Revolutionary Baddies Podcast

Happy Mother’s Day! The Baddies dedicate this episode to some of the greatest contributors to society- Black mothers. In this episode, Brittany and Dee Dee dive into their lived experiences of the mothers that raised them and  how dynamic and expansive our family structures could be. And just like everything else- Motherhood is political and worth our understanding. Hope you enjoy this episode. All About Love: New Visions by bell hooksWe Live For The We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClainRevolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, China Martens, Mai’a WilliamsBlack. Single. Mothering: Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging by Jamilah Lemieux The Negro Family: The Case For National ActionKahlil GurbanSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

TRIGGER WARNING. Over the past couple of months, there have been several alarming and saddening cases of Black women being murdered by their husbands, fiances, boyfriends, and exes. We cannot shy away from uplifting the names and stories of these Black women and how pervasive  and insidious patriarchal violence is. In order to see a revolution forward, we must address how patriarchy suffocates the Black community and our society at large. That discussion leads to an intentional discussion regarding reproductive justice. Reproductive Justice(RJ) is a framework developed by Black women and strengthened by Black Queer people over time. It is a framework that goes beyond reproductive rights and pro-choice. RJ covers all of those things plus the principle of having safe and sustainable communities. Having safe and sustainable communities guarantees a better future for our children and everyone else. Reproductive Justice is not just a “women’s issue” it is a guide for a more equitable future. Patriarchy is antithetical to all justice. This episode is dedicated to Dr. Cerina Fairfax, Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer, Pastor Tammy McCollum, Qualeshia “Saditty” Barnes, Ashlee Jenae, Davonte Curtis, Ashanti Allen, Victoria Alexander, Gabryel Ayers, Raven Edwards, Teonia Stokes, Gladys Johnson, Daneshia Heller, Imani Dia Smith, Bianca Huntley, and Barbara Deer.Questions for our listeners:How are you processing the headlines of patriarchial violence against Black women?Links for the episode: Season 2. Episode 15“Who Will Revere The Black Woman?” Remembering Nancy, Cerina, and So Many More Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation by Beth RichieThe Origin of Family, Private Property, and the State by Friedrich EngelsSisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice CollectiveRepublicans Are Mad Teen Pregnancies Are DownBlack Mamas Matter AllianceBlack Maternal Health WeekBlack Midwives Sue Georgia Over Birth Laws That Harm Black MothersDuke Charitable CareThe Momnibus Act: The Solution to America’s Maternal Health Crisis Anti-Shackling Pregnant WomenSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

This planet is all we have yall. Revolutionary Baddies covers a lively discussion on the damages of capitalism on this Earth and how we need to resist. In order for any opportunity of revolution to be realized, we must take our relationship to the land seriously. Brittany and Dee Dee draw the connection of land to the necessity of wellness. Wellness is not an individual process but a North Star for the community. This means understanding our food systems, lineage of farming and gardening, medical and health systems, and land development. This country is too rich for food deserts, and yet so many of us have grown to understand food desserts as part of the fabric of the US. We are not promoters of the Make America Healthy Again right-wing, traditionalist, capitalist movement. We are promoters of a human society that values wellness for the sake of the struggle for freedom.Questions for our listeners:What are some wellness practices we can do on an individual level?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 14Sicko(2007) DocumentaryHow Many Black Farmers are there in the US? Why we doubt the government stats?Obama era school based nutrition policy led to better diets for students but faces changesCan We Change What A Society Eats? Feed: A food systems PodcastThe Greenwood Food BlockadeColored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Union, 1886-1891Black Farmers’ MarketQueen Sugar (TV Series)Food, Inc. (2008) DocumentaryThe Formula: Nestle Boycott of 1977 DocumentaryThe Black Woman by Toni Cade BambaraThe Conjure Workbook Volume 1: Working the Root by Starr CasasThe Uyoga FarmSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Audre Lorde left this world with an incredible gift of honesty, hope, and some deliberate lessons of the 1960s. More of our lessons of navigating patriarchy and capitalism needs to root in the very real and evil decisions of a few. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies breaks down Lorde’s reflective and sobering essay, “Lessons from the 60s”, which explores the complexity of a time of great resistance, great progress, and huge contradictions. “As Black people, if there is one thing we can learn from the 60’s it is how infinitely complex any move towards liberation must be.” The complexities of capitalism, self-reliance, colorism, homophobia, liberalism, and the psychology of survival are all present in the struggle for liberation. Hopefully you leave this episode with more questions than answers and more space for holding the contradictions. Thank you in advance. “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” -Audre LordeQuestion for our listenersWho would you be if you were free?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 13Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-KurdU.S. Military Action Against Iran: Over Half of Voters Oppose It, 74% Oppose Sending Ground Troops Into Iran, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Vast Majority Expects The Conflict To Last Months or MoreWhat Is Imperialism? An IntroductionSister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre LordeMalcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements by Malcolm X and George BreitmanThe Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs with Scott KurashigSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

