I Ain't Got Time To Read

Arts EN ↓ 27 episodes

Hi! We're Sadie and Zami A., two deeply bonded millennials who, through reading, wanted to equip ourselves with the tools to better name and examine our experiences as women of color. Our goal is to make this accessible for the community who may not have time to read or would like to do so in a communal way. Each episode is a recorded discussion of the questions and themes noted in the study guide we've created (see show notes to access). So this podcast is "for colored folks who have considered doing the readings but the time in the day wasn't enough."

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I Ain't Got Time To Read

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THICK Essay 2: In the Name of Beauty 17.02.2022 1:18:48

In the second essay, “In the Name of Beauty,” Tressie examines and names her experience of being deemed unattractive under the white gaze. She makes the point that beauty is about a power structure of domination and exclusion based on capitalism and the system of white supremacy.  She defines the difference between desirability and beauty, as many well-meaning people refute her self-proclamat...

THICK Essay 1: Thick 09.02.2022 1:07:58

Join us as we discuss the first essay in Tressie McMillian Cottom's latest book "THICK". We walk through her experiences in addition to our own on the topics of Black girlhood, persistant with academia, and co-opting Blackness.  We created a free study guide based off the book, check it out here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BMjZ8E79G_YTBhuGoK5vVQkxL1BxaNIDPy8r0PA3Ryo/edit?usp=sharing...