Black Girl, Other
by Charisse
Welcome to Black Girl Other, a podcast exploring black womanhood through identities you don't often see in mainstream media. I'm Charisse Furlong, your host. And in partnership with Couple Street Productions, I'm bringing you real women, real identities, and together, real conversation. Conversation, we don't always get to have about who we are and what we wish the world could see.
Episodes
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Gris-Gris and Gospel
Growing up Black in America, church wasn't just a Sunday tradition; it was often the center of gravity for the whole family & its community. For generations, the Black church has been more than a place of worship; it's been a source of community, mutual aid, and political organizing, especially…
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This Strong Black Woman is Overstimulated
It’s not surprising to learn that neurodivergence in Black communities has historically been misread, misdiagnosed, or missed entirely. Conditions like ADHD and autism are often underdiagnosed in Black children compared to their white peers, not because they occur less often, but because symptoms...
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A Comedian's Guide to Coming Into Yourself
Of the roughly 490 LGBTQ characters GLAAD counted across TV last season, only 17% were Black, and that number’s actually shrinking, not growing. Additionally, when we think of queer representation on screen, it still leans male. So when we talk about Black queer women in media, we’re not talking...
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Trading the Altar for the Earth
In this episode of Black Girl, Other, I'm speaking with B, who grew up biracial in Texas, raised by her white mother and disconnected from her Black father's heritage. In her youth, her relationship to the church felt transactional, but eventually she found deeper meaning by studying scripture....
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Other by Choice: Living Child-Free
In a Pew Research Center survey of adults under 50 who say they're unlikely to have children, 57% gave the same top reason: they just don't want to. Not finances. Not their career. Just an absence of the desire for parenthood. Interestingly, in a study led by the CDC, they found the number of...
About this show
Welcome to Black Girl Other, a podcast exploring black womanhood through identities you don't often see in mainstream media. I'm Charisse Furlong, your host. And in partnership with Couple Street Productions, I'm bringing you real women, real identities, and together, real conversation. Conversation, we don't always get to have about who we are and what we wish the world could see.
Hosted by
Charisse