Stush an’ Bush

triple threat: labour day, queer caribbeans of nyc day, and the stush an' bush season 3 premiere! we're starting this episode with official carnival business, a ghetto ass recap of miss rona's activities, and essential parkway hits.

in our season finale, we discuss what queeribbean means and how we choose approach it. contributing to the production, consumption and patronage of queer and caribbean life, Jewel the Gem, Ryan Persadie AKA Tifa Wine join us fi di likkle mash up and blend blend. drag dreams and liberated bodies--we ah bless di pickney dem with content to last you until season three

Essay Cited: Whose Caribbean?*: An Allegory, in Part by Thomas Glave

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z9p_gWmvo4hEyOrjuBe5CT0F7r4BnH0I/view?usp=sharing

this episode we learn what effluvia means, have a one-sided argument about american descendants of slaves, and lambast the black immigrant populous. join us while we attempt to stay in our lanes, all while we ah race an' trace up di people dem.

we all have been touched by the presence of obeah in Caribbean history. join us in the likkle quarantine times while we work through obeah and other powers covering spiritual fidelity, law and all else under the mystical sun with Miami University PhD student, Jovanté Anderson.

CW/TW: Mention of suicidality: 2:11:45-2:13:15

Citations: 

Children of the Spirits, in Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions; Zora Neale Hurston’s, Tell My Horse; Queering Black Atlantic Religions: Transcorporealiety in Candomble, Santeria, and Vodou; An (Un) Natural Mystic in the Air: Images of Obeah in Caribbean Song by Kenneth Bilby; Obeah & Other Powers; edited by Diana Paton & Maarit Forde; Ephesians 6:12; http://www.advocate.com/current-issue/2016/10/31/why-queer-haitians-are-turning-vodou

This week, Khadieme and Robert take a look at a transnational work of literature that combines a host of characters that love pure mix up and blend blend, and a plot with a queer twist. of course, we’re talking about none other than Nicole Dennis-Benn's novel, Patsy. 

Special Bonus: Stush an' Bush will giveaway a paperback version of Patsy, which Is releasing this May 2020! Share a clip and tag us your Instagram story for a chance to win the paperback version of Patsy!

CW/TW: Sexual assault

1:05:00-1:10:00

Mix up and blend blen with a queer Garifuna twist. Join Khadieme, Robert, and their first guest host, JahLove Serrano as they discuss everything from spirituality to HIV, to value and self-worth. You can read more about JahLove's story through his recently published, three-part piece on H-I-V.net

https://h-i-v.net/community/community-advocates/jahlove-serrano/

serving up the cure to bruck-buddyitis in episode 2 where Khadieme and Robert dive into the politics of manhood, verbal castration, and belonging.

...and before you say anything about the audio delay,  kibba yuh mout, we ah do we best since Duty Gyal Rona kick we outta di studio. Put the stush way, before you utter a word or submit a complaint re: audio quality, please refrain from doing so. COVID-19 has halted our ability to provide the usual audio quality. 

join us for the season finale, full of big bttm energy, Stush Gyal Bush Gyal Awards, and a look back at our first season

The Sorrel Wars are upon us and your countries are NOT safe as Robert and Khadieme recount christmas in the diaspora and caribbean.