This week Skye and Amanda start love month with their favorite author on the topic, bell hooks. The two discuss hooks’ third book from the love trilogy, Communion: The Female Search for Love. Listen in to hear hooks’ ideas on the female search for love, the purpose of community in our love lives and sexist views that are holding us back. 

They each share details about whether they felt the pressure to find “true love”, what have been their examples of marriage and what it means to be a loving partner. 

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Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks

Check out what Skye & Amanda have been loving this week:

Court 16- LIC
Celebrity Big Brother

This week’s ‘Bout That Action! highlight is: Raquel Willis 

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This week Skye and Amanda are inspired by the soon to be released book, The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman. The two head down memory lane and reminisce about what the 90’s were like for them as young girls.

They each share details about their personality as children, the things they were into, what they were wearing, what they were watching and of course what they were reading. 

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The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman

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Will by Will Smith 

This week’s ‘Bout That Action! highlight is: Dr. Ashley Cruz of Cruz Chiro & Wellness
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Check out this episode’s Book EP for some of Skye & Amanda’s favorite 90’s classics

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This week Skye and Amanda read The Five Archetypes and discuss how the five elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine aren’t only associated with nature but also our personalities. The two break down Davidson’s self-guided archetype system that was created to lead us all to self awareness, self regulation and empathy. 

After taking the assessment and learning more about where they land with each element, they reflect on the strengths and stress states connected to their primary element. Listen in to find out how Skye’s people pleasing shows up in her archetype and what that meant for her immediate acceptance of her assessment results. And Amanda recognized how the stress states associated with her primary archetype are being triggered with a current work dynamic.

They both evaluate their lowest element and see some of the things that might not come natural to them, but that they do need in order to balance out their personalities. 

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The Five Archetypes: Discover Your True Nature and Transform Your Life and Relationships by Carey Davidson

Check out what Skye & Amanda have been loving this week:   

NiLu Gift Shop
The Wooden Wick Company
Brooklyn Tea’s Creamy Earl Grey
 Yellow Jackets on Showtime
Ozark on Netflix 

This week’s ‘Bout That Action! highlight is: Poppyseed Health
Follow @poppyseedhealth on IG and download their pregnancy & postpartum doula support app  

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This week Skye and Amanda break down the idolization of hustle culture. Using articles, the two talk about the effects of toxic hustle culture and how it can essentially become counterproductive. Listen in as the two discuss how they have been managing societal pressures, dealing with competition, and how they are learning to be guilt-free with their leisure time.  Learn who is struggling with feeling like they must optimize all of their time and which of them feels like they have learned a good balance between work and rest. 

Check out what Skye & Amanda have been loving this week:   
Dollface on Hulu
Archive 81 on Netflix

This week’s ‘Bout That Action! highlight is: Down North Pizza 
Follow @downnorth_pizza on IG and stop the shop in Philadelphia. 

Articles mentioned in this week’s episode:
https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2021/12/d10795613/why-i-quit-pottery-hustle-culture

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/01/history-hobbies-america-productivity-leisure/621150/

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/wellness/a38416524/hustle-culture/

https://www.shondaland.com/live/money/a31050746/downside-of-hustle-culture/

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Skye and Amanda ease into the new year with a check in. The two talk about what they’ve been up to during the break and share their intentions for 2022. Listen in to find out what they each want the year to look and feel like and how they plan to make that happen. 

They each discuss their upcoming reading goals and share their top tips on how to carve out more time for books. 

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• Passing by Nella Larsen
• Vinyl Moon by Mahogany L. Browne 
• Word Wise: Say What You Mean, Deepen Your Connections, and Get to the Point by Will Jelbert

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Skye and Amanda are ending the year with a steamy holiday romance, Merry Kiss Me by Louise Lennox. The two give their thoughts on how reading their first Christmas novel compared to the many Christmas movies that they’ve watched over the years. Find out why they hope Lennox turns this one into a Netflix movie. 

The ladies talk about their favorite Christmas movies - from the unconventional classics to the romantic cheesy stories and share some of the movies they’ve watched this year.

