:00 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Return to work? Some women of color aren’t ready: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/us/return-to-office-anxiety.html Office Culture So Unwelcoming: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-workers-prefer-remote-work-racist-office_l_60c8f805e4b0f7e7ccf59fa1 Workplace Harrassment in the age of remote work: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/us/workplace-harassment-remote-work.html This week’s closing clip features a compilation inspired by @who_she_naje telling us all to go lay down https://www.instagram.com/p/CQpQOuBgDz6/?utm_medium=share_sheet This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones and social media support from Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 30 June 2021

On this episode… Yo, what the fvck is Juneteenth! We talk about what federal recognition means for a traditionally Black holiday, who should celebrate and who shouldn’t, and the OG Opal Lee! Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop culture over tea. Drink up! This week’s hot list: Beach trips, new projects, and a lil‘ sunburn. Libating listeners cause ya’ll the best, celebrating Juneteenth as kids in NYC, the federal holiday Opal Lee asked for, anti-Black domestic terrorism, Juneteenth & critical race theory. Mississippi and Arizona really tried it! Who can celebrate and profit from Juneteenth and who can’t? Black people around the country have been acknowledging Juneteenth for mad long, but it’s also okay if it’s new to you. And, once again, beach trips! EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 3:15 Go to the Beach!: 7:25 Donation Libations: 17:00 Affirmations: 19:49 Juneteenth!: 20:53 Celebrate it? Love it? 23:23 Junteenth & George Floyd: 28:08 The OG Opal Lee: 36:27 The politics of federal holidays: 49:00 Who celebrates, who profits… now what? 1:10:00 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Learn more about Opal Lee at https://www.opalswalk2dc.com/ Opal Lee leads a walk for unity https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article243442951.html Declaration of Juneteenth Holiday Sparks Scramble in States https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-lifestyle-holidays-juneteenth-government-and-politics-ec80922fe8963eab04e8c8e97cab4861 Join Queen on twitter spaces discussing colorism and dismantling that system. https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ZkJzemOXbrGv PREVIOUS EPISODES REFERENCING JUNETEENTH #110 Whatchu Not Gone Do Is https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/110-whatchu-not-gone-do-is #112 Bebe's Kids Deserve to Live Too https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/112-bebes-kids-deserve-to-live-too Parody commercials by @lil_nisisin on tiktok & another video creator https://www.instagram.com/p/CQTWR26BYdy/?utm_medium=copy_link This week’s closing clip features Queen letting you know it’s on sight if you mess with Ms. Opal! This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones and social media support from Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Washington Heights is Black as fvck, and somehow the film In The Heights is not. Black Latinx folks stay getting erased! We talk about how that erasure affects all Black people, why it’s important for white folks of all ethnicities to acknowledge their whiteness, and how to avoid playing yourself as a person of privilege. This week’s hot list: Respect the swag surf, rest, family time and covid free-ness, we saw that In The Heights drama from the door ( spoiler free convo)! Afro-latinx erasure, white passing vs. white, colorism Jon M. Chu, Lin-Manuel Miranda, a lil Hamilton colorism, Anthony Ramos. Indigenous people reclaiming sacred land (for a fee), Passamaquoddy Territory, Pay Black Women, Pay Black People, that fresh new “first Black person to do blank”, a lil nuance goes a long way, and mad other ish! EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 2:56 Donation Libations 14:28: Affirmations: 18:03 In The Heights of colorism: 20:51 Reclaiming Indigenous land: 1:07:03 Pay Black Women, Pay Black People: 1:16:00 The first Black this, the first Black that: 1:19:55 A lil Twitter misunderstanding: 1:29:35 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 PAY BLACK WOMEN, PAY BLACK PEOPLE Help Aziza Murphy pay her rent after loss of income due to stalker incident: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aziza-murphy-legal-and-rent?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer Aziza’s original twitter thread (content warning for stalking, abuse, and video evidence of stalker trespassing): https://twitter.com/CuredByTheBLood/status/1401914279713034249 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Listen to one of our throwback episodes on colorism #234 Light Skinned Audacity https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/234-light-skinned-audacity We reference twitter accounts @bad_dominicana https://twitter.com/bad_dominicana & @InADash https://twitter.com/InADash during our conversation about In The Heights More on The Passamaquoddy Territory: https://medium.com/illumination/the-passamaquoddy-people-get-their-sacred-island-back-e123f763e544 Original Cater 2 U twitter thread: https://twitter.com/TheBaddestMitch/status/1401043536594808837 This week’s closing clip features Gina Torres and other Black Latinx actors discussing their experience with Afro-latinx erasure in hollywood. Video/audio credit mun2.tv via @theafrolatindiaspora on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CQJLLztHCK3/?utm_medium=copy_link This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones and social media support from Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 16 June 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Black people got hobbies! But should every hobby turn into income? Do we even really know what a hobby is? If you don’t make a living wage, should you have a hobby? Are we for real about to explore hobbies this whole