BLA Ep 8 Media + Politics

On this episode of Black Lady Adulting, Joakina is joined by media extraordinaire, Ashlei Stevens who has appeared on TV One, CNN, BET, ID and more (2:05). Together, they discuss how the media impacts our understanding of politics (3:54). Ashlei and Joakina explore how the media elevated the 45 president's platform in a harmful way (5:00), the mutual obsession between the press and the 45th president (5:54) and how it created an alternate reality for some folks (7:30). Ashlei gives her take on how the "pot boiled over" during the insurrection (10:05) and the media's role in the events of January 6th (12:50). Further, they discuss how they media can and should do better to provide accurate news (19:38) and why Black women should care about this topic (25:34). We conclude with Ashlei sharing what she loves about being a Black lady adulting (34:10) and the My Girlfriends segment with a special passage by Toni Morrison (37:02).