Dr. Money is joined by Anna DeShawn (41 minute mark) of Queer News to celebrate the release of Brittney Griner from Russian detention. Recent Law School graduate and community leader Cherelle T. Griner is QueerWOC of the week. I share 4 ways to help welcome folks H.O.M.E from detention and end the year with yet another curved chronicle! Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:04:33 Cherelle T Griner in May 2022 She graduated from the North Carolina Central University of Law - a nationally ranked law school She then became the voice and face of the #WEareBG campaign along with the WNBA players association and the WNBA. Bring Our Families Home Campaign Mental Moment with Money 00:14:02 Helping release folks from detention H- housing, transportation , and community O- opt for donating directly : books , money , clothes M- mental health through peer support E- end cash bail! Resources: https://www.weareunchained.org/ https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/10/life-after-prison https://www.dosomething.org/us/articles/8-ways-you-can-support-incarcerated-people-amid-covid-19 https://bailproject.org/after-cash-bail/ https://www.nationalbailout.org/fellowship Topic 00:30:45 (Convo with @AnnaDeShawn starts at 00:41:00) Brittney Griner is back home! Conversation with @AnnaDeShawn about Brittney Griner release reaction and her being back in the US Find Anna DeShawn's podcast here: https://annadeshawn.com/onair/anna-deshawn-on-tiktok/ Articles referenced: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2022/12/05/arms-sales-by-worlds-biggest-defense-companies-rise-to-almost-600-billion/?sh=dc9bf791ffea griner-russia.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/opinion/brittney-griner-russia.html https://youtu.be/13Q2OJfc9I8 Curved Chronicles 01:58:58 Banned from Tinder! Community Contributor Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the community contribution of Zoe Annie Colao who featured QueerWOC in her article for Women and Hollywood And by monetary contributions of Joseph who became a new patron and Dr Sami and Raul who hit up the cahsapp This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Davenport, FL; Schenectady, NY ; and Helsinki, Finland Happy 34th Birthday Nikeeta Slade... I miss you so deeply.

Dr. Money is ready to move to Wakanda again after all of the internet uproar about vibranium straps. Comedian and actress Marsha Warfield is QueerWOC of the week. I share 5 artists whose music is keeping me going and wtf is The L Word doing to us…again!?!?!? Intro by @truthizmagic Transition and outro by @abundanc3beats https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/lotus-tape-vol-1 https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/drift-wood Where to find me: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod What do yall wanna see on the patreon? Support is a verb!: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send me an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:07:15, but really 00:22:48 First, I giggle about the Black Lesbian thirst Letitia Wright has unleashed after "Wakanda Forever". I also really liked "Wednesday" on netflix, but can we just let her be asexual? Actress, Media critic, and Comedian Marsha Warfield Even More Funny Women of a Certain Age (2021) Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration (June 2022) https://www.tiktok.com/@marshawarfield/video/7172450248160382254?_r=1&_t=8Xptwt9WKD8&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7172450248160382254 Mental Moment with Money 00:31:52 The Queer Artists holding my Mental Health Together Marzz Orion Sun Carla Prata Ama Lou KenTheMan Topic 00:53:45 The L Word still sucks Curved Chronicles 01:08:30 I'm dating through friend referral until further notice! Community Contributors Now Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Stephanie who became a new patron This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Kigali, Rwanda; Eureka Springs, AR ; and Olive Branch, MS

Dr. Money is back a little later than usual talking affordable therapy tips, intense sapphic friendships, and NWSA. Councilwoman Erika Hilton and Councilwoman Duda Salabert, the First Trans women elected to National Congress in Brazil are QueerWOC of the week. Intro by @truthizmagic of Mother Nature Transition and outro by @abundanc3beats https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/lotus-tape-vol-1 https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/drift-wood Where to find me: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod What do yall wanna see on the patreon? Support is a verb!: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send me an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:03:33 Councilwoman Erika Hilton and Councilwoman Duda Salabert, the First Trans women elected to National Congress in Brazil Erika Hilton, a Black trans woman, won her election after campaigning to fight for education, social housing, and LGBTQ+ rights in the country Joining Hilton in celebrating an election victory is councilwoman Duda Salabert, a member of the Democratic Labor Party, who was elected to represent the state of Minas Gerais. https://www.them.us/story/brazil-trans-congress-erika-hilton-duda-salabert Mental Moment with Money 00:11:17 The ABC’s of affordable therapy Why does therapy cost so much? Mickey Atkins Youtube channel for a breakdown of app based therapy providers : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pArM2GyHX4g&t=0s A - Ask for sliding scale B - Biweekly sessions C - Check with your insurance about reimbursement D - Drop by a university near you. They may have a clinic that is free or low cost Topic 00:46:00 NWSA Reflections Curved Chronicles 00:54:26 Sapphic friendships that end in flames Chai on twitter: every sapphic i know has had an intense, visceral, borderline homoerotic friendship with a girl that ended either very badly or very abruptly & changed the entire trajectory of their lives. what’s up with that? Community Contributor Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Joan, Jesselly, and Laura, who all became new patrons This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Overland Park, KS Emeryville, CA; and Jackson, MS

Dr. Money is (still) worried about Brittney Griner being detained in Russia, but has 3 S's to stop Anxiety! This episode of the podcast highlights TikTok #VanLife content creator MotherNATEur as #QueerWOC of the week. In the Mental Moment segment, Dr. Money talks worry and how to stop it. Also, who has the courage to flirt in the wild!?! Intro by @truthizmagic Transition and outro by @abundanc3beats https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/lotus-tape-vol-1 https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/drift-wood Where to find me: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Support is a verb!: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send me an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:05:19 MotherNATEur - solo van life 18ish https://www.youtube.com/c/MotherNATEur/about Mental Moment with Money 00:13:48 3 S’s to Stop Worry The Worry Decision Tree - Managing anxiety by Dr. Gillian Butler and Tony Hope (2007), updated by Stephanie Kuhn 2022 https://ct.counseling.org/2017/05/living-with-anxiety/ Schedule worry time Dr Tracey Marks: Schedule 30 minute to worry How concerning are these worries? Have they gotten scarier since you first thought about it? Why? Is this a future worry or a past pain? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XujjmPmclbU Scan you surroundings to get grounded: What do you feel, taste, hear, smell, see? Seek out an experience: literally distract yourself! Go somewhere, practice gratitude, go do a hobby, call someone Topic 00:32:30 Afros and Audio Festival #WeAreBG, our girl Brittney Griner's appeal was denied by the Russian courts. Curved Chronicles 00:55:20 Where do yall get the courage to flirt in public??? Community Contributors Now Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Ashley, Mel, Jazmyne, and GiGi who all became new patrons This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Little Rock, AK; Park City. UT; and Letchworth Garden City, England

Dr. Money wants to know if there is truly an astrological sign you wouldn’t date. This episode of the podcast highlights deaf Black Lesbian filmmaker Jade Bryan as #QueerWOC of the week. In the Mental Moment segment, Dr. Money shares about the growing buzz around setting boundaries in relationships and the difference between a rule and a boundary. Also, is anyone else obsessed with the Amazon Prime original A League of Their Own? We need a season 2! Intro by @truthizmagic Transition and outro by @abundanc3beats https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/lotus-tape-vol-1 https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/drift-wood Where to find me: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Apple Podcast App, Castbox, or PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send me an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:03:39 Deaf filmmaker Jade Bryan media.tv/blog/video-meet-the-deaf-filmmaker-who-started-a-movement">https://blog.ai-media.tv/blog/video-meet-the-deaf-filmmaker-who-started-a-movement [Shoutout to @deafQueer on IG] JADE BRYAN is a Jamaican American lesbian and the First Black Deaf Award-Winning Filmmaker. Her first film was a short film titled “Cutting the Edge of A Free Bird” This film is widely held as the first film created by a Black deaf lesbian to be shown at film festivals. You can watch it here: https://www.jadefilm.com/copy-of-catalogue-1#:~:text=Cutting%20The%20Edge%20of%20a%20Free%20Bird%20(1991),her%20life%20like%20her%20own. She also produced and directed the award-winning documentaries as “Listen to the Hands of Our People", a 1994 film featuring seven HIV positive deaf and hard of hearing people living with AIDS. Mental Moment with Money 00:09:55 Inspired by Boundary or a rule [@RaquelMartinPhD] Mind your mental podcast My understanding of the origins of boundaries is Bowen 1960s Family Systems Theory, and I’ve talked about how to set boundaries on the podcast before, in episode 24 which you can listen to here: https://soundcloud.com/queerwoc/bye-phobia Clear and specific boundaries help us keep a sense of ourselves and connection to others without triangulating ourselves A boundary guides your behavior; a rule guides someone else's behavior; a threat is when you have the power to guide someone else's behavior out of fear, not out of choice Boundaries intend to shift your own response to a situation and remind you of your own power Rules intend to shift others responses and remind them of your authority Threats intend to shift someone else’s behavior and remind them to fear your power Topic 00:36:10 Amazon Prime original A League of Their Own Curved Chronicles 00:43:40 Are there zodiac signs you just won’t date? Why? Community Contributors Now Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Amanda, Hazel, Das, Yesi, and Ti’Esh who became new patrons This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Pearland, TX; Eugene, Oregon; and Tallahassee, FL

Heeeey Yall. My first time back on the mic in a long while, I talk through the insecurities and comparisons that kept me off the mic. WNBA legend and Indigenous Icon Ryneldi Becenti is celebrated as #QueerWOC of the week, I break down a depression study that went viral on TikTok, and share my thoughts on why Black Capitalism will never be how we get free. Intro by @truthizmagic Transition and outro by @abundanc3beats https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/lotus-tape-vol-1 https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/drift-wood Where to find me: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, iHeart, Google Podcast, and more Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod What do yall wanna see on the patreon? Support is a verb!: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send me an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:08:39 First indigenous WNBA player and icon Ryneldi Becenti Last year, Ryneldi was a WNBA Believe in Women Honoree https://www.tiktok.com/@overtimewbb/video/7093284144335179054?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7093284144335179054 Mental Moment with Money 00:16:47 Depression has nothing to do with Serotonin?!?!? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01661-0 After a review of research on depression published this summer in the Journal of Molecular Psychology, researchers led by Joanna Moncrieff concluded that there is no clear evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity cause depression. Check out Ep 108: Do it for the Dopamine https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-108-do-it-for-the-dopamine/id1216737914?i=1000548531367 Podcast I mentioned: https://anchor.fm/psychology-is/episodes/45-Bruce-E--Levine--The-Rise-and-Fall-of-Psychiatry-e1lmbb7 Medicine never has and will never “solve depression”, we need a major social movement that will allow us to live life differently! Topic 00:35:26 Jay Z the Capitalist WineNchill - Stephanie breakdown Curved Chronicles 00:39:40 Amazon "gay" definition. Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Lauren, Jessica, MyNameIsAurien who became new patrons and Reggie who hit up the cashapp This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Aubrey, TX; Rancho Cordova, CA; and Bengaluru India

Dr. Money's mental moment outlines a plan to E.N.J.O.Y. your mental health day off... because you know you need one! I celebrate Valerie Boyd as QueerWOC of the week and ask where do all the queers who dont club hang out? Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Support is a verb!: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:04:50 Narrative nonfiction writer and famed biographer Valerie Boyd boyd-dead.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/books/valerie-boyd-dead.html Mental Moment with Money 00:13:33 Take a Mental Health Day What to do on a mental health day to rejuvenate and not vegetate E.N.J.O.Y it! Emotional to do list - what are all the things keeping you from a good nights rest? List them out Nap! - naps are empirically supported when it comes to reducing stress. Take a short sleep break to rest and recharge. If you’re not a napper, take this time to knock out something on that emotional to do list. Joy activity - get outside and do one thing that brings you joy. Outline what you need to not burn out - how can i tell when i am not functioning at my best? How can i tell when work is taking over my life? How can i notice stress before it gets critical? What am I unmotivated to do? (Do I have to do it?) Your favorite thing - end your day with one of your favorite things. Whatever it is, make space to end your mental health day with a dopamine boost! Link to APA Poll: https://www.today.com/health/stress-pandemic-has-made-even-basic-decision-making-difficult-poll-t235963 Topic 00:33:26 Where do the non club queers meet? Asking for me! Curved Chronicles 00:39:40 Why are there no Black owned sex toy shops in Philly!?!?! Community Contributors Now Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Missy, Meghan, and Sandy who became new patrons and Reggie who hit up the cashapp This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Berlin, Germany; Mount Horeb, WI; and Daphne, AL

Money is back this week talking a tea to help calm your nerves, which was much needed after hearing that WNBA star (and lesbian heartthrob) and 2x Olympic Gold Medalist Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia for over 3 weeks. I talk my understandings of what's going on, what scares me about the timing of her detainment, and hopes for her safe return home (timestamp in the description for this discussion). Gloria Anzaldua is QueerWOC of the week this week and her words were a much needed and timely reminder of what we face as QWOC. #FreeBG #FreeBrittney #FreeBrittneyGriner Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:05:13 Theorist, Writer and Chicana lesbian feminist Gloria E. Anzaldúa Her book Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987) and her essay “La Prieta” are considered groundbreaking works in cultural, feminist, and queer theories. With Cherríe Moraga, Anzaldúa co-edited the landmark anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981). lit review episode here: https://soundcloud.com/thelitreviewchi/episode-53-borderlands-with-trina-reyolds-tyler Book here: Teaching Gloria E. Anzaldúa: Pedagogy and Practice for Our Classrooms and Communities Margaret Cantú-Sánchez (Editor), Candace de León-Zepeda (Editor), Norma Elia Cantú Mental Moment with Money 00:24:33 Dandelion Root Tea Use to treat skin problems and digestion issues dates back to 16th century, but it is becoming increasingly popular now as a coffee substitute New Research shows dandelion root might be a natural Wellbutrin! Gao, C., Kong, S., Guo, B., Liang, X., Duan, H., & Li, D. (2019). Antidepressive Effects of Taraxacum Officinale in a Mouse Model of Depression Are Due to Inhibition of Corticosterone Levels and Modulation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Phosphatase-1 (Mkp-1) and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (Bdnf) Expression. Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 25, 389–394. https://doi.org/10.12659/MSM.912922 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6340315/ Topic 00:38:38 #FreeBrittneyGriner Why isnt this story bigger? Brittney as a worker, but the WNBA is silent! WFT is happening in Russia?!? Listen to “The Dig” Russia Invades and “Red Nation Podcast” No War no NATO in Ukraine episodes isnt-brittney-griner-the-biggest-sports-story.html">https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/why-isnt-brittney-griner-the-biggest-sports-story.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/world/brittney-griner-arrest-russia-thursday/index.html To better understand what's happening in Russia: The Red Nation Pod https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/therednation/id/22352348 The Dig Pod: https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast-episodes/ Curved Chronicles 01:11:40 That time i curved myself - park date Community Contributors Now Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Luna and Marina, who became new patrons and Tiff V. who upped their pledge This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Franklin, NC; North Adams, MA; and Humble, TX

In this episode of #QueerWOC, Dr. Money talks 7 types of love, celebrates Ayana Flewellen as QueerWOC of the week, and parallels a 1970s discrimination lawsuit with a current day one in a way that only her queer Black feminist ass could! Intro by @truthizmagic Transition and outro by @abundanc3beats Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:04:33 https://www.pe.com/2022/02/04/uc-riverside-professor-one-of-few-black-archeologists-searching-for-sunken-slave-ships-and-hidden-history/ Archeologist and incredible wall hanging creator Ayana Omilade Flewellen @illegible_musings Ep 2 of Into The Depths podcast Ep 2 Season 4 of Sapiens Podcsst Mental Moment with Money 00:11:04 Stermberg’s Triangular Theory of Love https://www.verywellmind.com/types-of-love-we-experience-2303200 In Dr. Sternberg's theory, the concept of love is a triangle that is made up of three components. Intimacy, which involves feelings of closeness, connectedness, and bondedness Passion, which involves feelings and desires that lead to physical attraction, romance, and sexual consummation Decision/commitment, which involves feelings that lead a person to remain with someone and move toward shared goals1 Topic 00:30:38 Kaylen Barker's Tesla Discrimination Lawsuit https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/28/tesla-sued-by-black-worker-claiming-racism-months-after-137-million-racial-abuse-damages-award/ Kimberle Crenshaw (1989) https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=uclf Curved Chronicles 00:59:33 Thank yall for confirming that Taimi is garbage! I recommend Lex or Hinge CC from Calendula @IamKimDaily @Candycornball (twitter/IG) - Black, lesbian/queer, Baptist minister w/ an anti-capitalist analysis (she also has a pod called FishSandwichHeaven) @natalielaurensims (Black, Christian, queer woman poet/musician) @solaurenadams (Black, faithful, queer woman creative) @coachyeamah (she charges for her workshops) @empowermentcathedral in DC (Black queer affirming church) (Book) The Rebuttal - Pastor Romell D Weekly (I haven’t read it yet) Also, The Reformation Project, a nonprofit in ATL focused on helping Christians/churches be affirming to queer and trans people through Bible teachings (not the usual “love the sinner hate the sin” gaslighting), although their staff is very white. Community Contributors Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Dennisia, Zakiya, and Christi W. who became new patrons and Steph Loera who hit up the cashapp This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Hernando, MS; Southampton, PA; and Folsom, CA

Dr. Money is back with another episode, highlighting Athletes Unlimited Softball Champion Aleshia Ocasio as #QueerWOC of the week, adding some nuance and language to the conversations on narcissists, and responding to a Curved Chronicle that asks if it is possible to date a homophobic Christian. Spoiler: my answer is no!! Intro by @truthizmagic Transition and outro by @abundanc3beats https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/lotus-tape-vol-1 https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/drift-wood Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod What do yall wanna see on the patreon? Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:04:00 Athletes Unlimited 2021 Softball Champion Aleshia Ocasio Mental Moment with Money 00:09:16 The Dark Triad of Personality Traits Narcissism is one of the 3 personality traits that make up the dark triad of personality traits, it shares the ability to manipulate and convince with Machiavellianism, the 2nd dark triad trait. Machiavellianism is the highly manipulative and amoral dark trait. “High machs” are calculating and strategic in their relationships with people and are usually solely future focused on self serving goals. Its defined by a particular callousness it shares with the 3rd dark trait The 3rd dark trait is Psychopathy which shares selfishness with narcissism. Psychopaths lack empathy and remorse for others D'Souza (2016) Topic 00:26:23 Send me one! Curved Chronicles 00:29:31 Thank yall for confirming that Taimi is garbage! I recommend Lex or Hinge CC from Calendula Community Contributors This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Callie, Katrina, Erika, and Nicolette who became new patrons This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Clapham, UK; Williamstown, MA; and Hackensack, NJ

Kicking off 2022 with a discussion on happy hormones, Taimi horror stories, and Nobody's Darling - a new Black lesbian bar in Chicago! Intro by @truthizmagic Transition and outro by @abundanc3beats https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/lotus-tape-vol-1 https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/drift-wood Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod What do yall wanna see on the patreon? Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:04:50 Angela Barnes, 52, and her friend, Renauda Riddle, 41, opened Nobody’s Darling in May of 2021, selecting its name from two opening lines in “Be Nobody’s Darling,” a poem by Alice Walker, in which she urges: “Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast.” Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago Owners, Nobody’s Darling https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/12/29/nobodys-darling-lesbian-queer-bar/ https://thegrio.com/2022/01/03/chicago-black-women-lesbian-bar-nobodys-darling/ Mental Moment with Money 00:14:26 Happy Hormones! Money talks the four major hormones that boost our mood and how to release them. Serotonin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TknaM6okZM8 Endorphins Oxytocin Dopamine https://www.healthline.com/health/happy-hormone?c=331075527228#stress-reduction Topic 00:35:36 Send me one! Curved Chronicles 00:40:28 Colors on Taimi Community Contributors Now Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Sarah M., Charlene S., and Callie S. who became a new patrons, This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Harbor City, CA; Beaverton, OR; and Saint George, Grenada

Dr. Money is back for the final QueerWOC episode of 2021! Money talks things that happened this year that she appreciates, how to share with a friend without overwhelming them, and queer femme fashion. Khadija Mbowe is QueerPOC of the week. Intro by @truthizmagic Transition and outro by @abundanc3beats https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/lotus-tape-vol-1 https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/drift-wood Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:08:50 Khadija Mbowe YouTube video essayist and cultural critic link here: https://youtu.be/Rf3zj1qVbco Mental Moment with Money 00:16:00 That's not what trauma bonding means! A trauma bond - also known as a bond of trauma, abusive bonding,, traumatic love, traumatic bonding, or Stockholm syndrome is a dynamic that occurs in the context of abusive relationships. It happens when the person inflicting exploitation, violence, or another type of trauma becomes an essential part of the persons life who is experiencing this trauma. So what are people trying to get at by misusing the term? How to share without "dumping" on someone: ACTION Ask consent - I would like to share something hard with you, do you have the capacity to hear it? Check in as you share - I know this is hard to hear, are you okay? Tell them what you need or how you are healing- Inquire about them - so I just shared a lot but I would love to hear about you Open up about other things- I also love pottery Notice how you feel sharing - were you ready to share? https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/trauma/what-abusers-hope-we-never-learn-about-traumatic-bonding/ Topic 00:35:44 Things I’m thankful happened this year Curved Chronicles 00:47:38 Queer femmes jus different! Community Contributors Now Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Maya W who became a new patron, REVIEWS BY CAMERAQT, YVACREE, and zeeezeee This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Luton, UK; Moscow, Russia; and Douglasville, GA

Dr. Money is back from a grief break with a breakdown of different ways to move through grief and yet another curved chronicle. Spoiler alert: it includes business cards! 5 time WNBA champ Rebekkah Brunson is QueerWOC of the week and the pod has some new sounds thanks to @Abundanc3Beats. Intro by @truthizmagic Transition and outro by @abundanc3beats https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/lotus-tape-vol-1 https://songwhip.com/abundanc3beats/drift-wood Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:05:50 Rebekkah Brunson She is the only WNBA player to win 5 championships https://lavendermagazine.com/our-lives/lavender-community-pride-award-for-lgbtq-individual-rebekkah-brunson/ Mental Moment with Money 00:17:38 Stages of grief is a lie! The 5 stages of grief model, also known as the Kubler-Ross Model of grief, was developed by Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her 1969 book On Death and Dying: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Meaning Reconstruction and the Experience of Loss (American Psychological Association, 2001) Other models of grief Before and After Loss: A Neurologist's Perspective on Loss, Grief, and Our Brain by Lisa M. Shulman “Grief brain” model Dr. Tracey Marks High Low model Shock Trajectory model Disenfranchised grief & Stolen Grief https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL2QpphEeZFYwk6-WXD6hpA https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2190/T9GT-QJCU-ADJP-37ER https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12416919/ https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-history/its-time-let-five-stages-grief-die https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/five-fallacies-of-grief/ Topic 00:50:44 Moving to a Black city! What up Philly Curved Chronicles 00:56:30 Business cards at the club Community Contributors Now Credits This episode of QueerWOC the podcast was made possible thanks to the monetary contributions of Tiff V; Alyssa Gable; Lei Crowe; and Joan B. who became new patrons This episode was also made possible by the listeners in Saint George, Grenada; Walled Lake, Michigan; and Anchorage, Alaska