What would this world be without Black Culture? Music, writing, films, fashion, language, archive, photography, architecture, inventions, dance, film, theater, cuisine, you name it! In every corner of this world, you can find Black influence on culture. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies dream and discuss how the world currently tries to villianize and erase Blackness while embracing and harvesting our culture. This episode highlights the understanding of how important Black people are to this world because of our audacity to create, recreate, invent, uncover, build, and overcome with love. Black people are constantly giving this world our best, and if we could rid ourselves of racial capitalism, patriarchy, and imperialism we could give ourselves and this world so much more. Brittany and Dee Dee also call into question why our Black movements are not as directly connected to prominent Black artists of today? And what needs to happen in order to change this? Questions for our listeners:What are you wearing to the Capitol?What are the many homes you have or the places you consider “Home”?What are the parts of the culture that are not mainstream but you love and wanna keep alive?Links for the Show: Season 2. Episode 12Bebe’s Kids, 1992Lady Sings The Blues Movie, 1972The United States vs. Billie Holiday, 2021Malcolm X’s Eulogy by Ossie DavisBarracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale HurstonSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

“The more I studied the situation, the more I was convinced that the Southerner had never gotten over his resentment that the Negro was no longer his plaything, his servant, and his source of income.”- Ida B. Wells-Barnett. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies attempts to highlight and convert new fans of Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Wells-Barnett is a giant in both Black history and Women’s history equally, and also single-handedly ended lynchings in the United States. Her story is one of profound bravery, skill, and compassion for Black people and the lives we live in a country built to hate us. Her writings and publications demanded dignity and respect from all people and she believed in collectivised freedom. Ida is a guide for all of us, that we must do everything within our power to do and to keep going. There is so much more to cover and uncover about her. We honor her love, labor, and sacrifice. Thank you Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett.Questions for our listeners:What else should everyone know about Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 11Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells by Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Ada B. WellsIda B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement by Dennis Brindell Fradin, Judith Bloom FradinIda B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special DocumentarySend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Happy Black History Month!! Heading towards the holiday for love, Revolutionary Baddies brings an analysis of Black love and the concept of communal love. So much of Western society’s fixation on love is only in the context of romantic love and marriage. While those are important and irreplaceable aspects of love, it's critical for us to expand our practices of love to include our friends and community. White supremacy, patriarchy, and homophobia has stifled, narrowed, and limited our practices of love but in order to live in a more free world, we must reclaim revolutionary love. bell hooks says “Community sustains life”. And what could be worth fighting for more than love? So much of our current news cycle highlights the increase in violence, destruction, and unfairness. Brittany and Dee Dee bring some sense of levity and hope for a more loving future. Grateful for all of the community that loves on us.Questions for our listeners:Whats your understanding of love?What does revolutionary love look like to you?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 10Love by Assata ShakurThe Largely Forgotten History of Philadelphia’s Police Bombing of Black Organization “MOVE” Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy DeGruy LearyWe Live For The We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClainAll About Love: New Visions by bell hooksSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Happy Black History Month!! Revolutionary Baddies are so excited to celebrate and educate the mass during this month. This month’s episodes will cover topics that are not easily associated with history, but bring historical context on topics such as love, family, and the idea of being Black and unconventional. Pan-Africanism is a political movement that traces directly to the heart and resistance and fight for Africa and its people. Brittany and Dee Dee wanted to start this month discussing the foundations of Pan-Africanism and the movements and revolutions it birthed,  and why this information is vital. The liberation of Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and so many more African countries were grown through the ideological concepts of Pan-Africanism. Unfortunately, European and American colonialism still exists today, and in order to defeat such systems we must understand the peak of its capabilities and the sacrifices made before. Hope you enjoy!Questions for our listeners: What other African revolutionaries should everyone learn about?Links for the Show: Season 2. Episode 9Henry Sylvester Williams(1869-1911), The Father of Pan-AfricanismAnna Julia Cooper: An Educator, Writer, and IntellectualColonising Africa: What Happened At The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885Stokley Speaks: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism by Stokely Carmichael/Kwame TureJackson-Kush Plan: The Struggle for Black Self-Determination and Economic DemocracyUS Dollar Sinks to its Lowest Level in Four YearsThe Killing of Gaddafi 10 Years Ago Has Resulted In A Death of the Nation of Libya and the Destruction of its PeopleI Write What I Like by Steve BikoConsciencism” Philosophy and Ideology for Decolonization and Development with Particular Reference to African Development by Kwame NkrumahHow Europe Underdeveloped Europe by Walter RodneyBlood From Your Children: The Colonial Origins of Generational Conflict in South Africa by Benedict CartonWhat Is Pan-Africanism?- TriContinental ResearchUnity and Struggle: Speeches and WritinSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

“Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in anyone’s head. They are fighting to win material benefits, to live better and in peace, to see their lives go forward, to guarantee the future of their children…” – Amilcar Cabral, Revolution in Guinea, written in 1965. Amilcar Cabral was a freedom fighter, writer, and leader of The African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde(PAIGC) who fought bravely for independence from the Portuguese colonizers from 1956-1975. Cabral was assassinated before independence was claimed by his home countries but his legacy, words, and fighting spirit lives on. PAIGC was built to not only organize and fight colonial powers but to also build infrastructure for education and health during the long battle years and after. Throughout the guerilla fighter years, over 100 schools, clinics, and cultural centers were built by PAIGC. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies provides a deeper dive into the liberation of Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau and the African freedom fighters that made it possible. In times like these, it is dire for our communities to understand the battles we’ve waged before and what is most applicable to our current struggle. Question for our listeners-What needs to be built as we are destroying the systems that are no longer contributing to our sustainability?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 8Elite Capture: How The Powerful Took Over Identity Politics by Olúfemi O. TaiwoNo Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, 1963-1964 by Basil DavidsonAmílcar Cabral: A Political Life in Motion by Mario de AndradeReturn to the Source: Selected Speeches by Amilcar CabralBeneath the Lion’s Gaze by Maaza MengisteBlack Power: Three Books From Exile: The Color Curtain/Black Power/White Man, Listen! by Richard WrightSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

In the US and around the world, binaries and exclusivity dominate the discussions and systems surrounding people and borders. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies guides an understanding of homophobia and transphobia as white supremacy. Throughout history in many cultures of color there have been non-nuclear families and multiple gender expressions, but that history has been criminalized and divested from. Highlighting the Black Queer Freedom Fighters and the ways they have contributed to this country is imperative to our liberation. When we amplify our histories not just our struggles, we can create a fuller scope of imagining freedom. Icons such as Miss Major, Kuwasi Balagoon, Audre Lorde, and many more have built the movements we know today, while facing patriarchal violence, state sanctioned repression, and invisibility of their queerness. If we are serious about liberation, we must not allow the tentacles of white supremacy stand in our way. “No one is free, until we are all free.” -Fannie Lou Hamer.Question for our listeners:What will it take to eradicate homophobia and transphobia from our communities?What must be transformed to make this possible?Links for the Show: Season 2. Episode 7Night School BarUnapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene CarruthersMegyn Kelly, Under Fire for Appearing to Excuse Child Sexual Abuse, Is Back to TransphobiaMAJOR!: DocumentarySurvival Is A Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by alexis pauline gumbsRustin(2023) MoviePauli Murray Center for History and Social JusticeWomen’s Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle by Thomas SankaraHome Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology by Barbara SmithWhen God Was A Woman by Merlin StoneSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

How do we define community in 2026? What is our responsibility to define a community? How much of an impact did the War on Drugs and 1994 Crime Bill have on the preservation and sustainability of the Black community across the United States. In the sixth episode of Season 2, Revolutionary Baddies discusses the history of Black communities, and what is necessary in the community presently. While sharing their own upbringing and learnings of community, Brittany and Dee Dee also share their dreams for the current project of building community. Dee Dee bringing specific experience of garnering community support when faced with state surveillance and white vigilante threats. Community is our greatest safety technology. In order for our future to be actualized, we must take seriously the lives, learnings, and practices of all of our people, especially children. Interrogating our understanding of community is the intention behind this episode. Franz Fanon said, "Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it,". Revolutionary Baddies believe it is imperative that  our generation, the Millennial generation, discover its mission and take responsibility for the construction of a new community. Thank you for joining this community.Questions for our listeners:What does community look like in the revolution?Links for the Show: Season 2. Episode 6Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology by Barbara SmithParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerHood Wellness by Tamela J. Gordon Black Visions: The Roots of African-American Contemporary Ideologies by Michael C. DawsonProtests Over Confederate Statue Shakes Charlottesville, VirginiaDurham Protests Take Down Confederate MonumentDurham Residents Turned Out En Masse to Counter White SupremacistsThe Revolution Starts At Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities by Ching-In ChenSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

