Tea with Queen and J.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! Your favorite bi-weekly podcast is going weekly, with the reintroduction of our shorter 'A Spot of Tea' episodes! Drink up! *Trigger Warning: we discuss rape from around moment 8:35 through 13:00* This week's hot list includes: the new Smoochr app, #shutdownsmoochr, college friends, Tinder, the...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! Fellow Black women podcasters Sam (@slamridd) & Shanika (@shanpowell4) of 'Inner Hoe Uprising' visit the show this week and we bond over hoe shit in our biggest sex episode ever. Also, please make your own plate at the cookout. Drink up! This episodes hot list: making plates, hoe shit, going co...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! As usual, Queen wants more free porn on Orange Is The New Black; David Banner is the hood-tep captain; natural hair shrinkage, we get it, get over yourself; and other shenanigans and shenanery. Drink up! This episode's hot list: the documentary film Breaking a Monster, we tear #OITNB to shreds,...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! We survived our first podcast event and we're back talking about Palestine, fake hair and the ups and downs of the #MeetAMuslim hashtag and short film. Drink up! This episode's hot list: #MeetAMuslim, Juneteenth, @frobabies instagram, Womanhood or Woman's Hurt documentary, natural hair, weaves,...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! Dear Black people, stop working so hard to please white strangers. Chill with that. This episode's hot list: The Mart 125, Dance Africa, drum circles, Black guilt, prom season, Muhammad Ali, Governor's Ball, Makossa, gentrification, Plan B, The Real World, Dayshen Mckenzie, Facebook's food porn...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Black hair artifacts that should be retired, the difference between podcasting and inciting a hate riot, and the hashtag #DisabilityTooWhite. Drink up! We're throwing a party and you're invited! Click the link for info and tickets to "THE COME UP: JUNETEENTH DAY PARTY" in NYC--> https://www.eventbrite.co...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. The difference between my n!gga and mah n!gga. We talk about other stuff, but still. Drink up! (Also, trigger warning: we discuss rape on campus from 43:20 through 57:39) Learn more about @RapedatSpelman and #RapedbyMorehouse here: http://www.gafollowers.com/raped-spelman-raped-morehouse-means/ Help us g...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! We drink tea, mix lemonade, and ask which white person decided that Prince was biracial? Note: A white woman was cast to play Prince's mom in Purple Rain, in my blind rage I said biracial woman accidentally. - J. Read Stereo Williams article on the erasure of Prince's racial identity here: http...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! J. is crying again, what is "ethnic", and Queen goes to jail... again. Check out Queen Godis and "The Book Of Lyte" project here: http://www.queengodis.com Learn more about Chariot For Women here: http://www.chariotforwomen.com Learn more about Shea Moisture's #BreaktheWalls campaign: http://ww...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! Seeking healthcare while Black and female, and seeking freedom while gay. Also, sneakers, reality TV, and J.'s sister Jasmine (@jasmineses) is here! Check out http://sneakerpawnusa.com to buy sell and pawn kicks! Find Sophia Chester's new book Cosmic Callisto Caprica and the Missing Ring's of S...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! Whatever could go wrong tried it, but it's our anniversary episode, so we got this! We discuss masculinity, motherhood, click-bait, and revolution. Check out www.capitalizetheB.com to join the movement and sign the petition for the AP Stylebook to capitalize the letter B when referring to indiv...

We invite fellow Black Power Ranger and radio host Tasty Keish to talk about independent media, saying n*gga, bad television, and the immigration to prison pipeline. ALSO, we've got T-shirts for sale! Last day to order is March 14, 2016. Click here to order now: https://www.booster.com/tea-with-queen-and-j-podcast-ts-rbg Fall in love with Tasty Keish on TK in the AM over at Bondfire Radio: Real Ra...

We blacksterbate all over this episode! To Beyonce, Scalia's death, remembering the OJ Simpson trial, and Deray as America's next mayor. Drink up! Watch Erica Garner's endorsement ad for Bernie Sanders here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syln8IkOIqc To learn more about the Free Monique and Larissa from Kuwait campaign click here: https://www.change.org/p/free-monique-and-larissa-campaign-us-citi...

