Tea with Queen and J.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!

On this episode… We find other ways to connect with one another during that Rona, voter suppression stays too legit to quit, and tell your parents and your church aunty to stay the fvck home!

This week’s hotlist - Crystal Mason and voter suppression, get into that Netflix party app, #neverforget YouTube, grooming during dat rona, affirmations will still pop during dat quarantine, Harvey Weinstein and his feeble protection plan, Idris wife got that rona because duh, keep the elders out the church! Performative christrianity, what does an executive order to stay home look like for black folks? you don’t have to rise and grind culture your way through the pandemic, and mad other sh!t!

Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast!

WEBSITE

www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj

Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ

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EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES

DONATE

www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm0

PAY BLACK WOMEN

Crystal Mason’s gofund me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice4crystal

NOTES & EXTRA TEA

Listen to In Those Genes “Dat Rona”: http://player.audiostaq.com/inthosegenes/dat_rona

Listen to The Black Guy Who Tips “MT: The Rona”: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/theblackguywhotips/episodes/2020-03-17T09_53_53-07_00

Essential businesses list for NYC: https://esd.ny.gov/guidance-executive-order-2026

Texas upholds sentence for woman who didn’t know she was ineligible to vote:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/20/crystal-mason-texas-upholds-sentence-voter-suppression

Pastor still plans to hold church: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_60fe9b76-6add-11ea-a77a-339dcda9bc09.html

This week’s closing clip features @keepitkinky: https://twitter.com/keepingitkinky1/status/1241831738881511426?s=21

This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!

On this episode… Coronavirus got people shook! And with good reason. We navigate social media in a pandemic, voting in an era of social distance, what congress is doing about your job, and how we’re all getting through that rona!

This week’s hotlist - STAY CALM BUT TAKE IT SERIOUS, information vs. panic, crisis but make it community minded, stop hoarding sh!t, breaking toxic habits in the spirit of dat rona, maybe still vote tho, file for unemployment fam, abortions rights and the Hyde amendment because dat rona isn’t stressful enough, also sh!t showers and mad other ish!

Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast!

WEBSITE

www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj

Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ

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EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES

DONATE

www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm0

PAY BLACK WOMEN

Help Phoenix, her mom and four siblings cover the cost of a hotel stay while lead paint is removed from their apartment. Cashapp $Shayletriese https://cash.app/$Shayletriese

SAVE THE DATE

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - FREE LIVE SHOW Well actually… this event has been postponed due to dat rona. We hope to be in Charlottesville once all of this is over.

DALLAS, TX - Our friends Inner Hoe Uprising podcast will be at Poly Dallas symposium July 24-26th. Visit https://www.polydallasmillennium.com/ to register

NOTES & EXTRA TEA

Coronavirus news & updates by state: https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-updates-united-states.html

Congress’s Emergency Coronavirus Bill https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/us/politics/congress-coronavirus-bill.html

This week’s closing clip features legendary singer Aretha Franklin talking about getting fit in the 90’s

This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia with editorial support from Sam Riddell

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com

Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.tflintvoiceovers.com/

Libations to Diamond Stylz for our What We’re Watching into, be sure to listen to her podcast Marsha’s Plate.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!

On this episode… The coronavirus is wilding, we get down to the facts and foolishness, prioritize hiring Black women, and do a quick recap of our weekend at podfest.

This week’s hotlist - building community in white spaces, the rona, don’t “lady” us to death, price gouging, health crisis & capitalism, complaining about racist service while never hiring Black folks, coronavirus symptoms & stats, people out here discovering hygiene, how to wear white but make it self-aware, and mad other sh!t

Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast!

WEBSITE

www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj

Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ

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EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES

DONATE

www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm0

EVENTS

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - FREE LIVE SHOW WEDNESDAY APRIL 8TH, 7PM at The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. Open to the public, no RSVP required.

