Episode 50: "God is Trying to Tell You Something" Black Women, Intuition, Autonomy, and Deconstruction | Ep.51

This episode covers a wide-ranging conversation about black womanhood, respectability, movement, and the pressure to treat every life decision as a direct command from God. Mo and Raven connect everyday choices like hair, dancing, work, and dating to larger questions about autonomy, patriarchy, and what it means to live as a whole person. At the center of the discussion is a shared concern: too many black women are taught to ignore their own discernment in favor of obedience, suffering, or spiritualized recklessness. The conversation moves through faith, deconstruction, and the freedom to choose joy, pleasure, and self-trust. Where to Find WOTA Official Hashtag: #WOTA Find our Book recommendations on StoryGraph Stay Connected Is there a topic you'd like covered on the podcast? Submit it at [email protected] Follow us on Socials: Instagram: @whatsontheagendapod Threads: @whatsontheagendapod YouTube: @whatsontheagendapod Keep up with Raven Martin Instagram: @RayeRena YouTube: @RavenRena TikTok: @RavenRenaM Keep up with Morgan Moore Instagram: @prettygirllifter YouTube: @morgan-allison2513 TikTok: @prettygirllifter Timestamps (00:00) Opening banter and black girl hair culture (06:06) Wedding weekend, dancing, and being outside (17:19) Raven’s PhD plans and the pressure of life change (28:30) Seminary, deconstruction, and shifting faith (40:04) The screenshots and the “God told me to move” conversation (46:06) Suffering theology and what counts as hearing from God (57:01) Purity culture, autonomy, and patriarchy (61:55) Reframing faith as co-creation instead of passivity (68:41) The erotic, deep knowing, and resisting control (77:10) Why purity culture pushed both hosts toward deconstruction (81:11) Why this matters for black women’s liberation (86:34) God in friendship, celebration, and a whole life (99:00) Closing thoughts and sign-off