We explore the deep dark sea that is white privilege when white liberals attack. And then we talk about ass-play & homophobia. Drink up! Fall in love with our independent media friends over at Bondfire Radio: Real Radio for Real People check them out here: http://bondfireradio.com Help insure that undocumented immigrants have access to clean water in Flint, Michigan through the Latino Collaborativ...

We talk the butteriness that is the Obamas, the magic of Black girls, and loving while Black and woman. With our first guest ever, Monet Bell from #BlackLove! Watch Monet's journey through #BlackLove, Tuesday's 10:15e/9:15c on the FYI network, or online here: http://www.fyi.tv/shows/blacklove Twitter: @Monet_iam Instagram: @MonetBell Help us grow! If you're feeling us, and want to support what we'...

Bill Cosby thinks he's too old for jail; Men ask the age old questions "Bitch, what?" and "What, bitch?" And what do your hair choices say about other people? Drink up! Help us grow! If you're feeling us, and want to support what we're doing drop some coins in the collection plate: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…_id=5DUUQTZG99FNL J.'s sister is documenting her journey with breast cancer. Follow...

We talk shit about Star Wars, islamophobia, and your other favorite podcast. Also, does calling women 'females' make you complicit in rape? That's a trick question. The answer is yes. Drink up! Help us grow! If you're feeling us, and want to support what we're doing drop some coins in the collection plate: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…_id=5DUUQTZG99FNL J.'s sister is documenting her journey wi...

We're back! Mad Black shit happened while we were away. Queen Latifah plays a closeted wizard, Creed casts a natural hair comb, we're torn about Chi-raq but not really, and Alicia Keys and some hooded carolers give us a little soft shoe. Drink up! *SPOILER ALERT* We discuss the film Creed from 22:37 to 36:12 with a few spoilers. Watch our new favorite web series! "Black Angus" https://www.youtube....

J.'s sister does the intro while we take a little Thanksgiving break, but we'll be back fresh and new with a full episode on 12/8/15. In the meantime, enjoy this quick sip of tea, and catch up on all of your favorite episodes! Drink up! Closing pop off by JX CANNON: https://soundcloud.com/jxcannon/pop-off-ft-barack-obama J.'s sister is documenting her journey with breast cancer. Follow her on at j...

It's the 2015 Struggle Olympics! Featuring #PrayforParis vs. #PrayforKenya, HBCU's vs. PWI's, and fighting the man vs. fighting each other. Drink up! J.'s sister is documenting her journey with breast cancer. Follow her on at jasmineses.tumblr.com and on twitter & instagram @jasmineses to offer words of support or to gain some of for your own journey. And if you'd like, please donate and/or share...

We knight Amber Rose patron saint of the show; confederacy Twitter trolls burn a cyber cross on our cyber lawn; and the difference between a well meaning hater and a white ally. Drink up! We discussed the epic Women's Freedom Conference 2015 #WFC2015. Watch the replay here: http://womensfreedomconference.com/live/ J.'s sister is documenting her journey with breast cancer. Follow her on at jasmines...

If respectability politics are your thing, then we're shitting on everything you know and love. The laundry is dirty, something in the milk ain't clean, and other stuff old people say. Drink up! Join us on Sunday, November 1, 2015 as we meet, run (or walk), and chill with Ms. Vixen Runs Brooklyn! Click the link for more info: https://msvixenrunsbrooklyn.splashthat.com/# J.'s sister is documenting...

We ask the questions; Can America survive the month of October without a blackface incident? Can Black people watch trash TV without disgracing the ancestors? Who are the ancestors? Do you have to be ugly and do you have to be gay to really act? And what is wrong with Hollywood? Drink up! J.'s sister is documenting her journey with breast cancer. Follow her on at jasmineses.tumblr.com and on twitt...

We discuss working while Black, white comfort, white feminism, white tears, and white on white Air Force 1's. No, seriously. Drink up! Help us grow! If you're feeling us, and want to support what we're doing drop some coins in the collection plate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5DUUQTZG99FNL This year, activists, protestors, and researchers across the nation...

We discuss Nia Long's passing, the policing of Black women, Black on Black appropriation, and mother's who twerk. All while defending one hoe at a time. Drink up! Help us grow! If you're feeling us, and want to support what we're doing drop some coins in the collection plate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5DUUQTZG99FNL This August, activists, protestors, and...