Ep 66: Poetry Is Not a Luxury

On this episode of #QueerWOCpod Money returns to her solo podcasting roots to talk #PodinLiveNYC 2019, poetry as a stress relieving knowledge practice, and coochie care. Also, if anybody has any tips on how to find a bae as a therapist, she is all ears! Money will be in Portland for #NCORE Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: [email protected] Book us for Stonewall 50th 00:06:12 QueerWOC of the Week Kenyan actress and musician Samantha Mugatsia This March, she won best actress award at the Fespaco Film Festival, Africa’s biggest film festival This was her first role as an actress, she co-starred in the film with Sheila drummer with a band called Yellow Light Machine since 2015 https://www.autostraddle.com/heart-throb-sam-mugatsia-on-sudden-fame-her-banned-debut-film-rafiki-437479/ If you want to try to catch the film, see if its playing near you: https://www.filmmovement.com/theatrical/film/rafiki?fbclid=IwAR3P7YDgYBAGONOpKHUxyrSYDc7SR1-WNfcXqe2WW8z_hjQ-Bejcaig8ZTQ#playing 00:17:39 Community Contributors #PodinLiveNYC 2019 twas LIT! Aria, Melissa, Martina, Aviva J, Nicole, Doune, Juju, Vanessa New Patrons - Andre, Sariah, KenyanBabyDyke, Dao and Amira upped their pledge! CashApp from Melissa and Noma Arizona is our top state! Honorable mention Texas 00:28:23 Mental Moment with Money Poetry Books that are keeping stress at bay and allow creativity to flow Even This Page is White - Vivek Shraya https://www.amazon.com/even-this-white-Vivek-Shraya/dp/1551526417 Experimental Love Poems - Cheryl Clarke https://www.amazon.com/Experimental-Love-Poetry-Cheryl-Clarke/dp/1563410354 Ms. Militancy by Meena Kandasamy https://www.amazon.com/Ms-Militancy-Meena-Kandasamy/dp/8189059343/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ms+militancy+meena&qid=1558661129&s=books&sr=1-1-spell Poetry is not a luxury - https://makinglearning.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/poetry-is-not-a-luxury-audre-lorde.pdf No Word this Episode, sorry yall! 00:47:35 Topic The coochie is supposed to smell like coochie Check out this episode of VagEsteem around the 16:14 mark https://soundcloud.com/vagesteem/vaginas-smells-like 01:02:55 Curved Chronicles Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns And you’ve listened to episode 66 of QueerWOC The Podcast