episode? Yep! This week’s hot list: A poppin, health summer, rest and family time. All things Black people and hobbies! Childhood hobbies, the history of hobbies & leisure amongst Black Americans, monetizing your hobby, how to talk to your friends about their hobby (yes, we’re serious lol), hobbies & capitalism, who deserves fun and leisure, tweet streets, and mad other sh!t EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 3:15 Donation Libations: 13:32 Affirmations: 16:38 Why we talking about hobbies: 17:53 A Black twitter drama: 41:50 Black hobby history: 1:05:10 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Listen to Queen talk about her new flower hobby at minute 16:58 of episode #293 Kissing Dogs In The Mouth https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/293-kissing-dogs-in-the-mouth More history on Black Americans and leisure: https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/african-american-leisure-lifestyles This week’s closing clip features Katt Williams take on “cancel culture” from The Joe Budden Podcast: https://twitter.com/naacpyoungboy/status/1400941136336805888?s=21 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones and social media support from Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 9 June 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode…Knotless braids, kinky twists, lace fronts, and crochet styles. We’re talking about Black hair trends and how we got here. Also, can we leave Black women in sports the fvck alone!? Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles, and other Black women in sports mind their business and resist the status quo in the process. This week’s hot list: Black Veterinarians and pet lovers. The Netflix documentary “In Our Mothers Gardens” brings us joy. We go in about modern Black hair history, innovation, and installation. Black girls from the Bronx playing tennis, mental health, and boundaries. White supremacy in sports, and how they love changing the damn rules. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 5:46 Donation Libations: 13:55 Affirmations: 16:20 A Moment in Black hair innovation and history: 17:29 Naomi Osaka says nah: 51:02 More hating on Black women in sports: 1:11:31 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Listen to our episode all about Black people and their pets, #293 Kissing Dogs In The Mouth https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/293-kissing-dogs-in-the-mouth Check out National Association for Black Veterinarians an outreach program for pre-vet students https://nabvonline.org/ Check out Pawsibilities, a free mentoring platform where pre-vet students can be connected with veterinarians for mentorship (https://pawsibilitiesvetmednetwork.com Naomi Osaka Quits the French Open After News Conference Dispute https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/sports/tennis/naomi-osaka-quits-french-open-depression.html Fact check: No, Simone Biles' elements aren't banned https://olympics.com/en/news/fact-check-simone-biles-elements-banned-gymnastics Caster Semenya Loses Case to Compete as a Woman in All Races https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/sports/caster-semenya-loses.html This week’s closing clip features Venus Williams' Father, Richard Williams checking interviewer during childhood interview: https://youtu.be/VKYA0irAAzg This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones and social media support from Jo Caraballo Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Do you kiss your dog in the mouth? Is your cat sitting on the counter while you cook? We’re talking about Black people and pets! Sh!t we do, s!it we don’t do, history on Black animal lovers and more. This week’s hot list: fresh flowers all up and through the crib, CGI that petty in Army of the Dead, Black pet ownership, pet rules, Did your grandparents have pets? Racism in policies for animal ownership because everything is dripping in racism, we pay a future Black vet (animal not military), scammers that play in our faces, and why we not voting for Andrew Yang. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 3:28 Donation Libations: 16.58 Affirmations: 22:26 Our Black ass relationship to pets: 23:13 A history of Black people and pet ownership: 1:25:24 Pay a future Black Veterinarian:1:51:04 Give A Damn About the Scam: 1:55:51 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE Teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 PAY BLACK WOMEN, PAY BLACK PEOPLE Help fund Kristina’s volunteer trip to 6 different wildlife, rescue and conservation facilities around the world as she prepares to be a veterinarian: https://www.gofundme.com/f/kristinas-marine-wildlife-volunteer-adventure?qid=458485adf0381edb353872ed7e0df232&utm_campaign=p_cp_url&utm_medium=os&utm_source=customer MORE ON BLACK FOLKS AND PETS Read Joshunda Sanders article Healing Fraught History of African Americans and Dogs: https://thebark.com/content/healing-fraught-history-african-americans-and-dogs The Root https://www.theroot.com/black-dog-lovers-the-complex-relationship-between-blac-1846366435 Pet Ownership stats https://www.petpoint.com/Portals/Petpoint/pdfs/reportdata/2020/PetPointReport-YTD-2020.pdf NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Listen to Nikeeta break down reparations with us https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/292-reparations This week’s closing clip features one of comedian Tony Baker’s infamous animal voice overs: https://www.instagram.com/reel/COq-u5uh7Az/?utm_medium=copy_link This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 28 May 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this unusual episode of Tea with Queen and J. we celebrate the life of a friend Reparations conversation starts at 21:20 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! If you’d like to support Nikeeta’s mother or best friend and host of QueerWOC podcast you can cashapp https://cash.app/$queerwocpod $QueerWOCpod WEBSITE teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Racism in the classroom. Do you gotta address racism every fvcking time you see it? Joseline Hernandez drags Wendy Williams and her bootstrap feminism. And more about fibroids, and more about gender! This week’s hot list: demisexual round table, colorism, nerdism, Wendy Williams big lipstick energy, intracommunal harm, what to do when your professor is racist, fibroids and other options (maybe… we not doctors), gender inclusivity, community accountability and mad other ish. