M3ssalina starts off with a very important (and very bittersweet) announcement. Then we dive in to Baldwin's story of sordid New York streets, webs of lust, hate, and trauma, giving us the many faces of the prolific author and his constant internal and external struggles.

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M3ss DNFs, but not for the reasons you think. Listen to her fly solo and talk about the rich characters and story from Junauda Petrus-Nash's first novel.

Thank you so much for bearing with us the last two episodes. We've solved our sound quality issues! Next episode should sound a lot better.

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"When you are too skinny, you are seen as unhealthy, but not as a burden. When you are fat, you are seen as unhealthy, lazy, and responsible for society's ills. It's not equal. It's like your fatness does not belong to you."

M3ssalina flies solo and gives us the rundown on Sonya Renee Taylor's book, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self Love. 

(Sorry for the poor audio on these next few episodes! We've uncovered the problem and will be correcting it. Thank you for your support and understanding.)

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"In all seriousness, this is as close to a ramble as you'll ever get from me." - M3ssalina

M3ssalina flies solo in this episode, discussing our "Winners and Losers" for the Lego-On-The-Stairs that was 2020. 

Thank you to everyone who has supported us, let's make 2021 better than where we've been.

The second of our post-Halloween Podcast Double Feature! A lovely ramble, if you think gyno visits are lovely. We don’t. Listen anyway.

Our guest blog is live on Flixi! Check it out! Thank you to Flixi for the opportunity and the support.

**Editor's note: The audio on these two episodes has a little weirdness to it. We're sorry about that, working on figuring it out. Thanks for understanding!

An extra-long episode, because it's Spooky Season! We read Raven Leilani's latest book, talk about what makes a hero vs. a "protagonist" in a kinky novel, and how this work speaks to young womxn in BDSM. 

Thank you so much for listening to our show. Lots of exciting things we have coming up! 

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M3ssalina sits down with burlesque belle Purrrl Van Dammit as they talk tokenism in burlesque, performing in the South, her role in the Hulu series “Reprisal”, and Black creativity.

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