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May 17, 2018 Ep. 8 Meet Monica - A Professional Hypewoman
This week we chat with the amazing hype woman Monica. We talk dancing, Men Are Trash/ Women Are Trash Too stories, and how we all became friends.
So who is Monica? Monica (she/her/hers) is an undocumented DACA recipient and works as a social worker in Sacramento, CA. She loves to travel and write/rant about social justice on and off social media.
Our brown girl friendship began off of Instagram, or as we call it the tinder for friends where you can use the internet to find your tribe. While she was visiting she took NYC by storm! Bringing her #FridayDanceParty and letting us join in on the streets of NYC doing the #MonicaChallenge.
She is what I like to call a professional hype woman. Always there to hype up and supports latinx creators on and off the ‘gram. She doesn’t just post online talking about human rights but goes out and does the work. In addition to her day job, she is a published writer and self-identified Femme Pansona. Listen in on this amazing human’s story, how our
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May 09, 2018 Setting Boundaries with our Brown AF Families
This week we talk boundaries! Boundaries are a form of self-care. We talk about how to set them with strangers, friends, and even our families. Even how we navigate this growing up in a Latinx family. It's so important to communicate our boundaries in relationships. We're also saying NO! to the Tias and Fam that shames us on our weight and everything that is behind that. To quote our fav CardiB "Let me Fat in Peace" Some added content, we're talking about why CardiB's pregnancy makes people uncomfortable, cause we always talk about how revolutionary she is!
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May 02, 2018 Ep. 7 Setting Boundaries
This week we talk boundaries! Boundaries are a form of self-care. We talk about how to set them with strangers, friends, and even our families. Even how we navigate this growing up in a latinx family. It's so important to communicate our boundaries in relationships.
We're also saying NO! to the Tias and Fam that shames us on our weight and everything that it behind that. To quote our fav CardiB "Let me Fat in Peace"
Some added content, we're talking about why CardiB's pregnancy makes people uncomfortable, cause we always talk about how revolutionary she is!
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43 min
April 18, 2018 Mental Health Check- In
This week Joy and Grecia have a Mental Health Check-In. They discuss some of their coping mechanisms, being aware of their symptoms, and how they're trying to get their lives together. read more on our website
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April 18, 2018 Ep. 6 Mental Health Check - In
This week Joy and Grecia have a Mental Health Check-In. They discuss some of their coping mechanisms, being aware of their symptoms, and how they're trying to get their lives together.
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April 04, 2018 Mimosa Rant with Joy Valerie and Grecia Dominguez
This week Joy and Grecia talk about traditions, religions, quinciañeras, some Latinx history all while drinking some mimosas.
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43 min
April 04, 2018 Ep. 5 Mimosa Rant
This week Joy and Grecia talk about traditions, religions, quinciañeras, some Latinx history all while drinking some mimosas.
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March 21, 2018 ¿Y El Novio? Being single, independent, and Latina
This episode is for everyone that has ever had to hear the phrase "¿Y el novio?" from the Tias and Wela. Joy Valerie and Grecia talk about being single, Latina, and career-oriented and how their families have reacted to this through the years. Joy starts a new segment called Taking Out the Trash.
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March 21, 2018 Ep. 4 ¿Y El Novio?
This episode is for everyone that has ever had to hear the phrase "¿Y el novio?" This week Joy and Grecia talk about being single, Latina, and career oriented and how their families have reacted to this through the years. Joy starts a new segment called Taking Out the Trash.
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41 min
March 07, 2018 Latin History for Morons Review & Our First Meet Up in NYC
This week, Joy and Grecia talk about the Latinx NYC Meetup and disrupting the spaces on Broadway and Brunch. Along with their thoughts on John Leguizamo's one-man show "Latin History for Morons." Touching about African erasure & homophobia in Latinx history and teaser to Juana Inez de La Cruz on Netflix. And what is peak wokeness? Are we ever woke enough? And how do we stop ourselves from being the woke-police (cause they really don't wanna be the woke-police)? Oh and Fangirling to LatinosWhoLunch Podcast that created spaces for Latinx and inspired us to start!!!! Link to required reading/ books mentioned for Latin History for Morons Shout out to everyone involved! Susie from Latinx Project David from Techqueria
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Welcome to the Build with Joy Podcast, where you will learn life lessons with Joy from her travels around the world and introduce you to amazing people.