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 4:54 Donation Libations: 13:55 Affirmations: 17:57 Wendy Williams, Joseline Hernandez and bootstrap feminism: 19:28 Racism in the classroom: 36:14 More on fibroids: 58:47 Revisiting The Gender Episode:106:24 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE teawithqueenandj.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/teawithqj @teawithqj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithqj/ @teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tea with Queen and J. Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com TEAMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/teawithqj Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Listen to Queen talk about colorism on Cheers & Queers: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0nJnpdbYPVECO5VDxZwEFX Read Queen’s colorism series: https://www.msvixenmag.com/msvixen/desirability-will-not-free-me Listen to J. on Bag Ladiez Being Demisexual episode: https://soundcloud.com/bgladies/all-baggage-episode-with-akua-j-being-demisexual Watch J. on For All Nerds Podcast discuss Falcon and The Winter Soldier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm18nnMna9w Check out #281 The Gender Episode: https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/281-the-gender-episode This week’s closing clip features Keke Palmer lovingly telling Wendy Williams about herself in 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGCXZ54Gu2Y This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Big ass fibroids! Mad Black people have fibroids and not enough of us are talking about it. I talk about my experience with fibroid surgery, and reproductive health challenges. Then we tear the good cops bad apples theory to shreds. And we put on our square toed shoes and drag the 2000s from the windows to the walls This week’s hot list: Libations to ourselves, because why not! Frankie Beverly and Maze and the ‘whoaooowhoahoe’! J. details her experience with fibroids, before, during and after surgery. Fertility issues, and how people can be a little weird around that subject. Spiritual gas lighting, good apples, bad apples and something about oranges, boots with the fur, and they finally Cariol Horn her pension and back pay, Eoooww!!!! *Content warning: for discussions of the uterus, periods, fibroids and infertility EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 5:34 Donation Libations: 9:55 Affirmations: 13:00 Fibroids and people with wombs: 14:13 Spiritual and medical gaslighting: 55:50 Pay Black Women & People: 1:03:17 Throwing away the good apples in policing: 1:05:38 Fashion that needs to stay in 99’ and 2000’s: 1:14:19 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 PAY BLACK WOMEN Help Stephanie Anderson’s family with transport, funeral, and burial expenses during this difficult time by donating to her gofundme https://www.gofundme.com/f/stephanie-anderson?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS: Black Police Officer Fired After Stopping Fellow Cop’s Assault on Handcuffed Man https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/19/cariol_horne_intervention_buffalo_police_brutality NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Check out episode #278 Issa Coup for our initial conversation on spiritual gaslighting: https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/278-issa-coup This week’s closing clip features Levar Burton on The View discussing the misnomer that is “cancel culture” https://twitter.com/justicedeveraux/status/1386707302909190144 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Accountability! What does accountability look like in day time television? The Talk is back on the air after a racist episode and they might for real be doing something different. Also, the passing of rap legend DMX, and how Black liberation means different things to different Black people. This week’s hot list: a new jawb, protesting in a small white town, anti-racism and diversity training in real time, who’s and activist, who’s the feds, Patrisse Cullors, them houses and Marxism in real time, sponsored right wing content, DMX, Ruff Ryders, reunion concert throwback and mad other sh!t EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 3:14 Donation Libations: 7:48 Affirmations: 12:01 Diversity Training on live TV: 13:32 Black liberation means different things to different people: 32:22 Patrisse Cullors and them houses: 56:45 DMX: 1:38:34 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Listen to QueerWOC talk pop-culture on Ep 103 Blaq Pop: Endless Possibilities [w/ @BlaQueerFemme] : https://soundcloud.com/queerwoc/ep-103-blaq-pop-endless-possibilities-w-blaqueerfemme Watch Patrisse Khan-Cullors conversation with Marc Lamont Hill Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-rxVKcDSc Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljy6nbJvxvA&t=330s Listen to #285 "Sheryl's Friend is Racist" for our initial conversation about The Talk and Samaria Rice critique of Tamika Mallory: https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/285-sheryls-friend-is-racist Listen to #287 "My Relationship With Satan" for our conversation regarding the accusations of activists commercializing the movement: https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/287-my-relationship-with-satan The Bartendaz on instagram @giantbartendaz: https://www.instagram.com/giantbartendaz/?hl=en This week’s closing clip features a throwback of DMX closing remarks at one of his shows in the late 1990’s or early 2000’s: https://twitter.com/tumzar_world/status/1383082198056714241?s=21 