Not Your Average BS

Happy Monday! This week we sat down with Bonny Shade, Associate Director of Fraternity & Sorority Life at UNC Charlotte, a professional speaker, a sorority sister of ZTA, sexual assault survivor, wife, and mother. We like to call her superwoman. Today we talked about Bonny's path to Charlotte, NC in student affairs, surviving sexual assault, and how to be an advocate and ally for the issues that really matter.

TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual Assault & Miscarriage 

Today we collaborated with Healthy Bean Coffee, a company dedicated to improving everyone's health, performance & overall well-being, starting with your morning cup of coffee. Use code AVGBS15 for 15% off at checkout!

Appetizer: Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town and The Moment of Lift

Connect with Bonny on Instagram as well as her website 

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Welcome back to another episode! Today is a little different with Brendi as the only host, but we have a guest, Daviana Fraser to talk about the Black Lives Matter organization and movement, protests, and how to be an ally. Daviana is a graduate student at UNCC obtaining her Master’s in Communication Studies and focuses on the Black experience through empowerment and resistance in her research. We dive into what changes have occurred in George Floyd & Breonna Taylor’s cases, how Black Lives Matter got started, what it’s like to be a Black student at a PWI (predominantly white institution), and performative vs genuine allyship.

Appetizer: Black Nation

Tangible Takeaway: Veltree, Little Cakes Matter, Popbar

What Protests Have Accomplished

Charlotte Black-Owned Businesses

Jackie Aina

Daviana’s Social Media: Instagram @ladidavi, @fraserpaints

Today, we sat down to have an uncomfortable conversation on the recent events in our country in relation to racial injustice. But uncomfortable conversations lead to impactful change. George Floyd died at the hands of police and it’s not okay. Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Abrery, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, and the list goes on of Black people who have died senselessly due to white supremacy and police violence. We break down the George Floyd case, protesting & rioting across the nation, and why the only answer to speak up and be anti-racist. #BLACKLIVESMATTER

Shannon is matching up to $500 to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in honor of her 23rd birthday (screenshot and send her your donation) DONATE HERE

Books Mentioned:

White Fragility

The New Jim Crow

Podcast Mentioned :

Pod Save the People

Organizations to Donate to:

Campaign Zero

George Floyd Memorial Fund

Minnesota freedom fund

Black Visions Collective

Reclaim the Block

Unicorn Riot

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Happy Monday! This week we sat down with Dr. Shané Teran, a licensed therapist, organizational development psychologist, life coach & motivational speaker. Today we cover a range of topics from prioritizing your mental health during a pandemic to how to combat feelings of burnout. We’re so excited to bring guests on who are subject matter experts in their fields, if you have any one or any topic in mind, please feel free to connect with us on social media or by email!

Today we collaborated with Healthy Bean Coffee, a company dedicated to improving everyone's health, performance & overall well-being, starting with your morning cup of coffee. Use code AVGBS15 for 15% off at checkout!

Appetizer: CALM app

Dr. Teran’s Podcast - POP Podcast , SP Consulting Group

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Happy Monday! This week we are giving you guys advice on topics that you asked us about. This is the first part of a continuing series on the podcast, we will always be accepting questions and topics so feel free to keep sending them to us on social media. For today's episode, we are answering topics including handling jealousy, confronting backstabbing friends, and more! 

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We're back with another episode, bringing you more BS! Today we're talking briefly about mental health awareness month and we need YOUR help on what you want to know and who you want us to bring on! In addition to that, we're updating you all on wrapping up our first year of grad school. We take you through the highs, lows, and everything in between. We also share some tips for anyone wanting to continue their education!

Appetizer:

Libby

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We're back with another episode, bringing you more BS! Today we're answering YOUR questions from our social media platforms! We talk about how we met, our crazy college stories, and more! We loved doing this so look out for more Q&A's in the future!

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BESTO Hot Honey @bestohothoney *USE CODE "AVGBS" AT BESTOHOTHONEY.COM TO BUY ONE BOTTLE AND GET ONE 50% OFF*,

 New Secrets Tea @newsecretstea *USE CODE "AVERAGE" FOR 20% OFF OF NEW SECRETS TEA 

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We're back with another episode, bringing you more BS! Today we're talking briefly about how we feel about the state of NC as our stay at home order has been extended, and our guide to supporting local businesses during this hectic time. These are just a few of our favorite places in the Charlotte and Greensboro areas, and we hope that you will try them out and show them support!

Places Mentioned:

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Happy Monday everyone! Today we're discussing our favorite hobbies, the apps getting us through the stay at home order, and sharing the top 4 things we wish we would have learned sooner in life.

Appetizer: TikTok (follow Brendi here) and Punkpost

Brendi's Favorite TikTokers: @iamtabithabrown, @skaibeauty, @snarkymarky, @charismaticblackgirl, @balancedanesthesia

Free Online Courses: https://qz.com/1821327/450-free-ivy-league-university-courses-you-can-take-online/

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