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

On this episode… America’s vaccine rollout is giving structural oppression vibes! With many of America's incarcerated being denied access to the covid vaccine. Also, Black folks valid distrust of the system vs. irresponsible fear-mongering, and Tina Turner is a whole legend, let’s discuss!

This week’s hot list: Routines, smoothies and Spring! SlayTV’s new queer web-series ‘For The Boys’ is our jam. Tina Turner’s life as Black woman in entertainment, and the HBO documentary Tina vs. her 1993 biopic ‘What’s Love Got To Do With’, racism and ageism, and how River Deep Mountain High is a bop! COVID-19 vaccines and the prison industrial complex, who deserves to live and who doesn’t. Black ass covid anxiety (TUSKEGEE!), fears, vaccine conspiracies, jokes, an adorable Daniel Kaluuya in an awkward ass SNL sketch.

*Content warning: during our conversation about Tina Turner we do reference domestic abuse though we do not detail any incidents of violence*

EPISODE TIMESTAMPS

Libations: 3:16

Donation Libations: 7:43

Affirmations: 10:19

The Tina documentary: 12:51

Pay Black Women: 45:00

Incarcerated populations and COVID-19 vaccines: 47:25

Vaccine misinformation: 1:05:45

SNL Vaccine joke fail: 1:18:00

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NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS:

Covid Outbreaks Devastated Prisons, but State Inmates’ Access to the Vaccine Varies Widely https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/us/covid-prisoners-vaccine.html

High Risk Group Left Out of NY’s Vaccine Rollout https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/nyregion/new-york-vaccine-prisons.html

Prison Policy Initiative: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/12/08/covid-vaccination-plans/

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NOTES AND EXTRA TEA

Check out For The Boys, web series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q90tiuQEGCw&t=3s

Check out J. on The Grapevine in a throwback conversation about the covid-19 vaccine starting at 46:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Su50OtYSv0

Google “Vaccine Game Show - SNL” to watch that awkward SNL sketch

This week’s closing clip features DMX on Drink Champs podcast https://twitter.com/DanteAbstract/status/1378889850141675520

This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Opening song by Ohene Cornelius

Segment Music by Chad Milner