Vic J. Kennedy

Vicsplaining: A Podcast by Vic Kennedy

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VICSPLAINING is a podcast hosted by Vic J. Kennedy (they/them) where they talk about whatever is on their mind on that particular day. Vic J. Kennedy is a Black American gender studies scholar, a reproductive justice advocate, a leftist, and a hobbyist writer. This podcast acts as a reservoir for their many impassioned thoughts, feelings and opinions. All thoughts and feelings are their own and do not represent Vic's affiliates, any organizations they are a part of, or anyone else. Music by MATTEUS!

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Vic J. Kennedy

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Reject! This! Slop! AKA, Curating a Life I Don't Need to Run From 23.03.2026 1:58:03

This is the twentieth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Fun fact, Woodchip speaks at 36m 7s! **CORRECTIONS!!** At 45m 54s I start talking about the woman who coined the term “incel,” short for involuntary celibate. I state that this person is transgender. Upon further review, this is...

Despite Everything, I'm Going to Continue to Choose Hope. AKA, Getting Back to Basics 24.02.2026 1:51:56

Hello again! Sorry for the long wait. Here's episode 19. I don't have an excuse! I'm burnt out. Let's yap! ***I wanna make it clear that even though I reference Knight and Bowe's engagement during the Heated Rivalry section of the podcast episode, I did not mean to imply that they were inspired by the show or book to get engaged or to be public about said engagement. I meant it...

Yapping for TWO HOURS about Showing Feet in Racial Chat Rooms … AKA, The Government’s Shut Down AGAIN So Let’s Distract Ourselves with Pop Culture Garbage 26.10.2025 2:09:46

This is the eighteenth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talk about the horrors of proposed South Carolina bill 323, planning a wedding in the midst of apocalypse, Trump’s government shutdown (the sequel), being The Woker™️, my specific Taylor Swift themed emotional trauma, k...

And If We Lose Our First Amendment Rights for the Rest of Our Lives, WHOOPTY DOO 💔...AKA, Do You Remember? The 2025th Year, In September? 26.09.2025 1:37:19

This is the seventeenth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. What a crazy news cycle!! Today, I talk about Philadelphia’s sexy skyline, nonbinary weddings, Lesbians! At The Roller Derby, bootcamp, that one guy that was assassinated the other week, defending free speech, middle white Amer...

Everything Sucks But Atleast the Soundtrack is Great...AKA, Like Noooo....I'm Finna Be in The Pit 12.09.2025 1:19:07

This is the sixteenth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talk about the department of WAR!!! I also talk about seeing CHERUB live, loving live music and talented musicians, finally defeating imposter syndrome (for now...by finishing my article), my one-sided parasocial beef with Lizzo...

MAKE INFIDELITY GREAT AGAIN! AKA, Suffering from the AO3 Author Curse 29.08.2025 1:08:00

This is the fifteenth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talk about how the AO3 author curse recently landed me in the hospital. Write responsibly, kids. I also talked about where I’ve been, attending the Horse Lady concert, partying with lesbians in the back of a Uhaul, hatin...

This Remains a Safe Space to Scream...AAAAHHH! AKA, The American Public is Cool on ICE, and It's Time to Recognize That 08.07.2025 1:14:39

I'm back!! In full high definition, screaming at you digitally through the screen! This is the fourteenth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. This is also episode 1 of season two!! Today, I talked about #COMMUNITY, pride month, hating online pride discourse, he/him lesbianism, living queerly, I...

I Think You All Might Just Hate Black Women, TBH :/ AKA, Nothing Means Anything Anymore, Why Even Bother? 30.05.2025 1:06:52

This is the thirteenth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining . It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talk about how much the algorithm has been torturing me and other Black women & femmes around the world lately. Considering Cassie testifying against Sean Combs, the resurgence of Tory Lanez in the cultural convers...

Reject Tradition (Being Nonchalant and Self-Deprecating) & Embrace Modernity (Being Cringe)! AKA, Little Vic Gets Their Vindication...Finally! 03.05.2025 1:28:52

This is the twelfth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talk about how horrible wedding planning is, how real art is BACK (go see Sinners (2025) right NOW), utilitarianism in the time of fascism, embracing and soothing your inner child, turning your back on tradition, and learn...

