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… how do you navigate anti-Blackness when it’s coming from inside the house? Loving yourself in a world that don’t fvck with you. Also ableism, fertility, and who can joke about that sh*t. This week’s hot list: NYC is crowded as hell, drink your water, do your meditations, Black...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We indulge in one of our favorite past times, watching TV and tearing it to shreds. Full of mixed feelings about the hit Hulu series ‘Shrill’, we ask does Black body image matter on a show about body image? Is this show low key/high key about white men? Or the 53%? We’re like j...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… It’s our 200th fvcking episode!!! We talk about how we engage with celebrity death on social media, conspiracy theories, editing Black women out of history, fake diversity initiatives, along with our live broadcast at SXSW Content Warning: Nipsey Hussle discussion on death, mur...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Black actors have to worry about more than acting and that’s bullsh*t. Who is killing Black Lives Matter protesters? What the fvck? And Black Muslim erasure in a Muslim ban era. This week’s hot list: We saw Us, help kids in the Bronx enjoy prom, follow @triplecripples, another...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We explore labels, gender non-binary and why your friends ain’t really your friends; We shout out your Black male homies who unintentionally erase the fvck out of you while you’re fvcking sitting right the fvck there; And we revisit our discussion on disability and dating. This...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Are you being ableist in your relationship? Are you so woke you need a nap? Does your man like that you’re bi but only when it’s fun? And why we haven’t watched Leaving Neverland... TW (trigger warning ): Michael Jackson conversation takes place @ 26:15- 40:15 Tweet us while yo...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Are you a white person who wants me to denounce another Black person because you are wilding and always out of pocket? Are you a Black person with a pocket full of Solange hot takes? Are you somewhere scared and hiding until the current president stops presidenting. Whoever you...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Our moment in Black hair gets unexpectedly emotional, we finally talk about that hate crime scandal that we didn’t never talk about yet, and the relationship between the Black & Latinx community is too nuanced for even that sentence. This week’s hot list: Nobody beats “The Wiz”...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Are you a sh*tty Black co-worker to your fellow Black co-workers? Why tho? Do you post your lover on social media or are they in witness protection? Also Frederick Douglass was a real one, house parties are supreme, and fvck American grammar. This week’s hot list: We join the #...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Blackface is trying to ruin Black History Month, J.Lo is trying to ruin Black History Month, MAGA hats are trying to ruin Black history Month... but there’s still time. This week’s hot list: Black History Month facts, kids in Blackface become adults in power, Kelly Rowland got...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We’re busting myths from “Black on Black” crime to what do vaginas really smell like, Black girl magic at the Superbowl that nobody and everybody watched, and a reminder that you’re important but everybody don’t know you. This week’s hot list: Targeted anti-Black marketing vs....

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Don’t use your dad a ‘the friend’ in your “I have a Black friend” story, the politics of confronting men on the street or anywhere and why men be so scared of men who are also scared of them cuz they stay scared, and culture vs. ageism. This week’s hot list: How to survive Gina...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… One of our favorite shows does an episode on colorism but did they really even wanna talk about it? The politics of what’s “fair”, People who can’t read arguing over books, And will the next generation suck less than we do? This week’s hot list: Black Comic Book Festival & Blac...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this spot of tea episode… how to avoid becoming a human sacrifice in the name of Blackness, what the fvck is womanism, and how to get your Black joy on in the face of white consumption This week’s hot list: Go see Big Freedia, Jason Mamoa is a complete sentence, brown babies for every body!...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We’re shedding old friendships, setting new affirmations and all kinds of fun shit before an in depth convo about #SurvivingRKelly in real life, the docuseries, why it might not go far enough, and who shouldn’t have been included. Trigger Warning: #SurvivingRKelly conversation...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We put our womanist race nerd spin on the Kwanzaa principles (what are thooooooose!) and show you how and why to incorporate that shit into your everyday life, we’ve got a moment in Black hair for the bearded people in your life, and how to build community in a world full of pe...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We recap the Black ass Black joy that was our live show at WNYC’s The Greene Space with Michaela angela Davis, before playing what will go down in history as our most epic live podcast taping ever to happen before our next live podcast taping. This week’s hot list: Our live sho...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Can you be a whole happy ass bitch and still want a partner (yes, obviously)? Sex work vs. sex trafficking, doula’s for everybody, and how to apologize for old sh*t. This week’s hot list: Apply for healthcare! Transness and family members, white terrorism, wash your wig in the...

LIVE SHOW 12/10!!!! Join Tea with Queen and J. for a LIVE SHOW brought to you by WNYC’s Podcast Mixtape Series on December 10th with special guest Michaela angela Davis! We want to see you there! Tix & info: http://www.thegreenespace.org/events/thegreenespace/2018/dec/10/podcast-mixtape/ Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On thi...

LIVE SHOW 12/10!!!! Join Tea with Queen and J. for a LIVE SHOW brought to you by WNYC’s Podcast Mixtape Series on December 10th! We want to see you there! Tix & info: http://www.thegreenespace.org/events/thegreenespace/2018/dec/10/podcast-mixtape/ Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Is ‘shea butter twitter’ and t...

LIVE SHOW 12/10!!!! Join Tea with Queen and J. for a LIVE SHOW brought to you by WNYC’s Podcast Mixtape Series on December 10th! We want to see you there! Tix & info: http://www.thegreenespace.org/events/thegreenespace/2018/dec/10/podcast-mixtape/ Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this spot of tea episode… Some of your elder...

LIVE SHOW 12/10!!!! Join Tea with Queen and J. for a LIVE SHOW brought to you by WNYC’s Podcast Mixtape Series on December 10th! We want to see you there! Tix & info: http://www.thegreenespace.org/events/thegreenespace/2018/dec/10/podcast-mixtape/ Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Are you an “auntie”, an “elder...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this spot of tea episode… Is the patriarchy ruining your relationship? (definitely yes) Hood lit or ‘nigglature’ as it has been called by somebody somewhere is a having a what the fvck moment on social media, Is Rebel Wilson a level 3 white feminist or did she just repeat some dumb shit that...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We talk about the white privilege of Steven Universe (don’t worry, nobody’s cancelled), masculinity on Insecure, we drag the fuck out of people we know , China is legit wilding, and to vote or nah????? This week’s hot list: Steven Universe stays outta pocket, Islamophobia unche...

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this spot of tea episode… we visit Harriet Tubman’s gravesite in upstate NY at the end of our most racist trip ever. We check out the latest issue of Essence magazine and ask what in the fucking patriarchy? Also, pay Black women, celebrity code switching, and white passing at the voting boot...