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Lady D and Lady H tried a new platform and decided to talk about their top 5 watches featuring Black women for the week of October 4th. We also did a quick review on Our Kind of People. Are you watching any of our picks? What shows did we miss? Let us know! Tweet us @Foodiesmeow @Asiadarr or @Watchwithyoupod

Hey everybody!

Lady D and Lady H are almost ready to return to regularly scheduled programming: how was your summer? We talk about our summer, our plans for TV watching, the podcast, and other tangents.

 In this episode, we briefly cover Netflix's #TUDUM event, Alter Ego, Ordinary Joe, Batwoman, and more. We also geeked out on books. 

Hope you are well and we look forward to talking to you on twitter! 

Thank you for downloading our last episode of Watch With You before our summer break. We appreciate you taking this journey with us, and we look forward to coming back to conclude this season with upgrades. In this episode, we glory in the height of Brandy Norwood nostalgia with a revisit to Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella aka Brandy's Cinderella. We go in, ya'll! 

Recommended:

Cinderella (1997 film) - Wikipedia

The Crown Act

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Citation:

Darring, Asi'a D. and Hairston, Erin-Lee. “A Seat At the Table: A Brandy's Cinderella Retrospective” Watch With You Podcast. June 27, 2021. Podcast, MP3 audio, 1:21:14. https://anchor.fm/watchwithyou/episodes/A-Seat-At-the-Table-A-Brandys-Cinderella-Retrospective-e13i38m

Thank you for downloading our last episode covering Bridgerton Season One: we made this one short and sweet. In this episode, we mentioned:

Mr. Malcolm's List

Eloisa James

Lovecraft Country

Vanity Fair

Harlots

Sanditon

For resources about the history and impact of Bridgerton, please visit our syllabus on the website. 

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Citation:

Darring, Asi'a D. and Hairston, Erin-Lee. “Epilogue: We Reminisce Over You” Watch With You Podcast. June 13, 2021. Podcast, MP3 audio, 34:21. https://anchor.fm/watchwithyou/episodes/Epilogue

Thank you for listening to another episode of our podcast. This episode is a great one: their Graces Lord Rhayne and Lord Rease invite us in to the Gentleman's Club. They discussed it all: colorism, queer baiting, who isn't fine, who isn't ish, masculinity, the optics of interracial relationships, and coined a term. 

TW: sexual assault and rape 

This episode discusses male sexual assault. If you or someone you know, who identifies as male, has experienced sexual assault or rape and needs assistance, please contact 1 in 6 or SafeHelp Room. 

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Read along with us or find your next great read (or gift) at our Bookshop.

Drop us a line on our website. Or Follow Us on Twitter and Instagram.

Citation:

Coleman, Rhayne, Darring, Asi'a D., Davis, Derek and Hairston, Erin-Lee. “Men Tell All: How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marina?” Watch With You Podcast. May 30, 2021. Podcast, MP3 audio, 1:38:41. https://anchor.fm/watchwithyou/episodes/Men-Tell-All-How-Do-You-Solve-a-Problem-Like-Marina-e11qcmb

Greetings and Salutations!

Lady D and Lady H are back to conclude episodic recaps of Bridgerton season 1. We debate whether or not Bridgerton was guilty of queer baiting, considered if Eloise is an ace, and gave our overall assessment of the series. We also mentioned:

Thanks for downloading! Please feel free to connect with us! We would love to hear from you. 

Citation:

Darring, Asi'a D. and Hairston, Erin-Lee. “Dirt Off Your Shoulders.” Watch With You Podcast. May 16, 2021. Podcast, MP3 audio, 2:31:41. https://anchor.fm/watchwithyou/episodes/Dirt-off-Your-Shoulders-e10v5fb

Bridgerton recaps as found on Wikipedia.

Thank your for listening to us discuss episodes 3 and 4 of Bridgerton. In our analysis, we reference sexual awakening, fertility, why Marina being matched with an older man might not have been such a bad thing, and the following: 

Nature vs. Nurture

Full text of Langston Hughes's poem "Warning."

For more information on Angelica Ross, visit her website. 

Black Women Own the Conversation on Love. 

Demetria L. Lucas

Thank you to Lord G for his mighty voiceover work. 

And remember, "Don't be Cruel."

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Citation:

Darring, Asi'a D. and Hairston, Erin-Lee. “Don't Be Cruel.” Watch With You Podcast. March 28, 2021. Podcast, MP3 audio, 1:26:17. https://anchor.fm/watchwithyou/episodes/Dont-Be-Cruel-etla2v

Bridgerton recaps as found on Wikipedia. 

Lady D and Lady H are joined by guest, Madam Lazet. We discuss Episodes 5 and 6 of Bridgerton. This episode gets explicit: we suggest using earphones when around minors or those who might be offended by the topics. 

Trigger Warning for sexual assault and violence.

Props to Black girl writer Joy C Williams for writing ep 5!

Mentioned:

Sylvie’s Love

Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave  Play

Love Craft Country “I am”

Resources:

Whores of Yore Twitter Account

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So, Let's Talk About Sex!

Citation:

Curry, Helissa, Darring, Asi'a D. , Hairston, Erin-Lee. “Let's Talk About Sex.” Watch With You Podcast. April 12, 2021. Podcast, MP3 audio, 1:59:17.  https://anchor.fm/watchwithyou/episodes/Lets-Talk-About-Sex-eun5d7

Bridgerton recaps as found on Wikipedia.

Thank you for downloading our first full length episode of Watch With You. In this edition, we cover #Bridgerton episodes 1 and 2: the thirst for Simon is real!  We also mention imposter syndrome; below please find two great articles about it. This episode touches on why we think Simon needs therapy, so if discussions on child abuse are triggering to you, please take care. 

Recommended: 

Why Imposter Syndrome is Worse for Women of Color from Zora Mag

Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome from Harvard Business Review 

We also give a shout out to some great podcasts. You can find them most places you get your podcasts or from their sites. 

Thirst Aid Kit

Trilloquy

Classically Black

Read along with us or find your next great read (or gift) at our Bookshop. 

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Special shout out to our recap artist Lord G! 

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Citation:

Darring, Asi'a D. and Hairston, Erin-Lee. “What's Love Got To Do With It?” Watch With You Podcast. March 14, 2021. Podcast, MP3 audio, 1:43:26. https://anchor.fm/watchwithyou/episodes/Whats-Love-Got-to-Do-With-It-era7bs

#perioidpiece 

After introductions of Lady D and Lady H, hear an excerpt of their conversation where they give their thoughts on romance novels and their approach for analyzing Bridgerton. You can follow Lady D and Lady H jointly on Twitter at Watch With You Pod or individually at AsiaDarr for Lady D and here for Lady H.