you're too loud!

girls just wanna have fun!! but with WHAT money??!! like fr where’s it coming from…..this week we’re diving deep into all things financial literacy because when it comes to us two, it’s LACKING! from the racial wealth gap to financial trauma, we’re digging into what this experience looks like to us! also it’s the last episode of the season before we go on a tiny break so make sure to get your fill!!

if you're anything like us, the supreme court decisions on affirmative action, student loan relief, and lqbtq+ rights had you SHOOK (but also not really) and disappointed. today, we focus on how affirmative action impacts us and where we go from here.

happy juneteenth y'all! we're back recording on this federal holiday to check in about what juneteenth means to us and how we can ALL step our allyship up. we wouldn't be us if there weren't a few detours in the conversation... so get ready for some laughs and a reminder to support the Black community with your actions not just your words

“picnic”, “peanut gallery”, “low hanging fruit”…what do all these phrases have in common? if you said that they all have racist origins, ding ding ding we have a winner!! did yall know that so much of the english language has such a nasty, sinister, racist past? well today we’re takin a little peek behind the curtain to learn more — when we know better we do better! <3

Y'ALL. when’s the last time you sat still and really checked in with yourself to see how you’re doing? like a true full body scan???….right, us either. thank GOD we have a beautiful soul helping us with that & so much more today!! so excited to welcome our guest ashley mcgirt to the pod this week. ashley is a founder & racial trauma therapist who chatted with us about soooooo many things under the sun—scientific, spiritual, emotional, and physical—and we can 1000% guarantee you that you’ll learn something today. we know we did!! it’s VERY loud in here tuhday!!!!

a few seasons ago we discussed body image in body-ody-ody! in this episode, we check in on how we're feeling and encourage each other to celebrate our bodies in every state. so, grab your favorite comfort food and settle in for another very loud episode!

if its one thing for certain two things for sure…black women are gonna stay on top! but how come when we’re winning, we’re told that our reactions are too loud, too much, too this, too that? we’ve had ENOUGH! after lsu’s triumphant victory and some very…underwhelming…reactions, we’re calling misogynoir & digging into why this has become so normalized. because if there’s one thing about this podcast, there’s no such thing as too anything!

there are truly no words to describe our time with the queen: ashley c. ford. we talk all types of love, the importance of co-signing your friends, daring to heal, how it feels to be loved by oprah, and even some twitter rapid fire?! all we can say truly…whewww! Ashley C. Ford’s New York Times best-selling memoir, Somebody’s Daughter, was published by Flatiron Books in June 2021. Ford is the former host of The Chronicles of Now podcast, co-host of The HBO companion podcast Lovecraft Country Radio. She currently lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, poet and fiction writer Kelly Stacy, and their chocolate lab Astro Renegade Ford-Stacy.

Ford has written or guest-edited for ELLE Magazine, Slate, Teen Vogue, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Domino, Cup of Jo, and various other web and print publications.

with the rise of generative ai, we wanted to check in about its impact on black women. spoiler alert: it's not good. listen in for a discussion about how technology can perpetrate bias and the need for increased representation in those spaces. and stay tuned for a very exciting announcement at the end of the episode....

this week we get into a natural part of so many of our lives - periods! people who menstruate know just how taxing a period can be on mental and physical health and the effects are even worse for Black people with periods. so join us for a discussion about period poverty, the stigma associated with having a period, and how menstrual policies around the world can promote a more empathic & inclusive environment. and that's on what?? period