In this episode, I close out this chapter of QueerWOC with a compilation of highlights from the nonpareil I had the luck of calling my sister, Nikeeta Slade. Yall got to know Nikeeta as the womanist worker wordsmith wizard or the Leftist luminary labor lecturer, but I wanted to compile this mixtape to highlight Nikeeta, one of the greatest organizers and Proletariat Black Feminist theorists of our time. I hope yall enjoy this collection of her speeches, laughs, and insight and will see yall in December (her birth month) for the new chapter of QueerWOC. Forever love ya, Nikeeta! The Mixtape starts around 15 minute mark Ep 26: Burger King Breakups https://soundcloud.com/queerwoc/burgerkingbreakups Ep 40: L Words https://soundcloud.com/queerwoc/lwords Ep 70: Thats Not What We Asked For https://soundcloud.com/queerwoc/ep70 ISO Socialism 2013 Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7q5EsbfJLk&t=2445s Ask Howie and Angela: Towards a Strong Green Party # 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUJ6b7gO83I&t=3236s Spotify Playlist I made for Nikeeta: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2y1IrDfGMTXwivUfSxycpe?si=285374fe8cbf4431

Taking a pause to recalibrate and process life without Nikeeta. The episode starts at 00:15:47. Thank you all so deeply for caring me through. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:25:50 Lydia X.Z. Brown Community Contributors 00:36:08 New patrons: Kristina, Jasmine, and Sami and Eva upped Cashapp: M. Martinez Borders are fake shoutouts: Inman, SC / Oklahoma City, OK / Smolec, Poland Mental Moment with Money 00:41:08 Music for Melancholoy SZNS by Mother Nature Illustrations by Jai’Len Josey Black Pumas (self titled) For The Birds/Lost in America by Lo Village Part 1: The Entrance by Beautiful Chorus Word 01:02:45 https://www.theroot.com/the-acting-white-theory-doesn-t-add-up-1790895058 https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/1/5/14175116/acting-white-myth-black-kids-academics-school-achievement-gap-debunked Acting White Spoken Soul Topic 01:35:30 Changing careers Curved Chronicles 02:07:30 Is there any coming back after accidental ghosting? O_O

Money and Nikeeta are back with another packed episode. Money gives some suggestions on how to build vicarious resilience. Nikeeta reorients the conversation on Patrisse Cullors to a more helpful one on organizational democracy. We celebrate writer, educator, and banger-maker Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor as QueerWOC of the week and talk through our thoughts on being parents. And what is up with Black Queer cashiers??? Yall okay? Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:10:50 Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor http://www.keeangataylor.com/bio.html Community Contributors 00:24:24 New patrons: Iris came back! , Jay became a new patron, and Jordany upped their pledge Cashapp: M. Martinez Twitter Support: Dr. Sami TDOV: @VanityOnTheRoxx Borders are fake shoutouts: McDonough, GA / Valley, AL / Berwyn, IL Review from RainzzSC Mental Moment with Money 00:32:38 How to build Vicarious Resilience? YES! The same way we are able to mirror the negative impacts of Trauma, we are also able to mirror and experience resilience - the ability to adaptively respond to adversity Seeing other as equal/community as you rather than you as “savior” Recognize strength in others Develop your potential Witness other people’s joy Ask folks how they do it Get involved in social causes and social change Word 00:53:04 Patrisse Cullors owns houses… but what are the actual questions we should be exploring about the organizational structure of the largest liberation movement of our time? Topic 01:33:00 Could we see ourselves being parents? We sort of kind of both land on yes… for now. Curved Chronicles 01:56:07 Is there a Black Queer service worker crisis we dont know about O_O

Money and Nikeeta are joined by pop culture analyst Romeo (they/them)to talk all things Black Queer Pop culture. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts, or Google Podcast Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:05:30 Award winning audio Producer, creator, Podcaster, and Baddie Sam Riddell (@Slamridd) Some of my favorite interviews Spiritual Bitch Slap from my Two Spirit Femme: https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/i-got-a-spiritual-bitch-slap-from-my-two-spirt-femme?in=innerhoeuprising/sets/gender-november Love is Elusive like God: https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/love-is-elusive-like-god?in=innerhoeuprising/sets/gender-november 118/122 Big Femme Season & Big N*gga Season https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/big-femme-season Sam is easily one of the punniest people on social media! I mean just look at the IHU episode titles https://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/dat-rona No Mental Moment or Word this Episode Topic 00:17:48 Black Queer Pop Culture w/ Special Guest Romeo Jackson (they/themme) https://www.unlv.edu/people/romeo-jackson @blaqueerfemme Montero Meg & Cardi at the Grammys - Niecy Nash & Jesscia Betts Red Table Janell Monae Ralph Lauren Chika nominated for a Grammy OMB Bloodbath Faves that we should know about? Kelela Mother Nature Bbymutha Queen of The Ring Enchanting Kid Kenn/ Delli Boe Kodie Shane Rae Khalil Koffee Meet Me @ The Altar Kehlani Kaytranada Durand Bernarr Curved Chronicles 01:48:50

Money is back with another solo episode to discuss resilience, solidarity, and what the heck is going on with errrbody cheating. She answers a listener question about getting flirty vibes from a straight married coworker O_O Grace Lee Boggs: https://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/grace-lee-boggs Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:06:00 https://utopiawa.org/ @utopia_wa UTOPIA Washington Community Contributors 00:14:06 New patrons: sarah Borders are fake shoutouts: Staunton, VA / Selkirk, CAnada / Minot, ND Mental Moment with Money 00:16:44 Reconnecting with friends how to reconnect after losing touch A - acknowledge the time that has passed R - reintroduce yourselves to each other T - talk through a plan to stay connected Ad: Aqua Underwear Word 00:24:45 Vicarious Resilience Here’s a link to the Pilar Hernandez study I referenced: http://proyectos.javerianacali.edu.co/cursos_virtuales/posgrado/maestria_asesoria_familiar/profesores_resiliencia_y_aplicaciones/Lecturas/2Vicarious%20Resilience.pdf Topic 00:39:48 Everybody cheating! Curved Chronicles 00:53:51 How do you deal with flirty touches from “straight” women...who happen to be married!?!?

Ep 101: Treat Your People Like Your People by QueerWOC

We did it yall! 100 Episodes of insurgent biweekly audio community! We celebrate WNBA legend Teresa Weatherspoon as QueerWOC of the week, Money talks blocks to happiness, and Nikeeta shares her current read of Cathy Cohen's Iconic piece. 100th Episode Giveaway Winners: @kemigisha ; @kutiekiya; @Strangefruit_1 Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts, Apple Podcast, and Spotify Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:12:40 WNBA Legend Teresa Weatherspoon Read More: https://www.cenlanow.com/sports/nba/pelicans-teresa-weatherspoon-trailblazing-a-path-for-women-in-nba-the-coaching-profession/ Community Contributors 00:25:45 New patrons: Keisha & Odette became new patrons Borders are fake shoutouts: Birmingham, AL / Dubuque, IA / Upper Marlboro, MD / Ajax, Ontario Canada Mental Moment with Money 00:35:00 Is FEAR blocking your happiness? Inspired by Image activist and artist @Jervae and OCD Specialist Maythal Eshaghian, LMFT F - Fusion E - Excessive Goals A - Avoidance of discomfort R - Remoteness from your values The Happiness Trap: https://www.alibris.com/The-Happiness-Trap-How-to-Stop-Struggling-and-Start-Living-A-Guide-to-ACT-Russ-Harris/book/39342246?matches=32 Word 01:01:00 Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens - by Cathy Cohen Punks-Bulldaggers-and-Welfare-Queens.pdf">https://985queer.queergeektheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Cohen-Punks-Bulldaggers-and-Welfare-Queens.pdf Topic 01:25:20 Curved Chronicles 01:28:25

Money and Nikeeta are back, bein reckless and honoring Black Feminist Militants for Black History Month 2021. Oh, you can’t afford therapy? In this episode Money gives us 5 affordable solutions. We honor living legend Trish Millines Dziko as QWOC of the Week, and of course - The Word with Nikeeta, honoring Chicago Teacher's Union organizer Karen Lewis! Also: 100th episode giveaway announcement! 100th Episode Giveaway We will be giving $100 to 3 lucky winners Must be following us on the platform On the giveaway post, comment a QueerWOC you would love to hear highlighted on the pod and why Tag a friend who you think would like this insurgent biweekly audio syllabus Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:12:44 Trish Millines Dziko New Jersey Native, Basketball legend, and Tech phenom Read More: https://crosscut.com/2018/09/she-left-microsoft-build-school-and-change-white-dominated-industry Community Contributors 00:22:18 M Martinez on the Cashapp S.E over at Bella Media! Check out their piece with us here: https://www.bellamediachannel.com/hear-queers-queerwoc-podcast-on-making-space-for-black-lesbians-and-queer-women/ New patrons: Amira upped their pledge; Stephen, Mariel, & Khadija became new patrons Borders are fake shoutouts - Richmond, VA / Walnut Creek, CA / Ames, IA Mental Moment with Money 00:32:12 Oh, you can’t afford therapy? Here are some O’s for options that are more affordable Open Path https://openpathcollective.org/ Opt for group therapy (ep 72) Options for sliding scale? Organizations and School Counseling Centers Organize a support group Word 00:52:47 In honor of Karen Lewis, Chicago educator and unionist extraordinaire Memebr of the Chicago Teacher’s Union https://inthesetimes.com/article/how-karen-lewis-redefined-chicago-politics https://bookshop.org/books/no-shortcuts-organizing-for-power-in-the-new-gilded-age/9780190868659 The Shock Doctrine book by Naomi Klein No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age book by Jane McAlevey Topic/Curved Chronicle 01:16:10 Letter from Roz: have either of you felt the need to break up a romantic relationship but were afraid of how that might exacerbate the other person’s mental health struggles? Also what is your experience or knowledge w/relationship renegotiation, romantic, friendships, all kinds, especially w/fellow friends/activists/POCs in queer + trans community?

Money and Nikeeta are back for the first episode of 2021. Money shares 10 self relief activities that arent journaling! Nikeeta gives us a breakdown of “multiracial whiteness”. We celebrate Golda Rosheuvel as QueerWOC of the week and laugh at dating app DMs. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:09:20 Golda Rosheuvel Born in Guyana and moved to UK as a kid Probably known to you as Queen Charlotte of Bridgerton fame, Golds has been acting on screen and on stage for over two decades. Read more about her here: Read More: https://www.nickiswift.com/314217/the-untold-truth-about-bridgertons-golda-rosheuvel/?utm_campaign=clip Listen to Diamond Stylz break down Bridgerton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1d6Ba2_NiA https://liverpoolqueercollective.co.uk/home/2018/10/31/golda-rosheuvel-its-amazing-to-be-a-black-gay-actress-playing-a-gay-role Community Contributors 00:16:49 Inner Hoe Uprising on the Cashapp New patrons: SGD, Nicolette, Khye, J, Matt, & Allegra Borders are fake shoutouts - Bridgetown, Barbados / Mannheim, Germany / Westminster, MD Mental Moment with Money 00:23:30 Unjournaling: 10 Self-Relief practices that arent journaling Forest Bathing Nap Laugh Meditations Alternate use tasks Yoga - especially 6 way spine sway Twerking Voice Notes Lists Try a photo journal or scrapbooking Mood Playlist Word 01:02:42 (sight audio distortion) What are men of color on the left even doing? What are they REALLY voting about? Is Multiracial whiteness a useful term? Nikeeta gives us the 2nd-ish part of her gender-race analysis of the 2020 presidential election. Topic 01:35:05 We run through a few pop culture topics we’ve been waiting to discuss. Curved Chronicles 02:13:25 Are animal ears a prerequisite for uploading photos to dating apps? More at 12! Back to you, Keets

Money and Nikeeta are back for the last QueerWOC episode of 2020. They celebrate Jamaican Trans advocate Renae Green as QueerWOC of the week. Money shares 5 ways to cope with this public health crisis holiday season! Nikeeta gives us part 1 of her election results breakdown. We think through what to call our partners and tackle the burning question of the season: socks or no socks when gettin it on? Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:10:55 Renae Green Associate Director of Policy & Advocacy for Trans Wave Jamaica, an organization committed to promoting Trans health and well-being through advocacy and visibility in Jamaica. @TransWaveJA She co-coordinated Jamaica’s first Trans Health and Wellness Conference in Kingston, JA in June 2019. Community Contributors 00:17:15 New patrons: Leah & Lucille Borders are fake shoutouts - Flint, TX / Cupertino, CA / Chatham, NY / Lyon, France Mental Moment with Money 00:23:45 Queer Quarantine Holidays: 5 ways to cope with limited social interactions during the holidays Challenge your narratives around holidays Connect with who you have Create a memorable moment for yourself Volunteer in your community Remember why you’re quarantining https://greatist.com/health/alone-for-the-holidays Word 00:49:40 What are white women REALLY voting about? Nikeeta gives us the 1st part of her gender-race analysis of the 2020 presidential election. Topic 01:38:40 No topic this episode. Submit or suggest one by sending us an email @ queerwocpod@gmail.com Curved Chronicles 01:39:10 Socks or no socks? Is this even a question? Also, for what might be the first time ever, Money and Nikeeta both end the #QueerWOC year with a boo! Now if only we could figure out what to call them…

*NOTE* Nikeeta’s computer is raggedy so unfortunately there’s a popping sound in her audio. Please forgive her! I tried to fix it but alas... Nikeeta is solo on this episode...well, kinda. She gives an update about a campaign in upstate NY to provide justice for a Black trans woman, Chanel Hines who’s one of the QueerWOC’s of the week. The other queerwoc of the week is none other than Juju (@itsjujubae) from A Little Juju podcast. Money has a FANTASTIC interview/conversation with Juju that you absolutely do not want to miss! Nikeeta rounds out the show taking a turn at the Tumblr cake questions. It’s no surprise that her answers and Money’s answers are wildly different. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album Portalz here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:11:26 Support Chanel Hines a Black trans woman who’s fighting for her life here in upstate New York. https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-help-for-chanel-hines draiser is organized by the Geneva Women's Assembly in conjunction with Chanel's family. Juju Juju’s website: https://www.itsjujubae.com/ Social Media accounts: Twitter and Instagram @itsjujubae & @alittlejujupodcast Community Contributors 00:27:04 New patrons: Veornique, Kandace upped their pledge Cash App: M. Martinez, Dan Borders are fake shoutouts - Wautoma, WI / San Antonio, TX / Federal Way, WA / Hanoi Vietnam/ Port au Prince, Haiti Aviva! Mental Moment with Money 00:31:01 No Mental Moment w/ Money this week but check out last episode’s moment on ‘Compassion Fatigue’ Word 00:31:45 No word this week but Nikeeta has a question for listeners about a topic she wants to do for next episode. Topic 00:34:20 Money’s Interview with Juju! Nov. 19 7pm - 9pm Hoodoo 101 Registration link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hoodoo-101-w-juju-bae-tickets-124687376299 Support Juju on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jujubae Juju’s Booklist that Money mentions: https://www.itsjujubae.com/book-list Topic II 01:43:49 It’s Nikeeta’s turn to take a stab at the Tumblr Cake questions. How on earth does she manage to work Luther Vandross into these damn questions?

Money shares some alliterative strategies to prevent compassion fatigue, gives some suggestions of pods you might like if you love Nikeeta’s word, celebrates Ghanaian filmmaker Selasie Djameh as QueerWOC of the week and shares about her new favorite toy =P Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album Portalz here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:05:15 Selasie Djameh selasiedjameh.com/about-me/ Ghanaian film director and cinematographer Creator of “Baby Girl” - a short film The film tells the story of Jessica, a 19-year-old student who suffers an emotional breakdown following the discovery that she is intersex; but when she meets free-spirited Sally and Charles, she releases that she can be herself and still find acceptance. Intersex awareness day October 26 https://interactadvocates.org/intersex-awareness-day-for-allies/?fbclid=IwAR3JYFfV06Eci5KyaNx-dRr3VVWms9fVo8NXDgDsXuK_QZP47vHH3K6bheg4 Community Contributors 00:12:40 New patrons: Jordany & Brittany Cash App: Sami & Dominique Review from Marimar Borders are fake shoutouts - Secaucus, NJ / Mcdonough, GA / Greenbelt, MD / Alexandra for always emailing us and for putting me on to the 5 sentence or less email & VanityCurvz & Charismatic_P for always holding us down on IG Mental Moment with Money 00:18:11 C’s for Compassion. C - Check your capacity to respond C - Clarify the request C - Consider all elements of your wellness and where you will be giving from (7 dimensions of wellness Mental Moment from ep 58 https://soundcloud.com/queerwoc/wellandwack ) C - Create your own post-helping recovery Word 00:36:36 Here are some pods you might like if you love Nikeeta’s Word Red Nation https://soundcloud.com/therednationpod The Dig https://www.thedigradio.com/ Delete Your Account https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/ Topic 00:41:20 Money answers the Tumblr Cake Questions Curved Chronicle 00:55:08 https://www.etsy.com/shop/WanderingBardToys?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=756273243 Link for Wandering Bard Toys. Tell them QueerWOC sent you :D

Money and Nikeeta are back with some awkward squish tension, reading recommendations, and acronyms that help improve our mental health. Money shares some CARDS to stop overthinking, Nikeeta gives a summary of her favorite Angela Davis chapter, we celebrate Afro-German activist Katharina Oguntoye as QueerWOC of the week and answer a question about quarantining while single. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album Portalz here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:16:46 Katharina Oguntoye Afro-German activist Katharina Oguntoye has been honoured for her life’s work against sexism, racism and homophobia with the Lesbian Visibility Award for Berlin 2020. https://www.theafricancourier.de/europe/katharina-oguntoye-wins-berlins-lesbian-prize/ Community Contributors 00:25:16 No new patrons Cash App: M. Martinez / Small Town Shout outs - Lees Summit, MO / St. Paul, MN / Maryville, TN / Nairobi, Kenya / Heidelberg, Germany Mental Moment with Money 00:35:00 Overthinking, I’ve got your CARDS. C - Connect with your body A - Accountability Buddy R - Reframe Mistakes D - Distract Yourself S - Select a scenario Word 01:02:06 https://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/davis-angela/housework.htm Topic 01:22:58 How do you deal with being singe through quarantine? Curved Chronicle 01:38:30

Money is back for another solo episode while Nikeeta works an overnight shift somewhere in the bowls of Upstate New York. Money explains what a trauma response is, and 5 domains in which they manifest. For the topic, she shares some conspiracy theories that gave her a good laugh on twitter and some she even subscribes to herself. We celebrate Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah as #QueerWOC of the week and ask hard questions about deal breakers when we all are one emergency away from financial ruin. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on all your favorite platforms except for spxtify Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:06:52 Co-Founder & Executive director of UK Black Pride Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah @ladyphyll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_XJYA74_Do Community Contributors 00:15:36 Shout out to the new patrons Stephanie, Zoe, Thank you, Hector Sandy upped their pledge Small Town Shout outs - Cobleskill, NY / Attleboro, MA / Carmel, IN Mental Moment with Money 00:18:57 What is a trauma response? Money talks through the 4 paths reacting to trauma can take, and the 5 domains of immediate and delayed responses to trauma. A trauma response is any immediate or delayed reaction to a traumatic event (remember, trauma is anything that overwhelms your full faculties to cope) that is directly tied to attempting to cope with that event. Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn (children mostly, but definitely can manifest in adults) Emotional Reactions Cognitive Reactions Physical Reactions Behavioral Reactions Existential Reactions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207191/table/part1_ch3.t1/?report=objectonly Word 01:04:50 None this episode Topic 01:42:22 Money was thoroughly entertained by conspiracy theories on twitter. Here are some of her faves. Check out the Tupac episode of “Conspiracy Theories” here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5IkaIIjTy9ZMB744nTjmgw Curved Chronicle 00:55:18 Is someone being houseless a dealbreaker?

