Description: This week on Stuck with Damon Young, cultural critic Aisha Harris, the author of the new book "Wannabe: Reckons with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me" joins Damon for a discussion on how our relationship with pop culture is affected by our relationships with ourselves and our own self images. Then on Dear Damon, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of the recently released "Chain Gang All Stars," helps Damon advise a straight cis male writer who struggles while writing about sex.

Chapters

00:30 Intro

01:35 Writer, Aisha Harris and Damon talk about her review of the movie, The Little Mermaid

10:25 Aisha unpacks what it’s like being critiqued as a critic

19:10 Aisha Favorite Music Artist

21:50 Aisha Favorite TV Shows

36:20 Damon Hates that everyone is off for the Juneteenth holiday

38:30 Author, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah joins Dear Damon to give advice for writers struggling to write about sex

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