Black Girl Tea Party

Xan and Yasmeen say goodbye to Black Girl Tea Party and to all the Lords, Ladies and Lovelies who have listened to the show! Join Xan and Yasmeen for this Q and A and the series finale of BGTP! Branding / logo : Alexandria Dorsey Edited by : Alexandria Dorsey The Brains of the Operation: Yasmeen Hill Intro theme : Kalman DeMott Articles mentioned:  Saving Juliette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyuIRhJX4Nk The Macon Newsroom: https://macon-newsroom.com Link to transcription folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ANvSGlZrlRKuKCBbfmBry5Ug98sC_zEj?usp=sharing Show Socials: Facebook: Black Girl Tea Party Instagram: @BlackGirlTeaParty Twitter: @blkgirlteatime Email: [email protected] Our Socials Instagram + Twitter : @ItsAliyahDorsey Instagram: @Yasmeen_sa

Yasmeen and Alexandria chat with fellow creator and student Nadia Pressley.  Edited by : Yasmeen Hill  Brand/Logo: Alexandria Dorsey  Intro Theme: Kalman DeMott  socials:  Yasmeen; @yasmeen_sa (IG)  Alexandria; @itsalexandriadorsey (IG/twitter) 

In part two of our series on the criminal justice system, Xan and Yasmeen talk about prison abolition. What is it? What are its goals? How is the prison industrial complex affecting our country and communities? Branding / logo : Alexandria Dorsey Edited by : Alexandria Dorsey The Brains of the Operation: Yasmeen Hill Intro theme : Kalman DeMott Sources : https://www.insider.com/chet-hanks-kiana-parker-white-boy-summer-milkshake-racist-font-2021-4 https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/4766-prison-abolition Instead of Prisons Nine Perspectives for Prison Abolitionists Https://www.prisonpolicy.org › scans › nine_perspectives https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/06/13/what-do-abolitionists-really-want https://www.vox.com/21312191/police-reform-defunding-abolition-black-lives-matter-protests https://time.com/5924211/coronavirus-outbreaks-prisons-jails-vaccines/ https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kalief-browder-1993-2015 https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kalief-browder-1993-2015 Link to transcription folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ANvSGlZrlRKuKCBbfmBry5Ug98sC_zEj?usp=sharing Show Socials: Facebook: Black Girl Tea Party Instagram: @BlackGirlTeaParty Twitter: @blkgirlteatime Email: [email protected] Our Socials Instagram + Twitter : @ItsAliyahDorsey Instagram: @Yasmeen_sa

In part 1 of our series on the criminal justice system, Yasmeen and Xan provide a timeline of the War on Drugs and critically analyze the social effects today.  Brand/Logo: Xan Dorsey  Edited by: Yasmeen Hill  Intro theme: Kalman DeMott  Sources  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/evanston-illinois-becomes-first-u-s-city-pay-reparations-blacks-n1261791  https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/03/7-dead-after-shootings-at-multiple-spas-in-atlanta-updates.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56446771 https://www.vox.com/2016/5/8/18089368/war-on-drugs-marijuana-cocaine-heroin-meth  https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9252490 https://www.vox.com/2014/9/1/5998571/why-anti-drug-campaigns-like-dare-fail

This week Aliyah and Yasmeen talk about “Cancel Culture”. What is it? How is it affecting our media landscape? Why are people getting #canceled? Listen for more! Branding / logo : Aliyah Dorsey The Brain of this Operation: Yasmeen Hill  Edited by : Aliyah Dorsey Intro theme : Kalman DeMott Sources : https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/17/entertainment/cardi-b-candace-owens-trnd/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adLGHcj_fmA https://apnews.com/article/vatican-decree-same-sex-unions-cannot-bless-sin-077944750c975313ad253328e4cf7443 https://time.com/3975630/pope-francis-lgbt-issues/ https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/30/20879720/what-is-cancel-culture-explained-history-debate https://guides.lib.de.us/banned https://readingpartners.org/blog/history-banned-books-week/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1527476420918828 https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100305809 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/parasocial-relationships/ Link to transcription folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ANvSGlZrlRKuKCBbfmBry5Ug98sC_zEj?usp=sharing Show Socials: Facebook: Black Girl Tea Party Instagram: @BlackGirlTeaParty Twitter: @blkgirlteatime Email: [email protected] Our Socials Instagram + Twitter : @ItsAliyahDorsey Instagram: @Yasmeen_sa