Money and Nikeeta are back this week talking rules around posting baes on social media. Money is annoyed that Sam J ruined one of her favorite pods, so her mental moment is a long but helpful one on how to tell if therapy is working. Nikeeta puts us up on Charlene Mitchell - the first Black woman to run for president of the US. We celebrate Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha as QueerPOC of the week. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:07:50 Queer disabled femme writer, organizer, performance artist and educator Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Community Contributors 00:17:28 Diedrick, Della Small Town Shout outs - HOL ON now Mt. Holly?!?! we need a meetup cos i thought i was the only queer out here lmao Biloxi, MS / Pompton Lakes, NJ / Portland, / Brownsburg, IN Mental Moment with Money 00:48:40 5 ways to know therapy is working & 5 things you should do to make sure it does work Word 01:04:50 Charlene Mitchel 1968 Presidential Run - https://www.aaihs.org/a-black-woman-communist-candidate-charlene-mitchells-1968-presidential-campaign/ 2004 interview with Lisa Brook from ‘No Easy Victories’ http://www.noeasyvictories.org/interviews/int04_mitchell.php Mentions Charlene’s efforts to help free Angela Davis https://cpusa.org/article/a-forthright-stand-communists-in-the-struggle-for-black-lives/ Charlene Mitchell on electoral law barriers (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OelrpQEEm94 Topic 01:35:00 Relationships and Social Media Curved Chronicle 01:50:00 Submit your curve chronicles to queerwocpod@gmail.com

What up yall! Money is all moved in to the West Coast and Nikeeta is Covid Free in Syracuse! Our Friendship survived a cross country move, now lets see if it survives being bicoastal >_< We celebrate Princess The Doll as #QueerWOC of the week for knocking a transphobe on his ass, Money recommends artists to bring joy back to your timeline, Nikeeta shares her list of small joys, and we remind each other of the power of friendship. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:07:20 Princess Da Doll @prettti.est 22 year old Black trans woman from DC who knocked out a transphobe! Community Contributors: 00:17:15 Shoutout to the new patrons : hector, tim, karimah, aakanksha, lena, alexia, emma, erma, celisha On the cashapp: M. Martinez, diamond, jazmine, hannah Borders are Fake Shout outs: taos, NM / Moscow / mount holly, nj/ New Review Shake my pom pom 9 Podcasts from Black Creators to Stream Right Now https://greatist.com/connect/black-podcasts Mental Moment with Money 00:25:10 Instagram artists to follow to brighten the timeline @Iam.muse @ThingsByBettyB @ohsnapitsalexandras_art @RobinEisenberg @BlackGeekMagic @UzoTheArtist @Mawhyah Word 00:52:50 Nikeeta’s all tapped out this Leftest Lesbian Luminary Labor Lecture… but Money has some Marxist book recommendations Topic: 00:57:55 What small things make days feel possible for you? Our friendship it definitely one for both of us! Curved Chronicle: 01:26:05 Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Money and Nikeeta are co-quarantining and if our friendship survives this, so will the podcast! Money gives music recommendations to help our mood. Nikeeta gives us #DefundThePolice pt. II. We talk reality TV and highlight artist, organizer, and anarchist Sima Lee as QueerWOC of the Week. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod a ffsuRDz quick qqqqqqq is a y FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:04:46 Hip Hop artist, organizer, and anarchist Sima Lee @simaleerbg Check out Sima’s interview with Jared Ball here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ60w3dZius Check out her music here: https://simalee.bandcamp.com/ More on the Maroon House Movement: https://www.facebook.com/MaroonMovement/ Community Contributors: 00:11:40 Shoutout to the new patrons : Pepps, Raina, Anya, Pamela, Megan, Loren, & Clitty Cat On the cashapp: Jennifer & Elise Borders are Fake Shout outs: Indianapolis, IN/ Summerville, SC / Port Wentworth, GA New Reviews DandelionDoodle and JennyPaper Mental Moment with Money 00:15:50 Music for Melancholy These are the albums and artists that have been helping me through this rough patch. Mood has such an impact on our interpersonal relationships (which is why I tend to isolate) and music has such an impact on our mood. A study published in the Journal of affective disorders in 1995 by Bouhuys et al explored this. They played sad songs for 24 people who did not suffer from any kind of mood disorder and 12 (thats HALF) showed substantial differences in experienced depression after listening to the sad music. They perceived more rejection from “neutral” faces and rated faces overall more sad/angry, perceiving this sadness/anger as directed at them. They also perceived less invitation and happiness in faces than they had before listening to the music. They Say I’m Different - Betty Davis Chasing Summer - SiR To Myself - Baby Rose Suga (Deluxe) - Kyle Dion Black Fantastic - Black Fantastic Word 00:32:50 Nikeeta’s Leftest Lesbian Luminary Labor Lecture Defund the police: part deux Here’s the thread from Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor https://twitter.com/KeeangaYamahtta/status/1285691409123749894?s=20 Here’s a free PDF copy of No Shortcuts by Jane McAlevey https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2057&context=gc_etds Topic: 01:04:20 What reality TV Show or competition would you create? Curved Chronicle: 01:23:20 Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Ep 89: #DefundthePolice Money and Nikeeta sound like they're in a wind tunnel, but thats just them fanning the flames of liberation and healing! Money created an acronym to help us heal from triggers - STRAW. Nikeeta uses Syracuse as a case study for why the police need to be defunded and our youth need to be funded! We highlight queer rock climber Abby Dione as QueerWOC of the week and talk small joys while avoiding the 'Vid-19. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:08:21 Rock climber Abby Dione [source Melanin Base Camp] Abby is the first Black woman to own a rock climbing gym in the United States, Coral Cliffs in Broward County Florida. Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-coral-cliffs?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip https://www.melaninbasecamp.com/trip-reports/2018/7/21/abby-dione-is-the-first-black-woman-in-the-us-to-own-an-indoor-rock-climbing-gym Community Contributors: 00:14:11 Shoutout to the new patrons : Brazil, On the cashapp: Raven, M. Martinez Borders are Fake Shout outs: Lawrenceville, GA/ Las Vegas, NV/Seneca, SC/ Perth, Australia/ Climax, NC New Reviews MelloMaia, MadVivacious (love you homie!) Mental Moment with Money 00:23:26 Healing triggers: Dr. Money’s STRAW method Triggers are not the same as things that cause negative emotional responses NER - This makes me feel emotions I dont want to feel Trigger - This makes me feel overwhelming emotions i dont have the capacity to handle NER - I feel bad, but I can think of something that will make me feel better Trigger - I feel bad and Ive lost all sense of what I need NER - I feel bad and I know what caused it Trigger - Idk what I feel and Im so thrown off I dont know what caused this See what they are! - [Listen to ep 22] whip out ur journal and write down things that elicit overwhelming emotional responses Track the origin - Triggers collapse space and time. Where did this one originate? Can u think of the earliest traumatic experience you had related to that thing? Reprogram/undo - If-then thinking, how did this trigger generalize? Tell yourself truths about the negative thoughts. Can you think of things u can use to manage this trigger? Act as If - do with support! If this wasnt a trigger, I would…. Work with Therapist/Allied Professional - you need someone sensitive to trauma processes to help ground you so that you are not retraumatized. Word 00:52:43 Defund 12. Remember children: You are our future and #ACAB Here is the #DefundThePolice toolkit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UhlRbXOrSYUevkm2F0MBDKBqWOnEkhnX/view?usp=sharing How do Police Actually Spend Their TIme - police-time-violent-crime.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/upshot/unrest-police-time-violent-crime.html Topic: 01:26:53 Small joys we've discovered through quarantine Curved Chronicle: 01:45:40 Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Ep 88: Rich Nigga Nutcracka Money and Nikeeta wind down Pride 2020 with Hanifah and Red from Ya Gay Aunties. In this episode, Money is still in her Black roller skatin' bag and highlights queer fat black skater, Courtney Shove, we all lovingly rag on the West Coast, we do a queer potpourri and get the Aunties' takes on Da Brat coming out, the new Supreme Court ruling around LGBT worker protections, talk Raven Symone's marriage, and we wrap it up with the aunties giving us a strong talkin' to about these tragic dating app! It's a fun jam packed episode! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE AUNTIES? IG & Twitter -@YaGayAunties Listen to their show here: https://soundcloud.com/yagayaunties Catch them on YouTube too: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDZTyLDM1YM7J68eosU_PXw Support them by becoming patrons: https://www.patreon.com/yagayaunties Venmo @B909creative Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:6:30 Artist, Skater, and Image Activist Courtney Shove @fat_girl_has_moxi She’s a member of the Moxi Skate team - which btw you should use her code “SHOVE” on moxiskates.com to support a Black queer woman if ur shopping skating things You can also support her by shopping her etsy shop for cute fat Black girl skate stickers and prints: https://www.etsy.com/shop/fatgirlhasmoxi See more of Shove here: http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-trailblazer-courtney-shove/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNHebmgDQH8&t=5176s Community Contributors: 00:19:48 Shoutout to the new patrons : Hannah, Toby, Bravo, Frances, Kandace, Tanya, Linnea, Liza Dalia Reupped On the cashapp: Kristian Borders are Fake Shout outs: West Jordan, UT / Rohnert Park, CA / New Paltz, NY / Lambertville, NJ / (shout out to Vancouver, Ya’ll not small but haven’t been in the top cities before so yay!) Topic: 00:31:15 Ya Gay Aunties! - Queer Potpourri Supreme court ruling - https://www.npr.org/2020/06/15/863498848/supreme-court-delivers-major-victory-to-lgbtq-employees Raven-Symoné marries Miranda Maday Da Brat comes out after 25 years of fame! (take ya time sis) - https://www.essence.com/celebrity/da-brat-coming-out/ Curved Chronicle: 01:12:40 Hanifah, Red, Money and Nikeeta give ‘Judy’ their thoughts about a curved chronicle--or maybe it’s more like a pothole!--about navigating dating apps. Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Ya Gay Aunties: IG & Twitter - @YaGayAunties Listen to them on Soundcloud, Apple Podcast, Spotify Previous convo btwn QueerWOC & YaGayAunties - https://soundcloud.com/yagayaunties/episode-28-guests-nikeeta-and-monie-from-queer-woc-pod The New York Times feature: pride-BLM-podcasts.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/arts/5-pride-BLM-podcasts.html Mariame Kaba's op ed on Police Abolition: race-unrest.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/opinion/letters/police-race-unrest.html Mariame Kaba's twitter: @prisonculture

Money and Nikeeta are weekly for Pride month 2020! On this bonus episode, we talk about the largest action Nikeeta has ever helped organize. We also sort through white lesbian foolishness on Twitter and talk queer women and masculinity. Nikeeta is a dainty daddy and Money is a low femme with aggressive tendencies. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:07:55 Freelance Photographer, Grassroots organizer, and Trans Latinx community builder Jesse Pratt Lopez @jprattlopez.photo cashapp: $jplopez22 venmo: @PaegeTurner (last 4 #s: 6590) End violence against [Trans] sex workers by investing in their safety. https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-black-trans-women-fund Community Contributors: 00:17:23 New reviews from Iya.domin (5star) Finally catching up! CaliforniaDaydreamer (5star) Dark girl in a milk world Recommendations: “Betty” on HBO, Looking For Lorraine by Imani Perry, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus Topic: 00:30:48 Nikeeta lit up the crowd of protestors in Syracuse last Saturday. Nikeeta and the rest of BLM Syracuse partnered with RAHA and Cuse Youth BLM to organize the largest demonstration against police violence this city has ever seen! Son only that, they educated thousands of people about getting cops out of schools and #DefundPolice 00:49:26 We also talk lesbian gender labels and why white twitter lesbians should consider shutting their twitter fingers up before trying to tell queer women of color what terms they can use to describe their gender presentation. https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-butch This is inspired by a twitter conversation around Roxane Gay referring to herself as a Bisexual Butch, and the white lesbians who were in their feelings about it. You can read the article, but its dated and ashy. stud-lesbian.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/13/t-magazine/butch-stud-lesbian.html Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold https://bookshop.org/books/boots-of-leather-slippers-of-gold-the-history-of-a-lesbian-community-20th-anniversary/9781138785854 Stone Butch Blues [Ase to Leslie Feinberg] Butch-Blues-by-Leslie-Feinberg.pdf">https://lesliefeinberg.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Stone-Butch-Blues-by-Leslie-Feinberg.pdf Curved Chronicle: None this episode so be sure to Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Money and Nikeeta are kicking off Pride month 2020 the best way they know how: with a jam packed new episode of QueerWOC!. Money shares 4 journal prompts inspired by one of Audre Lorde’s most well known diary entries. Nikeeta shares 10 @PrisonCulture suggestions for the movement to end police. We celebrate the nonpareil cultural powerhouse Grace Jones as QueerWOCof the Week and catch up with one another about what we’ve been up to in the times of COVID and Revolution. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:10:42 Model, Singer, Actress, and Author (Beverly) Grace Jones More on Grace https://pitchfork.com/features/from-the-pitchfork-review/9708-as-much-as-i-can-as-black-as-i-am-the-queer-history-of-grace-jones/ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/20/grace-jones-i-cant-be-bought-people-hate-that-interview Community Contributors: 00:26:23 Shoutout to the new patrons : Cee, Kaitlin, Janet, Delasha, Mona, Ayoola, and Tisha On the cashapp: Natalia Borders are Fake Shout outs: Kileen, TX; Lumberton, NC; & Cincinnati, OH New Reviews @alexlanemiller Alex Riza81 Mental Moment with Money 00:36:55 Self Preservation is an act of political warfare Audre Lorde. August 1987 Journal Prompts: What is the difference between overextending yourself and growing? What accomplishments have you forgotten to appreciate? What is joyful in your life? Make a list of 5 things that felt satisfying this week What ways are you working to save your life? How might that connect you to or save someone who shares an identity with you? That, is political warfare) Word 00:58:22 https://thenewinquiry.com/summer-heat/ Topic: 01:32:42 We are actually best friends… wow! Curved Chronicle: 01:41:40 Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Ep 85: Money is back with a new episode and new suggestions for navigating feeling crestfallen. Money talks collaging; shares 5 QTPOC efforts you should support; and reads a letter from a community contributor who needs help getting rid of a dildo. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:06:53 Alice Wu, producer, writer and director of “The Half of It”. @ThatAliceWu Not every love story is a romance. The Half of It. The film follows Chinese high schooler, Ellie Chu, who lives in the fictional white town of Squahamish with her father. She chooses to help a boy win her crush, local hottie Aster Flores, and teen hearts get broken—a classic teenage rom-com, but with a queer twist. “If you dont have the word for something, how could you think that you are that thing?” The Half of It has been nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director, and at 50 years young this is also a huzzah that our wildest queer dreams can come true at any age! Her signoff - Go queer nerdy asians! More on Alice: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/05/01/848853718/what-alice-wu-wants-to-say-in-the-half-of-it Community Contributors: 00:17:00 Shoutout to everyone who tuned in to hear me read erotica on IG live with @CreeIsAlesbian Shoutout to the patrons who upped their pledges Christine and Martina upped her pledge (thank you!!!) On the cashapp: Tanya, Bernadette, Tea the muse, Khiry, Ernestine, Sherri, Sami Borders are Fake Shout outs: Wahiawa, HI; West Jordan, Utah; & Lompoc, CA Mental Moment with Money 00:22:44 Collaging to Cure the Crestfallen We been collaging! Emotional Release Intuitive collaging - you dont have to finish in one sitting! No artistic skill required! Affordable Bypasses censoring mind “Freedom is not a secret, it is a practice” - APG What better way of imagining a new world than taking the beauty of the current one and creating something entirely new! benefits-of-collage-therapy.html">https://intuitivecreativity.typepad.com/expressiveartinspirations/2017/02/the-benefits-of-collage-therapy.html Word 00:38:10 No word this episode, yall. Sorry! Topic: 00:38:42 If you have it, here are some QPOC suggestions to donate to For The Gworls: We raise money to assist w/ Black trans folks’ rent & affirmative surgeries | Venmo @ForTheGworlsParty @1977books: Worker owned feminist bookstore in AL MPJ Insititute: defend and protect the human rights of transgender and gender non conforming communities | https://marshap.org/donate/ @Blacklesbianrchives: The archives for lesbians to educate, build, and preserve our culture (also how I found out about Cree!) @MontgomeryPride Curved Chronicle: 00:47:48 Letter from Calendula What to do with that strap you dont want? Do you throw away a perfectly good strap just because it was a gift from my ex girlfriend’s crush? Any bright ideas? Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Money is back solo podcasting with tips on keeping a conversation going. Don’t worry, you get your lesbian luminary liberationist labor lecture fix this episode too with a throwback word from Nikeeta on May Day from Ep. 40 “L words”. Money shares 3 podcasts that make her feel less alone and reads a letter from a community contributor who discovered snapchat sex tapes of their bae...TWICE! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:04:36 Jewelle Gomez Community Contributors: 00:12:08 Ramadan mubarak to all the Queer musilms in our community!!! Shoutout to everyone who tuned in to hear me read erotica on IG live (Ari, TeaTheMuse, Aurien, Fille.noire.bavarde, Jo, Shoutout to the New Patron Chai, Addis, Verde Borders are Fake Shout outs: Claremont, CA; Brookville, OH: & High Point, NC Mental Moment with Money 00:15:57 Dont Let ‘Rona Ruin Your Relationships! Ways to keep the conversation going while distance dating Avoid the repetitive questions (How was your day, where are you from, what do you do)... instead, share, and hit them with the “what about you?” Share a funny anecdote Move it to the phone Ask their advice on something their interested in When all else fails change the subject Take advantage of current events, special occasions, and/or holidays Plan together (video dates,book clubs, watch parties) If it aint a flow, let it go. Meaning, is it reciprocal, not is it easy Word 00:30:58 Throwback Mayday word from Nikeeta on the roots of the real labor day Topic: 00:50:30 I share 3 podcasts that have been helping me feel less alone @MarshasPlate @YaGayAunties @JoyRevolution Curved Chronicle: 00:55:52 Letter from community contributor who wants help after discovering her boyfriend made a snapchat sex tape... TWICE! Submit your curved chronicles to queerwocpod@gmail.com

We are back together this episode... well, sort of (thanks to physical distancing!). Money talks glimmers, and why we should be able to identify those as easily as we identify triggers. Nikeeta is still essential, but she was already that to us before coronavirus! She drops another hit jingle and tells us about a transformative book in her life. We celebrate AfroBrazilian vocalist Liniker Barros as QueerWOC of the week and discuss why we're over dating apps. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:10:50 Ase to Trans activist and Justice worker Lorena Borjas. She was such a pillar in NYC, especially to Queens undocu, queer, and sex work activism! She set up an HIV testing site out of her ouse back in the day! She was 60. Liniker Barros - afrobrazilian singer and image activist - is our queerwoc of the week. Check out her Tiny Desk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCrLnfwX088 Read more about her and e os caramelows here: https://remezcla.com/features/music/liniker-e-os-caramelows-interview/ https://www.npr.org/sections/altlatino/2017/01/31/512470018/alt-latino-extra-liniker-barros-a-woman-who-resists-by-existing Community Contributors: 00:21:44 Shoutout to Asteir for always supporting!!! Shoutout to the New Patron Kyla and Christine upped their pledge Borders are Fake Shout outs: Grass Lake, MI; Maryville, TN, & San Rafael, CA Mental Moment with Money 00:28:33 (NIKEETA HAS A JINGLE!!!!) Triggers have become part of our everyday vocabulary as trauma becomes more of a social norm to speak about, but the other side of that polyvagal theory hasnt gotten nearly enough shine - glimmers. Glimmers are essentially the opposite of triggers! If a trigger brings us into a survival state, and is also known as a cue of danger,, glimmers are what bring us back into our window of tolerance and safety Glimmers are any experience, person, place, or resource that creates the possibility of safe connection with ourselves, others, or the environment Here are some guiding questions to begin to identify Glimmers: What people, places, feelings, smells, sensations glimmer me back into feeling safe and connected? What brings up happy memories for me? Is there a smell, book, or activity that instantly reminds me of good days? What are my safety survival responses? Meaning when I have completely had it, what to i do/where do i go/who do i run to? What glimmers are most effective when I am in a survival state? Which glimmers bring me back to center from fight? Flight? Freeze? What do my different states feel like in my body? How do I know a glimmer is kicking in and I feel safe? What does a glimmer feel like, what sensations does it bring up, what feelings? Share your glimmers with us! Word 00:45:50 Nikeeta talks a book that transformed her world view - Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins Topic: / Curved Chronicle: 01:20:50 Nikeeta is newly single, and already over dating apps. Welcome to Money's world! Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

How many times can Money say "pandemic" in an episode? She goes for the world record on this solo episode with 5 tips for surviving social distancing during COVID-19. Money celebrates Éthel Oliveira as #QueerWOC of the week, talks about becoming a WHOLE PhD, and reads a Curved Chronicle on moving beyond chatting on dating apps. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:06:06 Afro-Brazilian filmmaker, activist, and producer, Éthel Oliveira is on a mission to ensure that the life of the late Marielle Franco and the resistance and resiliency of Black people in Brazil are documented. https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/meet-thel-oliveira-the-afro-brazilian-filmmaker-and-activist-who-is-working-to-keep-marielle-francos-legacy-and-the-politics-of-black-people-in-brazil-alive Community Contributors: 00:13:15 Shoutout to the New Patron Alli, Kai, and Monix Borders are Fake Shout outs: Honolulu, HI; Pitt Meadows, Canada, & Cary, NC Mental Moment with Money 00:17:00 Dont Let ‘Rona Ruin Your Relationships! Ways to avoid social isolation while social distancing Info on social distancing: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/sites/default/files/public/php/185/185_factsheet_social_distancing.pdf Here are Money’s P’s for the Pandemic! Pick up the phone Plan video dates with homies: ShareTube to watch YT together, Netflix Party for Chrome users, &Chill https://andchill.tv/ Practice those self love languages! Prepare for mental health check-ins Put stuff in your to watch queue Word 00:41:36 Stay vigilant and stay up on what representatives are and are not doing. What world change is possible after a pandemic? Now is not the time to give up our politics! BYP100 NYC COVID-19 Need Request: https://tinyurl.com/nyccovid19need BYP100 NYC COVID-19 Donation: tinyurl.com/NYCCOVIDDONATE North West Bronx Dry Food Donation $10 to Venmo: @ariane-kannan Topic: 00:50:30 Money is officially a PhD!!!!! Curved Chronicle: 01:13:20 Chronicle from Pearl Hello Dr. Money and Nikeeta, I match with cute girls all the time but I have no idea what to do after that. I’ve talked to a few of them for a week or two but it never goes anywhere. I don’t understand how people make connections on dating apps. I’m the kind of person that likes to look people in the eyes, I’m a good judge of character that way. I don’t know how to do that through messaging. Am I overthinking it? I really want to meet new people. I would appreciate any wisdom y’all can share. Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Money and Nikeeta are back for another jam packed #QueerWOC episode. Money shares self-love languages and gushes over Black legends Lucy Diggs Slowe and Mary Burrill. Nikeeta might not have a hair routine, but she talks all things linked to liberating our locs, and we give some tips on how to find Black queer community in college. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:06:57 Lucy Diggs Slowe 1885-1937 (Black Women Radicals) and Mary Burrill Lucy Diggs Slowe was, among other firsts, the first dean of women at Howard University, the first principal of the first black junior high school in Washington and a founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first sorority established by African American women. Her partner of 20 years, Mary Burrill, was an English teacher and a playwright well respected by writers of the Harlem Renaissance. The plays she wrote were mostly dramas about the cultural activities of the Black elite during the 1920s. She was the play director of the high school play for 30 years at Dunbar High School - one of the leading Black academic schools in the country https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/03/26/this-pioneering-howard-dean-lived-with-another-woman-s-were-they-lovers/ Community Contributors: 00:16:00 Shoutout to the New Patron Dennis Cashapp: Ernestine (x2) and Sherri Smalltown Shout outs: Glouscester, VA; Yaounde, Cameroon, & Naperville, IL Mental Moment with Money 00:39:00 Self love languages how are we intentional in the ways we love ourselves? Do we know what things register to us as self love? Here are some suggestions, inspired by brown girls who bruja “Embracing your own self is the hardest thing to do, but one of the biggest lessons of being human”: Feel Self-Love (Physical Touch) Absorb Self-Love (Gift giving) Do Self-Love (Acts of service) Think Self-Love (Words of Affirmation) Word 00:58:24 Black hair: Punishment and Politics Topic: How to make Black gay friends? Letter from Femme (they/them) Curved Chronicle: Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