I'm Back to Help YOU Embrace Your Inner Class Traitor <3 AKA, Boycotting Imposter Syndrome and Doomerism Effective IMMEDIATELY!!!! 01.04.2025 1:27:41

This is the eleventh episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. I'm back from a long (and unintended) hiatus! Today, I talked about my time away, fasting for Ramadan, the reason(s) I think that leftists are losing the culture war(s), an episode of Vicsplaining lost to time, Meta and their...

Cocks on Top, Rights on the Bottom :( AKA, Click Here and I’ll Show You How to Get Half Off Your Next Visit to Your Traumatizing Hometown, I Promise!! 01.02.2025 1:13:57

This is the tenth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talked about traveling back to Cock City Central, aka, my hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, and the complicated feelings that came with that, survivor’s guilt re: being a queer kid in the South, the January 29th DCA plan...

Can Everyone Pluh-leeeeeease Just STFU, I Need A Minute!! AKA, I'm Losing Tiktok and Technocrats Are Taking Over My Video Games, SEND HELP! 17.01.2025 1:27:52

This is the ninth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talked about the magical world of Atlanta during a snowstorm, the American TikTok ban, Rednote/Xiaohongshu/小紅書 (pronounced incorrectly, sorry!), the stupidity of 50/50 convos and other things I need people to STFU about,...

Less Compliance, More Irrationality! AKA, Money-Making and Monogamy…That’s the American Dream, Babey! 03.01.2025 1:06:05

This is the eighth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talked about succumbing to the allure of monogamy (getting engaged), going into our first year A.C. (After Carter), staying weird, queer, and irrational, not complying, exploring the Bay Area, BART vs. MARTA discourse, Tech Bros wi...

Take Up Space, and LOTS of it! AKA, Party Fouls, The Happiest of New Queers, Zoomers and Boomers, and Other Made-Up Terms 19.12.2024 1:05:12

This is the seventh episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talked about party fouls, chocolate cake and its defenders, how I seem to be a magnet for drinks being spilled upon my person in the club, fake queer bitches, spreading myself too thin (and not in the fun way!), 60 year olds using...

This Doesn’t Have to Be the Norm, I NEED Y’all to Remember That! AKA, Colonialism and exploitation are optional, and I am opting the heck out 06.12.2024 59:33

This is the sixth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talked about how underwhelming Spotify Wrapped ’24 was (sorry, Spotify overlords), giving the fuck up on Thanksgiving, how much I hate fast fashion, the evils of Shein and Temu, embracing moving beyond what the powers that be tell u...

My 4Bs are Body Counts, Baddies, and BBWs! AKA, I’m resurrecting Lysistrata with my bare goddamn hands and there’s nothing you can do about it 21.11.2024 50:30

This is the fifth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talked about the 4B movement at length, Aristophanes and the lasting effects of his works, Megan Thee Stallion, miscegenation, body counts and how they are bullshit, Starbucks and the losers that drink it, this week's round of liber...

TRUMPED UP AND ESTOY LISTO PARA IR! AKA, Yet Another 4 Years, Liberal Tears, and Embracing Murphy's Law 07.11.2024 44:26

This is the fourth episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talked about the results of the 2024 presidential election, begrudgingly voting, ex-patriotism, Murphy's law, legacy making, and learning a second language. In the event that I am hunted down by a killer in a Spanish-speaking count...

Losers, Bad Friends, and Class Clowns! AKA, Internet Killed The Sincerity-Star? 24.10.2024 47:41

This is the third episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talked about Halloween (Muslimah version), How "irony" is poisoning the cultural zeitgeist, the rise of loserdom, and how to avoid (being?) a Bad Friend, word to Rina Sawayama. Ethel Cain's Post: https://www.tumblr.com/mothercain/76...

Kill the Puritan in Your Head! AKA, Why The Internet Sucks (then and now), and Why We Are Doomed(?) 10.10.2024 53:34

CONTENT WARNING! I do discuss details relating to abortion and miscarriage in this episode, as well as some attitudes around pornography and adolescent sexuality . I also make references to sexual assault in some instances. This is the second episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talked...

What's in a Name? AKA, Look Ma, I made a podcast (finally)! 26.09.2024 24:19

This is the first episode of a podcast I'm calling Vicsplaining. It's just a nonsense podcast where I, Vic, explain my life to you and how I see other things. Today, I talked about why it took me so long to upload, survivor's guilt, imposter syndrome, 75hard, and other things.