Greetings Earthlings and Happy Renaissance Film Release Day!

Queen Melmendi and Mo_Rease join Lady D and Lady H to discuss a few of Black women and femmes Avant Garde artists have had in music and visual mediums including fashion, makeup, and music videos. We began an impromptu musical family trees, which will manifest into playlists and a Part 2 episode (we did not mention Ella Fitzgerald or Lil Nas X-they will get their due!) and we invite you submit your picks for Supreme Beings in music.

The Ebonauts are landing! Legendborn readers Lady H, Madame Lazet, and Semi convinced Lady D to join them on their expedition of re-visiting the immortal world of magic and history by reading Bloodmarked with them. Did Lady D love it? What is going on with Bree? Will there be a book 3? We talk the highs, the lows, and definitely the middle. Enjoy! Happy one year anniversary, Bloodmarked!

Hosts: Lady D, Lady H, Madame Lazet, and Semi

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Originally, your friendly neighborhood producer Lady H wanted to discuss the Spider-verse abstractly: discussing Spyder-Byte and Jessica Drew during an episode of Black women, femme, and nonbinary superheroes. And then Lady H got a message from Spider Society X (Black Marvel, Mme Lazet, Miss V, Anwar Starwind, and Mo) that we needed to do an episode on this movie and the animated Spider-verse. Who ignores a message from Spider Society X? Not Lady H, and hopefully not you. Please stay tuned for your introduction to our secret society, and if you haven't seen the movie, it premieres on Netflix today, October 31, 2023.

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The homies Mo_Rease and Madame Lazet help us launch the Ebonauts Book Club by discussing Tia Williams's "The Perfect Find." In this episode, we discuss the book and Netflix movie together. Did we love? Did we dislike? Were we here so that we don't get fined? Listen to find out. Warming: This episode contains spoilers for both the book and movie.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/watchwithyou/episodes/THE-Perfect-Find-A-Panel-Discussion-e28ufk8

Fan favorite, Carefree Black Nerd, could not make our panel discussion and Lady H would not let him off of the hook. What follows is an in-depth discussion of Tia Williams's The Perfect Find book review, and then we discuss the Netflix adaptation featuring Gabrielle Union. This episode is meant to complement the panel discussion where we review the book and movie together. Enjoy!

Hosts: Lady H and Carefreeblerd

Queen Melmendhi joined Lady H to gush all about The Little Mermaid. We encountered some technical difficulties, and veered off topic a little bit, but that's what happens when queens talk! Also, stay tuned for a hidden track from Semi.

Right in time for the digital release of Disney's The Little Mermaid, we don't just go under the sea, we wade in the water with the ladies of Books.bubbles. We discuss how Halle Bailey's Ariel is not the first time that Black people have occupied the sea and water ways. We also shout out merwomanist Dr. Jalondra A. Davis, Zandile Ndhlovu, Simone Manuel, Mami Wata, and more. We also announced that our Fall 2023 pick for the Ebonauts Book Club is a duology by Natasha Bowen: Skin of the Sea and Soul of the Deep. And if you want more mermaids, be sure to have your pencil and paper handy: the ladies of books.bubbles give you a great list. One more thing: be sure to listen to the end for a voice note from the brilliant KP.

Also mentioned:

The Sum of Us

Merpeople

Other resources:

How River Baptism Shaped Black Musical Tradition

Haint blue

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Miss Semi went to the Renaissance World Tour to party with Queen B not once, but twice. She joins hosts Lady D and Lady H to finally discuss the visuals of this album, and later we share our updated paranormal romance reading lists. Enjoy!

Hosted by: Lady D, Lady H and Miss Semi

Books Mentioned:

The Grim Reaper's Lawyer by Mea Monique

King of Battle and Blood Adrian X Isolde Book 1) by Scarlett St. Clair

The Vampire King by Kenya Wright

Lured by the Dusk by Angela J. Ford

Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair

A Light in the Dark (Banish the Dark Book 1) by Miranda Sapphire

The Broken Vows Series by Salem Cross

Monster Love: A Monster Romances Collection by Imani Jay

The Duskwalker Brides Series by Opal Reyne (book 4: A Soul to Guide)

Claimed by the Alpha: An Alpha Werewolf Romance (Sanctuary Book 1) by J. Raven Wilde

A Bite of Hate (Gamble of Souls Book 1) by T. St. James, Ari Pratama

Obsidian Feathers: A Latine Dark Fantasy Romance ( Fire on the Horizon Book 1) by N. Caceres

Lourdes & the Mafia: The Mafia of the Underworld: A Standalone Reverse Harem) by Aleera Anaya Ceres

Eternally Yours (Eternal Mates Book 1) by Eve Vaughn

Eternally Yours by Kenya Wright

Alpha (The Alpha Series Book 1) by Tiya Rayne

Lilly: The Complete Locke Series by Tiya Rayne

Bella & Her Beast: Urban Wolf Paranormal by Belleza, M. Craig

The Kastleton Sisters by Kyeate

Ghosts of Christmas and When the Snowman Whispered (Steamy Christmas Magic) by Kenya Wright

His Surprise Omega (Lunar Omegaverse Book 1) by Shyla Colt

Caressed by Sin: Love, Death, and Magic by Kenya Wright

Falling for Wolfe: A Paranormal Romance by Mya Denise

Chosen: Paranormal Vampire Romance by Sienna Mynx

Seduced by Moonlight (Love, Death, and Magic) by Kenya Wright

The Alpha's Dream: A BBW Alpha Wolf Shifter Romance by Jocelyn F. Young

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming

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Around the 10 minute mark, spoiler talk begins. A bell will chime.

Bubbly: Love Corkscrew: Head Over Heels Sweet Riesling 

Mentioned:

Ganja and Hess came out in 1973, not 1974.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The recording to place when SCOTUS rolled back R v Wade

Interview With a Vampire

Their Eyes Are Watching God and the works of Zora Neale Hurston

Stranger Things

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

The Perishing by Natasha Deon

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Articles:

Historian uncovers gynecology’s brutal roots in slavery | Berkeley News

Medical Exploitation of Black Women (eji.org)

The ‘Father of Modern Gynecology’ Performed Shocking Experiments on Enslaved Women - HISTORY

Henrietta Lacks: How Her Cells Became One of the Most Important Medical Tools in History - HISTORY

Wealthy funder pays reparations for use of HeLa cells (nature.com)

Henrietta Lacks' Family reaches settlement

Erykah Badu Next Lifetime and Orange Moon

We love you Michael K. Williams, Aaliyah and Issa Rae

The Shack movie with Octavia Spencer

Watchmen

Tracy Chapman

Touched by An Angel had Della Rease

Star Trek

Queen of the Damned book and movie by Anne Rice

Tara from True Blood

Zora 100 Canon

Darring, Asi'a, Hairston, Erin-Lee, Lee-Wright, Brittany and Taylor, Breanna. "Immortals and Vampyric Horror: My Soul to Keep with book.bubbles." Watch With You Podcast. August 1, 2023. Podcast, Mp3 audio, 01:37:59. https://anchor.fm/watchwithyou/episodes/Immortals-and-Vampyric-Horror-My-Soul-to-Keep-with-book-bubbles-e1ko03j