**Audio distortion at beginning** Community contributors came through to give us a jam packed episode! We celebrate writer and director Dee Rees as QueerWOC of the week, Money gives 10 ways to be your own Bae for V day, Nikeeta shares 4 ways to be in solidarity with Palestine at your university, and we reply to a letter about finances in relationships. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:06:57 Director, writer, and producer extraordinaire Dee Rees. Here's the Jenna Wortham article on her: rees-black-female-director.html?fbclid=IwAR3Rlcu1COhs0cndR6E_IOrh-9mVFLbSgKajGkTtjAYRR4XVNSQ1RGlVnb4">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/magazine/dee-rees-black-female-director.html?fbclid=IwAR3Rlcu1COhs0cndR6E_IOrh-9mVFLbSgKajGkTtjAYRR4XVNSQ1RGlVnb4 Community Contributors: 00:16:00 Shoutout to the New Patrons Kijafa Donations to Money: Megan, Jennith, Romo, Nicole, Diedrick, Doune, Lacey, Amanda, Erin, Emmett, Folayan, Domonique, Sam, Monix, Zena, Cassndra, Liali, Elizabeth, Carla, Crystal, Marimar, Tyrone, Widline, Bernadette, Sarah, Kayalyn Smalltown Shout outs: Hendon, UK; Renton, WA; Elkridge, MD honorable mention to Buffalo!!! Letter from Ren Ep 77 Letter from Daphne Letter from Roz Mental Moment with Money 00:39:00 Be your own bae for V-day Make a list of what youve learned from past relationships Write a love letter to yourself Wear something that makes you feel desirable Listen to music Tanerelle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5GbmFsViGA Brent Faiyaz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOsbPZRlEHs BbyMutha - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ufh0h1boR8 Buy yourself the thing you want for V-day! Challenge your self talk all day Spend time with someone Have a massage/pedi Add a social movement/cause to your bio, and swipe on someone who has the same Organize a galentines, queerentines, or other meetup Word 00:58:24 How do I stay in solidarity with Palestine on campus? Nikeeta gives 4 suggestions for engaging political work at universities. 1) Find out what sort of political organizing is already happening on your campus and how receptive students have been, and how engaged students are in the work on the campus are. 2) The second thing is connecting to and finding others that feel the same way you do about the issue. 3) Students have been playing a very important key role in Boycott, Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement in pushing their universities to cut ties with Israel. Look at Students for Justice in Palestine. 4) Mondoweiss which is a progressive media outlet that covers issues related to the fight against Israeli occupation, 2016 article a group of Italian students doing BDS organizing. It would be good to find out if there are students at nearby universities who you could talk to and link up with. Topic: 01:14:32 Letter from theeee Broke Great Hoe from Omaha, Nebraska! Finances in a relationship? Curved Chronicle: 01:33:53 Nikeeta gets hit on and possibly insulted in a laundromat Follow Money: @BettaThanMoney Follow Nikeeta: @AfroBlazingGuns

Ep 79: Twenty Twin Twinn (Sharpen up, Sanders!) Money and Nikeeta are back with the first episode of 2020! Money helps us re-energize our resolutions. Nikeeta clears up tensions between Bernie and Warren...and even considers voting democrat! We celebrate chef Nikeisah Newton and Meals for Heels. How can you tell if you have a crush? Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:06:28 Lesbian chef https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/12/meet-lesbian-chef-creating-gourmet-meals-delivering-sex-workers/ Community Contributors: 00:12:00 Shoutout to the New Patrons Jesse, Kandace, Adonay, Sharon, and Stephanie Smalltown Shout outs: Upland, CA; Parker, CO; Antioch, TN Mental Moment with Money 00:27:50 Reenergize those Resolutions!: 4 tips to keep your 2020 goals on track Set learning or change goals instead of achievement goals Pretty well known 1979 Harvard study of MBA students - those with learning oriented goals had higher GPAs on average and reported a better experience overall in their programs Generally, we feel more positively about learning or acquiring than we do about thresholds (why you think we love a good YouTube tutorial so much?) Achievement - I want to pass my licensure exam; Learning - I want to study 3 therapeutic theories outside of the one I love and use regularly Achievement - I want my locs to reach mid back this year; Learning - I want to figure out which oil helps my locs retain moisture Achievement - I want to read one book a month; Learning - I want to discover my favorite Toni Morrison novel this year Make it a challenge rather than a threat Threat - I need to practice for my defense or I will fail it; Challenge - I need to prepare to have the type of defense I want Threat - I need to lose weight or I will get diabetes and have a heart attack; Challenge - I want to find healthy habits that will support my wellbeing Make it meaningful Tie it to a personal value, bc then its internalized Write it down! Writing encourages better memory recall bc it involves neuro senors and fine motor skills. Activates more parts of our brain Writing is grounding! Writing is manifesting That same Harvard study found that those who wrote their goals down out earned their peers by 84%. This is obviously correlation, not causation, but shiiiiiit! I believe in the power of manifesting! Word 00:47:51 Its on sight for Butigege! Nikketa breaks down important differences between the Bernie and Warren campaigns. She highlights 3 tensions between the two candidates. Bernie needs Nikeeta! The Dig on how private insurance limits who becomes doctors .https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/single-payer-now-with-tim-faust/ Topic: 01:29:06 How do you know when you have a crush on someone? Curved Chronicle: 01:45:23 .

Ayeee yall 2019 is nearing its end and we couldn't leave yall without another episode of QueerWOC! Money finished her dissertation and honors Dr. Margaret Lawrence for paving the way. Emotional abuse is the mental moment this episode, followed by Nikeeta breaking down conflict. We respond to a letter from a community contributor about labels and being clocked. Nikeeta has a salacious story to end the year. Thank yall for sticking with us and always encouraging us to continue QueerWOC the Podcast!!! See yall in 2020!!! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:13:28 Lesbian Luchadora Fabiola Ortiz-Valdez from Chiuwawa, Mexico, Anthro Doc Candidate Coauthor of Milked report Workers Center vs. NY State NY Immigration Coalition Most recently, Green Light Win!!! And, she has the cutest kid! Community Contributors: 00:22:00 Shoutout to the New Patrons Leigh, and Addis, and Kandace on Cashapp Smalltown Shout outs: Wylie, TX; Hollywood, FL; and Harrison, NJ Mental Moment with Money 00:29:06 (RIP Dr. Margaret Lawrence (Morgan)) Emotional Abuse What makes it abuse? Abuse is a pattern of abusive and coercive behaviors used to maintain power and control over someone or a relationship (Economic abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, technological abuse) Pattern usually follows the abuse cycle: Calm honeymoon phase, tension buiding, abuse incident, reconciliation. http://stoprelationshipabuse.org/educated/power-and-control-tactics-used-in-lgbtqi-relationships/ http://stoprelationshipabuse.org/educated/types-of-abuse/emotional-abuse/ Withholding affection, alienation from other significant people in your life, Giving - followed closely by a fight Word 00:49:08 Conflict Deoccupation statement Fumbling towards repair Kelly hayes How to survive the end of the world ep Topic: 01:19:06 We talk through a letter from “Toni Childs” about being clocked and labeled by others. Curved Chronicle: 01:49:09 Nikeeta can’t tell when someone is flirting with her and Money gives up dating.

On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money and Nikeeta are back from an unplanned break caused by white supremacist attacks at Syracuse University. We're both fine, but Kent gotta resign! We discuss fiction that inspires us to dream of other worlds, the #NotAgainSU movement and THE General Body, and being asked questions about hygiene on dates... because it wouldn't be Money's dating life without the weird! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:05:54 *Robyn Crawford Dr. Edna https://www.thenation.com/article/debt-is-holding-black-americans-hostage/ https://decolonizationinaction.com/ Community Contributors: 00:15:21 Shoutout to the New Patrons Liali, Space, and LG Smalltown Shout outs: Greenbrae, CA; East Lansing, MI; and Bloomington, IN Shout to Missy for all of the amazing topic ideas (b/c lord knows we need ‘em) Email from Howie. Info on the Nap Ministry: https://thenapministry.wordpress.com/?fbclid=IwAR1f18kdJdFZWJ2FYs6oRu7RjgmFCItRSQ4EEx4ZZF3T2C1xxRZkpCCMaCs https://www.facebook.com/Thenapministry/ Mental Moment with Money 00:22:36 Money gives some fiction suggestions that will help you imagine another world! The Simplest Equation by Nicky Drayden https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stitcher/levar-burton-reads/e/63173750 Sula by Toni Morrison Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick Black Girl Love by Anondra Kat Williams Word 00:37:37 #NotAgainSU We discuss our history organizing against Kent's white supremacist campus climate at Syracuse University, and the wins the current undergrands have achieved through #NotAgainSU Topic: 01:30:57 Life updates. Nikeeta is in love with her job and her bae. Money... is tired! Curved Chronicle: 01:53:07 Is asking about personal hygiene typical for dating or is it a fat girl thing?

Ep 76: Tinder Tomato Date On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money is solo again to talk a Botswana Baddie, 7 rests we need, and a tinder date that cost her a tomato! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:07:31 Tshepho Ricki Kgositau is a well known name in the global LGBTQ+ activism community. (Shoutout to AfroQueerPodcast!) Follow her on twitter @RickiKgositau https://soundcloud.com/afroqueerpodcast/how-to-raise-a-woman Community Contributors: 00:12:24 Shoutout to the New Patrons Ayan, New Patron #1, and Mel! Ashley CS hit us on the cashapp and Angela purchased some QueerWOC merch!!! Smalltown Shout outs: Willmington, DE, and Alexandria, VA Group therapy suggestion for women of color in NYC from Crystal Can I Get a Witness therapeutic support group. $60 per session. Contact Water & Stone A Creative Art Therapy PLLC At 914.341.2063 to sign up today or email Shawmoss.amina@gmail.com">Shawmoss.amina@gmail.com New Reviews from Abijah and Candace_Upstate Mental Moment with Money 00:21:01 7 types of rest (follow up on 7 dimensions of wellness from ep. 58) https://advice.shinetext.com/articles/the-7-types-of-rest-you-need-to-actually-feel-recharged/ Once you’ve figured out the type of rest you need, it’s time to adapt your rest to fit that specific need. Physical Rest - cant stay awake, coffee not helping Mental Rest - re-reading the same sentence 10x and still not retaining it! Social Rest - balance draining interactions with restorative ones Creative Rest - always making or doing, try being in nature or surrounding yourself with inspiration Emotional Rest - snapping for no reason? Activated? Crying? Emotional eating? You are in need of emotional rest. Spiritual Rest - 6th house Sensory Rest - eyes feel strained, ears ringing Word 39:42 Ep 63 queerwoc of the week Staceyann Chin will be on Ya Gay Aunties Soon!!! Listen to her poem “All oppression is connected”. CONTENT WARNING for sexual assult and language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XfvZPG32-g Topic: 49:09 Questions from Tumblr and a quick gushing over the Qinfolk Festival! Curved Chronicle: 01:03:27 Tinder tomato date. Yall… help!

On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money and Nikeeta celebrate 75 episodes of leftist lesbian commentary and mental wellness tidbits! Money shares a tea that can help with depression and cramps. Nikeeta teaches us how to have a good Q&A. We celebrate the living legend Cheryl Dunye as #QueerWOC of the week and talk our pet peeves in the topic segment. Also: Tinder sucks! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:08:31 Cheryl Dunye! Historic making, ground-breaking Black Lesbian filmmaker, director, writer, actress. Born in Liberia. Community Contributors: 00:20:24 No New Patrons, so be sure to become a patron! Smalltown Shout outs: Fort George G Meade, MD, and Skyesville, MD New Reviews from Abundance Bohnson and Jamyza Mental Moment with Money 00:29:27 Hibiscus Hibiscus is a superfood that has been used for hundreds of years by South American and Carribean communities for everything from a dye, to a fragrance, to a hair conditioner! Hibiscus tea has been known to prevent hypertension, lower blood pressure, help with menstrual cramps, and help with depression Word 42:18 How to have a good Q&A Eve Tuck thread: https://twitter.com/tuckeve/status/1141501422611128320?s=20 Topic: 1:08:39 Pet Peeves If anyone has single ply toilet tissue hanging under, run! Curved Chronicle: 01:31:22 Tinder is terrible. Burn it down

On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money talks accountability in hopes of repairing relationships. Nikeeta breaks down the Youth Climate Strike and shouts out some of the radical babies leading the charge. We do a Bag Ladiez inspired topic and reply to a curved chronicle from someone who wants to know if being put on pause is a thing… NO! . Happy Bi Visibility week!!! Happy Latinx Heritage Month! - Check out our homies Lena and Estephanie, the Bag Ladiez Podcast @Bag_Ladiez Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC or #QueerWOCpod to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com ANNOUNCEMENTS! Qinfolk Festival in Ithaca,NY on Saturday October 5th. The Qinfolk Festival is a film, art, and mental health day long fest for queer and trans folks of color. Find out more at Qinfolk.com or if you’re as hype as we are, purchase tickets starting at $15 and going up to $30 here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/qinfolk-festival-qtpoc-film-art-and-mental-health-tickets-69215233627 The homies at Inner Hoe Uprising are having Sex Trivia Sunday, October 6th at 5pm at Luv Story Bar. If you like trivia, drinks, talking about sex, fun, and winning free stuff, you should be there! This is a FREE event, but you gotta RSVP. Here’s the link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sex-trivia-sundays-hosted-by-inner-hoe-uprising-tickets-60513338023 QueerWOC of the Week: 00: Canadian YouTube star and comedian Lilly Singh! (Happy Birthday!) Catch her weeknights at 1:30am on NBC https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfm4y4rHF5HGrSr-qbvOwOg https://www.out.com/television/2019/9/21/lilly-singh-first-bi-woman-color-host-late-night-show Community Contributors: 00:21:16 New Patron: SJ became a patron Smalltown Shout outs: Waukegan, IL, Albany, NY; and Bound Brook, NJ New reviews from Urelaxed Missy and CarlitaCookie Mental Moment with Money 00:25:48 Accountability http://bcrw.barnard.edu/building-accountable-communities/ Inspired by Mia Migus. Accountability has become almost a buzz-word in contemporary social movements. What does it mean? How do we work toward it? 4 components of accountability by Mariame Kaba: Apology - you may need to apologize more than once! Remember, apologizing is not about you it is about the person/s you harmed/hurt. Repair - take action! Follow through on what they said they needed from you when you apologized. Restore- Fumbling towards Repair Workbook by Kaba and Shira Hassan to learn about accountability within community and Care Work by Leah Lakshmi to learn about emotional intelligence Changed Behavior - Dont do it again! Sure, but also, build your own support network to ensure you won’t do it again. This is YOUR responsibility. Word 45:25 Youth Climate Strike Topic: 1:10:53 If we could make our own Queer series, what would they be? (inspired by Bag Ladiez telenovelas) Curved Chronicle: 01:23:24 Letter from ‘Packing up my feelings and my summer clothes’. Is there a difference between being curved and put on pause? Would you want to reconnect with someone who had you on pause?

Ep 73: On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money and Nikeeta amplify and celebrate QueerPOC of the Week, Indya Moore , the Pose phenom and all around baddie, Money gives us insights on how to assess if a friendship needs to end, and if so how to break it off, we recap the SWELL time we had at the first ever QueerWOC Upstate Escape, Nikeeta dives into the 20th Anniversary of March of Washington in 1983 and the ensuing controversies, and we close it out with some curved chronicles! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerPOC of the Week: 00:06:12 Bronx native and all around baddie Indya Moore Indya is QueerPOC of the week for so many reasons, but they recently tributed the 17 trans women of color murdered this year in their NYFW look - 16 on their earrings and one on their purse. Read more about her tribute here: https://www.wmagazine.com/story/indya-moore-honors-trans-women-murdered-earrings Community Contributors: 00:13:59 New Patron: Thanks Hannah, AJ, and Noelle. And Hector edited their pledge! Queen and Alex came through on the CashApp! Smalltown Shout outs: East Lansing, MI, Valdosta, GA; and Everett, WA are all in our top 10 cities!! Upstate Escape could not have happened without: BlackCuse Pride, Bonnie Schulz, Cafe Sankofa, Sal Curran & Fabiola Ortiz-Valdez, Connect Family Therapy Services, Community Folk Art Center, Friends of Dorothy House, LGBT Resource Center at Syracuse University, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse Peace Council, Volunteer Lawyers Project, Jim Williams, CNY Solidarity Coalition New reviews from BlackFemmeBaddie, Bongimfundo, and The Slow Millennial Mental Moment with Money 00:28:14 3 things that eat away at friendships 1)Jealousy 2) Undermining 3) Uncertainty How to “break up” with a friend -Clarify boundaries - be clear ab what you needed and didn't get, and what felt like violations -Define the relationship -See where each person stands -Talk about a future Word 49:54 March on Washington for Jobs, Peace, & Freedom in 1983 -10 Demands from the original March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom 1963 http://feministing.com/2013/08/26/the-10-demands-from-the-march-on-washington-you-probably-never-heard-about/ Topic: 1:19:39 Upstate Escape Recap. Just want to reiterated how much we appreciate you all for joining and communing with us and of course to all of our homies that helped out! Curved Chronicle: 01:39:31 A hottie compliments Money at the Cardi B concert which leads us to ruminate on how to distinguish platonic compliments from flirtation.

On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money and Nikeeta answer community questions about their love and relationship… chill yall, we are BFFL! We celebrate the lesbian mechanic turned model legend that is Jenny Shimizu. Money shares 11 principles of group therapy. Nikeeta helps us read. We talk age gaps in relationships and our personal experience with age and desire. QueerWOC Upstate Escape August 30th-Sep1st Join the Hoes of Inner Hoe Uprising at their Mothly Sex Trivia Event at Luv Story Bar in Brooklyn, NY September 1, 2019 Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week Jenny Shimizu @jennyshimizu Jenny Shimizu is a Japanese American supermodel and actress. Read more about her here: shimizu-queer-lingerie-icon.html">https://www.thelingerieaddict.com/2015/04/jenny-shimizu-queer-lingerie-icon.html Community Contributors New Patron: Thanks Catalina, Dolores, Mary, Kay, and Ophelia! Diamond and Noma came through on the CashApp Crystal purchased some merch! Smalltown Shout outs: Mesa, AZ is #1 Stone Mountain, GA; Tamworth, UK; and Kalamazoo, MI Kimigisha Uganda Feminist Forum Mental Moment with Money 00:24:49 Group therapy can be an effective, affordable, and necessary option for therapy. Money overviews some principles of group therapy and its effectiveness Word Nikeeta gives us a few tips on how to read and retain what we are reading. Topic Question from Amber and Daffodil Curved Chronicle

Join Money and Nikeeta in their elation in this Euphoria inspired episode. Money regales us with some side splitting tidbits about #QueerWOC of the week, Nigerian-British comedian, Gina Yashere, she then goes on in the Mental Moment to breakdown just what exactly is bi-polar disorder, Nikeeta is booked, busy, and stress so there’s no word this week, but your fav. dyke duo has an extended and meandering conversation about HBO’s new show Euphoria, and in the curved chronicle Money’s trying to reconnect with a missed connection! QueerWOC Upstate Escape August 30th-Sep1st RSVP by August 8th here: https://bit.ly/2XXagyX Join Queen at her Ms. Vixen IRL event! Bad Bitch Affirmations: Our Bodies workshop. Entry is a donation of your choice: our-bodies-workshop.html">http://www.msvixenmag.com/2019/07/affirming-our-bodies-workshop.html Friday, Aug 16th at Cafe Con Libros in Brooklyn, NY The event starts PROMPTLY at 5:30p! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:11:32 Gina Yashere Nigerian-Brit comedian and actress. Gina Yahsere’s instagram: @ginayashere Netflix specials: 1) Laughing to America & 2) Skinny B*tch Interview with Michelle Buteau on Adulting Podcast: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/when-does-venmo-request-become-petty-feat-gina-yashere-and-liza-treyger-adulting Community Contributors: 00:16:49 New Patron: Thanks Blake, Taylor, Sade & Dr. Sami! Jaffee and Missy upped their pledges! Kat, Sharon, and Marcelle came through on the CashApp Smalltown Shout outs: Parker, CO & Littleton, CO; Metairie, LA Congrats to Ya Gay Aunties on 50 Episodes! @yagayaunties https://soundcloud.com/yagayaunties/episode-50-straight-girl-jedi-mind-tricks Mental Moment with Money 00:24:49 What is Bipolar? No, Really! Here’s a great resource: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519712/table/ch3.t8/ Terms: Bipolar I Mania Major Depressive Episode Bipolar II Hypomanic - Word 41:33 No word this week. Nikeeta is worn out but no need to fret, she’ll be back with a word next episode. Topic: 43:02 HBO’s Euphoria Money and Nikeeta chat about the new HBO show, what they think of the characters, what works, what doesn’t, what they look forward to in the next season, and much much more! Curved Chronicle: 01:51:52 Money’s been out frolicking and flourishing trying to reconnect with a missed connection cutie.

