Mika speaks about her own experiences working in the South as a Black woman and challenges the ways in which Black women's labor is often consumed and marginalized. Episode also includes audio clips featuring author Saidiya Hartman, Eve Ewing, Dr. Brittney Cooper and Rihanna.

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/books/wayward-lives-beautiful-experiments-saidiya-hartman.html

Saidiya Hartman at the Hammer Museum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGxZQ3Py4-A&t=821s

Greenville Ordinance for Negro Women: https://twitter.com/BaelockHolmes/status/1077006002392834053

Katrina Andry at the Halsey Institute: halsey.cofc.edu/main-exhibitions/katrina-andry/

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