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

We ask the questions... Do you hit your kids? Do you have the right not to vote? And who asked Michael Jordan? Drink up!

*Trigger Warning: We discuss corporal punishment from about moment 21:55 through 41:00*

This weeks hot list: NYC Summer, Problematic Blerd Bae, New York Comic Con, the films Southside With You & Marshall, hoteps explained, colorist, corporal punishment, Michael Jordan, Game of Thrones, mac & cheese, voting rights, tickle fights, and your mom.

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Pinkies up to TK (@TastyKeish) for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio! Be sure to check out www.TastyKeish.net for more information on TK, and check out our fellow independent media friends at www.BondfireRadio.com

Please check out this incredibly detailed series of tweets by @DwayneDavidPaul for more information on Ramsey Orta and how you can support him and his family. #SupportRamsey twitter.com/dwaynedavidpaul/sta…/752200478918840320

You can make a donations via PayPal through the email address [email protected] where Ramsey and (once incarcerated) his wife Bella, manage the account directly.

J.'s sister is documenting her journey with breast cancer. Follow her on at jasmineses.tumblr.com and on twitter & instagram @jasmineses to offer words of support or to gain some of for your own journey. And if you'd like, please donate and/or share her go fund me page: www.gofundme.com/t6e5wew

Check out www.capitalizetheB.com to join the movement and sign the petition for the AP Stylebook to capitalize the letter B when referring to individuals of African descent as Black. Petition: www.change.org/p/the-new-york-ti…m_medium=copylink

Help insure that undocumented immigrants have access to clean water in Flint, Michigan through the Latino Collaborative: www.crowdrise.com/watercrisisinfli…inocollaborative

We won't forget about Monique and Larissa. To learn more about the Free Monique and Larissa from Kuwait campaign click here: www.change.org/p/free-monique-an…risoned-in-kuwait

Last year activists, protestors, and researchers across the nation launched Campaign Zero, a comprehensive plan to end police violence. Check out www.joincampaignzero.org to get more information on the plan and see where the 2016 presidential candidates and your local politicians stand.

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

Pinkies up to T. Flint for our New That's Not New's intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com

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