On this episode of #QueerWOC Money and Nikeeta weather the heat of the summer to talk mental health reparations for QUILTBANG and the #AmazonStrike. Money lists 5 ways the APA can REALLY apologize for having queerness in the DSM. Nikeeta gives us the labor organizing history of the #PrimeBoycott. We read a curve from a community contributor and Nikeeta has a parking lot curve of her own. QueerWOC Upstate Escape August 30th-Sep1st RSVP by August 8th here: https://bit.ly/2XXagyX Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:11:02 Cassandra Extavour - Canadian geneticist, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, professor of molecular and cell biology at Harvard University, as well as a classical singer Community Contributors: 00:18:43 Kristie upped their pledge, Kenderick upped his pledge (hey cuz!), Shoutout to Bessemer, AL!, and Shoutout to @Ms_Fluffykins in Tomball, Also shout out Sex ed twitter! Past few months we’ve had a wave of sex educators, bloggers, and writers, following us so Heeeyyy! New review: ArielBrianaG Mental Moment with Money 00:23:48 Support Miss Major https://fundly.com/missmajor 5 things they can do to REALLY apologize Every CACREP/APA accredited program must include a specific course on gender & sexuality Queer POC Masters Fellowship Fee waivers for licensure for LGBT Folks Suspend licences of therapists practicing conversion therapy BE ADVOCATES for having therapy covered for ALL queer folks for ALL insurances https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychoanalysis-unplugged/201906/stonewall-s-50th-anniversary-and-overdue-apology Word: Amazon Strike 00:47:05 Nikeeta outlines the organizing that led to the two day boycott of Amazon in solidarity with the workers of Minnesota Topic: 1:21:17 Curved Chronicle: 01:22:30 Letter from Iona

QueerWOC Upstate Escape August 30th-Sep1st RSVP by August 8th here: https://bit.ly/2XXagyX Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:08:01 QueerWOC of the Week Speaker, organizer, and strategist Elle Hearns @soulfreedreams Executive Director, The Marsha P. Johnson Institute in Washington, DC. Her writing has been featured in Huff Post, Ebony, and The NY Times. Learn more about the Marsha P Johnson Institute: https://marshap.org/about-mpji/ 00:16:22 Community Contributors New Patrons: SJ, Donnae, Bag Ladiez, and Ms. Vixen all became new patrons! Christine, Kris and Berna upped their pledge Bernadette for Cashapp! Letter from Kemigisha Hayward, CA and Tomball, TX 00:23:21 Mental Moment with Money Coping Skills are conscious, intentional, and direct responses to life events that cause us problems (stress, trauma, anxiety, pain…) Negative - Neutral - Constructive - any approach to stress management that is generally considered to be adaptive or otherwise positive. Examples include planning and strategizing, seeking help and support from others, Journaling, reframing the situation, and meditating. so they don’t provide the instant, easy relief that other, less effective methods do, but you’re addressing the root-cause of your stress. 00:42:27 - Word Compton's Cafeteria Riots of 1966 00:53:00 Topic Recap Pride Menzez Crushes 01:25:00 Curved Chronicles Please send us your dating stories, topics, or questions! Letter from ROSETTE Follow Money| IG/Twitter @BettaThanMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns And you’ve listened to episode 69 of QueerWOC The Podcast Editorial support by Ahmad Saeed

For the last #PRIDE Month minisode, Money and Nikeeta read and discuss listener questions and and curved chronicles and they even throw in their own curved chronicles. Then, Money and Nikeeta were able to chat with the ILLUSTRIOUS and BRILLIANT, Black Feminist Organizer and author Charlene Carruthers. This episode is a fun and insightful bookend to a fabulous 20FINETEEN PRIDE MONTH! Get into episode! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast T shirts - order a shirt by emailing us the size, color, and design you want Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Thanks to the #QueerWOC community listeners for sharing their dating questions and their curved chronicles for this All Curves All the Time segment! 01:12:23 Charlene Carruthers Charlene Carruthers is a strategist, author and a leading organizer in today’s Black liberation movement. As the founding national director of BYP100 (Black Youth Project 100), she worked alongside hundreds of young Black activists to build a national base of activist member-led organization of Black 18-35 year olds dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people. Twitter: @CharleneCac Her sharp, clear, accessible but rigorous book Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements https://www.charlenecarruthers.com/unapologetic Charlene’s piece about mothering “Why and How I’m Choosing to be a Mother” https://zora.medium.com/why-and-how-i-am-choosing-to-be-a-mother-256b074796aa Black Youth Project 100 https://byp100.org/ Black Joy Experience Album https://open.spotify.com/album/7wHjU6dM8vPn9fYM08UOIF More info about Chicago Center for Transformation & Leadership https://roddenberryfoundation.org/blog/fellow/charlene-carruthers/

Ep 68: Courage is Contagious [w/ Dr Sami Schalk] On this episode of #QueerWOCpod Money and Nikeeta keep the #Pride month energy flowing with an amazing interview with Dr. Sami Schalk (@drSamiSchalk). Money gives tips on creating a care container, Nikeeta talks a new study's findings about Black bisexual women. Dr. Schalk shares the necessity for Black Feminist Disability scholarship, dating as a fat queer poly professor, and why we all need a Queer Guru! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:06:51 QueerWOC of the Week Monica Trinidad http://www.monicatrinidad.com/about.html The Lit Review: https://soundcloud.com/thelitreviewchi 00:12:05 Community Contributors World Pride Happenings Thurs June 27th @ 3pm at the New Museum Diedrick Brackens in Conversation with Darnell L. Moore https://buy.acmeticketing.com/orders/177/tickets?eventId=5ce803327947cc1dfc014813&cdEventIds=5ce803327947cc1dfc014813&date=2019-06-27T15:00:00-04:00 Thurs June 27th @ 6pm - 10pm After StoneWall 50 Years Of Black & Brown Resistance https://www.eventbrite.com/e/after-stonewall-50-years-of-black-brown-resistance-tickets-60554941460 Sat June 29th Queer Global Fundraiser from 4pm - 10pm Marshas Plate https://www.facebook.com/events/talon-bar/queer-global-fundraiser/445164192980029/ Sat June 29th Bklyn Boihood World Pride Party 11pm-4am @ Littlefield tickets are $20 Sun June 30th at 9:30am Corner of 7th and Christopher - The Queer Liberation March and Rally https://reclaimpridenyc.org/ Sunday June 30th Joy Day Party Tickets are $15 The Well 272 Meserole St Bklyn bit.ly/JOYPRIDE New Patrons: Stephanie, Robert, J, Gabby, and Iris all became new patrons! Rachel hit the CashApp! PocketCasts Grizzly Kiki - https://www.grizzlykiki.com/ Reviews from Lovesit39 Saddddd512 00:28:38 Mental Moment with Money Make a Care Container - inspired by Rodecka (Bananas hit the G Spot) and Makda Self Care domains Physical - maintaining bodymind wellbeing Emotional - stress management and emotional maturity, forgiveness, compassion Social - boundaries, how are you supported and connected in life, time with others Spiritual - Time with self, nature, sacred space, reflection Write down all the things you do/want to do to care for yourself Pull from the container when needed - set a goal try to pull 3 times a week 39:21 - Word Shout out to SharonOLaughlin https://www.chicagoreporter.com/23-of-young-black-women-now-identify-as-bisexual/loves 01:02:27 Topic Interview with professor, author, and Black feminist disability studies theorist baddie Dr. Sami Schalk We talk to her about her twitter presence, writings - including her book Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (Duke University Press 2018), and queer gurus! 02:25:51 Curved Chronicles Please send us your dating stories, topics, or questions! Follow Money| IG: @BettaThanMoney | Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns And you’ve listened to episode 68 of QueerWOC The Podcast Editorial support by Ahmad Saeed

Nikeeta and Money pop in for a surprise bonus episode for Pride Month! This episode, we celebrate Stormie DeLarverie - the real life lesbian superhero we never knew about! We also talk Black lesbian and Black Trans women's commitments to one another - historically and today. Money makes good Pancakes and Nikeeta doesnt own a spatula! SEND US YOUR CURVED CHRONICLES Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Revisiting History of Stonewall -Stormie DeLarverie 1920- 2014 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/remembering-storm%C3%A9-the-woman-who-incited-the-stonewall_b_5933c061e4b062a6ac0ad09e -Tidbit about Black Transwomen/Transwomen of Color -Good time to talk about LGBT people not being included in census for 2020 “However, to the disappointment of LGBT advocacy organizations, Census officials declined to include in the 2020 questionnaire questions asking about a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity so that non-coupled LGBT people could be counted.” https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/04/09/lgbt-people-urged-to-be-counted-in-2020-u-s-census/ Contemporary NYC Reclaim Pride Coalition - lgbtq-reclaim-pride-queer-liberation-march-20190515-z3mpfpugtjhfthymyitm5pdaly-story.html">https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-lgbtq-reclaim-pride-queer-liberation-march-20190515-z3mpfpugtjhfthymyitm5pdaly-story.html “As much as I would love to simply celebrate in a sea of rainbows, this does not to me feel like the time to celebrate — or simply to celebrate — this is a time of unprecedented crisis” -Robin Scott -Reclaim Pride Coalition Statement https://reclaimpridenyc.org/why-we-march -Sacremento LGBT Community Center Follow Money IG: @BettaThanMoney | Twitter: @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta IG & Twitter: @AfroBlazingGuns

Ep 67: We Chose Rebellion HAPPY PRIDE YA’LL!!! On this episode of #QueerWOCpod Money and Nikeeta and are finally reunited! We celebrate Indian sprint star Dutee Chand in the QueerWOC of the Week segment, Money talks about National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network and some crystals to get your Pride month set off right, Nikeeta talks about a historic farmworker rebellion, and both chat it up about a FABULOUS QueerWOC weekend they shared together! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:06:51 QueerWOC of the Week Indian Track and Field Star: Dutee Chand Read more here:https://scroll.in/field/923984/indias-sprint-star-dutee-chand-reveals-she-is-in-a-same-sex-relationship-with-soulmate?fbclid=IwAR27tVcncV9Xjxu9g-jYkRntECXvEYIm2bAKwz_4wcJiGTjD49ZrlzKJfwU 00:12:05 Community Contributors Joy Party! Two Mommies and a Baby - Nyesha and Samantha Davis-Williams @twomommiesandababy Newport News, VA and Salt Lake City, UT New Patrons - Mel to Tha, Emma, Kaitlyn, Stephanie! CashApp from Doune New Review from TheMeanBlackGirl Three Token Brown Girls on IG QUILTBANG - @3tokenbrowngirls 00:28:10 Mental Moment with Money National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network https://www.nqttcn.com/featured-practitioners-1 Rainbow Aura Quartz - Rainbow Aura Quartz is a natural Quartz Crystal that has been permanently treated by fusing titanium and niobium to it in a vacuum. It is the Titanium that gives it it's magical colours. This crystal is said to be excellent for use when practicing astral journeying and bodily experiences. Rhodonite - The de-curved stone Unconditional love, helps heal broken hearts, alleviates past hurts and helps improve your sense of self worth (Heart and root chakra) Unakite - promotes emotional balance and increases will to fight (solar plexus, heart) Bismuth - It can prevent you from becoming overwhelmed by all of your responsibilities while at the same time increasing your energy levels to deal with them. Bismuth relieves feelings of loneliness or isolation. It is a stone of transformation and change, helping to adapt to change with calm assurance. Bismuth encourages cohesiveness, so would be very helpful in group and/or relationship dynamics. 50:16 - Word Crispin Hernandez, Workers’ Center of Central New York, and Worker Justice Center of CNY vs. New York State Crispin Hernandez’s story about working at Mark’s Farm here:https://workerscny.org/en/crispin/ Donate and support WCCNY here: https://workerscny.org/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset=1&id=3 Zapatista Subcomandante Marcos/Galeano’s Full Address http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2014/05/27/between-light-and-shadow/?fbclid=IwAR2attIbfrNPh83YTZwGv-gmQK3jZsiaYgs5zD78F8qm0qwp1nQ4WxHgbqs 01:12:00 Topic Money and Nikeeta chat it up and reflect on their QueerWOC weekend and excursion they just embarked on together. They talk about Nia Witherspoon’s compelling and gripping play “Messiah” and talk about how much fun they had at @brklynboihood & @iamrimarkable’s Joy Party. Messiah: http://lamama.org/messiah/ 01:34:00 Curved Chronicles Nikeeta is feeling old and feeling curved by the young hip queers and Money has been glowing and effervescing! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns And you’ve listened to episode 67 of QueerWOC The Podcast

On this episode of #QueerWOCpod Money returns to her solo podcasting roots to talk #PodinLiveNYC 2019, poetry as a stress relieving knowledge practice, and coochie care. Also, if anybody has any tips on how to find a bae as a therapist, she is all ears! Money will be in Portland for #NCORE Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Book us for Stonewall 50th 00:06:12 QueerWOC of the Week Kenyan actress and musician Samantha Mugatsia This March, she won best actress award at the Fespaco Film Festival, Africa’s biggest film festival This was her first role as an actress, she co-starred in the film with Sheila drummer with a band called Yellow Light Machine since 2015 https://www.autostraddle.com/heart-throb-sam-mugatsia-on-sudden-fame-her-banned-debut-film-rafiki-437479/ If you want to try to catch the film, see if its playing near you: https://www.filmmovement.com/theatrical/film/rafiki?fbclid=IwAR3P7YDgYBAGONOpKHUxyrSYDc7SR1-WNfcXqe2WW8z_hjQ-Bejcaig8ZTQ#playing 00:17:39 Community Contributors #PodinLiveNYC 2019 twas LIT! Aria, Melissa, Martina, Aviva J, Nicole, Doune, Juju, Vanessa New Patrons - Andre, Sariah, KenyanBabyDyke, Dao and Amira upped their pledge! CashApp from Melissa and Noma Arizona is our top state! Honorable mention Texas 00:28:23 Mental Moment with Money Poetry Books that are keeping stress at bay and allow creativity to flow Even This Page is White - Vivek Shraya https://www.amazon.com/even-this-white-Vivek-Shraya/dp/1551526417 Experimental Love Poems - Cheryl Clarke https://www.amazon.com/Experimental-Love-Poetry-Cheryl-Clarke/dp/1563410354 Ms. Militancy by Meena Kandasamy https://www.amazon.com/Ms-Militancy-Meena-Kandasamy/dp/8189059343/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ms+militancy+meena&qid=1558661129&s=books&sr=1-1-spell Poetry is not a luxury - is-not-a-luxury-audre-lorde.pdf">https://makinglearning.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/poetry-is-not-a-luxury-audre-lorde.pdf No Word this Episode, sorry yall! 00:47:35 Topic The coochie is supposed to smell like coochie Check out this episode of VagEsteem around the 16:14 mark https://soundcloud.com/vagesteem/vaginas-smells-like 01:02:55 Curved Chronicles Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns And you’ve listened to episode 66 of QueerWOC The Podcast

On this episode of #QueerWOCpod Money and Nikeeta spill the insurgence of this here progrum onto the campus of Colgate University. Money helps us WSSH away anxiety, Nikeeta reminds us of our power, and we read a letter from a community contributor about navigating fatphobia in lesbian communities. Thanks again to the Center for Women's Studies and Odette for having us! Catch us at the largest Black podcast meetup in the WORLD: #PodinLiveNYC Money will be in Portland for #NCORE Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast T shirts - order a shirt by emailing us the size, color, and design you want Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Book us for Stonewall 50th 00:15:15 QueerWOC of the Week Activist Cecilia Chung https://www.them.us/story/transvisionaries-cecilia-chung-channels-her-anger-into-activism 00:21:15 Community Contributors Shout out to Odette for bringing us to Colgate!!! 00:23:53 Mental Moment with Money WSSH away anxiety! W-writing S-Scanning S-Sensing H-Holding space for yourself 00:39:35 Word Power! 1:03:00 Topic Letter from Sharkeisha, who is navigating fatphobia in queer women communities 01:18:03 Curved Chronicles Nikeeta curved a girl at a party that she invited her to! Is your dating life more exciting than ours? Don’t forget to send us your dating woes and wins to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns And you’ve listened to episode 65 of QueerWOC The Podcast

On this episode of QueerWOC The Podcast, We celebrate #QueerWOC of the week, activist, writer, and director, Nneka Onuorah @nikes_nae, in light of the passing of young black queer teen #NigelShelby (Ashe), Money gives 5 tips on how we can better support queer youth, Nikeeta offers some thoughts about we can better think, write, and talk about political economy and culture, we answer a listener’s letter about how to deal with changing needs in a relationship, Money is changing how she talks about dating, and Nikeeta chats a bit about how she and her bae maintain their relationship. Listen now, do the R’s, and join the convo using #QueerWOCpod Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast T shirts - order a shirt by emailing us the size, color, and design you want Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Book us for Stonewall 50th 00:07:03 QueerWOC of the Week Activist, writer, and director Nneka Onuorah @nikes_nae 00:10:30 Community Contributors Shout out to the new patrons Alli, Kris and Berna, Uzo, Lauren Cashapp from Crystal & Chyla Tweet from @BrownGirlGrad 3 new reviews on iTunes #PodinLiveNYC RSVP now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/podinlivenyc-podcast-meet-up-2019-tickets-60457502016 00:21:27 Mental Moment with Money 15 year old Nigel Shelby Huntsville High School Rocket City Pride GLSEN Greater Huntsville Ways to support Queer Youth Use LGBT Affirming language - Language has a huge impact on the way we see others and ourselves, and yet, language is constantly changing. That is why it is important to familiarize yourself and keep up-to-date with LGBT-related terms and concepts Be visible - support lgbt student groups, correct others, attend events, post things, make your space visible, have books by and about queer folks Know their challenges - who are the bullies, what is happening that might impact queer students? Know the resources - websites, counselors, community centers, role models, peers Help them socially connect Volunteer or give back in other ways 00:45:59 Word: Political Economy of Cultural Industries Nikeeta offers some insights on how we can better think about culture I Mix What I Like book: https://www.amazon.com/Mix-What-Like-Mixtape-Manifesto/dp/1849350574 Convo w/ Tressie Cottom and Roxane Gay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf4xd3N_6Po 1:16:00 Topic Letter from Briene of Tarth, who wrote us on her anniversary about her DJ girlfriend 01:34:14 Curved Chronicles Nikeeta is still lovingly boo’d up, and Money is working on the way she talks about dating Is your dating life more exciting than ours? Don’t forget to send us your dating woes and wins to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns And you’ve listened to episode 64 of QueerWOC The Podcast

On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money combats imposter syndrome with a binder, Nikeeta shares statistics on queers in rural areas, and we both talk through the D-word… dyke, its dyke! In the “Curved Chronicles” segment, Nikeeta provides much needed humor to a barbershop curve. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast T shirts - order a shirt by emailing us the size, color, and design you want Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Book us for Stonewall 50th 00:07:31 QueerWOC of the Week Staceyann Chin is a Black and Asian Jamaican Immigrant lesbian and New York resident. A resident of New York City and a Jamaican National, she has been an “out poet and political activist” since 1998. Author of “Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir” https://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Paradise-Memoir/dp/074329291X Teamed up with Cynthia Nixon to bring us #Motherstruck the Series, a series based off of her award winning play, screening at Tribeca Film Festival on 4/25 and 4/30 - Synopsis: Single, broke, artist lesbian in New York suddenly realizes her eggs are aging and she wants a family. Panic ensues 00:16:02 Community Contributors Everyone who has liked us on FB (300 likes!!!) Diamond for the Mic! Review from AskMeAboutHouseRabbits New Patrons: Sarah, Briana, Kaitlyn & Yantra upped their pledge Martin on CashApp who matched Aviva’s donation!!!! Shoutout to Big Yemma on Soundcloud for sending us the love and amazing mix “Womxn adore Womxn” New Orleans, Oxford OH #PodinLiveNYC 00:30:33 Mental Moment with Money Make a “Yaaaas Bitch” Binder Inspired by 100th episode of “therapy for Black girls” and these two articles: http://www.xonecole.com/dear-queen-to-the-woman-who-struggles-to-celebrate-herself/ http://www.xonecole.com/celebrate-your-smallest-wins/ Collect messages, words of encouragement folks sent you, certificates, awards, accomplishments, and successes that remind you of your wins, no matter how small in order to undo the harmful effects of Competence types, which amplify feelings of imposter syndrome. 00:49:17 Word Rural Queers Nikeeta gives us a review of a recent report on rural LGBT folks rural-report.pdf">http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/lgbt-rural-report.pdf 1:15:44 Topic Money and Nikeeta talk ‘dyke’ and who gets to use the term. https://medium.com/th-ink/dyke-82d7e1db3498 01:29:14 Curved Chronicles Nikeeta is still lovingly boo’d up, but Money can’t even get a haircut without being treated like an extraterrestrial! Is your dating life more exciting than ours? Don’t forget to send us your dating woes and wins to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns And you’ve listened to episode 63 of QueerWOC The Podcast

On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money explains what triggers are and why we get triggered, Nikeeta finishes up her word by explaining how not liberating Zionism is, and we play a QueerWOC spin on a familiar game. Also, Money has given up on dating… for the 749th time :) Where to find us: IG - @queerwocpod Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Do The Rs: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast T shirts Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Book us for Stonewall 50th 00:06:44 QueerWOC of the Week Amy Sueyoshi http://www.apiqwtc.org/banquet/phoenix-award-honorees/ Amy Sueyoshi is receiving the 2019 Phoenix award from API QWTC, Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women and Transgender Community. Amy is also a founding co-curator of the GLBT History Museum, the first queer history museum in the United States where they continue to volunteer. Since 2010 Amy has curated five exhibits on queers of color, two of which exclusively covered Asians and Pacific Islanders. 00:14:10 Community Contributors Sami for hitting the cashapp New Patrons: Nik, Stef, Juju Shoutout to Nyree and Massachusetts 00:19:00 Mental Moment with Money What is a trigger? Triggers are people, words, opinions, situations, or environmental situations that provoke an intense and excessive emotional reaction within us. Common emotions that we experience while being triggered include anger, rage, sadness, and fear. Virtually anything can trigger us, a trigger depends on the experience. https://lonerwolf.com/emotional-triggers/ Why do we get triggered? 2 main reasons Trauma –We get triggered when we see, hear, taste, touch, or smell something that reminds us of the previous traumatic circumstance. For example, a rape victim might be triggered when they see a person with a beard bc their attacker had a beard. An adult who never fit in as a child may feel triggered when seeing groups of people have fun. Ego preservation – The ego is the sense of self or “I” we carry around. When our egos are challenged or hurt by others, we are prone to becoming triggered – immediately. 00:39:51 Word Zionism In part two of Nikeeta’s Ilhan thoughts, she explains why Zionism is anything but a radical liberation movement. 1:15:37 Topic Smash, Marry, Exile Money and Nikeeta play a familiar game. 01:31:44 Curved Chronicles Money has given up on pursuing love and has turned all of her attention to finishing this damn dissertation! If you want her, you’re gonna have to be loud about it… like the woman in the bathroom! Is your dating life more exciting than ours? Don’t forget to send us your dating woes and wins to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta are back with another jam packed episode for you! Think you’re Type A? Money explains why you might actually be Type D! Nikeeta explains #SolidarityWithIlhan and Anti-Semitism, setting us up to better understand Zionism (spoiler for next episode). We miss the Black queer barber shop space that we no longer have. Money is still an awkward nerd who can’t flirt! Where to find us: IG - @queerwocpod Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Do The Rs: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast T shirts Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Book us for Stonewall 50th 00:07:38 QueerWOC of the Week Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, Iranian writer and director of “They” Website: http://anahita.mixform.com/about They Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le5KZkw5q2E 00:14:58 Community Contributors Kat, Amethyst, Adrian, and Kris 7th Annua Lesbians+ of Color Symposium Co-Founder Shaunya Thomas Sara and Alyssa for hitting up the CashApp New Patrons: Hector, Tristan, Wendy, and Angela, Women on Top Podcast Homies killing it on the podcast stage at SXSW Reviews from Femme.Magic and Sankofabird SNIPPET from “Born” off of Mother Nature’s new project called Pressure, on all streaming platforms now 00:32:52 Mental Moment with Money Type A or B? Often used as holistic personality descriptors, these personality typologies refer specifically to how we respond to stress. Type A - Type A achievement for achievement sake. Leadership is important to type A’s. They are self driven. Type B - People with Type B personality by definition generally live at a lower stress level and typically work steadily, enjoying achievement but not becoming stressed when they are not achieved. Type C - People with type C personality have difficulty expressing emotion and tends to suppress emotions, particularly negative ones such as anger. This means such individual also display 'pathological niceness,' Medical journals even use type D for “distressed” (has all of the worry of type a, with all of the lack of time management of type B) and type E, for someone who fits into none of the above categories. Sources: a.html">https://www.simplypsychology.org/personality-a.html https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/personality/type-personality-test 00:53:41 Word Ilhan Omar and Anti-Semitism Part 1. Run down of what’s happening with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Understanding-Antisemitism-November-2017-1.pdf">https://jfrej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/JFREJ-Understanding-Antisemitism-November-2017-1.pdf Interview with bad ass and long time organizer, Linda Sarsour about Palestine, Ilhan, Rashida Tlaib and much more: https://www.blubrry.com/jacobin/41611614/the-dig-palestine-politics-with-linda-sarsour/ Jews for Economic and Racial Justice Resource on Anti-Semitism Understanding-Antisemitism-November-2017-1.pdf">https://jfrej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/JFREJ-Understanding-Antisemitism-November-2017-1.pdf 1:17:46 Topic - Queer in the Barbershop Essay in Out Magazine by Jamilah King https://www.out.com/lifestyle/2019/3/12/queer-people-are-changing-toxic-culture-barbershops 01:42:26 Curved Chronicles Money met a baddie with cute glasses, who was also single AND had business cards… but alas, her awkward nerdiness kept her from flirting! Is your dating life more exciting than ours? Don’t forget to send us your dating woes and wins to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns And you’ve listened to queerwoc the podcast Oh..are you still here?