"From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could." -Mary Mcleod BethuneThis episode establishes the very purpose of the Revolutionary Baddies Podcast. Education and critical thinking are increasing under attack in the United States. This looks like the divestment of public education and the dismantling of the Department of Education. This looks like the anti-literacy laws enforced against Black people in the 1700-1800’s, and the lack of media justice surrounding truthful journalism and false facts. However, throughout history Black people have prioritized, fought, and died for the right of education. The oldest Black institution for higher learning, Cheyney University, founded in 1837 by Black slavery abolitionists understood the power of education. Mary Mcleod Bethune, who started a school for Black girls in 1904 with only five students and grew to a large university and hospital in Daytona, Florida. She worked relentlessly against racism and impossible odds to provide quality education to Black children that would not receive otherwise. Brittany and Dee Dee recount their familiar connections to education and what it's meant to grow in families that prioritize education in traditional and non-traditional ways. Knowledge is power, and power means freedom and autonomy. Knowledge is the basis of everything we are fighting for, and the future requires us to know more about the community and world we’re fighting for. We cannot win without knowledge.Question for our listeners:What would our educational system look like if we learned the whole history?What do we imagine education being revolutionized?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 5Why They Burned and Destroyed Black Schools During Jim CrowLiteracy By Any Means Necessary: The History of Anti-Literacy Laws in the USJohn Berry Meachum and the Floating Freedom SchoolMisEducation of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson How Ericka Huggins and the Black Panther Party Attempted to Liberate Black Women in AmericaBlack Men Are Vanishing From HBCU's. Here's WhyTeaching to Transgress: Education As The Practice of Freedom by bell hooksThe "Banking" Concept of EducationDr. Mary Mcleod BethuneThe Brotherhood of Sleeping Car PortersSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Welcome Welcome Welcome to 2026!!! Queue the champagne and fireworks!! 2025 has been a year of immense joy, confusion, realization, growth, heartbreak, and change. On May 7th, the first episode “Shooters & Looters” released and birthed a new voice for the people via podcast. Revolutionary Baddies Podcast birthed through sisterhood, study, and a desire to push our people and community towards liberation. In this episode, Brittany and Dee Dee reflect on some of their favorite moments of the season and the impact of the freedom fighters we’ve lost this year. Leaving the audience with some tips from the season to take with you into 2026. Hope you enjoy and see you in the new year. Questions for our ListenersWhat was your favorite Revolutionary Baddies moment of 2025?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 4Assata: An AutobiographyRemembering Those Who Died in 2025, New York Times MagazineVoodoo Album by D’AngeloFree All Political PrisonersVICE the MovieShrine of the Black StarSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

I need my check!”. What are reparations? How do we achieve this? What transformations will be required for reparations to be actualized? Who will receive it? How much is too much? In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies explores these questions around reparations. African Americans across the US and Caribbean have always demanded and fought for repair, remembrance, and reconciliation of centuries of chattel slavery. First, we must learn the historical context. Callie Guy House, a pioneer of reparations post-Emancipation, built an organization of almost 300,000 formerly enslaved people to lobby for pensions and provide mutual aid to its members. This organization laid the foundation for the current reparations movement in the US. Many other cultures in and outside of the United States have received reparations and reconciliation, why not African Americans? Brittany and Dee Dee advance this conversation with a contemporary view, and a call to action that we all work towards and demand reparations for the sake of our development as human beings. Investing in stock won't do it. The “Power of the Black dollar” and financial literacy won't do it. It’s going to require as many interventions as possible from as many people as possible. Reparations or revolution? Question for our listenersWhat will need to come first- Revolution or Reparations?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 3Black Visions: The Roots of African-American Contemporary Ideologies by Michael C. DawsonFrom Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century by Wlliam A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten MillerCallie D. Guy House (ca. 1861-1928)Vaughan’s “Freedman Pension Bill”, 1891National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension AssociationHR40 PrimerThe Case For Reparations: An Intellectual Autopsy by Ta-Nehisi CoatesNational Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America(N’COBRA)Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy DeGruy LearyATLANTA Season 3, Episode 4I’d Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts by Larry Wilmore20 years since Katrina: How the US refused Cuban doctors as New Orleans drownedSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

