Tea with Queen and J.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… the internet is full of Black ass comedy! We get into who’s making us laugh (Teddy Riley), some of the politics behind your decorative face mask, and music vs. gender... This week’s hotlist - Are you sleeping tho? Be a good neighbor, shop teasbyg.com, don’t forget the introvert...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Groceries, cleaning supplies and guns are on quarantine shopping lists across the country (fvck is up with that)? We try to date without dying, and wonder if the global pandem is making white folks more racisty or if this is just their time to shine... This week’s hotlist - Ess...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Coronavirus is wild racist! How does race come into play with that rona? Meanwhile the Supreme Court is low key out here fvcking with discrimination law. And is this a good time to shed mediocre friendships? Or does the global pandem have us too shook This week’s hotlist - Getc...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We explore Black ass stripper culture, the government says fuck your rights and puts affirmative action on pause, and while some celebrities are DJing us through that rona others are using social media to get on whatever nerves we have left. This week’s hotlist - Street harassm...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We find other ways to connect with one another during that Rona, voter suppression stays too legit to quit, and tell your parents and your church aunty to stay the fvck home! This week’s hotlist - Crystal Mason and voter suppression, get into that Netflix party app, #neverforge...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Coronavirus got people shook! And with good reason. We navigate social media in a pandemic, voting in an era of social distance, what congress is doing about your job, and how we’re all getting through that rona! This week’s hotlist - STAY CALM BUT TAKE IT SERIOUS, information...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… The coronavirus is wilding, we get down to the facts and foolishness, prioritize hiring Black women, and do a quick recap of our weekend at podfest. This week’s hotlist - building community in white spaces, the rona, don’t “lady” us to death, price gouging, health crisis & capi...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We got some good old bi-phobia, an anti-Black call center, Detroit out here trying to get their houseless numbers up, and being positive does not mean being passive, you can be Black and proud and still embrace conflict, yes I fucking said it. This week’s hotlist - Drunk Black...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Before sh!t gets super serious Black twitter investigates your favorite Black man’s white girlfriend, then after the break we discuss grieving complicated flawed celebrities aka humans, and get into that snoop vs. gayle fiasco. Quick content warning, after our mid-episode comme...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We're off this week, but we didn't forget about you! If you're not already familiar, we want to put you on to our favorite new Black ass genetics podcast "In Those Genes" hosted by Dr. Janina Jeff. This hip-hop inspired podcast uses genetics to uncover the lost identities of Af...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Can self-care be careless? Does critiquing men make you uncomfortable? Bad wigs are fun, misogyny is not; and stop beefing with your grandparents! This week’s hotlist - Frankincense, social media breaks, ghosting vs. saying “no”, Queen and Sam’s love story, racial slurs for dum...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Why is Black History Month in February, Is PETA highkey a white supremacist organization? Are Black entertainers ignoring Black media on the red carpet, and what the fuck is wrong with Joy Behar. This week’s hotlist - Financial politics for that ass, finding work/podcast/life b...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Why work doesn’t have to suck but people and their politics make it suck so hard, how to make friends as a grown ass adult, and to HBCU or to PWI - grandma edition This week’s hotlist - animal ovaries, pet love, labor, therapy, Black Facts, labor and the hierarchy of workers, f...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Ivy Park and the business of exclusion, a Black hair journey to baldness, homelessness in a city full of empty homes (make that make sense), and bisexuality and why the straight monogs must be stopped. This week’s hotlist - Ivy Park & adidas, plus sizes, Congresswoman Ayanna Pr...

Soooooo... same time next week? J. will be moderating the #StrongFemaleLeads panel at Black Comic Book Festival on Friday, January 17th at 11:30 at The Schomburg Center in Harlem! Full schedule & FREE registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-schomburg-centers-8th-annual-black-comic-book-festival-tickets-86017439477 WEBSITE www. TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teaw...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode…Fuck is happening in Iran and what does it have to do with Black Americans? If you’re not in Black love can you critique Black love, and when’s the last time a white person touched your hair. We know they’re not supposed to, but what do you do when they do it anyway, like in rea...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Are you using Black outrage to promote anti-blackness? Are you in need of a light skinned accountability partner? We also pay Black women and explore child incarceration. This week’s hotlist - We show love to your friendly neighborhood hood dude, colorism, anti-Blackness, and g...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Do you know what impeachment is? We (the internets) have been talking a lot about potential impeachment parties and celebrations, but do we know what it means to impeach a president? In the second half of the episode we discuss and SPOIL “Queen & Slim” and how it may have done...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… What does white supremacy have to do with HIV? Why it’s ok to hire a cleaning person, and a Black angel dies every time you lie about your job (it’s true we promise)! This week’s hotlist - King Ester on YouTube, reality tv joy, The Watchmen podcast, the laziest birthday greetin...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… What is trauma porn? Are you into it? Is the film industry capitalizing on our pain or telling it like it is? When is it educational and when is it just Black misery for misery’s sake. This week’s hotlist - Vagina workshops, surviving the holidays, candy we hate, then we get in...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Are you afraid to say Black? When to say people of color and when to shut your h*e ass up. This week’s hotlist - Watch us on show our asses on The Grapevine, PodcastsInColor.com is a whole ass directory, Loretta Ross WOC origin story, political implications of POC/WOC, are you...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We do a spoiler free review of Harriet Tubman, talk about internet propaganda, critical thinking, diaspora wars, Russian bots and mad other sh!t. This week’s hotlist - Marlon Wayans is ridiculous, Harriet Tubman, Cynthia Erivo & the great British actor debate, anti-Blackness, t...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Can you separate your gender expression from internalized misogyny? And by you I mean me. Do you remember your first durag? Internet etiquette, that bike story again, and over policing when underpolicing is working too good. This week’s hotlist - Black nepotism is lit, watch So...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Can you be Black and beat up white people at work? The results will astound you. Also Black ass intersections because we’re all dealing with some shit. Oh, and cat videos! This week’s hotlist - CinderBlock the cat, #WatchmenHBO and content warnings, election day, whosontheballo...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… How much of your marriage is based on white supremacy? The answer is either a lot or some… yikes. We talk about leveraging Black suffering as entertainment, archiving Black stories and other sucker free spoiler free commentary! This week’s hotlist - Black Portraiture[s] Confere...