#237 Clout Chasing Grandma

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Why work doesn’t have to suck but people and their politics make it suck so hard, how to make friends as a grown ass adult, and to HBCU or to PWI - grandma edition This week’s hotlist - animal ovaries, pet love, labor, therapy, Black Facts, labor and the hierarchy of workers, friendship, dating yt men, picking a college, dance class, awkward Black girls, how to be Black in America, impressing the elders and mad other sh!t. 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 NOTES & EXTRA TEA Check out https://openpathcollective.org to find a therapist that you can afford This week’s closing clip features singer/musician Nina Simone talking about the importance of “pushing” Black identity: https://twitter.com/mikellestreet/status/1221630834807050240?s=11 This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia with engineering 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