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Merry Kiss Me: A Kiawah Island Christmas Romance by Louise Lennox 

Check out what Skye & Amanda have been loving this week: 

• Alicia Key’s new album, Keys
• The Sex Lives of College Girls TV Show on HBO Max 
• Love Life TV Show on HBO Max 
• We Broke Up TV Show on Hulu 
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Check out this episode’s Book EP for Amanda’s Christmas playlist 

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Skye and Amanda couldn’t let one of their favorite shows come to an end without giving it a dedicated tv/book moment. The two share their thoughts on this latest season of Insecure and give their predictions for the last three episodes of the series. 

It wouldn’t be a Long Story Short episode without book talk. Listen in to hear which books the ladies recommend for each of the main characters - Issa, Molly, Tiffany, Kelli, Lawrence, Condola, and Nathan.  

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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships by Leil Lowndes

How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship & Community by Mia Birdsong 

The Conscious Caregiver: A Mindful Approach To Caring For Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself by Linda Abbitt

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Code by Emily & Amelia Nagoski 

Blend: The Secret to Co-Parenting & Creating a Balanced Family by Mashonda Tifrere and Alicia Keys

Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown

Find Your Passion: 25 Questions You Must Ask Yourself by Henri Juntilla 

Check out what Skye & Amanda have been loving this week:
Harlem TV Show on Amazon Prime 

Check out the official Insecure & Insecure Interlude playlists 

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This week Skye and Amanda read Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture by Zeba Blay and discuss how negative stereotypes and identities continue to follow us women through everyday life, pop culture, and beyond. Listen in as the two discuss what they consider their definition of a carefree girl by using examples of Black women in pop culture who have shown them what it means to show up as their true selves, take up space and have fun while doing it.

 Amanda finds inspiration to practice being more carefree in particular areas of her life while challenging her prior programming that might dimmed this light. Skye discusses how she plans on continuing to be carefree and recognizes the areas that she has questioned herself for the sake of "not being too much". Both hosts ultimately commit to a new goal which is to live a joyous life regardless of any adversity.

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Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay

This week’s ‘Bout That Action! highlight is: The Bronx is Reading
Donate to The Bronx is Reading Bookstore fund to help bring a children’s bookstore to the area.

Check out what Skye & Amanda have been loving this week:
Thoughts of a Colored Man on Broadway

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This week Skye and Amanda read How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong and discuss what it looks and feels like to dismantle the so-called American Dream, a system that for many of us has caused toxic individualism. The two discuss Birdsong’s suggestion that we create the family, friendship and community dynamics that best serve us and our well being, rather than having a focus on nuclear households or doing it all on our own.

Amanda finds inspiration in the book’s take on bringing an added layer of care and intimacy to relationships outside of coupledom. Skye wants to draw closer to her friends who are parents and build community through non traditional events. While discussing how to both offer and ask for help, the hosts both reflect on how they play a part in interrupting the cycle of giving and receiving and leave the episode with homework to do. 

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How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong

This week’s ‘Bout That Action! highlight is: Creative Collective NYC 
Follow theccnyc on Instagram and look out for their new series where creatives disclose their salaries in effort to support others. 

Check out what Skye & Amanda have been loving this week:
Omar’s Kitchen and Rum Bar

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This week Skye and Amanda go down memory lane after reading the short story collection, On Girlhood by author and founder of Well Read Black Girl, Glory Edim. The ladies use the themes in this curated anthology - Innocence, Belonging, Love, and Self-Discovery  - to talk through some of the parts of the Black girlhood experience that shape who they’ve become. 

Listen in as the two discuss “rules” that they were told by others that have stuck with them over the years, sixth grade crushes and their first experiences with being friendzoned, those childhood friendships that dwindle down to faint memories, the Black women who showed them just how big the world could be when they grew up and the role that being the older sibling played on their early years. 

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• On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library by Glory Edim

This week’s ‘Bout That Action! highlight is: Shop the Black Market 
Shop their specialty online marketplace that promotes and sells black-owned food brands.

Check out what Skye & Amanda have been loving this week: 

• Strong Black Lead’s ‘Love That For Us’ YouTube series 

Check out this episode’s Book EP for Amanda’s ultimate Girlhood playlist 

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