This episode is all about the purpose of launching this podcast- to illuminate the very essence of revolution. Revolutionary Baddies deepens the context and conversation of what it will require of us to build the next American Revolution- which we desperately need. The next American Revolution needs to be the Radical Feminist Revolution, otherwise we will be stuck advancing the same cycles of violence that brought us to this hell scape in the first place. For centuries, patriarchy has dominated our economic, political, criminal justice, healthcare, education, and societal systems we live through and work for each day. RB are proposing something new, but not so new at the same time. We need a revolution created with love, compassion, and humility at the core. We need a revolution of skillful actors committed to eliminating the patriarchal traditions that no longer serve us, and have held us back. The working class and oppressed peoples of the country deserve a better conclusion than better jobs or more welfare. Our future requires shaping. We need a new way of living, managing, and leading our people into real freedom. Revolutionary Baddies explores the words of past revolutionaries and what they believe is necessary to carry out meaningful and responsible tasks. Question for our listeners:Do you have a “spirit of sacrifice”? Where does this come from?What are you willing to sacrifice for the revolution?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 2Feminism Is For Everybody by bell hooksDefinition of HegemonyAll About Love by bell hooksMy Country, Africa by Andrée BlouinBeauty is Political: The Untold Cost of Survival by Dr. Yaba BlayBlack Skin, White Mask by Franz FanonWomen’s Freedom and the African Freedom Struggle by Thomas SankaraChe Guevera- Poster Boy of Revolution DocumentaryClaudia Jones and Ending the Neglect of Black WomenPost Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy DeGruy LearyHow We Get Free by Keeanga-Amada TaylorWake: A Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca HallWant To Start A Revolution? By Dayo F. Gore, Jeanne Theoharis, Komozi WoodardWords of Fire: An Anthology ofSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Season 2 is HERE!!!! Revolutionary Baddies  are kicking off the six month anniversary of the Podcast by releasing our second season. HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU!!! Since Season 1, Brittany and Dee Dee have been busy growing the RB Universe through the LIVE Show in honor of Black August and “Read and Yap”, which is our community book club. Other than catching up with the audience, this episode covers the masterful and prophetic work of “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler. This work comes as a sequel to “Parable of the Sower”. In a dystopian yet relatable country, extremist Christian rhetoric sweeps the country through legislation, vagrancy laws, and “re-education” camps for everyday citizens. In so many ways, we are living in a similar reality and it will take an immense amount of change and radical love to move the needle. In a time where Black and Brown neighborhoods are being invaded and violently disturbed by federal agents regularly, we must take a hard look around at our neighborhoods knowing that we will be next. Lauren Olamina of the book is guided and held together by a constant reminder that the truth should be the only thing we worship, and through the truth do we find each other and community. Revolutionary Baddies would like to extend a special shoutout to our beloved community for supporting us above and beyond for our first LIVE show: WG Pearson Center, Black August in the Park, Damaris of Royal One Media, Moses Ochola, Ja’Nell Henry, Derrick Beasley, James WIlliams, DJ Ayo VIP, Corey Lamar, DJ Gemynii, Wil Bur Fontaine, Shayna Jones-Perry, Mawiyah Patton, Elle Ivy Green, Chanelle Croxton, Uncle Tony, Derrick Davis, Dare, Big Fess, Jay Moore, Nalissa, and Tammy RodmanQuestion for the audienceWhat do you think should be our “positive obsession” as a society?What's your role in the revolution?Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 1Black August in the ParkThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin“Any Man that doesnt give women money is an irresponsible man” -EFF Leader Julius MalemaV for Vendetta, the MovieWho Owns Sinclair Broadcast Group? All About the Smith Family and the Group’s Ties to TrumpTop 5 Most Awful Things You Need To Know About Stephen MillerHouse, Senate pass “Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk” ahead of memorial service Deadly shooting at Dallas ICE facility investigated by FBI as targeted attack; medical examiner identifies victimFour killed in latest US strike on alleged drug vessel near VenezuelaSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Happy Black August!! The final episode of this very special Black August series, Revolutionary Baddies delves into this question of the future. Generally, each episode is dedicated to honoring powerful history but our visions for the future can be just as powerful. Grounding in the words of brother George Jackson, “If we fail through fear and lack of aggressive imagination, then the slaves of the future will curse us, as we sometimes curse those of yesterday. I don’t want to die and leave a few sad songs and a hump in the ground as my only monument. I want to leave a world that is liberated..”. Who would you be if you were free? How can we envision our societies, hearts, minds, and behaviors beyond capitalism? So much of the violence, policing, punishment, colonization, and wars have been visions by people grounded in destruction and hegemony but what would the other side of this spectrum look like? We have the opportunity to bring the potential of a caring and just society to life, but we got to have VISION!!!Question for our listeners-Who would you be if you were free?Links for the show: Season 1. Episode 13Deacon King Kong by James McBrideRing Shout by P. Djèlí ClarkIndigo by Beverly JenkinsTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonA Few Rules For Predicting the Future by Octavia E. ButlerBlack Skin, White Masks by Franz FanonFounder of ZionismThe Neoliberalism of Public Spaces and the Infringement of Civil Liberties Women’s Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle by Thomas SankaraEscuela Nacional de Arte(Cuba)“I Wish I Knew What It Would Feel Like To Be Free” by Miss Nina SimoneSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Happy Black August!! In the second episode of the very special Black August series, Revolutionary Baddies contend and bring to life a dialogue about political consciousness. A big, complex topic that spans across generations and often determines our future. In society, we often hear someone say, “I don't do politics.” or "I'm not the political type.”. In reality, what folks really mean is they are mentally and tangibly removed from politicians and what they do/don't do. However, this is only one way of navigating or engaging in politics. RB continues their Black August discussion focusing on notable writers, organizers, artists, and freedom fighters ideologies and how they practiced those ideologies. In the United States, McCarthyism and the “Red Scare” have systemically removed and villainized more progressive economic and social systems such as Socialism and Communism. Despite their best efforts, there are more young people supportive and in alignment with socialist values than in recent decades. In this episode, Brittany and Dee Dee manage to disrupt the stigma and propaganda surrounding these political frameworks and its very Black lineage. Check out our comprehensive resources and books to further our collective understanding.Questions for our listeners:What do you think is your current ideology?How are you maturing your consciousness?Links for the Show: Season 1. Episode 12The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx & Friedrich EngelsBlack Scare/Red Scare by Charisse Burden-StellyLife with Gracie: Why Black Babies in Cuba Have A Better Chance At Life Than OursBlack Visions: The Roots of African-American Contemporary Ideologies Why Im Not Voting by W.E.B. DuboisThe Master’s Tools by Audre LordeLeft of Karl Marx by Carole Boyce DavisAfrican Blood Brother for African Liberation and RedemptionFred Hampton and the Rainbow CoalitionMilitary Empires: A Visual Guide to Foreign BasesSoundtrack to a Coup D’etat DocumemtaryWhen W.E.B. Dubois was “Un-American” by Andrew Lanham Send us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Happy Black August!! Welcome to the beginning of Revolutionary Baddies Podcast Black August Series. This month, Brittany and Dee Dee have crafted a series of episodes dedicated to the Black August Tradition. Black August is an annual commemoration of Black radical resistance throughout our history. From the Nat Turner Rebellion to the attempted escape and assassination of political prisoner John Jackson. Black August is a necessary charge to the radical movement for more discipline, awareness, and education in the fight to free ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS and continue the struggle against colonialism. In this episode, RB makes the special announcement you’ve been waiting for but you gotta tap in. Black August is an opportunity for all of us to speak more clearly and learn more thoroughly what prison and police abolition could look like in this country and what our role is in it. Dee Dee shares some examples of abolition organizing happening and how the work of abolition is truly about building, not just destroying. The hope for the Black August is that the listeners walk away with a sense of pride in the traditions created by Black Americans for honoring our resistance, and a desire for building a more just future for all. Questions for our listenersFor Black August:How are you fasting?What are you studying?How are you training?What are you fighting for?Links for the Show: Season 1. Episode 11Blood In My Eye by George JacksonSoledad Brothers by George JacksonCommunity Safety & Wellness Task ForceThe Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah ArendtShut Down “Alligator Alcatraz”Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time DocuseriesSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!! ALL POWER TO OPPRESSED PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD!! In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies enhances our collective understanding of The Black Panther Party. Much of our general information about the Black Panther Party is tainted by their rumored attachment to violence with an anti-white sentiment. However, the Black Panther Party is one of the most influential liberatory formations of our time. Built on October 15, 1966, with the will and determination to fight for and with oppressed people across the US and globally. The Panthers launched dozens of local chapters and built over 60 programs meeting the most immediate needs of the community. From food programs to pest control to sickle cell testing to drama clubs. The Panthers ran for local political positions and maintained authentic relationships with organizations and organizers across the Global South. An organization full of young, Black people committed to the struggle and continuing the vast movement against racial capitalism towards revolution. Brittany and Dee Dee break down the Ten Points of The Black Panther Party Ten Point Program, not only how it was executed but its influence today and how it forced this country to create social safety nets for its people. Many of the programs are being regressed but The Panthers hold the lessons of what our communities could look like if we engaged critically in the service of the people. In this episode, RB mentions two significant organizations that are central to the history and culture of Durham. They are actively losing their funding and ability to sustain themselves due to our current authoritarian administration. Please consider donating to these two organizations as an act of sustaining our community. LINK BELOW!Question for our listeners:What programs do we need to have in our communities?Links for the Show: Season 1. Episode 10Black Panther Party 10 Point ProgramDeclaration of IndependenceMuhammad Ali Gives His Stance on Vietnam WarThe Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First ParamedicsThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac ShakurAfeni Shakur’s Impact on The Patient Bill of RightsNorthStar Church of the ArtsPauli Murray Center for History and Social JusticeFreedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin Jr.A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story by Elaine BrownSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