Ep 60: We have another great jam packed episode for you! Thank ya’ll SOOO much because the community contributor section just keeps overflowing with abundance (we love it! Keep it up ya’ll!), Money helps us unlock our proverbial toolboxes to discover the 5 ACTIVE Ingredients of Healing, Nikeeta closes out Black History Month by talking about the repressive police and FBI regimes that targeted Black revolutionaries like Assata Shakur and political prisoner, Kamau Sadiki, Money and Nikeeta brainstorm some ways to make friends as adults, and Nikeeta and Money BOTH have curved chronicles to share! Where to find us: IG - @queerwocpod Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr: www.queerwoc.com Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Do The Rs: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Book us for Stonewall 50th 00:07:45 QueerWOC of the Week BrASS Burlesque Troupe (Brown Radical Ass Burlesque troupe) http://www.brassburlesque.com/about-brass Instagram: @brassburlesque Next Performance in NYC: Thursday, March 21st @ Starr Bar 00:15:42 Community Contributors Shoutout to Marietta, GA, Howie, lesbian4ever, “Callie,” “Dunye,” and “Vera” New Patrons: Shante, Cidney, and Erin 00:38:25 Mental Moment with Money 5 Active Ingredients for Healing Uncover Your Resilience Meaningful Connection Disconnect from Doing Immerse Yourself in Space & Time Nourish Your Body & Brain https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-act-be/201902/rethinking-how-we-heal-anxiety-and-depression 00:57:48 Word Kamau Sadiki (NY 21, Assata Shakur, Black Panther Party, COINTELPRO, and more!) Look for Me in the Whirlwind Collection: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073KMRMRJ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Free Kamau Website (w/ his mailing address. Please support him!) http://freekamau.com/ National Jericho Movement (Support fight to free ALL political prisoners) https://thejerichomovement.com/ Article about 19 political prisoners still behind bars: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/30/black-panther-radicals-still-in-jail 1:22:06 Topic - Makin’ friends as adults What makes it hard How we’ve done it 01:38:05 Curved Chronicles Money chats about digital curves and Nikeeta has a DEVASTATING curve. Is your dating life more exciting than ours? Don’t forget to send us your dating woes and wins to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Who needs a Valentine when your faves lovingly give you a jam packed episode! We celebrate QueerWOC love and power pair Amy Quichiz and Johanna Toruno. The community showed out with support! Money suggests some rocks that will help with anxiety. Nikeeta roots us in all the reasons why we can’t cancel Black History Month. We share some quick tips for how to breathe while going down on your bae. Money also got some numbers over the weekend… well some IG handles. Contribute to QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Book us for Stonewall 50th PayPal is garbage. Use our Cash App. $QueerWOCpod 00:05:11 QueerWOC of the Week Amy Quichiz & Johanna Toruno Amy - Founder Veggie Mijas @imsecretlyacat Johanna - artist, the Unapologetically Brown Series @unapologeticallybrownseries https://www.veggiemijas.com/about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kFXHQpERk8 00:16:00 Community Contributors Hanifa and Red, thank you so much for having us on Ya Gay Aunties Episode 28. Listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/yagayaunties/episode-28-guests-nikeeta-and-monie-from-queer-woc-pod Shoutout to the new patrons Khadija, homies at Marsha’s Plate upped their pledge, Bianca, Michelle, and Gilmarie. Boston Baddie Camara loves the patron playlist. Become a patron now to get our monthly playlists curated by Money 00:40:00 Mental Moment with Money Rock away anxiety with these helpful rocks. Amethyst - Natural amethyst is known for its calming and relaxing properties, making it one of the best, if not the number one crystal for managing stress. You can place the crystal under your pillow or in your bedroom to help calm and soothe your energy if anxiety keeps you up at night Sodalite - Often referred to as “the Stone of Peace," Sodalite is said to help calm the mind and ease panic attacks. If you've been feeling anxious in any way, tuck this royal blue beauty in your purse or pocket, as it carries a comforting energy that is helpful in preventing us from becoming overly wound up and emotional. Having trouble expressing yourself? Sodalite is also believed to stimulate self-confidence and aid in self-expression, so keep it close any time you're feeling nervous about sharing your thoughts and ideas with others. Howlite - Lack of sleep is one of the largest contributing factors to feeling stressed. If you’re experiencing problems falling asleep at night, try tucking a white Howlite under your pillow, as it’s calming energy is believed to help with insomnia especially when the root cause is an overactive mind. Helpful links https://www.littleboxofrocks.ca/blogs/little-box-of-rocks/best-healing-crystals-for-stress-and-anxiety 00:57:48 Word - Negro History Week/Black History Month Why Black History Month Should Be Canceled - Ernest Owens opi-black-history-month-cancel-20190201-story.html">https://www.mcall.com/opinion/yourview/mc-opi-black-history-month-cancel-20190201-story.html Daryl Michael Scott’s piece about Carter G. Woodson and Negro History Week/Black History Month https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/carter-woodson-black-history-month/ Dr. Greg Carr on Carter G. Woodson https://www.drgregcarr.com/blog/2014/2/1/black-history-month-lessons-for-institutionalizing-carter-g-woodsons-vision Mariame Kaba’s (@prisonculture) zine on the Sojourners for Truth and Justice https://issuu.com/melanationzine/docs/a_call_to_negro_women 1:17:52 Topic - Sex tips Do yall have any sex tips for Dao? Use the hashtag #QueerWOC and tell us your signature moves for sensational sex! 01:35:54 Curved Chronicles Money went to the @bbymutha concert and got her 10s… even though she didn’t walk the ball. Is your dating life more exciting than ours? Email us your dating adventures at QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Ep 58: Wellness & Wack Democrats Money & Nikeeta are back from break and kicking off 20FINEteen talking wellness, wack democrats, and curved chronicles! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC IMPORTANT UPDATE: We have immediately stopped using PayPal. To make a donation or buy merch use CashAPP. $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Book us for Stonewall 50th 00:06:33 QueerPOC of the Week (Some tech. difficulties in this segment so the audio's a bit off.) T.L. Lewis @talilaLewis Profile of T. L.Lewis that also highlights the case of John Wilson Jr. https://psmag.com/social-justice/the-30-top-thinkers-under-30-the-law-clerk-working-to-promote-justice-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing H.E.A.R.D. (Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities) Learn more about HEARD here: http://behearddc.org/ Lewis’ Syllabus “Disability in the Age of Mass Incarceration Syllabus https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J1QaOHV4wNb2zM0VqOufyex1z4piJ9edPQPaI3Rk9Og/edit 00:12:32 Community Contributors Soliana, Shawnon, Amira, Shantise, Dey Link to Mignon Moore’s article “Lipsticks and Timbs” about Black lesbians gender presentation, and coming out. http://papers.ccpr.ucla.edu/index.php/pwp/article/download/1011/393/ Check out Shawnon Corprew’s wonderful book of poetry, “Where the Color Purple Grows: The Intersection of Loving and Fearing Black Queer Bodies”: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Color-Purple-Grows-Intersection/dp/1717081061 Congrats, and love to Dey, @lovelydey, who will be appearing on Canada’s “The Launch” Check out Dey’s smooth and dreamy vocals on her bop, “Sandman” Link to Sandman here: https://soundcloud.com/itsthatns/dey-sandman 00:24:37 Mental Moment with Money 7 Dimensions of Wellness Physical - Moving, eating well, sexual health screenings, sleep Social - Having a strong social network that provides support and guidance, social connectedness Environmental - Relationship with the Earth and your personal surroundings, declutter, recycle, you are a part of the ecosystem Financial - Planning financially, creating a budget, paying attention to your means Spiritual - Understanding and reevaluating the beliefs, valuels, and ethics that guide your life Emotional - Managing your emotions and feeling in control of them, Therapy, managing stress, managing anger, managing depression... Intellectual - Staying engaged in learning new things, new hobby, reading, puzzles, stay aware of sciopolitical issues 00:44:01 Word - Kamala tho? Delve into record of prosecutin’ & mass incarceratin’ Kamala Harris. Links from segment: Michelle Alexander’s New Jim Crow: http://newjimcrow.com/ Hannah Giorgis’ review of Kamala’s book “The Truths We Hold” (‘progressive prosecutor’ comes from here) https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/kamala-harris-truths-we-hold-review/579430/ Adam Gopnik’s Review of John Pfaff’s book, “Locked In” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/10/how-we-misunderstand-mass-incarceration “Better Off Red” podcast interview with Kevin Cooper, the Black man on death row framed by San Bernadino Country Sherriff’s Department* (I accidentally said Sacremento) https://soundcloud.com/betteroffredpod/22-kevin-cooper-live-from-death-row Branko Marcetic’s Jacobin article “The Two Faces of Kamala Harris” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/kamala-harris-trump-obama-california-attorney-general 1:23:50 No Topic this week Submit topics via #QueerWOC or shoot us an email at queerwocpod@gmail.com. 01:24:27 Curved Chronicles Money and Nikeeta talk about a little friendship tiff, Money has adventure w/ Boston Baddie Brigade, and Nikeeta & book took a jaunt to New Orleans. Email us your dating adventures at QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Ep 57: Start Green for 20FINEteen We had a few issues last week, but we're here, one last time for 20GAYteen! On this episode of #QueerWOC Nikeeta tries to make 20FINEteen happen because she's officially getting old. We talk highlights from the year. Money has five podcast suggestions to help you feel hugged by QPOC community. Nikeeta explains the Green New Deal and why we should all be following AOC on twitter. We read a curved chronicle from Pearl and wow… what a way to end the year! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Book us for Stonewall 50th 00:07:35 QueerWOC of the Week Angel Theory https://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/who-is-angel-theory-on-the-walking-dead-meet-actress-behind-kelly/ 00:12:35 Community Contributors Shout out to Sara Makeba for including us in her paper “BREATHE: Black Womxn’s Radical Peace as Afrofuturism in Praxis” https://www.saramakeba.com/new-blog/2018/12/10/black-womxns-radical-peace-as-afrofuturism-in-praxis Patrons: Aisha upped their pledge Thanks to Miracle for ordering a shirt! Letter from Tiha MERCH!!! Become a patron for free shipping! We’ve got “Mental Moment with Money” and Glucose Guardian” t-shirts! Get yours in time for the holiday season! 00:23:23 Mental Moment with Money 5 podcast episodes that will make you feel like you have chosen family around for the holidays #MarshasPlate: Episode 58 Navigating Transness and Siblings feat. Rak https://soundcloud.com/danella-xuc/58-navigating-transness-and-siblings-feat-rak-marshasplate The Wildness with Tiff and Manda https://soundcloud.com/thewildnesstiffandmanda/episode-22-quick-step-advice-for-navigating-the-holidays-christmas-special Ya Gay Aunties Ep 21: Dating in Your 20s 30s and 40s https://soundcloud.com/yagayaunties/episode-21-dating-in-your-20s-30s-and-40s Anzalduing It Ho-Liday Special Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/anzalduingit/ho-liday-special-part-i-feat-your-3-puti-madrinas #QueerWOC Ep 23: All I want for My Birthday is an iTunes Review ft. My little sister https://soundcloud.com/queerwoc/birthday 00:33:52 Word - Green New Deal Nikeeta explains why we should be really excited about AOC pushing for the deal, and what it entails. Read more about it here: http://www.gp.org/green_new_deal 01:09:41 Topic - 2018 Highlights! We share highlights from our year podcasting, personal triumphs, and reflect on our growth at BFFLs 01:36:45 Curved Chronicles Letter from Pearl Is your dating life more exciting than ours? Email us your dating adventures at QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

On this episode your favorite black queer troublemakers, Nikeeta and Money are at it again!!! We talk about a black lesbian living legend, Jewel Thais Williams, Money’s got some great ways to help you pump the brakes and slo’ yo’ ass down and rest, the new moon’s got us feelin’ risky...kinda, and we both learn and discuss a new term, ambiamory! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Book us for Stonewall 50th 00:12:35 QueerWOC of the Week Jewel Thais-Williams, founder of the 1st Black Gay club in LA (longest Black Lesbian owned establishment); also founder of Village Health Foundation (2001) Wife, Rue - opened the 1st shelter for HIV+ women and their children (Rue’s House 1989) https://www.advocate.com/people/2018/3/22/jewel-thais-williams-changed-nightlife-black-gays-1973-she-hasnt-slowed-down http://www.villagehealthfoundation.org/ 00:25:42 Community Contributors @soafricane for the thread on the mental moment from ep. 43 @K_ophelia hyping the intro @itsjujubae - Check out jujubae’s podcast, “A Little Juju Podcast.” New Patrons: Black Radjal, MK, Gabreupp PayPal: Maria, Tanya J.,Shantise Podcast App: SBridgforth Thanks to Amethyst for putting the “Sorry To Bother You” study guide on our radar! Link to guide below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T6f9RoxwqrxcKHwcsC3oKjVHOP08IRmLkPltdpraF4U/edit?link_id=23&can_id=60f0946d5c187f426b272b7ee10a8c17&source=email-election-reflections-worker-owners-of-color-and-remakingtheeconomy-2&email_referrer=email_455450&email_subject=election-reflections-worker-owners-of-color-and-sorry-to-bother-you-study-guide Homies at Tea with Queen & J's Live Show Dec. 10th at 7pm at Greene Space We are sponsoring TWO FREE tickets to the show. All you have to do is share a quick blurb using the hashtags #teawithqj and #QueerWOC on instagram or twitter telling us how you build community with other black women and femmes. Live show info below: http://www.thegreenespace.org/events/thegreenespace/2018/dec/10/podcast-mixtape/ MERCH!!! Become a patron for free shipping! We’ve got “Mental Moment with Money” and Glucose Guardian” t-shirts! Get yours in time for the holiday season! 00:34:41 Mental Moment with Money Intro Track - “Healing” featuring Jonathan Lykes and Onrae Lateal is from Black Youth Project 100’s stellar album “Black Joy Experience” Support this album: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Joy-Experience-Explicit/dp/B07JJSTFK3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544152223&sr=8-1&keywords=black+joy+experience Mental Moment: How do you break? You probably can name several ways you push through, persevere, and grind, but do you know what replenishes your energy? How do you relax? Naps are reparations! Take small breaks when working (Pomodoro Method) Sunlight can help you rest Daydream Catch up with a loved one Stay in your pajamas all day! [add to this list with things that help you rest and restore] https://www.fastcompany.com/40475204/youre-taking-breaks-the-wrong-way-heres-how-to-fix-that 00:50:08 Word - Ambiamorous More links and resources on ambiamory https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2016/12/01/what-if-we-thought-of-monogamy-as-a-spectrum/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.96303145f8d3 https://poly.land/2017/04/17/make-mono-poly-easier-monogamy-polyamory-spectrum-not-binary/ 01:11:46 Topic - New Moon in Sagittarius and Risk Taking! 01:25:54 Curved Chronicles Is your dating life more exciting than ours? Email us your dating adventures at QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

**Long episode with minor audio distortions during the topic segment** Nikeeta and Money fangirl out as they interview the High Priestess of QueerWOC, Alexis Pauline Gumbs! She joins us for our topic segment to talk archival research, love, and Black feminist miracles. Nikeeta gives us Black lesbian filmmaker history. Money wants us to channel Audre Lorde in order to heal. Community Contributors is poppin again!! Thanks yall! Finally, Money gets some numbers!!! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:07:47 QueerWOC of the Week Sharice Davids, democrat elected to congress in Kansas Watch her campaign video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGa5qQsYY-g Read about her victory here: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/sharice-davids-lesbian-native-american-makes-political-history-kansas-n933211 00:13:35 Community Contributors Thanks Gabby, Emerald, Amethyst, Rawley Chyla upped their pledge Jeffrey - donation for ethical t-shirts Natalia (x2!!) - “Cant thank you both enough for the amazing content and dedication to community.” Brandon - It’s not much, but a sign of gratitude for what you all do. Our struggles are tied. Systems of oppression function as one. So it’s only fitting that the community mantra is basically WE ALL WE GOT! Much Peace & Big Love! 00:18:03 Mental Moment with Money Audre Lorde Questionnaire to Oneself: posted by @Xicanisma_ created by Divya Victor, adapted by me to help us heal, create, and motivate What are the words you do not have yet? (Or, for what do you not have words What do you need to say? [write/say as many things as necessary] What are the cruelties you swallow day by day, that attempt to make you their own, until you sicken and die from them - still in silence? We have been socialized to respect fear more than our own need for language, ask yourself “what is the worst thing that could happen to me if I tell my truth?” 00:25:36 Word - “Sisters in the Life” Nikeeta tells us all about the history of Black lesbians in cinema by breaking down the anthology Sisters in the Life: A History of Out African American Lesbian Media-Making edited by Yvonne Welbon, Alexandra Juhasz https://books.google.com/books/about/Sisters_in_the_Life.html?id=RUNRDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f=false 00:39:40 Topic - Conversation with The High Priestess of QueerWOC, Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs [@alexisPauline] Based in Durham, NC APG is a queer black troublemaker, a black feminist love evangelist and a prayer poet priestess, Alexis has a PhD in English, African and African-American Studies, and Women and Gender Studies from Duke University. She is a daughter, a doula, and an afro-futurist time traveler through archival research. She is the author of M- Archive, Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity, coeditor of Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines; and the founder and director of Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind, an educational program based in Durham, North Carolina The Shape of My Impact: https://www.thefeministwire.com/2012/10/the-shape-of-my-impact/ Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=746 01:57:23 Curved Chronicles Money finally got some numbers at NWSA! Is your dating life more exciting than ours? Email us your dating adventures at QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Nikeeta and Money are live in Syracuse w/ @diamondstylz Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 5:34 QueerWOC of the Week LoriKim Alexander & Rahzie Seals, Co-Directors of Black Cuse Pride, a Syracuse based organization that seeks to build community with, amongst, and for Queer and Trans People of Color in Central New York. Follow them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BlackCusePride/about/?ref=page_internal 13:06 Community Contributors Qolor Collective, Jorge Castillo, LGBT Resource Center at Syracuse University New Patron: Deb 17:57 Mental Moment with Money How to W.I.N this Winter! W - Weighted Blanket I - Indoor activities that get you moving N - Network and socialize Plan for people to have when you're not at 100 or feeling alone 29:56 Word Gay Liberation Front A long read that lays out different historic splits and tendencies within movement for Queer Liberation. Benjamin Shepherd “The Queer/Gay Assimilationist Split” https://monthlyreview.org/2001/05/01/the-queergay-assimilationist-split/ Leslie Feinberg Interview with Sylvia Rivera- https://www.workers.org/ww/1998/sylvia0702.php 56:01 Topic - Interview with the illustrious @DiamondStylz about Black Queer and Trans experiences with education. Diamond’s IG/Twitter: @Diamodstylz Marsha’s Plate IG/Twitter: @MarshasPlate Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MarshasPlate Here are links to the people, orgs, etc. that Diamond mentions in the interview: Transfaith http://www.transfaithonline.org/ - Organization that connects transgender and gender non-conforming people of different faith traditions. Black Trans Advocacy Conference https://www.blacktrans.org / - Org that works specifically to address inequalities and disenfranchisement faced by Black trans people. Solider’s Girl https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324013/ - Movie from 2003 that depicts the relationship and real life story of Calpernia Addams and Barry Winchell. Winchell, a US soldier is killed by a fellow soldier after they find out that Winchell is dating Addams, a transwomen. Reina Gossett Happy Birthday Marsha http://www.happybirthdaymarsha.com/ Film by Reina Gossett and Sasha Wortzel documenting life of black trans ancestor, and catalyst for Stonewall Rebellion, Marsha P. Johnson. Lala Zanell (@LaLaZannell) Black transwoman and lead organizer of the NYC Chapter of National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs. Charlene Acila https://www.mazzonicenter.org/trans-wellness/charlene - Founder of the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference and an overall visionary, activist, educator, and advocate within the transgender, faith, recovery, and HIV/AIDS communities. TransGriot https://transgriot.blogspot.com/ - Blog (and treasure trove of knowledge) from Monica Roberts, an activist and writer who focuses on issues affecting trans women of color. Miss Major https://www.gofundme.com/MsMajorRetirement - Donate to the retirement fund of long time fighter for transgender rights and liberation, Miss Major! 1:32:00 Curved Chronicles Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Nikeeta and Money are particularly musical this episode as they talk mindfulness, a latinx lesbian zine you should know about, and gay things they hate… which ironically includes musicals! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:04:44 QueerWOC of the Week Érica Malunguinho, activist and the first Trans woman elected to Brazil's State Congress https://blavity.com/erica-malunguinho-makes-history-as-first-transgender-woman-elected-to-brazils-state-congress http://www.okayafrica.com/afro-brazilian-activist-erica-malunguinho-first-transgender-woman-elected-win-state-congress-sao-paulo/ 00:11:42 Community Contributors Thanks Jenny and SeQuoia Check out @LaFronteraFund Thanks for our new bio @mathoko_Postbox 00:15:16 Mental Moment with Money Mindfulness: Our health Matters report LGBTQ Youth of Color small.pdf?t=1448898437715">http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/308746/com2395-ourHealthMatters-report_v5-small.pdf?t=1448898437715 What is Mindfulness: the practice of consciously choosing to focus on a particular experience in the present moment. Often incorporated into yoga, meditation, eating… 4 parts: Being present; being aware; sitting with emotions; not judging yourself https://soulvemberrecords.bandcamp.com/album/black-fantastic 00:35:43 Word - esto no tiene nombre Nikeeta tells us all about a legendary latina lesbian zine tatiana-de-la-tierra-zine-culture.html">https://bust.com/books/194419-tatiana-de-la-tierra-zine-culture.html Musical interlude from @SienaLiggins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgEchW5AeOo 00:52:40 Topic - Gay sh!t we hate Will Money and Nikeeta’s friendship survive their lists of community things they hate? 01:17:52 Curved Chronicles Is your dating life more exciting than ours? Email us your dating adventures at QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Nikeeta and Money talk the NEDA Walk in Syracuse, the latest conversations about voting post #KavaNAH confirmation, and the astrological curving season we are in. Submit a topic or curved chronicle, because we need ideas! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:08:07 QueerWOC of the Week Fatima Ashgar - @ashgarthegrouch creator of ‘Brown Girls’ web series author, poet, and activist Watch Brown Girls here: http://www.browngirlswebseries.com/episodes/ 00:14:10 Community Contributors Thanks Jeff, Missy, Yantra 00:20:56 Mental Moment with Money Money talks NEDA Walk Syracuse and quick facts about queer folks of color and disordered eating Dr. Stephanie Covington Armstrong’s book - http://notallblackgirls.com/ 00:37:14 Word - Voting (nahh) Long read carefully debunking lies Kavanaugh said during Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/09/how-we-know-kavanaugh-is-lying Article explaining how Democrats botched any real resistance against Kavanaugh hearings: https://splinternews.com/the-democrats-failed-us-1829532490?utm_campaign=socialflow_splinter_facebook&utm_source=splinter_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow Howard Zinn article from 2005 reminding us to not despair over the Supreme Court: https://progressive.org/op-eds/howard-zinn-despair-supreme-court/ Nikeeta gives us the organizing history of Black women supporting each other in cases of sexual assault, specifically how Black feminist foremothers raised $50k to take out an ad in support of Anita Hill. https://www.sisterstestify.com/about/the-proclamation/ Submit a topic!!!! 01:14:41 Curved Chronicles Venus is retrograding yall… dont try it! Submit your Curved Chronicles to queerwocpod@gmail.com Contribute to Selena’s family: https://www.gofundme.com/support-estela-and-her-family Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Ep 51: Ahead of the Curve Nikeeta makes her editorial debut in this weeks episode! Money and Nikeeta answer a baby gay letter from a community contributor, Nikeeta tells us about African American Women, in Defense of Ourselves just in time for the #KavaNAH hearing, and Money shares 7 signs of a healthy relationship. Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:07:07 QueerWOC of the Week Violet Palmer https://www.facebook.com/makerswomen/videos/453942861761987/ 00:10:55 Community Contributors Thanks Parvathy for the PayPal donation New Patrons: Ash and Henry Soundcloud: jeanne, aaliyah, kaelyn 00:14:50 Mental Moment with Money 7 principles of a healthy relationship Compatibility Shared Values Admiration Being Yourself Communication Its REAL! Respect 00:24:49 Word - African American Women in Defense of Ourselves Nikeeta gives us the organizing history of Black women supporting each other in cases of sexual assault, specifically how Black feminist foremothers raised $50k to take out an ad in support of Anita Hill. https://www.sisterstestify.com/about/the-proclamation/ 00:34:41 Topic - Letter from community contributor: First time giving head… HELP! 00:49:01 Curved Chronicles Nikeeta has a curved chronicle! Submit your Curved Chronicles to queerwocpod@gmail.com Contribute to Selena’s family: https://www.gofundme.com/support-estela-and-her-family Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta celebrate 50 episodes of QueerWOC with two full hours of answering community contributor questions. Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Thanks to patrons and paypal donators Nicole, Hannah, Natalia and Latoya Money talks more in depth about codependency: https://soundcloud.com/dotellpodcast/queerwoc-talks-bonus-feat-money?in=queerwoc/sets/pods-feat-queerwoc QueerWOC Live Show feat. Diamond Stylz and Sir Knight Saturday, October 20th, 2018 at 5pm FREE Event! Syracuse University (specific location TBA)

Ep. 49 Academics & Afropunk Money and Nikeeta talk personal growth, academics using jargon to excuse their fuckery, and our weekend at afropunk. Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:05:14 QueerWOC of the Week - Shea Diamond 00:10:55 Community Contributors Thanks to Akua for the Paypal donation and emails rom LaToya and “Ernestine” A word From Marshas Plate: Black Trans Talk! Check them out @MarshasPlate 00:17:32 Mental Moment with Money The Now and Then Venn Diagram 00:32:00 Word with Nikeeta 01:02:36 Topic: Afropunk 01:39:58 Curved Chronicles Submit a topic, curved chronicle, or ask us questions!! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta talk lesbians of color raising werewolf babies, mental health songs by queer women of color, and the new movie “Sorry To Bother You”, which is really a labor film. Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:06:14 QueerWOC of the Week - “Good Manners” film http://remezcla.com/film/trailer-good-manners-as-boas-maneiras/ 00:11:23 Community Contributors Thanks to Elizabeth, Demetria, Maryrejahlil, Kenderick, for becoming a new patron. Paypal: Diedrick @deedsweaves Emails: Niyankor, Ren A word From Marshas Plate: Black Trans Talk! Check them out @MarshasPlate 00:24:10 Mental Moment with Money 10 Songs by QueerWOC that talk about mental health Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1245825459/playlist/62kac5IU2RyJB6nxZMIXxh Bbymutha - Rule : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fgx4NNgqps Dey - Sandman : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWwUjwvJnGc 00:41:06 Word with Nikeeta - Sorry to Bother You spoilers! Nikeeta walks us through the anti capitalist messaging in the new film and talks unionizing on the big screen. Democracy Now Interview with Boots Riley - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPvMNKvhE 01:12:00 Submit a topic!!! 01:13:23 Curved Chronicles Bernadette wants to know how to curve politely and Nikeeta and Money have nail routines Submit a topic, curved chronicle, or ask us questions!! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta talk tea for anxiety, Black August, and our glo ups from baby gays until now. Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:08:22 QueerWOC of the Week Dr. Angela Bowen, Ase, dancer and lesbian activist bowen-dies.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/obituaries/angela-bowen-dies.html “I’m a black, lesbian, feminist, writer, activist,” she once said. “I see all of those as equal functions. I feel as though I’ve got a mission to be out front.” 00:17:17 Community Contributors Thanks to Yantra, Alyssa, and Erin for becoming a new patron. Thanks to @rachellesedits for always using the hashtag. Paypal: Susan Shoutout to Hazel for the sweet email. New reviews from kierracymone; ElleOnErf; RishaVonDiva; and Yoshivallen 00:29:35 Mental Moment with Money 37.39 Challenge worry with tea: Skullcap! Scutellaria is a genus of North American flowering plants in the mint family. They are known commonly as skullcaps. Skullcap is used for insomnia, anxiety, and paralysis caused by strokes. It is also used for fever, high cholesterol, epilepsy, nervous tension, allergies, skin infections, inflammation, and spasms. It works on things that cause inflammation and can induce sleep. Especially good if you experience your anxiety in your body (cant sit still, toss and turn, jaw clenching, pacing, fidgeting). Works on our central nervous system relaxing us. https://www.zamnesia.com/blog-why-you-should-use-skullcap-the-herb-that-induces-relaxation-n1468 00:42:40 Word with Nikeeta - Black August 00:59:30 Topic - @itsmisspickle What has your glo-up from baby gay to now been? How has your style shifted? What has changed? 01:31:30 Curved Chronicles Did you really get curved? Submit a topic, curved chronicle, or ask us questions!! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta talk through challenging anxiety and worry, what words really mean, and why Nikeeta never gets DMs. Our intros are inspired by https://twitter.com/CrisLuvsErrBody/status/1017250990670667777 https://twitter.com/GMB/status/1017298433563136000 Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:05:49 QueerWOC of the Week Chelsea Woods https://www.them.us/story/what-if-1930s-period-films-starred-black-butch-lesbians 00:11:43 Community Contributors Thanks to Mirah Ben, and Noah for becoming a new patron and thic roots for the paypal donation. Thanks to Vyolet, Asheezy, L Schon, StephCookie, and egdod for the new reviews Gayside Stories, Bi Connections, India aka Bernadette, and eBonicZ on Soundcloud Last but not least, we want to give a shoutout/ad to our homies at @HOLAAfrica. QueerWOC is all about community, and if you're looking for global community, look no further than HOLAA and “The Wildness”, hosted by Tiff and Manda. HOLAA is a hub for all things African sex and sexuality. Similar to us, HOLAA created a space where women and GNC folks of all sexualities can come together and engage with each other and the world. “The Wildness” is the podcast for HOLAA, hosted by two womanist queer pan-African girls trying to get through life. Check em out on soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/holaafrica and be sure to tell Tiff and Manda we sent you! 00:23:57 Mental Moment with Money Challenge worry “Is this worry realistic? Is this really likely to happen? If the worst possible outcome happens, what would be so bad about that? Could I handle that? What might I do? If something bad happens, what might that mean about me? Is this really true or does it just seem that way? What might I do to prepare for whatever may happen? 00:43:23 Word with Nikeeta - A meta-word segment on social justice jargon. Nikeeta asks us to consider 4 points when using terms: What was the broader context in which the term was coined? Specificity To rescue or to perish? Whatchu mean? 01:07:51 Topic - We dont have one. Feel free to submit your ideas!!! 01:13:10 Curved Chronicles Nikeeta never gets DMs… whats good with that? Submit a topic, curved chronicle, or ask us questions!! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta are back with another episode. Money gives tips on how to talk to bae about sex. Nikeeta breaks down the #AbolishICE and #KeepFamiliesTogether movements. What do you do when a straight woman won’t stop touching you? Money is trying not to text someone. Submit your Curved Chronicles and questions for Nikeeta and Money!!! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:07:13 QueerWOC of the Week MJ Rodriguez @MJRodriguez7 listen to #MarshasPlate reviews here: https://soundcloud.com/danella-xuc/marshasplate-reviews-poseonfx-episode-4 00:13:46 Community Contributors Thanks to @Brand_neu_vision for the teablockers! Thanks to new Patron Camara and Hazel for upping your pledge! Shoutouts to Rawley_; Dalia; ErrLadyyy; DLT; and Annz for your reviews. Thank you to Berry of @PodcastsInColor for highlighting us on your Saturday Spotlight! Use her hashtag, #PodsInColor. Many thanks to Aurien for the letter to the inbox! Last but not least, we want to give a shoutout/ad to our homies at @HOLAAfrica. QueerWOC is all about community, and if you're looking for global community, look no further than HOLAA and “The Wildness”, hosted by Tiff and Manda. HOLAA is a hub for all things African sex and sexuality. Similar to us, HOLAA created a space where women and GNC folks of all sexualities can come together and engage with each other and the world. “The Wildness” is the podcast for HOLAA, hosted by two womanist queer pan-African girls trying to get through life. Check em out on soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/holaafrica and be sure to tell Tiff and Manda we sent you! 00:30:00 Mental Moment with Money Money gives 4 tips for talking to bae about trying something new in the bedroom… or kitchen… or car… General check in Don’t surprise bae with the sex talk, roll it into foreplay or schedule it Pick 1 topic per conversation Make suggestions rather than complaints about sex 00:38:42 Word with Nikeeta - #KeepFmiliesTogether Nikeeta gives us the need to knows about #KeepFamiliesTogether, a quick history of human caging in the United States, and every reason why we should Abolish I.C.E Suggested reading: City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965 by Kelly Lytle Hernandez Link to article: http://inthesetimes.com/article/21252/abolish-ice-donald-trump-jeff-sessions-protest-mijente-not-one-more 01:15:58 Topic - Straight Women are out of control submitted to the DMs What do you do when straight women touch you without your consent and make a big deal about your sexuality? Money and Nikeeta try to answer this question and share some of their own experiences. 01:34:10 Curved Chronicles Money is trying not to text a girl… Submit a topic, curved chronicle, or ask us questions!! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta are back with the final installment of the weekly pride episodes. This week, we give our reflections on 2 years post-Pulse, Prideteenth, and the changes in QueerWOC media since last year. Keep the conversation going by commenting or using #QueerWOC on all social media platforms. Got a topic, question, or curved chronicle? Submit it to queerwocpod@gmail.com

Ep. 44 Lotus Lesbian Money and Nikeeta drop another episode celebrating pride month. Bamby Salcedo is QueerWOC of the week, Money challenges you to turn off your notifications, and Nikeeta puts us on to polysexuality. We also talk sex positions and bodies, what works for us and what we have to pass on. We read two of your Curved Chronicles! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:08:51 QueerWOC of the Week Bamby Salcedo http://bambysalcedo.com/ https://twitter.com/translatinbamby 00:15:30 Community Contributors Thanks Jas, Kingchckmate, and Bahiajaz203 for the reviews and to Taryn for becoming a new patron 00:25:43 Mental Moment with Money Turn your notifications off! 00:35:38 Word Polysexual 00:51:45 Topic - Money and Nikeeta talk sexual positions and bodies. Do some positions just not work for you? We share our faves and hates. https://intomore.com/you/attn-queer-women-you-are-totally-allowed-to-have-long-nails/72dcdb3dd80743a2 01:26:25 Curved Chronicles Submit a topic, curved chronicle, or ask us questions!! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta drop another episode to celebrate pride month. Miss Major reminds us Stonewall was a rebellion. Money gives a check-in acronym. Nikeeta shares how our identities are political, even at work. Submit your Curved Chronicles and questions for Nikeeta and Money!!! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:05:37 QueerWOC of the Week Miss Major Griffin-Gracy @immissmajor https://forwardtogether.org/transvisionaries-miss-major/ https://www.gofundme.com/MsMajorRetirement 00:12:34 Community Contributors Thanks for the PayPal donations and heeeey new patrons! We’re still trying to reach 100 by the end of Pride Month… We can do it!!! 00:14:49 Mental Moment with Money PIMP "PIMP" Model of checking in with friends Plan Intent Means Preparations #SquadCare 00:29:54 Word & Topic - being out at work Books Nikeeta mentions: Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America by Miriam Frank Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy & Madeline D. Davis Broken Bargain broken-bargain-for-lgbt-workers-of-color.pdf">http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/a-broken-bargain-for-lgbt-workers-of-color.pdf Submit a topic, curved chronicle, or ask us questions!! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta welcome pride month remembering Sylvia Rivera and Pride’s radical roots. Money has an acronym for P.R.I.D.E. Nikeeta gives us a breakdown of the important takeaways from the same-sex cake case. Also, its hard af to date while Black Feminist-ing. Submit your Curved Chronicles and questions for Nikeeta and Money!!! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:06:14 QueerWOC of the Week Sylvia-Ray Rivera https://medium.com/queer-history-for-the-people/simply-sylvia-bc8d98af205d https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/forgotten-latina-trailblazer-lgbt-activist-sylvia-rivera-n438586 00:15:10 Community Contributors Thanks Camila, Heaven, & random fine ass Queer Woman at TDE concert iTunes UGA College Girl TeddyB671 Ecarteaux Maryre93 Azure We’re still trying to reach 100 by the end of Pride Month… We can do it!!! 00:21:55 Mental Moment with Money P- Philly Pride Flag https://www.allure.com/story/philadelphia-pride-flag-queer-people-of-color R- Raise Awareness/Riot/Read a QPOC author https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320210723_Respect_My_Ratchet_The_Liberatory_Consciousness_of_Ratchetness I- Identify Your Community D- Dance E- Engage with an elder/gaybie 00:39:54 Word Nikeeta breaks down the important takeaways from the “Narrow Ruling” in the Masterpiece Cake Shop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case. Read about it here: https://www.glamour.com/story/what-to-know-scotus-narrow-ruling-same-sex-wedding-cake-case Submit a topic or ask us questions!! 00:47:45 Curved Chronicles Its hard dating as a radical black feminist! Submit your Curved Chronicles to queerwocpod@gmail.com Contribute to Selena’s family: https://www.gofundme.com/support-estela-and-her-family Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money the Monster and No-break Nikeeta were supposed to talk being out at work, but when you record at midnight, things don’t go as planned. Listen to Money talk emotional intelligence. Nikeeta gives us a breakdown on how to be in solidarity with Palestine. Neither of us can stop singing early 2000 hits. We hope you love our terrible singing. Also, submit your Curved Chronicles!!! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to suggest phrases/ideas for merch Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:07:00 QueerWOC of the Week Wanuri Kahiu http://www.okayafrica.com/cannes-2018-wanuri-kahiu-rafiki-first-kenyan-film-premiere/ 00:10:41 Community Contributors Thanks to everyone who left iTunes reviews!! We’re still trying to reach 100 by the end of Pride Month… We can do it!!! Big thanks to Milton for becoming a Patron 00:30:55 Mental Moment with Money Mood Moment. Take some time to journal through emotions. It enhances emotional intelligence! 00:39:50 Word BDS. Nikeeta gives us the 101 breakdown of what’s going in Palestine and how we can support from afar. QueerWOC stands with Palestine! https://bdsmovement.net/what-is-bds https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jacobin-radio-from-jacobin-magazine/jacobin-radio/e/the-dig-whats-the-matter-with-appalachia-capitalism-50194381 01:07:22 Topic - Girl Groups We stan for We had a totally different topic planned, but music was on our hearts so… yall get to hear our terrible singing as we reminisce on girl groups we loved from the early 2000s. Tell us some of your favorites using the hashtag #QueerWOC 01:14:33 Curved Chronicles Submit your Curved Chronicles to queerwocpod@gmail.com Follow QueerWOC | IG/Twitter @QueerWOCpod Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

