Aliyah and Yasmeen discuss Black Joy movements, such as Black Boy Joy and Black Girl Magic, and why they are so important! 

Sources from this episode:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3070158?seq=1

https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/what-is-black-joy

http://blackyouthproject.com/black-joy-resistance-need-movement-balance-black-triumph-trials/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/06/19/my-daughters-dancing-rain-reminded-me-power-black-joy/

https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/100000007180242/voguing-protests.html

Credits:

Intro Music by: Kalman Demott

Written, Produced and Voiced by: Yasmeen Hill and Aliyah Dorsey

Edited by: Aliyah Dorsey

Small Bell Ringing Sound effect:  #PalsLivesLife

license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChpu…

For a full transcription of our show click the link below:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ANvSGlZrlRKuKCBbfmBry5Ug98sC_zEj?usp=sharing

Show Socials:

Instagram: @BlackGirlTeaParty

Twitter: @blkgirlteatime

Email: [email protected]

Aliyah’s Socials:

Twitter and Instagram: @ItsAliyahDorsey

Yasmeen’s Socials:

Instagram: @yasmeen_sa

Title: Liberation For One And All: A Black Lives Matter Episode

Yasmeen and Aliyah take an in-depth look at the BLM movement's formation and evolution and discuss how we got to where we are today. 

Sources: 

https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/police-reform-why-little-evidence-data-body-cameras-implicit-bias

https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/defunding-the-police-will-actually-make-us-safer/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/what-is-defund-police-trnd/index.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/504-sit-in-san-francisco-1977-disability-rights-advocacy

Credits:

Intro Music by: Kalman Demott

Written, Produced and Voiced by: Yasmeen Hill and Aliyah Dorsey

Edited by: Aliyah Dorsey

Small Bell Ringing Sound effect:  #PalsLivesLife

license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChpu…

For a full transcription of our show click the link below:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ANvSGlZrlRKuKCBbfmBry5Ug98sC_zEj?usp=sharing

Show Socials:

Instagram: @BlackGirlTeaParty

Twitter: @blkgirlteatime

Email: [email protected]

Aliyah’s Socials:

Twitter and Instagram: @ItsAliyahDorsey

Yasmeen’s Socials:

Instagram: @yasmeen_sa

twitter: @eenieyasmeenie

Aliyah conducts an interview with Dr. Booker, the head of Mercer Universities Office of Diversity and Inclusion about what colorism is and how we combat it.

Credits:

Intro Music by: Kalmon Demott

Written, Produced and Voiced by: Yasmeen Hill and Aliyah Dorsey

Edited by: Aliyah Dorsey

Small Bell Ringing Sound effect:  #PalsLivesLife

license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChpu…

For a full transcription of our show click the link below:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ANvSGlZrlRKuKCBbfmBry5Ug98sC_zEj?usp=sharing

Show Socials:

Instagram: @BlackGirlTeaParty

Twitter: @blkgirlteatime

Email: [email protected]

Aliyah’s Socials:

Twitter and Instagram: @ItsAliyahDorsey

Yasmeen’s Socials:

Instagram: @yasmeen_sa

Aliyah and Yasmeen talk about Black Mental Health and the stigma around therapy in the black culture. Trigger warning: There are mentions of suicide, suicidal ideation and self harm in this episode. If these are not topics you can listen to at the moment please take care of yourself and catch us next week. We love you and please take care of yourself!

News sources mentioned on this week's episode:

https://www.theroot.com/this-free-black-mental-health-app-was-created-two-years-1845012463

https://www.mhanational.org/issues/black-and-african-american-communities-and-mental-health

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/racial-trauma#symptoms

https://macon-newsroom.com/7558/engageccj/studentwork/what-is-racial-trauma-and-how-to-cope-with-it/

Mental Health Resources:

https://calmharm.co.uk

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.self.com/story/black-mental-health-resources/amp

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800-273-8255)

Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741)

Credits:

Intro Music by: Kalmon Demott

Written, Produced and Voiced by: Yasmeen Hill and Aliyah Dorsey

Edited by: Aliyah Dorsey

Small Bell Ringing Sound effect:  #PalsLivesLife

license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChpu…

For a full transcription of our show click the link below:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ANvSGlZrlRKuKCBbfmBry5Ug98sC_zEj?usp=sharing

Show Socials:

Instagram: @BlackGirlTeaParty

Twitter: @blkgirlteatime

Email: [email protected]

Aliyah’s Socials:

Twitter: @ItsAliyahDorsey

Instagram: @liyah_alexandira

Yasmeen’s Socials:

Instagram: @yasmeen_sa

Aliyah and Yasmeen sat down with student artist and business owner Jacqueline Lamothe and student photographer Chance Allen to talk about their work and the importance of Black art and Black creativity.

Credits:

Intro Music by: Kalmon Demott

Written, Produced and Voiced by: Yasmeen Hill and Aliyah Dorsey

Edited by: Aliyah Dorsey

Small Bell Ringing Sound effect:  #PalsLivesLife

license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChpu…

A special thank you, once again, to our guests for this episode Chance Allen (@chanceallen) and Jacqueline Lamothe (@jacquelinecreatingstuff)

For a full transcription of our show click the link below:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ANvSGlZrlRKuKCBbfmBry5Ug98sC_zEj?usp=sharing

Show Socials:

Instagram: @BlackGirlTeaParty

Twitter: @blkgirlteatime

Email: [email protected]

Aliyah’s Socials:

Twitter: @ItsAliyahDorsey

Instagram: @liyah_alexandira

Yasmeen’s Socials:

Instagram: @yasmeen_sa

Yasmeen and Aliyah talk about their own experiences with hair and about the way society views natural Black hair and hairstyles. 

Credits: 

This show was created, written, produced and voiced by Yasmeen Hill and Aliyah Dorsey 

Edited by: Yasmeen Hill 

Socials: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkgirlteatime @blkgirlteatime

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlteaparty/?hl=en @blackgirlteaparty

Articles mentioned and sourced for this episode:  

https://www.allure.com/story/black-women-hair-care-covid-19

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/africa-black-students-protest-racist-hair-rules-160829083905084.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/04/17/wrestler-was-forced-cut-his-dreadlocks-before-match-his-town-is-still-looking-answers/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-31438273#:~:text=African%20origins&text=In%20early%20African%20civilisations%2C%20hairstyles,the%20history%20of%20black%20hair.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/a-brief-history-of-black-hair-politics-and-discrimination

https://theglowup.theroot.com/big-beauty-tuesday-bread-has-arrived-with-a-delicious-1844918885

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