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening theme song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… America’s vaccine rollout is giving structural oppression vibes! With many of America's incarcerated being denied access to the covid vaccine. Also, Black folks valid distrust of the system vs. irresponsible fear-mongering, and Tina Turner is a whole legend, let’s discuss! This week’s hot list: Routines, smoothies and Spring! SlayTV’s new queer web-series ‘For The Boys’ is our jam. Tina Turner’s life as Black woman in entertainment, and the HBO documentary Tina vs. her 1993 biopic ‘What’s Love Got To Do With’, racism and ageism, and how River Deep Mountain High is a bop! COVID-19 vaccines and the prison industrial complex, who deserves to live and who doesn’t. Black ass covid anxiety (TUSKEGEE!), fears, vaccine conspiracies, jokes, an adorable Daniel Kaluuya in an awkward ass SNL sketch. *Content warning: during our conversation about Tina Turner we do reference domestic abuse though we do not detail any incidents of violence* EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 3:16 Donation Libations: 7:43 Affirmations: 10:19 The Tina documentary: 12:51 Pay Black Women: 45:00 Incarcerated populations and COVID-19 vaccines: 47:25 Vaccine misinformation: 1:05:45 SNL Vaccine joke fail: 1:18:00 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS: Covid Outbreaks Devastated Prisons, but State Inmates’ Access to the Vaccine Varies Widely https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/us/covid-prisoners-vaccine.html High Risk Group Left Out of NY’s Vaccine Rollout https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/nyregion/new-york-vaccine-prisons.html Prison Policy Initiative: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/12/08/covid-vaccination-plans/ PAY BLACK WOMEN Help Rashida get the funds to finish her Masters’ program! cash app https://cash.app/$newbianqueenra Paypal PayPal.me/newbianqueen and Venmo @newbianqueen_ra NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Check out For The Boys, web series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q90tiuQEGCw&t=3s Check out J. on The Grapevine in a throwback conversation about the covid-19 vaccine starting at 46:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Su50OtYSv0 Google “Vaccine Game Show - SNL” to watch that awkward SNL sketch This week’s closing clip features DMX on Drink Champs podcast https://twitter.com/DanteAbstract/status/1378889850141675520 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Black activists like Tamika Mallory have been accused of commercializing the movement. We break down the accusations, and thoughts on what is and isn’t Black liberation. Also, Lil Nas X pushes the gay agenda, we love to see it. And Sharon lost her whole job over a white man This week’s hot list: Inner Hoe Uprising, Sister Sister was lowkey addressing race, The Wayans Bros. are booger boys, Eddie Murphy interviews, Lil Nas X’s Monetero (Call Me By Your Name) video epic, Black Christianity, and centering Satan, Elaine Welteroth got HR on speed dial, Sharon Osbourne gets chopped, Activism, grifters, celebrity activism, Samaria Rice & Lisa Simpsons statement regarding the movement, Tamika Mallory’s Cadillac commercial and Until Freedom, Black Lives Matter Global Network, where the money resides, who it should go to, and mad other sh/t EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 4:37 Donation Libations: 9:27 Affirmations: 12:10 Lil Nas X and Black Christianity: 13:45 Sharon gets gone from The Talk: 31:26 Leveraging Black death for personal gain: 43:45 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Listen to the “In S-hoe-lidarity” episode of Inner Hoe Uprising Podcast https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/in-s-hoe-lidarity Watch Lil Nas X’s Montero video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swmTBVI83k Help support J.’s sister Jasmine as she continues to battle stage 4 breast cancer: https://www.gofundme.com/f/t6e5wew?qid=7c3b5bc13fabd1b2547b46b4bf02d0ad This week’s closing clip features Angela Davis on Democracy Now explaining how capitalism and racism are intertwined. Watch the full interview: https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/7/freedom_struggle_angela_davis_on_calls This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… It’s a panniversary! One year after the first shutdown in the US we’re still living in a global pandemic and it may be affecting you more than you know. Then, the anti-Black obsession with how low-income folks spend their stimmy. Supporting the Asian community in a time of crisis and when social media solidarity goes wrong This week’s hot list: Smoothies, routines, therapy, and a luxury purchase! The pandemic’s anniversary effect, the grief effect, who we are now and how we can reset. Stimmy shaming, The North Star, The Momentum Advisors podcast, and why they need to mind the business that pays them. Doing things for the likes - is it clout or solidarity? Mutual funding, learning tools for AAPI solidarity, #stopasianhate, and more. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 2:48 Donation Libations: 8:53 Affirmations: 14:46 Panniversery: 16:10 Resources to support the AAPI community: 39:31 Pay Black women: 46:05 Mind your stimulus business: 49:08 Performative Solidarity: 1:11:21 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS: Support the AAPI Community fund https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate Anti-Asain Violence Resources https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ PAY BLACK WOMEN Help Lisa’s family cover her funeral expenses: https://www.gofundme.com/f/xxcn6-funeral-arrangements?