First of all, SPOILER ALERT (11:08-16:59)! Revolutionary Baddies start this episode with a little discussion of Sinners- the greatest movie of 2025. What was highlighted in Sinners serves the discussion of how we relate to each other and embody a sense of community despite the circumstances. It also highlights the need for organizing. Not closets and arranging wardrobes, but moving people into action with values and principles in the face of uncertainty. But how do you organize? What constitutes an organizer? Luckily, one of the host of this podcast is a community organizer with experience from the local, statewide, and national level. She discusses the difference between mobilizing and organizing while pulling examples and leaders from historical movements in the US. Dee Dee shares the story of what brought Durham Beyond Policing to life, and how the campaign met the moment in 2016 and brought in multiple fights for critical demands to win. This episode is an opportunity to hear directly from an organizer the beauty and challenge of transforming communities to change our conditions. We need power. We need community. But how? Questions for our listeners: If you were to build a new community, what would it look like? How would you act? What is community?Links for the Show: Season 1. Episode 9Irish Republican Army(IRA)Eyes On The Prize DocuseriesRoyal Ice Cream Parlour Sit-InUS Campaign for Palestinian RightsMortal Man- Kendrick LamarSoweto UprisingChildren’s Crusades MarchStudent Nonviolent Coordinator CommitteeFred Hampton’s AssasinationKwame Ture on Mobilization and OrganizationElla Baker Organizes NAACP Chapters in the SouthSoutherners On New GroundDemanding Justice for ChuyDurham Beyond PolicingI Write What I Like by Steve BikoOrganize, Fight, Win: Black Communist Women’s Political Writings by Charisse Burden-Stelly and Jodi DeanStokely Speaks: From Black Power to Pan Africanism by Stokely Carmichael(Kwame Ture)Send us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White supremacy has roots in the now-discredited doctrine of scientific racism and was a key justification for European colonialism. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies break down the many layered and contradictory ways white supremacy is embedded into our psyche and society. It's the water we drink and the air we breathe, but how do we know? What aspects of our society are consistently shaped and evolved through white supremacy? How do we identify and shift our own thinking from a white supremacy mindset? These are questions worth reckoning and discussing, if we are serious about change. There is no way to cover all of the ways in one episode. Brittany and Dee Dee attempt to bring to life real examples and real experiences of white supremacist culture, and what they’re doing to shift it. Hopefully, you’ll leave this episode with more ideas and reflection on “The Man” that lives inside of you. Special Announcement!!! Revolutionary Baddies is now on PATREON!!! RB wants to provide an opportunity for our community to sustain the work. With your support, Revolutionary Baddies can continue providing quality podcasts episodes, sustained engagement through social media, and possibly in person events and opportunities to grow. Revolutionary Baddies Podcast Patreon can be found here: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddiesQuestion for our listeners:What’s an idea or way of being you thought you would never evolve passed?Links for the Show Notes: Season 1. Episode 8All About Love by bell hooksMy Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa MenakemThe Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honoree Fanonne JeffersThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin“Bigger In Texas”- Megan Thee StallionPedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire Teaching to Transgress by bell hooksWretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Souls of White Folk by W.E.B. DuboisSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

