Girl Truth: What Lens Are You Looking Through?

Girl Truth: What Lens Are You Looking Through?

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Girl Truth: What Lens Are You Looking Through? episodes

  • Pressure Wounds Part 3: Resources, Support, the ADHD Tax & Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria

    Associate Producer Adina Hill & Marmia Day continue their historic and important discussion. In this episode, they touch on the difficulties Marmia encounters with finding resources & support, the ADHD Tax & her struggle with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. Please check out the resources Marmia has provided for coping with dysfunctional thoughts and improductivity.

    1. Dysfunctional thoughts

    http://bethany-sensei.tumblr.com/post/175326500104/goodmorningvelma-catifex-bishounen-curious

    2. Improductivity
    http://iztarshi.tumblr.com/post/175208729656/you-know-i-once-googled-how-very-organized

    And don't forget to check out our featured musical talent, Ms. Shaunte Daurice, an R&B artist and songwriter from Philadelphia, with vocals that are equal parts smooth, piercing and moving. Get into the anthemic tunes on her debut EP 'Powerless', that tell stories we can all relate to, backed by consistently colorful and complex vocal arrangements. Available on Spotify, Amazon Music & Apple Music. Visit her on the web at www.shauntedaurice.com

    12 min
  • Pressure Wounds - Part 2 - Getting Diagnosed & Proving Diagnosis

    The series continues as Marmia shares with Adina her personal experience navigating the arduous diagnostic process and the challenges she face proving her self diagnosis to medical professionals. 

    For those of you that might be facing similar challenges personally or with a loved one, Marmia has provided a list of resources. 

    Diagnostic screeners

    1. https://taniaannmarshall.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/moving-towards-a-female-profile-the-unique-characteristics-abilities-and-talents-of-asperwomen-adult-women-with-asperger-syndrome/

    2. https://the-art-of-autism.com/females-and-aspergers-a-checklist/

    3. Current “official” diagnostic criteria
    https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-dsm.html

    4.  Diagnostic criteria for Asperger's, a previously separate disorder that got combined with autism disorder to form autism spectrum disorder.
    https://iancommunity.org/cs/about_asds/about_asds_dsm_iv_criteria_for_aspergers_syndrome

    5. Diagnostic criteria for Autism disorder pre- DSM V changes
    https://iancommunity.org/cs/autism/dsm_iv_criteria

    And don't forget to check out our featured musical talent, Ms. Shaunte Daurice, an R&B artist and songwriter from Philadelphia, with vocals that are equal parts smooth, piercing and moving. Get into the anthemic tunes on her debut EP 'Powerless', that tell stories we can all relate to, backed by consistently colorful and complex vocal arrangements. Available on Spotify, Amazon Music & Apple Music. Visit her on the web at  shauntedaurice.com

    11 min
  • Pressure Wounds - Part 1

    Associate producer Adina Hill and our newest podcast host, Marmia Day discuss the impact of race & gender on the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder in the first of this multi-segment episode. 

    Please check out our featured musical talent, Ms. Shaunte Daurice, an R&B artist and songwriter from Philadelphia, with vocals that are equal parts smooth, piercing and moving. Get into the anthemic tunes on her debut EP 'Powerless', that tell stories we can all relate to, backed by consistently colorful and complex vocal arrangements. Available on Spotify, Amazon Music & Apple Music. Visit her on the web at  shauntedaurice.com

    10 min
  • Silver Linings

    Asiyah, Baiyinah and Janayjah discuss the pandemic from a positive perspective; sharing their personal development, the challenges they have overcome & are overcoming,  and the Silver Linings they have found along the way.

    12 min
  • A.Black.Woman.Period!

    Colorism? Toxic Masculinity? Transphobia? In this episode, Andrea, Asiyah and Taylor explore the reasons why it seems the lives of all types of Black women seem to matter less than the lives of others.

    10 min

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A podcast by girls of color for ALL, where we share our stories, create our own narratives and talk about things that are important to us!