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Annie (@annie_wu_22) and Solanje's IG live discussion re #stopasianhate graphic: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMnyVvFlU-8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link This week’s closing clip features the viral stimulus check TikTok video, singer unknown: https://twitter.com/thatstylersart/status/1368264046928084999?s=20 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Explaining racism to white people proves to be a thankless fvcking job as Piers Morgan and Sharon Osborne show their whole asses on live TV. Are Black activists commodifying Black death for clout? Samaria Rice reacts to Tamika Mallory at the Grammy’s. And finally, biracial identity and who gets to say “I’m Black.” This week’s hot list: Decentralized activism, clout chasing weirdos, Hollywood reenactments of the Black Lives Matter movement (cringe), The Talk, Elaine Welteroth, Sheryl Underwood, a rockette, and that lil unbothered dog, weatherman Alex Beresford, Meghan Markle, white passing biracial identity and Blackness, language and mad other ish EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 2:50 Donation Libations: 8:29 Affirmations: 11:14 Samaria Rice calls out Tamika Mallory, and other BLM affiliates:11:59 Sharon Osbourne on The Talk wilding: 52:29 Biracial Black identity police: 1:36:47 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! IG/Venmo: @Transtrenderz Cashapp: cash.app/$Transtrenderz Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/bringing-black-trans-music-mainstream PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=cWCmg-84pqKiLLFfAMf5EDT4lNN1k8NyhIJJFrOgZQS-kwTbWu7jpcu38iL6AsAwX-Z5kZoS1dOVoQo0 WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA: Check out our review/conversation about Queen and Slim - https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/233-white-fear-fantasy This week’s closing clip featuring Sistah Souljah sharing her thoughts on white folks dismantling the system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1WKA6qY3tM This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode…Colorism, COLORISM, colourism - that’s what we’re on today. Between a white-passing Meghan Markle being shunned by the royal family to Lovecraft Country putting a whole light-skinned Black person in blackface, we gotta talk about colorism. . . again. This week’s hot list: Lil Nas X is a gem. Idris Elba is giving sexy dad on The Long Run, go watch it. Did Christina M. Jenkins invent weave or weeve? Racism ruins the water system of an entire city, the English monarchy reminds us who’s the realest white supremacist. Lightskinned complacency vs losing your privilege and the bag. And a lil homophobia, some toxic masculinity and mad other ish EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 1:58 Donation Libations: 16:07 Affirmations: 19:36 Meghan Markle and Oprah interview: 21:42 Paying Black People: 55:47 Jackson Mississippi water crisis: 58:55 Who invented hair weave?: 1:05:30 Blackface and colorism: 1:11:30 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! PAY BLACK PEOPLE FEATURE: Support Transtrenderz, the first all TGNC Record label working to create equity in the music industry for Black Trans People. IG/Venmo: @Transtrenderz Cashapp: cash.app/$Transtrenderz Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/bringing-black-trans-music-mainstream PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=cWCmg-84pqKiLLFfAMf5EDT4lNN1k8NyhIJJFrOgZQS-kwTbWu7jpcu38iL6AsAwX-Z5kZoS1dOVoQo0 WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS: Racism and the water crisis in Jackson Mississippi https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/03/two-weeks-after-winter-storms-thousands-of-black-mississippians-still-cant-get-clean-water/ MOMENT IN BLACK HAIR: Learn more about Christina M. Jenkins inventor of the hair weave weavehttps://blackthen.com/christina-m-jenkins-inventor-sew-weave-1951/?fbclid=IwAR1Bv-0s6549zsq4LL88r0CoT_FrwirC9xrUVuvkv8o_kWzVqc6L9-fcIKk NOTES AND EXTRA TEA: Lil Nas X Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lilnasx/video/6935881382048697605?_ Kelli Amirah reveals to tiktok her blackface story from Lovecraft Country https://www.tiktok.com/@kelliamirah/video/6931022868302073094? This week’s closing clip features Maxine waters, and Megan the Stallion discussing the Savage remix, and WAP for Harper Bazaar https://twitter.com/writtenbyhanna/status/1364441485874253827?s=12 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Quarantino got us feeling DIFFERENT about what we watch on film and television. We get Buried By the Bernard and discuss the diasporadical implications of Judas and the Black Messiah. And Queen Latifah is doing some sh!t we never seen done before. No spoilers, we promise! This week’s hot list: Dr. Maxine Mimms and her Maya Angelou story among other thangs. “Wooooow, you’ve changed” said quarantino to everybody, we got new feelings and everything. Black family joy on tv when you can’t get in real life, Daniel Kaluuya out here slaying every interview, Black British actors playing Black American leaders (like all the time, let’s discuss with nuance tho), The Equalizer is a whole Black mom who don’t have time for your sh!t. Shabazz Palaces, the red the black and the green, and moisturized your bod and mad other sh!t EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 6:35 Donation Libations: 16:20 Affirmations:22:42 Laugh at a white man: 26.51 Buried by the Bernards: 41:01 Daniel Kaluuya & Judas and the Black Messaih: 45:30 Black women in action on TV: 124:50 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA: Listen to Dr. Maxine Mimms on Black Girl Mystic podcast: https://lerinalta.com/podcast/26-maxine-mimms-on-getting-free/ Daniel Kaluuya talks to Van Lathan https://www.theringer.com/video/2021/2/16/22286004/daniel-kaluuya-on-black-people-having-to-answer-for-racism Daniel Kaluuya makes Robin Roberts blush https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1359865072248586242 Daniel Kaluuya navigates a brush fire of ash https://www.instagram.com/p/CLeZSoWHdys/ This week’s closing clip features Chairman Fred Hamptons partner and Black Panther Akua Njeri and the way we engage with the Panthers legacy: https://twitter.com/commieunclerico/status/1361693500375506949?s=20 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode…Glue gate is over! We talk about Tessica Brown, Gorilla Glue, and the ponytail that rocked the internet. Trying to keep our pets alive in a pandem, and how the United Nations went anti-Black for valentines day This week’s hot list: Whoopi Goldberg’s cheek bones deserve all the awards. Keeping your pet alive is expensive but lowkey worth it. Other Black podcasts you should be listening to. The biggest hair story in history, even the haters enjoyed it. Influencer culture and who deserves to profit off of the internet, the Rona, vaccinations and Black women’s labor stolen. 