What do you know about hurricanes? When you’re in the eye of the storm, everything around you seems calm. The moment that you step outside of that radius, you are in the chaos, destruction, and flooding hurricanes cause. Due to the ongoing executive orders led by Trump, increased ICE raids, threats to healthcare and education, and media illiteracy we are in a wild whirlwind moment in history. This is the time for solidarity. Unfortunately, there is a divisive and reactionary discourse online claiming Black women need to “sit this one out”. Revolutionary Baddies discusses the notion of Black political participation, dependency on voting, and the ways right wing propaganda gets in our way. As the ICE raids increase with more militarized force, we cannot fall for the trap of denying our participation based on voting statistics. Immigration is a Black Issue. Always has been! So why do we continue to fall for the propaganda of inaction and divisiveness? Brittany and Dee Dee spend time unpacking this question and the idea of necessary mass direct action. In order to transform society, we must become skillful in identifying right wing propaganda and challenging our thinking on who deserves to be fought for. Big love to everyone taking the streets and taking risks right now.  Questions for our Listeners: If you have decided to “sit this one out”, what exactly are you sitting out?What would encourage you to go to a protest?Links for the Show Notes- Season 1 Episode 7“Inside a Trump ICE Raid”, The Daily“Americans Trust Local News. That Belief Is Being Exploited, New York Times NC GOP sends Immigration Crackdown Bills to Gov. Stein, ABC11Blood In My Eye by George JacksonWe Refuse by Kelly Carter JacksonGuerrilla Warfare by Che GuevaraDiscourse on Colonialism by Aimé CésaireSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Episode 6 covers Revolutionary Baddies's favorite topic: Revolution! In this episode, Dee Dee and Brittany grounds the discussion of rebellion with the historic triumph of the Haitian Revolution of 1791.Throughout history, resistance led by oppressed people has been understudied, delegitimized, and white washed for the sake of maintaining control of the narrative. The Haitian Revolution is the most successful and transformative revolution in the history of the western world. RB believes it is our collective duty to know as much as possible about uprisings and resistance led by oppressed people in order to dream of the future we deserve. Dee Dee and Brittany discuss the propaganda against revolutions and how much the world has shifted since 1791. Having “that dawg” in you speaks to the personification of fight, resilience, and ungovernability that is necessary to achieve freedom and liberation. In the Revolutionary Baddies Manifesto, it states, “The reality is that revolution is a notion as old as civilization, and a requirement for those that intend to survive as societies evolve.” Society is evolving everyday which requires us to get serious about what we want our society to transform into.Questions for our Listeners: What is most important about becoming organized?What hinders us from becoming more organized?If there are pieces of rebellion you want to practice, what are they?Links for the show- Season 1. Episode 6Haitian Revolution, PBS DocumentaryUnderground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honorée Fanonne JeffersWretched of the Earth by Franz FanonRace to Revolution by Gerald HorneBay of Pigs InvasionWe Refuse by Kelly Carter JacksonStokely SpeaksGuerilla Warfare by Che GueveraTo Die For the People by Huey P. NewtonBlood In My Eye by George JacksonTwo Revolutions in the Atlantic World: Connections Between the American Revolution and the Haitian RevolutionFiring FederalSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Where would we be without radical Black feminism? One obvious answer is, Revolutionary Baddies would not exist. They stand on the shoulders and move with the urgency and examples of ICONIC Black feminists that shaped history in spite of this country. In this episode, Brittany and Dee Dee give light to the necessary struggle waged against patriarchy and misogyny, as we fight white supremacy and imperialism. Our future depends on our ability to come together for these changes and make space for new ways of being. However, Black Feminism has been co-opted by mainstream US media and neoliberalism focusing on “girl bosses” and “Black excellence”. This must be examined, challenged, and developed by us for the sake of future generations. This isn't just about challenging men, although we need to. This isn't just about being well represented in industries and film, although we need that too. We dont need an all women space tour performing progress. We need the power to transform society.  Question for our listeners: Who are some Black feminist icons that inspire you? Why?Do you identify as a Black feminist?Links for the show- Season 1. Episode 5Gayle King’s Interview Post Space TravelWhitey On The Moon by Gil Scott-HeronFact Check: NASA scrubbed its websites to remove mentions of minorities and inclusionTitanic ExpeditionDefinition of WomanismAssata, An AutobiographyElla Baker and the Radical Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by Barbara RansbyElla Baker’s Impact On Civil Rights MovementYoung Negroes Cooperative LeagueIn Friendship, a fundraising organization founded by Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, and othersCombahee River Collective StatementWhy Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence by Kristen R. GhodseeProverbs 31Third World Women’s AllianceWomen Only VillageKhia- Dont TrustSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