DALLAS, TX - Our friends Inner Hoe Uprising podcast will be at Poly Dallas symposium July 24-26th. Visit https://www.polydallasmillennium.com/ to register

NOTES & EXTRA TEA

Coronavirus news & updates by state: https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-updates-united-states.html

Follow our fave lawyer Merlyne Jean-Louis on Instagram @wizardlawyer https://www.instagram.com/wizardlawyer/

This week’s closing clip features legendary entertainer Lena Horne: https://twitter.com/hinadirah/status/1235346226440278017

This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!

On this episode… We got some good old bi-phobia, an anti-Black call center, Detroit out here trying to get their houseless numbers up, and being positive does not mean being passive, you can be Black and proud and still embrace conflict, yes I fucking said it.

This week’s hotlist - Drunk Black History, The Reset podcast, #LoveIsBlind, angry, brazy, unhinged and Black (lean in to that sh!t), Black History Month round up, bi-phobia and homophobia together in a sandwich, Honey Pot of tears, overtaxation for gentrification, passivity vs. positivity and mad other sh!t.

Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast!

WEBSITE

www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj

Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ

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EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES

DONATE

www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm0

SAVE THE DATE

#PodinLiveNYC is back! The largest Black podcast meetup returns Saturday April 18th, 4-9pm. More details to come!

PAY BLACK WOMEN

Help Denise in her move to California and transition to grad school. You can send donations for Denise via paypal using her email addy: [email protected]

NOTES & EXTRA TEA

Check us out on The Reset Podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-reset-podcast/episodes/29DaysofMagic-Episode-85-Black-Women-are-AMAZING---with-Queen--J-eb5eff

This week’s closing clip is by @FloralAndy on twitter: https://twitter.com/FloralAndy/status/1231779933795573761

This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com

Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.tflintvoiceovers.com/

Libations to Diamond Stylz for our What We’re Watching into, be sure to listen to her podcast Marsha’s Plate.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!

On this episode… Before sh!t gets super serious Black twitter investigates your favorite Black man’s white girlfriend, then after the break we discuss grieving complicated flawed celebrities aka humans, and get into that snoop vs. gayle fiasco. Quick content warning, after our mid-episode commercial break we will be discussing rape, rape culture, sexual assault, we will NOT be discussing any physical details of these incidents.

This week’s hotlist - Mental health, Queen goes to Egypt, Black girl twitter CSI, masterpiece theater, Desus loves Black women, Kobe Bryant, grief, Gayle King, journalism, Snoop Dogg’s headass, consent, your rapist friends & mad other sh!t

Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast!

WEBSITE

www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj

Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ

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EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES

DONATE

www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm0

SAVE THE DATE

#PodinLiveNYC the largest Black podcast meetup in the world returns Saturday April 18th! More details soon!

NOTES & EXTRA TEA

Gayle King & Lisa Leslie transcript: https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/02/07/gayle-king-facing-backlash-after-interviewing-lisa-leslie-about-kobe-bryant-video/

This week’s closing clip features Diamond and Carlton from Love is Blind losing their shit: https://twitter.com/gibsonoma/status/1231784619932110848

This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!

On this episode… We're off this week, but we didn't forget about you! If you're not already familiar, we want to put you on to our favorite new Black ass genetics podcast "In Those Genes" hosted by Dr. Janina Jeff. This hip-hop inspired podcast uses genetics to uncover the lost identities of African descended Americans through the lens of Black culture.

EVENTS

NYC - Join Tea with Queen and J. at Acast for Aclass: Black, a workshop to celebrate and amplify current & aspiring black podcasters on Thursday, February 27, 6pm-8pm. RSVP required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aclass-black-tickets-93144512745

SAVE THE DATE - #PODINLIVENYC the largest Black podcast meet up in the world returns on Saturday, April 18, 4-9pm. More info to come!

WEBSITE

www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj

Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ

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'IN THOSE GENES' EPISODE ONE SHOW NOTES

Sankofa is a Ghanian principle that means go back and fetch it, referencing the idea that we must never forget about our past as we continue to embark on this journey called life. Genetics is a manifestation of the Sankofa principal, having the ability to learn about our past through our DNA. This episode will explore the many facets of how we define the Black identity genetically and culturally as well as meaningful conversation with ‘The Jeff’s’, the parents of Dr. Jeff, host of the show. Weekly episodes available now!