90 day fiance fatigue, flagrant colorism at the UN and mad other ish. THIS WEEK’S SPONSOR: Matriarch Creative Solutions Visit wearematriarch.co to learn more about how Matriarch Creative Solutions can support you, and subscribe to their mailing list to receive 11% off your first service. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 5:40 Donation Libations: 15:18 Affirmations: 18:35 Black Baddies, Gender & The Gay Agenda: 22:28 Gorilla Glue & Thee Moment in Black hair!: 28:09 Covid Vaccines & The CDC is stealing... Allegedly: 1:15:00 #PayBlackWomen: 1:25:40 Black women hugging themselves for Valentine’s day, yikes: 1:32:20 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS: Immunization Expert Accuses C.D.C. and Deloitte of Stealing Her Idea https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/us/politics/coronavirus-vaccines.html PAY BLACK WOMEN: Help Jasmin recoup funds for her cat Dre’s emergency surgery https://gofund.me/4219f7e3 WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA: Want to learn more about gender? Listen to these episodes of Inner Hoe Uprising podcast Tart and Stank https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/tart-and-stank So what’s the big deal about pronouns, anyways? https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/so-whats-the-big-deal-about-pronouns-anyways This week’s closing clip features @e_hemaan9 remind us we’re in a pandemic tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeLwa8N9/ This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 17 February 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We’re talking about gender, the binary, non-binary, language in general, femme, feminine, gender identity, fvcking up and learning in public, the narrow scope of womanhood and we get emotional and sh!t. THIS WEEK’S SPONSOR: Matriarch Creative Solutions Visit wearematriarch.co to learn more about how Matriarch Creative Solutions can support you, and subscribe to their mailing list to receive 11% off your first service. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations:7:26 Donation Libations: 18:26 Affirmations: 22:28 PayBlack Women: 29:06 Non-Binary Gender Discussion: 32:38 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! PAY BLACK WOMEN: Help Dee pay the outstanding balance on her electric bill so she can pay her rent on the 1st and beyond! Cashapp: $shandee9092 https://cash.app/$shandee9092 WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA More on language and gender: https://medium.com/@transstyleguide/alternatives-to-afab-and-amab-d7cf8fe20a72 This week’s closing clip features @wiildd_chiild risking his life for tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeRMgxjK/ This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Are you a Black girl hoarder? We get into the shame of being Black, femme, and messy and the disrespect for domestic labor. Then Ottawa University goes private on Twitter after a racist moment in Black hair. And it’s Black History Month! Let the institutional capping begin! This week’s hotlist - Snowed in, in NYC, pantsless on zoom, Girl Scout cookie season! Is hoarding really a big deal? Class privilege, gender and domestic labor, outsourcing vs. slavery, shame & cleanliness, checking our privilege before posting on social media, Black hair in Kansas, and once again braids are political. More voter suppression in America, Fvck yea! THIS WEEK’S SPONSOR: Matriarch Creative Solutions Visit wearematriarch.co to learn more about how Matriarch Creative Solutions can support you, and subscribe to their mailing list to receive 11% off your first service. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 4:36 Donation libations: 11:26 Affirmations: 17:08 Hoarding while Black: 19:20 Moment in Black Hair: 59:57 Voter Suppression doubles down: 1:18:06 Pay Black Women: 1:26:42 The Pit 1:30:13 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 MOMENT IN BLACK HAIR: Kansas cheerleader kicked off the squad after coach says braids are too long https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/education/article248694865.html NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS: Georgia Republicans Want To Make It Harder To Vote With Absentee Ballots After Democrats Won https://newsone.com/4083673/georgia-republicans-voter-id-absentee-ballots/ PAY BLACK WOMEN: Help Josmine raise funds to buy land and build a home in Ghana! For more info and to donate visit her GoFundMe “Building a Pan African Community in Ghana” gf.me/u/ygtxpm NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Check out Kimberly Foster of For Harriet’s video “I got dragged on Twitter because I’m a hoarder, let’s discuss” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHLuzp8tIm8 Our conversation with Kimberly this summer https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/259-for-harriet Catch us on this episode of The Black Guy Who Tips #2265 WHERE ARE THE WHITE FATHERS https://open.spotify.com/episode/0uXOINcPgxcHrBPz7LwPgw?si=CdxSb-YTS4GFUyEr_ga5ZQ Learn more about stopping voter suppression at fairfight.com This week’s hashtag: #BlackHistoryMonth This week’s closing clip features the legend and now ancestor Cisely Tyson https://www.instagram.com/p/CEYAT8fH0NY/?igshid=9g6krslw94li This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… New President, Who dis!? We discuss Black folks and the inauguration, the Bernie memes and anti-semitism, and the age old ableist