The category is BLACK QUEER REALNESS.

On Lil Nas X, the Bail X Fund, the January 6th probe, and Michael Harriet's piece, "White People vs. Everybody"

Brandon T. Maxwell, Katie Ricks, and Sam White discuss Marla Gibbs receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Lil Nas X's new song/music video, "Industry Baby." Then, the crew takes a deep dive into the #FreeBritney Movement and its implications for our understandings of personhood, religion, and agency.

MARLA GIBBS and THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME CEREMONY

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/07/21/marla-gibbs-overheated-during-hollywood-walk-fame-ceremony/8047742002/ (USA Today): Marla Gibbs Doing Well After Nearly Fainting at Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/21/entertainment/marla-gibbs-fainting-walk-fame-trnd/index.html (CNN): Marla Gibba' Scary Moment At Her Hollywood Walk of Fame Unveiling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68QGNXg0oI8 (YouTube): Tisha Campbell Gets Emotional At Marla Gibbs Walk of Fame Ceremony

FREE LIL NAS X, INDUSTRY BABY

https://www.salon.com/2021/07/24/lil-nas-x-industry-baby-review/ (Salon): The Liberating Pink Power of Lil Nas X's Trolling Continues in New Music Video "Industry Baby"

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/lil-nas-x-strips-down-naked-jail-industry-baby-video-1235026303/ (Variety): Lil Nas X Strips Down for Provocative Jail-Themed 'Industry Baby' Video

https://www.vulture.com/2021/07/lil-nas-x-industry-baby-video-jack-harlow.html (Vulture): Free Yourself From the Shackles of Modesty and Behold Lil Nas X's 'Industry Baby'

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9605827/lil-nas-x-the-bail-project-bail-x-fund/ (Billboard): Lil Nas X Teams Up WIth the Bail Project to Help End Cash Bail WIth 'Bail X Fund'

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This week, the THSP crew discusses what it means to honor our bodies by taking our physical health seriously. Pastor Sam shares a bit about his health journey and his years-long struggle with diabetes. Using Sam's journey as a lens, the cast also wrestles with health disparities in Black communities and how we can work together to shift our relationships to food and our bodies.

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On Sha'Carri Richardson, banning Soul Cap, and other racist aggressions leading up to the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

This week, Brandon, Katie, and Sam discuss Bill Cosby's prison release, the #MeToo movement, believing women, and bring an end to rape culture.

As pride month comes to a close, THSP talks about gender identity, pronouns, and learning to use expansive language for both God and humanity. And Katie sings songs from the THSP Pride Playlist to get you pumped for the last few days of Pride Month!

Juneteenth is a federal holiday! That’s good, right? But what about voting rights, police reform, prison reform, and decriminalizing Blackness?

This week, Brandon, Katie, and Sam discuss the recent news that support for marriage equality has reached an all-time high (i.e., 70% according to the Gallup Poll). The episode also includes conversations about biblical interpretation, constitutional law, and the relationship between political and religious discourse.

Brandon, Sam, and Katie discuss the political origins of Pride, the corporatization of pride, and how they plan to celebrate Pride Month this year. This week's church announcements include male teachers wearing skirts, the POSE series finale, and Billy Porter's greatness.

GOOD READS | BOOKS

https://amzn.to/2RsRNJo (Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians and Gays in Black Churches) | Horace L. Griffin

https://amzn.to/3v0OWoX (Wrestling With God and Men: Homosexuality and the Jewish Tradition) | Steven Greenberg

https://amzn.to/2T764Mx (We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation) | Matthew Riemer

ARTICLES and OTHER RESOURCES

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/pose-series-finale-recap-billy-porter-fx-1234989297/ ('Pose' Series Finale Ends With a Heartbreaking Deah and Powerful Message: 'Ballroom is Love') | Danielle Turchiano | Variety

https://nypost.com/2021/06/01/male-teachers-wear-skirts-in-support-of-expelled-student/ (Male Teachers Wear Skirts to School in Support of Expelled student | Hannah Sparks) | New York Post

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/05/19/pose-billy-porter-hiv-positive-breaks-silence-diagnosis/5161737001/ (Billy Porter Reveals He Is HIV-Positive, Breaking 14-Year Silence) | Jenna Ryu | USA Today

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Brandon and Katie welcome Lisa Weaver, host of Healing Jephthah's Daughters, for a THSP / HJD mashup discussion about the expectations that are placed on women and how they can be death-dealing.

BOOKS, ARTICLES, and OTHER RESOURCES

https://amzn.to/2QUy1pW (Bad Girls of the Bible: Exploring Women of Questionable Virtue )| Barbara J. Essex

https://amzn.to/3vtVb5s (What Matters Most: Ten Lessons in Living Passionately from the Song of Solomon) | Renita Weems

https://amzn.to/2QUGPfs (Listening for God: A Minister's Journey Through Silence and Doubt )| Renita Weems

https://amzn.to/34nrzes (Stories from Inner Space: Confessions of a Preacher Woman and Other Tales) | Claudette Anderson Copeland

https://amzn.to/3oVaBxb (The Relational Self: Ethics and Therapy from a Black Church Perspective) | Archie Smith

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/lil-nas-x-explains-snl-pants-splitting-wardrobe-malfunction-fallon-1234980911/#! (Lil Nas X Relives His 'SNL' Pants Splitting Wardrobe Malfunction) | Variety | Jem Aswad

https://www.vulture.com/2021/05/lil-nas-x-is-his-own-guardian-angel-in-sun-goes-down-video.html (Lil Nas X Is His Own High-School Guardian Angel in New 'Sun Goes Down' Music Video )| Vulture | Halle Kiefer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/05/26/ap-wilder-firing/ (Associated Press Tells Staff It Made Mistakes in Firing of Emily Wilder) | Washington Post | Jeremy Barr

https://hjd.captivate.fm/ (Listen to Healing Jephthah's Daughters)