Hey, Pettiness and Politics listeners.

Just after I said I would be 'more consistent' I got the golden ticket phone call that I had made it to the top of the gynaecology waiting list to have a baseball sized fibroid removed from the back of my uterus.

In this episode, I shared my 18-month journey to getting treated, self-isolating for 3 weeks, advocating for pain management and my first 3 weeks of recovery.

Keywords: chronic pain, fibroids, gynaecology, open myomectomy, women's health, reproductive justice

Trigger warning: disordered eating 

SPOILERS ALL OVER THE GAFF - don't fight me - you have been warned

Tess' had enough #donttouchmyhair

We catch up with the young teen Big 3, Randell has a new therapist, what happened to Laurel and Maddy has a frank convo with Kevin

DM your reactions on IG  or email [email protected] and I will read them out 

SPOILERS ALL OVER THE GAFF - don't fight me - you have been warned

Discusses mental health, the reality of life in lockdown, the Movement for Black Lives and many other musings

DM your reactions on IG  or email [email protected] and I will read them out next week before going into episode 3

Clip at the end is copywritten by Rhode Island Ave. Productions, Zaftig Films, 20th Television and Disney ABC Domestic Television

Music featured Roo Panes - My Sweet Refuge

How many times did I say 'However' in this episode?

This is a catch up episode with host, Isha Victoria on where she has been and the direction of the podcast

You can expect fortnightly episodes and conversations focused on emotional & mental wellness and well-being

Topics:

Chronic illness during pandemic

The cremation of the Strong Black Woman 

Maslow's hierarchy of needs 

Balancing joy and sorrow

Mentioned: The Community Witch Podcast- Behind The Foolery, a monthly wrap up of the political mess

Email: [email protected]

I sat down with my sister to discuss the launch of her book subscription service Black Book Box - the monthly subscription box that celebrates black authors and brings their literature straight to your front door!

Black Book Box is available in the U.K and internationally - www.blackbookbox.co.uk  

Follow BBB here: www.instagram.com/blackbookbox/ www.twitter.com/blackbookbox

Satta shares her favourite and worst book, her GoodReads goals for this year and next year

We go down memory lane with 'Keisha the Sket' and I introduce Satta to Eric Jerome Dikey - oh the south London secondary school memories

Email:  [email protected]

ADAPTING DURING CHANGE: changes in the educational sector

Intro to Kanayo: 1:58

Interview with Kanayo from: 7:15 - 43.00

Connect with Kanayo:

www.doctorkanayo.com

Instagram: DrKanayo

Twitter: DrKanayo

Bible challenges: https://doctorkanayo.com/category/bible-challenges/

In the first TEA WITH episode, The Melanin Monro reflects on her re-introduction to astrology and how she came across The Astrology Vixen

The ladies look at certain placements in Jada Pinkett's chart that may point to why the Entanglement occurred, discuss the Lilith archetype, the importance of shadow work, incorporating the healed internal masculine to support and enhance our femininity

Black owned book stores: https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/uk-bookshops-diverse-black-authors-books-online/396930

Sade’s instagram: https://instagram.com/theastrologyvixen

Book a session: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20074496

Lilith in Astrology and The Shadow Self: The Essential Lilith Handbook: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B088B3R4W5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_hOkgFb1YG9DWQ

The Melanin Monro: paypal.me/themelaninmonro email: [email protected]

I pressed shuffle on my T H I R T Y playlist and this is what came up. Sharing some of my favorite songs, where I was when they were released -I speak about the changes in my belief systems and relationships, moving away from codependency and people pleasing, having those challenging conversations, looking after my body and embracing myself more holistically- the tools that keep me well, I even sing a little bit and hint at why you should leave the toxic D alone and but not settle for unsatisfactory sex

T H I R T Y playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4m4dr4ppb5NY6LuZvmksCc?si=7BN81_nUT3m323xp7tgu3g

Alex Elle - http://www.alexelle.com/freebies

Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

Birthday presents: paypal.me/themelaninmonro

Email:  [email protected]

In this episode The Melanin Monro discusses when she came across the concept of Rest as Resistance, how this ties into the current climate we are in and her resonance with the new album from ChloeXHalle Ungodly Hour

www.itsjaninebtw.com 

Twitter & IG: @itsjaninebtw

www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3bbay/sleep-gap-black-slavery-reparations-black-power-naps

www.triciahersey.com

www.thenapministry.wordpress.com 

IG @thenapministry

In this episode, The Melanin Monro breaks down how we got to this space and how to embrace the waves

What does Intersectionality mean? What are the roots of the BlackLivesMatter movement? What does it mean to be anti-racist?

Sprinkles: paypal.me/themelaninmonro

Email: [email protected]

Glitch, free workshops for womxn and non-binary in digital self care: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/educate-and-activate-digital-self-care-for-womxn-and-non-binary-people-tickets-104748529672

Black Lives Matter UK: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ukblm-fund

Kelechi Okafor interview with Kimberly Nicole Foster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okF6jzla5ns&t=2674s

Amber Khan: The Quietest Revolution podcast

A Little Juju Podcast: episode 44 We Gon' Be Alright panel discussion

Black Ballad UK

Link to the academic journals: https://bit.ly/3dM2Nrp 

Crenshaw, K.(1991) ‘Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics and Violence against Women of Color’, Stanford Law Review. 43(6):1241-1299

Essed, P. and Goldberg, D. (2008)   Race critical theories: text and context

Hill-Collins, P. (1989) The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought in James, J., and Sharpley- Whiting, T ed. (2000) The Black Feminist Reader

Hill-Collins, P. (2009) Black Feminist Thought: knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment

Hill-Collins, P., and Bilge, S., (2016) Intersectionality

Nash, J., (2008) ‘Re: thinking intersectionality’, Feminist Review, 89:1-15

Nash, J., (2019) Black feminism reimagined: after intersectionality

Norris, C., Mitchell, F., (2014) ‘Exploring the Stress-Support-Distress Process Among Black Women’, Journal of Black Studies, 45(1):3-18

Ransby, B., (2000) ‘Black Feminisms at Twenty-One: Reflections on the Evolution of a National Community Author(s): Barbara Ransby’, Signs, 25(4):1215-1221

Ransby, B. (2015) ‘The Class Politics of Black Lives Matter’, Dissent, 62(4):31-34

Ransby, B. (2018) Making all black lives matter

Reynolds, T.  (2002) ‘Re-thinking a black feminist standpoint’, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 25(4): 591-606

Sharpe, C. (2016) In the wake on blackness and being

Sharpe, C. (2017) The Weather (online)