question “Is White Supremacy a mental illness?” This week’s hotlist - Words we hate, a little colorism (just a little), gossip level inauguration hot takes, our favorite war criminals, the white feminism and anti-semitism discussion surrounding that Bernie Sanders memeism, heavy handed ableism, how process the narcissism & delusion of white supremacy round these parts and mad other sh!t EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 3.24 Donation libations: 8:38 Affirmations: 10:16 Post-Inauguration Thots: 12:36 Bernie, white feminism & anti-semitism: 31:21 Ableism & the white supremacy/mental illness question: 47:30 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Read Queen’s Ms.Vixen piece “Why I Stopped Talking To Light Skin People About Colorism” https://www.msvixenmag.com/msvixen/why-i-stopped-talking-to-light-skin-people-about-colorism Watch Janicia’s conversation with The Blerdgurl on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/880425081?filter=archives&sort=time This week’s hashtag: #DisabilityTooWhite This week’s closing clip features @justtmarvin on tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJENKN5d/ This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 27 January 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… It’s that time of year when everybody got Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s name in they mouth and we want to set a few things straight. Also, the most recent acts of white domestic terrorism, and how to know when you’re friendly neighborhood healer is a scammer This week’s hotlist - We’re back, so New Year, new energy, or whatever. Oh yeah, we watched “Woke”on Hulu… (no spoilers). #Schomcom, a “coup” vs. an “insurrection”, language manipulation and media, stochastic terrorism, The correlation between class and race ignored in the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, increasing the minimum wage, why spiritually and bigotry shouldn’t be working together, how we allow white supremacy in Black healing spaces and how to avoid it, colorism, and paying Black women and femmes! THIS WEEKS SPONSOR 635 Community Health Collective’s Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TS Yoga) Visit 635communityhealthcollective.com/ Or email them at [email protected] EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 2:15 Donation libations: 12:51 Affirmations: 16:44 It was a failed coup : 18:51 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was about them Labor Rights too: 46:30 Pay Black Women & Femmes: 1:00:08 The Hood Scammer: 1:05:56 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] PAY BLACK WOMEN Help Naiyla with her rent and educational expenses via cashapp $NiaylaDia https://cash.app/$NiaylaDia DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS Economic equality: Martin Luther King Jr.’s other dream https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/21/economic-equality-martin-luther-king-jrs-other-dream/ NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Check out Janicia on For All Nerds reviewing Wonder Woman 1984 https://soundcloud.com/fanbros/wonder-woman-84-special-review-feat-janicia-f-rodimus-prime Check out Janicia’s panel discussion “ Make It Plain: Social Commentary Thru Comix “ at the Black Comicbook Festival https://livestream.com/schomburgcenter/bcbfp13/videos/216134764 Check out @lubalin_vibe_emporium on IG https://instagram.com/lubalin_vibe_emporium?igshid=357ir9wje521 This week’s hashtag: #Fight415 #Fightfor15 This week’s closing clip features a snippet of Dr. Martin Luther King “All Labor Has Dignity” speech at Bishop Charles Mason Temple of the Church of God in Christ in Memphis Tennesse https://www.instagram.com/p/CKMu86SnPFl/ This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Segment Music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 20 January 2021

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Happy Kwanzaa! We recorded an extra episode just for you! We talk about the way Covid is showing up in our tv and movies, how the global pandem has changed us on a personal level, and we look back on who and what had us fvcked up this year. This week’s hotlist - New pandemic, new you, managing time in isolation, why case for capitalism is weakening, relationship dynamics in the apocalypse, therapy, matching loungewear (get into it), spoiler free TV - Netflix’s “Big Mouth” and race, coronavirus on tv, Love In The Time of Corona, Social Distance, This Is Us gets more Black, Black-ish, Saved By The Bell again, Fargo and the Black holiday joy of Dance Dreams: The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker and Jingle Jangle. Non-Black POC’s post George Floyd, mehn, overall weird of vacationing during a global pandem and mad other ish... EPISODE TIMESTAMPS How Has the Pandemic Changed You?: 5:14 What We’re Watching: 32:16 Who Had Us Fvcked Up This Year: 1:15:04 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 This week’s closing clip features Diana Ross on her approach to life and affirmations: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJT0vkXJoPv/?igshid=iswfmxan5o21 This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Includes music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 30 December 2020

