#236 That's Business Tho

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Ivy Park and the business of exclusion, a Black hair journey to baldness, homelessness in a city full of empty homes (make that make sense), and bisexuality and why the straight monogs must be stopped. This week’s hotlist - Ivy Park & adidas, plus sizes, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Black Comic Book Festival, natural hair, alopecia and Black women, gentrification and Oakland’s “housing crisis”, homelessness, bisexuality, capitalism and the business of marginalization, Hurricane Maria, Loiza, Puerto Rico, polyamory, non-monogamy, the myth of ownership in relationships and more! 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 SPONSOR “Layla’s Happiness” children’s book Written by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin Learn more about the book: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/11/20/laylas-happiness-mariahadessa-ekere-tallie/ Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Laylas-Happiness-Mariahdessa-Ekere-Tallie/dp/1592702880 Buy at Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/laylas-happiness-mariahdessa-ekere-tallie/1130419130#/ Buy at Target: https://www.target.com/p/layla-s-happiness-by-mariahadessa-ekere-tallie-hardcover/-/A-77038768 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_VEVWdvdDDemm0 PAY BLACK WOMEN Learn more about Taller Salud’s initiative to support women in Loiza & other areas of Puerto Rico Taller Salud en español: https://www.tallersalud.com Taller Salud in English: https://www.english.tallersalud.com Donate: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/help-us-empower-women-to-make-loiza-thrive/ NOTES & EXTRA TEA Watch #StrongFemaleLeads panel from Black Comic Book Festival moderated by J. with special guests Dr. Eve L. Ewing, Dhonielle Clayton #WeNeedDiverseBooks, Shauna J. Grant, Vita Ayala and Greg Burnham: https://livestream.com/schomburgcenter/events/8963852/videos/200852115?fbclid=IwAR2zGBGWc56MLq0WePx8g8HBDmUyW65ouZGMZJGD_uyF_FYVcY2p4N--ZQI Learn more about Moms 4 Housing: https://moms4housing.org Learn more about the battle for Oakland and excessive police force against peaceful protest in the “housing crisis”: https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/01/moms-4-housing-oakland-housing-crisis-arrests-alameda-county-police-riot-gear/ Watch Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley discuss her experience with alopecia: https://theglowup.theroot.com/exclusive-rep-ayanna-pressley-reveals-beautiful-bald-1841039847 Ayanna Pressley: US congresswoman reveals alopecia diagnosis: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51148851 This week’s closing clip features Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez #MLKNow conversation with Ta’Nehisi Coates: https://twitter.com/pairolleth/status/1219413110852743168 This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia with engineering & editorial support from Sam Riddell Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.tflintvoiceovers.com/