The Nucleus, our transcript, can be found here,

drive.google.com/a/inthosegenes.c…view?usp=sharing

The Helix, an episodic soundtrack filled with the musical inspiration behind the show can be found here,

open.spotify.com/user/w0jmosfqkh2…XvsgRNLSAOTjth1T

In Those Genes is independently funded, to give, please visit our GoFundMe page, here

www.gofundme.com/f/in-those-genes-podcast

You can formally join the family by visiting, www.inthosegenes.com.

Follow us at @inthosegenespod on Instagram and Twitter for the latest updates.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!

On this episode… Can self-care be careless? Does critiquing men make you uncomfortable? Bad wigs are fun, misogyny is not; and stop beefing with your grandparents!

This week’s hotlist - Frankincense, social media breaks, ghosting vs. saying “no”, Queen and Sam’s love story, racial slurs for dummies, Tyler Perry’s A Fall From Grace, support your local Con, we don’t hate men, but we don’t care if you think we do, a grandpa named Slick Back, and mad other ish.

Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast!

WEBSITE

www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj

Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ

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EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES

DONATE

www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm0

NOTES & EXTRA TEA

Check out Boston Comics In Color Festival: www.comicsincolor.org

Boston Comics In Color Festival GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/boston-comics-in-color-festival?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

Watch Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley discuss her experience with alopecia: https://theglowup.theroot.com/exclusive-rep-ayanna-pressley-reveals-beautiful-bald-1841039847

Listen to episode 236 “That’s Business Tho” for our initial conversation on Ayanna Pressley: https://soundcloud.com/tea-with-queen-and-j/236-business-tho

This week’s closing clip is from the Boots Riley film Sorry To Bother You

This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia with engineering support from Sam Riddell

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!

On this episode… Why is Black History Month in February, Is PETA highkey a white supremacist organization? Are Black entertainers ignoring Black media on the red carpet, and what the fuck is wrong with Joy Behar.

This week’s hotlist - Financial politics for that ass, finding work/podcast/life balance, Black ass affirmations, Black history month history, Sir Patrick Stewart is a polite delightful British knight, a moment in Black hair with Whoopi Goldburg, locs vs. dreads, Deandre Arnold and Kaden Bradford challenge Barber Hill’s hair rules, Black Tree Media is naming names, PETA is wilding on purpose, fish can’t even kneel… & mad other sh!t.

Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast!

WEBSITE

www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj

Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ

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EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES

DONATE

www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm0

NOTES & EXTRA TEA

That therapy link: http://openpathcollective.org

Check out Hella Black Podcast Ep. 62: The Myth of Black Buying Power (feat. Dr. Jared Ball): https://soundcloud.com/hellablackpodcast/ep-62-the-myth-of-black-buying-power-feat-dr-jared-ball

Check out Brunch & Budget podcast “2020 is the year of the freelancer, but is that a good thing”: https://brunchandbudget.com/podcast/bb-216-2020-is-the-year-of-the-freelancer-but-is-that-a-good-thing/

Patrick Stewart on The View & Joy Behar’s bad hair moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsA61VvA8cw

Deadre Arnold hair discrimination backstory: https://www.khou.com/mobile/article/news/local/dreadlock-debate-barbers-hill-isd-suspends-student-over-his-hair/285-bc91e3ad-16a7-4f9a-b823-bbcc3a29b868

Second hair discrimination incident against student Kaden Bradford: https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/second-student-suspended-at-barbers-hill-high-school-over-controversial-hair-policy/285-a9510b5b-512b-4e4e-b5ef-0cebf02d24f8

Video of Black Artist’s avoiding Black Media at the Grammy’s: https://madamenoire.com/1128801/grammys-black-artists/

This week’s closing clip features the late Kobe Bryant

This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia with engineering & editorial support from Sam Riddell

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com

Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.tflintvoiceovers.com/

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!

On this episode… Why work doesn’t have to suck but people and their politics make it suck so hard, how to make friends as a grown ass adult, and to HBCU or to PWI - grandma edition

This week’s hotlist - animal ovaries, pet love, labor, therapy, Black Facts, labor and the hierarchy of workers, friendship, dating yt men, picking a college, dance class, awkward Black girls, how to be Black in America, impressing the elders and mad other sh!t.

Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast!

WEBSITE

www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj

Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ

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SPONSOR

“Layla’s Happiness” children’s book

Written by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin

Learn more about the book: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/11/20/laylas-happiness-mariahadessa-ekere-tallie/

Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Laylas-Happiness-Mariahdessa-Ekere-Tallie/dp/1592702880

Buy at Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/laylas-happiness-mariahdessa-ekere-tallie/1130419130#/

Buy at Target: https://www.target.com/p/layla-s-happiness-by-mariahadessa-ekere-tallie-hardcover/-/A-77038768

EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES

DONATE

www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm0

NOTES & EXTRA TEA

Check out https://openpathcollective.org to find a therapist that you can afford

This week’s closing clip features singer/musician Nina Simone talking about the importance of “pushing” Black identity: https://twitter.com/mikellestreet/status/1221630834807050240?s=11

This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia with engineering support from Sam Riddell

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!

On this episode… Ivy Park and the business of exclusion, a Black hair journey to baldness, homelessness in a city full of empty homes (make that make sense), and bisexuality and why the straight monogs must be stopped.

This week’s hotlist - Ivy Park & adidas, plus sizes, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Black Comic Book Festival, natural hair, alopecia and Black women, gentrification and Oakland’s “housing crisis”, homelessness, bisexuality, capitalism and the business of marginalization, Hurricane Maria, Loiza, Puerto Rico, polyamory, non-monogamy, the myth of ownership in relationships and more!

Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast!

WEBSITE

www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj

Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ

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SPONSOR

“Layla’s Happiness” children’s book

Written by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin

Learn more about the book: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/11/20/laylas-happiness-mariahadessa-ekere-tallie/

Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Laylas-Happiness-Mariahdessa-Ekere-Tallie/dp/1592702880

Buy at Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/laylas-happiness-mariahdessa-ekere-tallie/1130419130#/

Buy at Target: https://www.target.com/p/layla-s-happiness-by-mariahadessa-ekere-tallie-hardcover/-/A-77038768

EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES

DONATE

www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj

Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share

J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm0

PAY BLACK WOMEN

Learn more about Taller Salud’s initiative to support women in Loiza & other areas of Puerto Rico

Taller Salud en español: https://www.tallersalud.com

Taller Salud in English: https://www.english.tallersalud.com

Donate: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/help-us-empower-women-to-make-loiza-thrive/

NOTES & EXTRA TEA

Watch #StrongFemaleLeads panel from Black Comic Book Festival moderated by J. with special guests Dr. Eve L. Ewing, Dhonielle Clayton #WeNeedDiverseBooks, Shauna J. Grant, Vita Ayala and Greg Burnham: https://livestream.com/schomburgcenter/events/8963852/videos/200852115?fbclid=IwAR2zGBGWc56MLq0WePx8g8HBDmUyW65ouZGMZJGD_uyF_FYVcY2p4N--ZQI

Learn more about Moms 4 Housing: https://moms4housing.org

Learn more about the battle for Oakland and excessive police force against peaceful protest in the “housing crisis”: https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/01/moms-4-housing-oakland-housing-crisis-arrests-alameda-county-police-riot-gear/

Watch Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley discuss her experience with alopecia: https://theglowup.theroot.com/exclusive-rep-ayanna-pressley-reveals-beautiful-bald-1841039847

Ayanna Pressley: US congresswoman reveals alopecia diagnosis: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51148851

This week’s closing clip features Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez #MLKNow conversation with Ta’Nehisi Coates: https://twitter.com/pairolleth/status/1219413110852743168

This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia with engineering & editorial support from Sam Riddell

Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.

Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com

Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.tflintvoiceovers.com/