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Do Black people need to be on the same page about the sh!t non-Black people say? Then investment advisor Lydia Idem joins us to discuss the future of water, water futures, what they, who owns water in this babylon country, and whether you can play in the stock market and dismantle white supremacist patriarchal capitalism at the same time. This week’s hotlist - Our pets don’t respect us, honoring rest, the Black joy that held us down in 2020, negro solstice and Black superpowers, harm reduction and prioritizing the harmed, everyone can’t be down with AAVE - stop trying, affirm a brokerage account, investing your investments in investing ass Black people that need you to invest, you got a 401k or nah? You got $5 for stocks and bawnds? And water futures are confusing but we figured it out. . .we think? THIS WEEKS SPONSOR 635 Community Health Collective’s Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TS Yoga) Visit 635communityhealthcollective.com/ Or email them at [email protected] SPECIAL GUEST Lydia Idem, Investment Advisor Twitter @faithmight https://twitter.com/faithmight Instagram @faithmight https://www.instagram.com/faithmight/ EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 5:39 Donation libations: 18:21 Affirmations: 20:48 Non-Black folks using AAVE, and the Black people who love them: 23:07 Water on the stock market? 44:14 Investor Lydia Idem tells us about water futures 46:13 Who said they could trade water? 55:48 Because climate change? 57:43 China highkey colonizing Nigeria 59:43 The “free market” illusion 1:02:06 The stock market for womanist race nerds 1:07:25 Investing in Black people 1:13:39 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Learn more about The Nap Ministry @thenapministry Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenapministry Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheNapMinistry Check out episode #223 “The State of Rape Culture” for an expanded discussion on AAVE and non-Black POC: https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/223-state-of-the-rc This week’s hashtag: #WaterWars This week’s closing clip features The Jokes on Eddie’s, December 21st Black Power Soltice orientation https://www.tiktok.com/@thejokesoneddie/video/6908446299721452805?_ This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis and Edited by Candice Jones Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Includes music by Chad Milner

Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2020

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… If you were waiting for a global pandemic to land before finally getting into Kwanzaa, this is your year! We make plans and affirmations, we pay Black women, uncover ANOTHER racist bill and throw a bunch of men in the pit because why the fvck not? This week’s hotlist - Queen bouta DIY high end tech at the crib, are you tipping people during the pandem? Kwanzaa over Karenga, you can still get the principles on, family zooms or nah, Missouri’s anti-protest bill, taking up space on social media, the lawless internet of the zero zero’s and mad other ish... EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 2:44 Donation libations: 19:33 Affirmations: 26:05 Get into Kwanzaa: 29:17 Pay Black Women: 58:45 Oh, so ya’ll wanna kill protestors?: 1:10:06 Men, clubhouse, and the yikes factor: 1:26:13 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 PAY BLACK WOMEN Help Memery secure permanent housing Cashapp $elhielo: https://cash.app/$elhielo Paypal afrostaq: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/afrostaq Give Butter donation link: https://givebutter.com/NYrGV6 NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS https://missouriindependent.com/2020/12/10/missouri-bills-seek-to-shield-drivers-who-hit-protesters/ NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Check out this throwback Kwanzaa episode for more info on the principles and other good sh!t #187 T’was The Night Before Kwanzaa https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/187-its-kwanzaa-tho Build your own smart mirror: https://magicmirror.builders/ Check out @DATAM0SH3R’s smart mirror: https://twitter.com/datam0sh3r/status/1337935808293007361?s=21 This week’s hashtag: #KwanzaaoverKarenga This week’s closing clip features Relly B. bouta make his sales quota for the year at a Honda dealership in Louisiana where the money reside: https://twitter.com/durrellyrell/status/1338327205122723841 This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Get Out by Jahzzar LICENSE LINK: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2020

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We don’t believe in humble, but Dave Chappelle is getting on our nerves! Then Blackness, regular Black, Foundational Black, ADOS, Barack, Kamala, and all that in a big conflated nuance lacking sandwich of ‘What does the Black diaspora mean today?’. This week’s hotlist - Birthday affirmations work! Therapy, plants and feel good music, Dave Chappelle’s branding as “epic”, Black mediocrity goals and Kevin Hart. Diaspora wars, ADOS, FBA, the rules of Black ethnicity, race, culture, some chattel slavery facts, intersections of privilege, and all kinds of Black and nuanced sh*t bc the Black experience is NUANCED and that’s powerful! THIS WEEKS SPONSOR 635 Community Health Collective’s Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TS Yoga) 635communityhealthcollective.com/ Or email them at [email protected] EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations 7:16 Donation libations 20:04 Affirmations 23:40 Dave Chappelle’s “epic” branding 25:47 Kevin Hart 43:35 Black in the White House 53:49 T*riq N*sheed 1:02:47 “Foundational Black Americans” & ADOS 1:07:08 “Regular Black” 1:14:27 It’s Comma-lah 1:20:14 Chattel slavery sh*t & the no culture myth 1:21:31 Barack & Kamala & privilege 1:32:23 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [email protected] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Where to Donate Your Money and Time to Help Protestors: https://nyulocal.com/where-to-donate-your-money-and-time-to-help-protesters-ef2727d7a9d2 How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/29/how-to-continue-support-for-the-end-sars-movement-in-nigeria-13487714/ Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Follow Jimir Recce Davis- filmmaker and music producer on Twitter twitter.com/loneamorphus and Instagram instagram.com/theofficialamorphous This week’s hashtag: #AllBlackLivesMatter This week’s closing clip features Kimberly Foster FOunder of For Harriet: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGY5HgFcUE/?igshid=sg3aetyrtqeu This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Opening song by Ohene Cornelius Get Out by Jahzzar LICENSE LINK: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2020