Video version updates on Youtube + Spotify three weeks after initial audio-only release.

For this video episode I'm joined by first time guest Shannon Miller (OG Nerd of Prey!!) to talk about the theme of Black Girlhood and Coming of Age in media.

Shannon Miller is a cultural commentator and writer who you might know from her work as the previous Managing Editor at Adweek, the former News Editor and writer at the A.V. Club, or her many bylines from throughout the web!

Our conversation spanned Black film, TV, characters and celebrity from Michaela Cole's Chewing Gum to Jodie Landon (Daria) and Megan Thee Stallion.

+ Find out how we also fit the following in:

• Adultification
• Depiction of Black girls and femmes in media
• Realities of Black girls and femmes
• Coming of age narratives in media
• The current state of Black television
• The erosion of physical media and Black TV cancellations
• Judging art by quality vs utility
• Empathy as an active process
• Escapism
• Steven Universe
• Black girl magic
• Toxic Excellence
• I Don't Know Him.
• Daria, Chewing Gum, Living Single, How To Die Alone, Heartstoppers, Harlem, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Moesha, Insecure, Awkward Black Girl, On My Block
• Wanting good things for Natasha Rothwell
• Transitional periods
• Issa Rae
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Cardi B, take me out of the group chat
• Michaela Coel
• SNIPER
• Buy Black!

*apologies for audio issues on my end in the first 18ish minutes of the conversation, it fixes it self from that point onwards!*

If you like homework, or looking for a recommendation list you can find the extended show notes under the 'Citation Page' tab on my website! The full extended notes are released a the weekend after initial release.

https://www.alsopurple.com/referential1

You'll find all the books, shows and pods referenced in this conversation.

Find Shannon Miller @shannonlmiller on all Bluesky, @shannon_lmiller and listen to more of her pop culture thoughts @PopDishKitchen on TikTok and Instagram.

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Music by PamperedFists & Anzahlung.

Original podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith. 

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