First things first, Rest In Peace DMX. In 1998, DMX released a single “Get At Me Dog” challenging the concept of loyalty and understanding who has your back by simply asking “Where My Dawgs At?”. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies explore the lines of difference between “skinfolk” and “kinfolk”. They discuss navigating a Black American identity through history, reflection, sharing stories of being asked “Where are you from from?”. Colonialism has robbed so many people of not just items and locations but our knowledge and memory of who we came from. What does it mean to not know where you are from from? What does it mean to know where you are from from? How do the answers to these questions move you into action for the sake of collective liberation? If all skinfolk aint kinfolk, what can we achieve together? Big questions deserve evolving answers, and RB hopes to continue the dialogue alongside the listeners.Questions for our listeners:How high is “Being Black” on your list?What do you need to know about a liberatory organization in order to say YES to joining? Links for the show- Season 1. Episode 4The Art of War by Sun Tzu High Risers by Ben AustenThe Battle Or the Bullet, speech by Malcolm XBlack Alliance for PeaceMalcolm X Grassroots Movement Send us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

In this episode, the Baddies explore the economic system of capitalism that has fueled the mass destruction of the planet, genocides, and the ongoing struggle for a more just and liveable society. They discuss the “goons” and the “goblins” predominantly controlling the United States and its allies. Capitalism is the air we breathe and the water we drink, but it is not permanent. History shows that systems of dominance and hegemony can fall due to the will of the people. But we must have a better understanding of this current chapter in the time we are in. “What time is it on the clock of the world?”. A question from our freedom fighter ancestor, Grace Lee Boggs, is the essence of this episode. Brittany and Dee Dee also discuss the very real contradictions that add to the barriers of living under capitalism in the belly of the beast ie: United States. Question for our listeners:What are the ways you practice anti-capitalism in your everyday life?Links for the show- Season 1. Episode 3“Show me a capitalist and I’ll show a Bloodsucker” -Malcolm XDefinition of CapitalismDiscourse on Colonialism- Aime CesairePeoples Forum NYC”I Will Not Vote”- W.E.B. DuBoisSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Today marks 100 years since the birth of the beloved Malcolm X, a figure who left a lasting impact on The Black consciousness movement, Pan-Africanism, and the struggle for human rights in America. Revolutionary Baddies is proudly joining the world as it celebrates Malcolm's life and legacy, by releasing a special episode "There is no Revolution without Evolution". In episode 2, we focus on Malcolm's evolutionary journey as an example for all to embrace personal transformations in the face of new knowledge. Building the muscle for revolutionary actions requires one to be in a constant state of metamorphosis, propelled by a cycle of both learning and unlearning. Each phase we move through offers its own wealth of knowledge through lived experiences. It's never too late to join the struggle and to expand our politics.During the episode we briefly touch on international solidarity, Dee Dee's experiences and challenges as an organizer, Palestine, the need or lack thereof of 50 states, imperialistic enemies, allies, the importance of joining an organization, the potential for building within The Black Church, and much more. Questions for our listenersHow are you evolving politically? What have you learned that significantly transformed your views towards liberation? If you're in an organization, drop the name in the comments for those looking to find an organization to call home. Links for the show- Season 1. Episode 2"Garveyism: A letter from the black working class" -Igbal Singh, The National Archives UK"The Autobiography of Malcolm X"- Malcolm X "Malcolm X, A Life of Reinvention"- Manning Marble "Mapping Malcolm"- Najha Zigbi-Johnson "Parable of the Sower"- Octavia Butler BYP100 SNCC Legacy Project Send us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

First episode!! WOOT WOOT!!! In this episode, "The Baddies" explore Octavia E. Butler's revolutionary work, "Parable of the Sower". A novel written in the late 70's depicting a burning America, climate catastrophe, constructing new religions, and survival.  They explore how we must not disappear our problems with denial, but with the objective of staying ready so you aint gotta get ready. Hope you enjoy!Question for our listeners: Whats in your Go Bag? What makes you a Revolutionary Baddie?Links for the Show- Season 1. Episode 1Parable of the SowerHuey P. Newton, "The Correct Handling of A Revolution"Sunrise MovementEnvironmental Justice NetworkSend us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies