Simply Put

Today we have Iconaklast back to talk about the importance of networking and ways to overcome some of the more common reasons people say they struggle with networking. Meanwhile, I’m using it as an opportunity to manipulate a situation to promote self-reflection and progress (for educational purposes of course).

If you’ve managed to diversify your internet algorithms, none of this should be new information but not everyone has done that. Here’s a perspective you’ve missed if you’re only seeing various shades of peach represented in your media.

CW: medical trauma, pregnancy loss, from that time I almost died to the other time I almost died. Visiting the time my daughter was convinced I was having twins along the way.

Everyone draws the line somewhere when talking about who they classify as people. Some people’s line stops when we get to animals and some people’s stops well before then. Check out Patreon.com/simplyashes for more

Special guest: Jordan Breckenridge. *at one point I mention I’m having a Labor Day baby and 100% meant Memorial Day

Roe v Wade will be overturned but how does the wording of the draft impact other cases? Let’s talk about that, what things are considered medical abortions that some people don’t know, and where we can go from here. Look back through past podcasts where I talk about Roe v. Wade, the Hyde Amendment, and the dark roots of Planned Parenthood for more background info. This is more than just about abor...

The time I finally responded to an Usborne party invitation and why the copy/paste message was the equivalent of them putting a foot in their mouth.

The reservations I have posting this unedited (or at all) are high but it’s been over a year since reading the article and it’s not getting any easier to talk about. Interracial friendships are hard. They just are and if you think they aren’t you’re likely dismissing how much the other person has to accommodate you so that you don’t notice.

At the end of the day, I don’t care about any of these people but the discourse surrounding the issues in mostly white spaces create a streamline from white women tears to white supremancy in one situation and blame Black women for disagreements between Black men in another. For one set of people it’s “fuck around and find out” for another it’s “violence isn’t the answer.” Why is that and what are...

[recorded pre-Christmas 2021] this time Alesha and I primarily talk about the small town dynamics of where we grew up. As time goes on we move toward how it molded us all to be who we are today and it goes from laughing and joking to a more serious conversation about religion, marriage, and love language. In part 2 we will talk about how our small town upbringing was a disservice as we grew into o...

For some, tax time means escape.

Today we’re expanding a bit on the conversations surrounding space documents and the 1870s brick wall with an insurance librarian! If you want to know why that makes sense, want to see the sources used in the discussion, and/or want to support a Black creator during Black History Month, head on over to patreon dot com slash simply ashes to join the conversation

Today I’m challenging Cathy to sit in her discomfort as I sit in a bit of my own while I push back against the idea that she can protect her child from experiencing racism by calling it an “adult” issue and we hear her come to an awkward realization that she cannot continue the privilege of pushing off difficult conversations with people she loves without harming her daughter and jeopardizing her...

Melissa currently works as a teacher in a dual language, fairly affluent school district in Washington and has been an advocate for diversity and equity surrounding marginalized communities within her school district. Today we’re talking about the model-minority myth, cultural differences in education, the importance of recognizing cultural differences while in the classroom, and, later, we touch...

From my family to yours 🤍

We’re hopping back where we left off last month with the second half of Jordan’s recording only this time we change gears from speaking about Brown v Board to talking about professors obligations to their students while teaching the tougher bits of the classics. We talk about the importance of facilitating conversations responsibly, delve into a bit of friendship backgrounds, and talk about discov...

CW: Medical Trauma, mention of miscarriage

@/drcrim3 Tiktok mentioned: https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPd2mogTM/

Let’s talk about the last half hour or so.

For the longest there’s been one question in my inbox that I’ve avoided, “who are you outside of all this” and I finally got to a point where I know myself enough to answer. It may not be the answer people are hoping for but, in this season, it’s who I am.

How a phone call allowed me to unclench my jaw and take a deep breath for the first time in over a decade.

Link to gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-raise-burial-and-memorial-funds?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

BUCK v. BELL, Superintendent of State Colony Epileptics and Feeble Minded. | Supreme Court | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (cornell.edu) Buck v. Bell (1927) | The Embryo Project Encyclopedia (asu.edu) The History & Impact of Planned Parenthood Immigration Reform (plannedparenthoodaction.org)

How one man picked the wrong bitch at the wrong time: Planned Parenthood edition.

We re-recorded the first one when we thought all was lost but since this covers some of the same things in a different way, I wanted to include this as well.