From Laura to Lena to Labor Day to Lesbians, Money and no-break Nikeeta talk L words! Nikeeta lied to us all about taking a break. Money suggests a community affirmation activity. Is May Day really gay? Why didn’t anyone tell us about lesbian visibility day? Also, submit your Curved Chronicles!!! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to suggest phrases/ideas for merch Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:12:08 QueerWOC of the Week Laura Agulair, presente! http://remezcla.com/lists/culture/remembering-laura-aguilar-the-chicana-photographer-who-turned-her-camera-to-las-invisible-communities/ 00:18:07 Community Contributors Thanks Sydney and Daosavanh for becoming new Patrons and Caroline for hitting the PayPal! 00:30:31 Mental Moment with Money Friend Fold. Money walks us through an activity for affirming our homies. 00:38:19 Word May Day. Nikeeta breaks down the radical roots of the REAL labor day and connects it to QueerWOC. 00:58:52 Topic - Lesbian Visibility Do we look gay? What does it mean to be visible as a lesbian? What meaning does the term hold for us? 01:40:28 Curved Chronicles Submit your Curved Chronicles to queerwocpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Episode 39: Honey Money and Nikeeta talk #KeepAleHome, Environmental Justice, and Kehlani… basically it’s a sweet episode! Nikeeta got a new job, so she’ll be MIA for a while. Money has a recipe for good vibes. Do we really not fuck with the word ‘queer’? How does language play a part in community, identity, and dating? Also, the first Curved Chronicle from a listener!!! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:09:04 QueerWOC of the Week Alejandra Pablos https://action.mijente.net/petitions/keep-alejandra-home-tell-az-gov-ducey-to-pardon-activist-alejandra-pablos-and-keep-her-home-1 00:21:07 Community Contributors Thanks Vani, Jasmine, Noah, RK for becoming new Patrons and Tawanna for upping! 00:26:19 Mental Moment with Money Vitamin D3, Niacin (Vitamin B3), and Mexican Agate (Crazy lace agate) 00:41:29 Word Environmental Justice 01:01:20 Topic - Kehlani, language, and love! 01:24:28 Curved Chronicles Listener curve from Khadija Submit your Curved Chronicles to queerwocpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Episode 38: Meta Curved Money and Nikeeta are recovering from colds and stomach bugs, but somehow still manage to get the episode up in time. Nikeeta got a new job. Money has teal hair just in time for Sexual Assault awareness month. This episode, Money shares shocking statistics on sexual assault, Nikeeta talks about the importance of Worker’s Centers, and they are both very, very tired! Oh and Curved Chronicles are back with a vengeance! We will be at #PodinLiveNYC on Saturday, April 21st at 4pm at Von 3 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012 Hosted by Tea with Queen and J., PodinLiveNYC is a podcast meetup for listeners, podcasters, and other independent creatives. RSVP for FREE here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/podinlivenyc-podcast-meet-up-tickets-44528362531 Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:07:40 QueerWOC of the Week Phoenix QPOC Baddies 00:23:20 Community Contributors Thanks Trina, Adam, Andre, Christine, Marsha’s Plate, and Brandon for becoming new Patrons! 00:29:26 Mental Moment with Money April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Wear teal in support and hear these dismal statistics. Pick up “Bad Feminist” by Roxane Gay for a little survivor empowerment! https://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/2018-01/info_8.5x11_final508.pdf https://blavity.com/black-women-lgbt-students-at-higher-risk-of-sexual-assault 00:43:53 Word Worker’s Centers. Nikeeta breaks down the zenith of worker’s centers and highlights big victories the Worker’s Center of Central New York has won. 01:09:48 Topic - We tired! 01:17:28 Curved Chronicles Money got curved by a Tumblr match, then curved someone at the same time… its curved inception! Submit your Curved Chronicles to queerwocpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta ride the wave of excitement after meeting one of their Black Feminist foremothers, Barbara Smith. Nikeeta got a haircut. Money can’t stop quoting ‘Black Panther’. This episode, Nikeeta and Money apologize for misgendering, Money shares when you should check on a friend, and they both interview organizer, author, and activist Barbara Smith. We will be at #PodinLiveNYC on Saturday, April 21st at 4pm at Von 3 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012 Hosted by Tea with Queen and J., PodinLiveNYC is a podcast meetup for listeners, podcasters, and other independent creatives. RSVP for FREE here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/podinlivenyc-podcast-meet-up-tickets-44528362531 Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:09:51 Community Contributors Thanks Chyla and Desiree for becoming new Patrons! Love to Diamond for the PayPal donation and Asteir for showing us love! 00:14:28 QueerWOC of the Week: Barbara Smith Barbara Smith is a lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in building and sustaining Black Feminism in the United States. Since the early 1970s, she has been active as a critic, teacher, lecturer, author, scholar, and publisher of Black feminist thought. She has also taught at numerous colleges and universities over the last 25 years. Smith's essays, reviews, articles, short stories and literary criticism have appeared in a range of publications, including The New York Times Book Review, The Black Scholar, The Guardian, and The Nation. Barbara has a twin sister, Beverly Smith, who is also a lesbian feminist activist and writer. Catch her on twitter at @THEbarbarasmith http://www.smithcaringcircle.com/ 00:28:06 Mental Moment with Money Money shares a #BlackMentalHealthMatters PSA about when to check on your friends. 00:36:10 Word Even we mess up! We apologize for misgendering a community member and hold ourselves accountable. Kick us in the butt when we need it! 00:46:05 Topic - Interview with Barbara Smith Learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign here: https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/ A link to the Combahee River Collective Statement: http://circuitous.org/scraps/combahee.html Books Barbara mentioned Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - A Biomythography by Audre Lorde A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology by Barbara Smith Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC by Faith S. Holsaert How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Submit your Curved Chronicles to queerwocpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Click play to hear QueerWOC live on the TuneIn Live SXSW Podcast Stage with special guests @tea-with-queen-and-j Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC #TeaWithQJ Send us an email: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: Diamond Stylz Diamond Stylz™ is a premiere voice of the trans community. #MarshasPlate Last year she started the podcast, Marsha's Plate. Named after the trans pioneer Marsha P. Johnson, Marsha’s Plate is where three friends come together every Thursday sharing culture, opinions and perspectives through a black trans womanist lens. Community Contributors - Thanks Brian, Christy, & Sidney for becoming new Patrons! Love to Daliah for the PayPal donation! LGBT Resource Center @ SU for helping fund our travel & supporting QPOCS in general New New and Vitamin_Si for leaving iTunes Reviews Mental Moment with Money Survival. Check out "The Shape of My Impact" by High Priestess of QueerWOC Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs As Queer women, survival is revolutionary for us. It is communal and resisting. Just existing and having narratives of existence is powerful! Word Nikeeta talks Self-Care 1. The life and work of Audre Lorde 2) Individualization 3) Blog from Low End Theory who’s twitter handle is @touchfaith “Audre Lorde didn’t die a natural death. She died an institutionally produced one, a death that was generated at the level of social infrastructure.” Topic: Womanist Race Nerds Money and Nikeeta interview our homies and Womanist Race Nerds @thequeenspeaks_ and @Janiciaf of @TeaWithQJ Curved Chronicles: J. curved Common. Queen slid her number to somebody who was on a date! Nikeeta got game and Money's DMs are improving... and open!

Money drops all the need to know information about #QueerWOC live at SXSW... and a few anxiety hacks! The show will be streaming live at tunein.com/sxswpodcaststage QueerWOC live at SXSW with @Tea-With-Queen-And-j on Monday, March 12 at 9:30am in the Fairmont Wisteria Room #PodinLiveSXSW Meetup with QueerWOC and Tea With Queen and J. on Tuesday, March 13th at 5pm at Licha's Cantina 1306 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702 Donate to QueerWOC at paypal.me/queerwoc

Money has seen ‘Black Panther’ 7 times. Nikeeta hasn’t seen it at all. This should be fun! This episode, Nikeeta shares why we should all celebrate International Women’s Day, Money works through self harm via her inner Killmonger, and they both reconsider baby-making thanks to a queer inclusive Doula workshop. We will be live at SXSW Monday, March 12th at 9:30am, with special guests @TeaWithQJ! Check out the event page here: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2018/events/PP99023 AUSTIN, TX Meetup at Licha’s Cantina Tuesday, March 13th at 5pm Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:07:08 QueerWOC of the Week: Emma González https://intomore.com/impact/Emma-Gonzalez-Is-The-Bisexual-Latinx-Teen-Leading-The-Charge-For-Gun-Control/1c743ab4886b41a3 00:24:38 Community Contributors Thanks Aisha, Hector, Hazel, and Deborah for becoming new Patrons! Love to Maroussia for the PayPal donation and Nia for putting us on game! 00:30:38 Mental Moment with Money Three F’s to say Fuck you Self Harm! Find a Friend Figure your Trigger Find another way to cope Here are some resources: https://www.theroot.com/ignoring-the-crisis-of-cutting-and-self-harm-among-blac-1790874769 https://thegrio.com/2012/07/18/black-girls-who-cut-themselves-and-the-pain-of-self-injury/ https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/black-girls-cut-too-self-harm-and-generational-pain-in-the-african-american-community/ The 3 f’s and-self-harm.htm">https://www.helpguide.org/articles/anxiety/cutting-and-self-harm.htm 00:59:22 Word Happy international Women’s Day! March 8th. Nikeeta breaks down the origins of the celebration and why women of color should celebrate this year 01:23:45 Topic Sounds like Nik and Money want to have radical babies 01:36:09 Curved Chronicles What's the gender neutral word for auntie?

Money and Nikeeta are back to unite, ignite, and excite the queer women of color community! This episode, we talk celebrating every form of love in your life, what reparations for Black folks could look like, and our favorite sex toys, because yall asked! We will be live at SXSW in Austin, TX on March 12th at 9:30am, with special guests @TeaWithQJ! Check out the event page here: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2018/events/PP99023 Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:05:50 QueerWOC of the Week: History Making Black Queer Baddies June Jordan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUSTxhYu7-4 Monica Roberts - http://transgriot.blogspot.com/ Fallon Fox - https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/3b7j3j/fallon-fox-is-a-woman-get-over-it-925 Tracy Africa Norman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e267baYqc0k Audre Lorde - https://genius.com/Audre-lorde-a-litany-for-survival-annotated 00:26:03 Community Contributors: Thanks Raul, Jennifer, Marimar, and Sophia for becoming new patrons! 00:35:25 Mental Moment w/ Money: Money explains Sternberg’s three components of love, and opens us up to thinking about love beyond romance. Link to the theory: https://psych2go.net/according-sternbergs-love-theory-three-components-love-commitment-passion-intimacy/ 00:49:32 Word: “Reparations” What are reparations? What does it have to do with 40 acres? How can we realistically receive reparations as Black Americans? Nikeeta breaks down the answers to these questions and much more. Chanda Prescond-Weinstein - Diversity is a Dangerous Set Up https://medium.com/space-anthropology/diversity-is-a-dangerous-set-up-8cee942e7f22 Movement for Black Lives Plank on Reparations https://policy.m4bl.org/reparations/#corporate-and-government-reparations In These Times article about On Burge torture and reparations victor http://inthesetimes.com/article/18118/jon-burge-torture-reparations 01:15:22 Topic: Toys! Money likes fantasy colors. Nikeeta can get a harness on in record time! Inner Hoe Uprising episode: https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/feelmore-adult-gallery 01:37:20 Curved Chronicles: Money goes on a mini rant about yt queer women. You can now submit your very own Curved Chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta are back to unite, ignite, and excite the queer women of color community! This episode, we talk Palestinian lesbian solidarity, pinkwashing, and power bottoms, because queerness is everywhere! Oh, and we will be LIVE at SXSW with special guests @Tea-with-queen-and-j Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:06:13 QueerWOC of the Week: Haneen Maikey,the co-founder and director of AlQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society http://www.newsweek.com/why-we-should-boycott-gay-pride-tel-aviv-623211 http://www.aswatgroup.org/en/article/survival-kit-palestinian-lesbian-part1 00:09:03 Community Contributors: Thanks to our new patrons Khadija, Janicia, Maroussia, and Catalina 00:16:30 Mental Moment w/ Money: Unsure about if you have experienced a trauma? Money has a 4-point checklist that you might find helpful. Are you having intrusive thoughts/flashbacks about it? Are you spending time trying to avoid things that remind you of it? Has the way you thought about yourself been negatively impacted by it? Do you experience extreme emotions or no emotions when talking about it? If you were able to answer yes to all of these, you have probably experienced something traumatic. You are not your trauma! We can all get free from things that have hurt us. Naming them is the first step <3 00:30:31 Word: “Pinkwashing” Have you heard this phrase used? What does it have to do with Creating Change? How can we stand in solidarity with LGBTQ Palestinians? Nikeeta breaks down the answers to these questions and much more. Check out the Queer Palestinian Empowerment Network: https://www.facebook.com/QPaliEmpowerment/?ref=br_rs Sign the #CancelPinkwashing petition: https://cancelpinkwashing.org/take-action/ 00:56:09 Topic: Money is clearly terrible at flirting. How do you flirt? Is there a right way to slide in the DM’s? 01:24:29 Curved Chronicles: Money’s love life is nonexistent. Nikeeta is boo’d up *cues Ella Mai* 01:29:17 Bonus content: We will be live at SXSW, with special guests @TeaWithQJ! Check out the event page here: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2018/events/PP99023 Do you have dating woes or wins? You can now submit your very own Curved Chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Nikeeta and Money don't want you to settle for anything less than bomb sex, which means you need to take a really good look at your consent practices. In this episode we talk consent, crushes, and just how important community is when it seems like we're always mourning queer women of color. Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 5:27 QueerWOC of the Week: Kaladaa Crowell, Brandi Mells, Shanta Myers and Kerrice Lewis. Ancestors too soon https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/murders-of-4-black-lesbians-highlight-increased-violence-against-lgbtq-communities_us_5a5778cbe4b0616638288454 18:39 Community Contributors: Monae, Margaret, Queen, and Tawanna are new Patrons. Danielle and Crystal showed us love. Jasmyn sent us goodies from @theeven3xchange 25:00 Mental Moment w/ Money: January is mental wellness month! Here are 15 ways to catch up with your homies that aren’t getting together for drinks: to-catch-up-with-friends.html">https://www.yesandyes.org/2015/12/ways-to-catch-up-with-friends.html 34:26 Word: “Consent”. Nikeeta gives us a whole body definition of consent and tips on how to make sure you're doing it well. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/consent-how-to https://www.yesmeansyes.com/consent 1:07:20 Topic: Letter from Keheira 1:27:00 Curved Chronicles: Money is trying to get rid of a crush. Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

In the first episode of 2018 Money and Nikeeta learn out loud while discussing demisexuality. New year celebrations often come with resolutions about our bodies, so Nikeeta and Money discuss their relationships to their bodies and their gender presentations. Want to talk to a loved one about seeing a therapist? Money has tips to make that conversation easier. Money is also still failing at love… but what else is new? Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 8:34 QueerWOC of the Week: Joyita Mondal, India’s 1st Trans Judge #TeamJoyita mondal-indias-first-transgender-judge-some-facts-about-her-2051163.html">http://zeenews.india.com/india/joyita-mondal-indias-first-transgender-judge-some-facts-about-her-2051163.html 14:14 Community Contributors: Melissa (PayPal) Khadija (PayPal) Bailey (Patreon) Diedrick (iTunes) @PodcastsInColor @TeaWithQJ @InnerHoeUprising 25:05 Mental Moment w/ Money: January is mental wellness month! Talk to your peeps about going to see a therapist! Here are some tips for talking to a loved one about seeing a therapist. Just LEAP. L - listen to the problem, ask about it. E - Explore the problem. What have they thought about doing to solve it? A - Ask if they want your input/advice (unsolicited is rarely accepted!) P - share your own personal experience with therapy/resources on why you think therapy would help. 40:39 Word: “Demisexual” What does ‘demisexual’ mean? Are we demi? Money and Nikeeta talk the asexuality spectrum and their romantic and sexual attraction styles. http://www.asexuality.org/ http://wiki.asexuality.org/Demisexual 58:05 Topic: Bodies We share how our bodies and sizes have influenced our gender expression and dating life. Nikeeta shares how dressing dapper made her fall in love with her body. Money is a big girl whose body is in open rebellion! @q.u.e.e.n.dom @babyface323 @shedoeshim @dr__handsome 1:23:44 Curved Chronicles: Nikeeta is faking like she can relate to Money’s dating woes, but she can’t because she’s boo’d up! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta reflect on their year, explain why EVERY Black queer should celebrate Kwanzaa, and share their hopes for #QueerWOC2018! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod 4:30 QueerWOC of the Week: Sofia Rivera Peña https://netargv.com/2017/12/07/moving-speech-rio-grande-valley-activist-addresses-reproductive-justice-lgbtq-rights/ 8:45 Community Contributors: @dixmacabre; Laura; Kait 12:30 Mental Moment w/ Money: Scrap the reolutions and cerate a rememberlutions jar: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alannaokun/im-so-im-so-proud-of-you?utm_term=.cvnLp1620#.ejN6X8nYj 20:25 Word: “Kwanzaa” What are the principles of Kwanzaa? How is it related to QueerWOC? Money and Nikeeta talk all 7 principles and the queer women of color legacy of celebrating Kwanzaa https://vimeo.com/17887874 https://www.autostraddle.com/four-things-we-can-all-learn-from-queering-kwanzaa-404935/ http://www.ebony.com/news-views/why-lgbt-african-americans-embrace-kwanzaa-495 http://www.thefeministwire.com/2011/01/envisioning-the-village-we-deserve-queer-kwanzaa-2/ https://vimeo.com/17887874 http://qspirit.net/queer-kwanzaa-queer-black-jesus/ 38:05 Topic: Reflecting on 2017 We share a few of our best moments from 2017 including Nikeeta joining the podcast, AfroPunk, and Black Feminist debates… because we’re nerds! Curved Chronicles: Fuck Dxnald Trxmp and his tiki torch yt supremacist homies! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta reflect on their spirituality as the holidays near, explain what’s new about neoliberal capitalism, and urge you to give therapy time… at least 7 sessions! Also, let the laugh of Jenifer Lewis bless yo life! Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod 8:30 QueerWOC of the Week: Angela Peñaredondo: https://www.lambdaliterary.org/interviews/10/25/celebrating-filipina-american-history-month/ Rutina Wesley and Chef Shonda: https://www.instagram.com/p/BboXcyXgMum/?taken-by=rutina_wesley 13:44 Community Contributors: Fabiola; Kijafa; RichWest07; Keheira 19:37 Mental Moment w/ Money: Money urges you to hang in there with therapy. Most people experience change between the 7th and 10th sessions. Also, listen to this amazing Jenifer Lewis interview on ‘Another Round’: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5XpsMEarRLe9dPTc88ruPW 28:55 Word: “Neoliberalism” What exactly is neoliberal capitalism? How is it different from liberalism? Nikeeta breaks down how “human capital” and privatizing government help messed things up for most of us, and how racism and poverty are justified through neoliberalism. 58:31 Topic: Spirituality We share a few of our spiritual practices and admire our ancestors, who survived! Money’s done with faux Christmas. Nikeeta is a materialist. Kwanzaa is gonna be lit!!! 1:33:48 Curved Chronicles: Money forced a lesbian couple to use the back door of a coffee shop. Nikeeta curved a queer using labor organizing lines! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta reminisce on their gayest holiday moments, explain the difference between organizing and advocacy, and provide all the distractions you need to escape holiday obligations. Enjoy your family feast day and remember: the first Thanksgiving story is a colonialist lie! Use the code “QueerWOC” to get free shipping on your orders from CharleeJ Co. - apparel designed with queer people of color in mind!  www.charleejco.com/ QueerWOC of the Week: Political Baddies!! Rahzie Seals Andrea Jenkins: https://andreajenkinsforward8.org/ Phillipe Cunningham: https://www.cunninghammpls.org/ Jamila Hammami: @jamilaMhammami https://stepfeed.com/10-badass-arab-women-who-are-fighting-for-sexual-freedom-9118 Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod 27:08 Mental Moment w/ Money: Money lists her favorite podcasts, shows, movies, and instagrams to get you out of the holiday rut. 40:55 Word: “Organizing” What exactly is organizing? How is it different from advocacy or mobilizing? Nikeeta breaks down how organizing has impacted her activism and highlights Indigenous organizing for Indigenous Heritage Month Milked Campaign: https://milkedny.org/?link_id=7&can_id=b70c8a0a6d899ab1cd0de9734cbcfd1d&source=email-milked-a-report-about-immigrant-dairy-workers-in-new-york&email_referrer=milked-a-report-about-immigrant-dairy-workers-in-new-york&email_subject=milked-a-report-about-immigrant-dairy-workers-in-new-york Familia Unidas para Justicia: https://www.facebook.com/FamiliasUnidas/ 58:51 Topic: HoliGAY stories We share a few of our favorite queer moments that happened during holiday season. 1:20:25 Curved Chronicles: Money missed cuffing season and Nikeeta got friend curved… again! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta nerd out over making friends, collapsing capitalism, and dealing with anxiety. Use the code “QueerWOC” to get free shipping on your orders from CharleeJ Co. - apparel designed with queer people of color in mind!  www.charleejco.com/ QueerWOC of the Week: Mykki Blanco d.vice.com/en_us/article/43a57j/out-of-this-world-i-d-meets-mykki-blanco">https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/43a57j/out-of-this-world-i-d-meets-mykki-blanco Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod 11:43 Mental Moment w/ Money: Anxiety Countdown. Feeling flooded with anxiety? Try this quick sensory exercise to trick your mind into calming you down:     5- things you can see     4- things you can touch     3- things you can hear     2- things you can smell     1- thing you can taste 25:31 Word: “Socialism” What exactly is Socialism? What does it have to do QueerWOC? Nikeeta breaks down the 4 tenets of Socialism, a political stance in which Workers own the means of production Expansion of Democracy and change through democratic organizing International Independent from elite parties Claudia Jones- "And End To Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman" https://palmm.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A4865 54:33 Topic: Music We know the world sucks so we wanted to keep it hopeful. Check out these QueerWOC’s fucking it up on the music front DJ eXeL: https://www.instagram.com/djexel/ Mother Nature: https://soundcloud.com/mothernaturebarz BBYMUTHA: https://soundcloud.com/bbymutha SZA Princess Nokia TT The Artist: https://soundcloud.com/tttheartist Aziza Cree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97FjRPb_HKw Sassy Black Cat: Stasia Tiffany Gouche: https://soundcloud.com/tiffanygouche IAMDDB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDC_XkWWxZA Hayley Kyoko Juliana Huxtable 1:20:44 Curved Chronicles: How do you make friends as a QueerWOC? What’s the difference between a crush and a squish? Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta talk local elections, Burger King bae, pronouns, breakups, and seasonal affective disorder... basic Black queer troublemaker shenanigans. Pronouns are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to gender, CharleeJCo is still offering free shipping using the code "QueerWOC", and coming out to your partner is not easy. We share our feelings on pronouns and share our tips for dealing with breakups. Use the code “QueerWOC” to get free shipping on your orders from CharleeJ Co. - apparel designed with queer people of color in mind!  www.charleejco.com/ QueerWOC of the Week: Serena "Rahzie" Seals for 4th District Common Council https://www.serenaseals.org/ https://www.serenaseals.org/platform "Burger King Bae" stands up to high school bullies https://twitter.com/JustJOSH_ingYa/status/920841882162417664 Community Contributors: Laura Jaffe; The Even Exchange Podcast; Appreciative As F*ck; Ashia Irie Mental Moment w/ Money: Seasonal Affective Disorder. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes with the seasons, typically starting in the late fall and early winter and going away during the spring and summer. Money's suggestion is to get as much vitamin D as possible, then try the S.A.F.E. Space Exercise. For 5 minutes write out some songs, activities, foods, and/or exercises that make you feel well. How did you discover them? S- song A- activity F- food E- exercise Word: “Pronoun” Topic/Curved Chronicles: How do you come out to a partner? How do you deal with a breakup? We share our breakup experiences and point everyone to @_MsVixen_ for 30 ways to get over heartbreak and heal correctly ways-to-get-over-heart-break-and.html">http://www.msvixenmag.com/2017/09/30-ways-to-get-over-heart-break-and.html Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns

Money and Nikeeta are joined by our sib Ahmad (@maahdsaeed) to talk preferences and just how political the personal can get. Capitalism will not save Black people, Reina Gossett is our archival research bae, and all the famous QPOCs prefer yt gays. We interrogate our “preferences” and realize that loving ourselves changed our desires for others. Use the code “QueerWOC” to get free shipping on your orders from CharleeJ Co. - apparel designed with queer people of color in mind!  https://www.charleejco.com/ QueerWOC of the Week: Reina Gossett https://www.teenvogue.com/story/reina-gossett-marsha-p-johnson-op-ed Sarah Hegazy http://www.civicegypt.org/?p=74532 Community Contributors: Sophia; Chaka Khan Jr.; Kidd-krazii Mental Moment w/ Money: Fictive kin/Friendship is the key to long life! Word: “The personal is political” Topic: Preferences come from somewhere…. Curved Chronicles: Brooklyn to the Bronx is not long distance! Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns Follow Ahmad | IG/Tumblr @AhmadrSaeed | VIMEO: https://vimeo.com/226892590