This week Aliyah and Yasmeen discuss the intricacies of fat phobia and fat liberation.  Branding / logo : Aliyah Dorsey Edited by : Yasmeen Hill  Intro theme : Kalman DeMott Sources:  https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/piers-morgan-meghan-markle-meltdown-relationship-timeline.html  https://www.cnet.com/how-to/missed-meghan-and-harrys-oprah-interview-how-to-rewatch-the-whole-thing/  https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439#:~:text=The%20BMI%20was%20introduced%20in,the%20government%20in%20allocating%20resources.  https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/15/21060692/lizzo-jillian-michaels-body-positivity-backlash Books mentioned: The Body is not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia: Sabrina Strings What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by: Aubrey Gordon

This week Aliyah and Yasmeen call all the Ladies and Lovelies to the tea party to talk about their unique experiences with blackness and womanhood. Branding / logo : Aliyah Dorsey Edited by : Aliyah Dorsey Intro theme : Kalman DeMott Sources : Listen to Meet Me @ The Alter on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4bzfsZhaLW6VWHLh1sqcrK?si=vNidhkRhRAORfr1IG8j4Lw Follow Rachel E. Cargle : Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachelcargle?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachel.cargle/?hl=en Listen to Roll for Luck Podcast: https://linktr.ee/Roll4Luck Link to transcription folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ANvSGlZrlRKuKCBbfmBry5Ug98sC_zEj?usp=sharing Show Socials: Facebook: Black Girl Tea Party Instagram: @BlackGirlTeaParty Twitter: @blkgirlteatime Email: [email protected] Our Socials Instagram + Twitter : @ItsAliyahDorsey Instagram: @Yasmeen_sa

This week, in our last Black History Month Profile, Yasmeen educates Aliyah on the history and legacy of author Octavia Butler. Branding / logo : Aliyah Dorsey Edited by : Aliyah Dorsey Intro theme : Kalman DeMott Sources : Ted Cruz's Trip to Cancún Draws Fire Amid Texas' Deep Freezewww.nytimes.com › U.S. › Politics https://newschannel9.com/news/local/alabama-could-apply-tougher-penalties-for-rioting-defunding-police-02-19-2021 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/books/review/the-essential-octavia-butler.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler The Science Fiction of Octavia Butler (book) by Carolyn Davidson Link to transcription folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ANvSGlZrlRKuKCBbfmBry5Ug98sC_zEj?usp=sharing Show Socials: Facebook: Black Girl Tea Party Instagram: @BlackGirlTeaParty Twitter: @blkgirlteatime Email: [email protected] Our Socials Instagram + Twitter : @ItsAliyahDorsey Instagram: @Yasmeen_sa

This week, Aliyah educates us on the loud legacy of Big Mama Thornton for this week's BHM profile. Branding / logo : Aliyah Dorsey Edited By: Yasmeen Hill  Intro theme : Kalman DeMott http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1573 https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/thornton-willie-mae-big-mama-1926-1984/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Big-Mama-Thornton https://arhoolie.org/big-mama-thornton-interview/ https://timeline.com/lesbian-blues-harlem-secret-f3da10ec2334 https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1098-the-thinning-of-big-mama https://www.nme.com/film-features/the-unsung-women-who-invented-rock-n-roll-2841395 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mama_Thornton https://www.alamhof.org/williemaethornton

This week, Yasmeen educates Aliyah on the history and legacy of Florynce “Flo” Kennedy for this week's BHM profile. Branding / logo : Aliyah Dorsey Edited by : Aliyah Dorsey Intro theme : Kalman DeMott Sources : https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/abc-news-air-newsmagazine-black-experience-75834863 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/country-star-morgan-wallen-caught-video-using-n-word-label-n1256630 https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/us/gorilla-glue-challenge-hair-tessica-brown-trnd/index.html https://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Ka-M/Kennedy-Florynce.html#ixzz6lzxD4sOf https://youtu.be/d8vJeLuCIug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-CI-9PUsuk&list=PLRij4mJBVtu4TJNKIVYnKCFBTWXOYUAyw Link to transcription folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ANvSGlZrlRKuKCBbfmBry5Ug98sC_zEj?usp=sharing Show Socials: Facebook: Black Girl Tea Party Instagram: @BlackGirlTeaParty Twitter: @blkgirlteatime Email: [email protected] Our Socials Instagram + Twitter : @ItsAliyahDorsey Instagram: @Yasmeen_sa