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LaKia interviews Kennedi Malone a third-year college student on how research can be used as a form of activism.

Welcome to THE black feminist vlogmas series. My 25th birthday is December 19th, so in honor of that this black feminist vlogmas series will be one video per day for the first 19 days of December.

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Maya Hart (all pronouns), mama, postpartum doula, lactation counselor, and reproductive justice organizer, joins Black Feminist Rants to share their pregnancy and postpartum journey.  Maya has dreamed about becoming a mother since childhood. However, their vision of motherhood radically transformed once they became a parent.  Maya shares their experience raising a child in COVID-19, coping with grief, and embracing identity and lifestyle changes. Since giving birth, Maya has founded Diapers for Black Durham, a donation-based program that supports families in their local community with free diapers and lactation education.

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Producer: LaKia Williams

Audio Engineer: Diop Russell

In celebration of self-love, BFR host LaKia reflects on one of her greatest accomplishments: leading Black Feminist Rants!  LaKia shares lessons from her healing journey.  She discusses everything, from growing the podcast team to recovering from perfectionism and defining herself outside of work. 

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Having abortion pills available before someone becomes pregnant could be life saving. As the courts continue to strip our reproductive rights from us having an advance provision of abortion pills, or having pills on hand before someone is pregnant, can help ensure that people receive the care they need. In this episode LaKia discusses what an advance provision of aboriton pills is, how it is community care, and how in-clinic reproductive healthcare can be inaccessible for certain communities, including immigrant populations. 

This episode was made as part of Plan C Pills Creative Fellowship. To learn more about Plan C Pills visit their website. If you or your organization would like to partner with Black Feminist Rants or request to sponsor an episode please fill out our partnership form. 

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To conclude the Black Youth Sexuality season BFR is joined by Danielle Jenkins (they/she), a Spelman student and asexual person. They lay out what asexuality means for them, why it’s important to care about the rights of people across the country, and how gender can be boring. She also talks about queerbaiting, the importance of silence on social media, and how the Reproductive Justice movement is for ace people too.

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Welcome to our third installment of the Black Youth Sexuality season with Alexis Nicole (she/they/star), an organizer, poet, and activist based in St. Louis. Star speaks on everything from the role of pleasure in stars life as a disabled person, what disability justice is, and how the health care system can ignore consent. Alexis and LaKia also discuss the stigma of certain mental illnesses, the importance of sex ed for disabled people, and how capitalism is ableist.

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We’re continuing the Black Youth Sexuality season with Amaya Jacques (she/her), a youth advocate/activist and model in New Orleans. She joins BFR in discussing how and why she centers young people in her activism, the harmful effects of school dress codes, and the sexualization of young Black girls’ bodies. Amaya also talks about getting rid of the cop in your head and how modeling has opened up new avenues for her to explore her self-expression.

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Audio Engineer & Technical Support: Annaya Baynes