Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!

On this episode… Is Jay-Z’s 4:44 a comedy album? Popsugar does “natural hair” for whites only. And why America keeps trying to turn the rapes of women like Sally Hemings into forbidden romance. Wtf?

This week’s hot list: Blerd City Con, Blue Ivy puts everything in shaka, Queen goes to Afro-Latino Fest, what is “regular Black”, that wack ancestry.com commercial, the romanticizing of Rape & Slavery: Sally Hemings, Alex Haley’s “Queen”, and “Underground” (we go in), the myth of the “house slave”, our favorite Black femmes, suffering & womanhood, co-opting natural hair, and the Podcast Awards! Nominate us bih!

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NOTES & EXTRA TEA

Blerd City Con is happening July 29th & 30th! Tickets and information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blerd-city-con-tickets-35335342962?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing

This week’s closing clip is Blue Ivy going ham on Jay-Z’s new album 4:44

Libations to @Conscious for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio! Be sure to check out www.Bondfireradio.com for more dope programming.

Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women.

Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com

Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com