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Rarely Celebrated, Highly Vindicated: Black Women Voters Power the 2026 Blue WaveHey, It's Halicue | Season 2, Episode 4Black Women voters delivered again. But this time, we did it rested, recalibrated, and highly vindicated.Following the historic 2026 midterm elections and a stunning Democratic blue wave, Halicue Hanna celebrates the political power of Black American women voters and reflects on how the 92 Percent Movement's Seven Crucial Decisions helped transform exhaustion into empowerment.From historic Black women candidates and election victories in Georgia, Illinois, and Mississippi to voting rights, political accountability, and the power of sacred rest, we're unpacking what these wins mean for Black women's political future.In this episode:-Black women voters, the 93% Democratic vote, and the 2026 midterm election results-Historic Black women political victories and representation-The 92 Percent Movement's Seven Crucial Decisions-Rest as resistance: moving from racial weathering to wellness-Voting rights, redistricting, and Black voter mobilization-Why Democratic candidates must earn Black women's votes-What's next: Black women's leadership, economic power, and collective liberationJoin the 92 Percent Movement!Watch The Sunshine Report LIVE on Mondays and Wednesdays on TikTok, YouTube, and Substack. Subscribe to Hey, It's Halicue, join the newsletter, and follow @Halicue across social platforms.https://www.tiktok.com/@halicuehttps://halicue.substack.com/https://www.instagram.com/heyitshalicuepodcast/https://www.youtube.com/@halicueIf this episode resonates, leave a five-star review and share it with a brilliant Black woman.Rarely celebrated. Highly vindicated. In every lifetime, a Black woman. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halicue.substack.com/subscribe

In this special edition of Dear Benighted States of America, Halicue delivers a sharply written fictional open letter from the perspective of Black women who have grown tired of watching anti-intellectualism, political dysfunction, and historical amnesia reshape America.Using the fall of the Library of Alexandria as a metaphor, this episode explores what happens when a nation begins to distrust knowledge, expertise, and truth itself. With equal parts satire, political commentary, and catharsis, this installment serves as a pressure release valve for the Black Women of the 92%—a reminder that protecting your peace sometimes means telling the truth out loud.Keywords: Black women, politics, political satire, current events, anti-intellectualism, Black women voters, The 92%, Sunshine Report, Hey It's Halicue, democracy, civic engagement, organized indifference, Black women podcast, culture, news commentary, satire, joy cultivation, emotional wellness.☀️ While you’re here...don’t forget to add your fave Black-owned business, product, service or podcast to The Sunshine ☀️ Directory.The Sunshine Directory is our growing, community-powered directory of Black woman-owned businesses, creators, service providers, podcasts, authors, artists, and entrepreneurs. Every listing helps us circulate our dollars, our attention, and our support within our own community.Need a great therapist? Looking for a podcast? Searching for a photographer, CPA, hairstylist, attorney, coach, or baker? We want the Sunshine Directory to become the first place Black women look.Own a business? Add it. Love a Black woman-owned business? Recommend it.Together, we’re building the economic infrastructure we deserve—one listing at a time.🌻 Visit TheSunshineDirectory.info and help us build the future.🔔 WATCH NOW & SUBSCRIBE—because this is just the beginning.☀️💰 Know an amazing Black woman entrepreneur, creator, podcaster, coach, artist, or service provider? Don't keep her a secret. Visit TheSunshineDirectory.info and help us shine a light on the brilliance already transforming our communities. https://thesunshinedirectory.info/💌 Join our 92 Percenter Substack Community: https://halicue.substack.com/subscribe🔔 Subcribe to my Channel!  https://www.youtube.com/@halicue 🎤 Bookings + Appearances : https://beacons.ai/halicue📲 Follow me on Socials for more daily gems: -TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@halicue- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/halicue.bsky...- IG: https://www.instagram.com/halicue/-Substack: https://substack.com/@halicue🎧 Listen to "Hey, It's Halicue" podcast on - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Piy4be...- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...- Youtube Music:  https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpJ9SLvb5tmXZ2Rx-wBzaOR_zfudF4e2p&si=P4nwiDtFbOi7QyBS🛍️ Shop all of my faves: https://shopmy.us/shop/halicue?Section_id=489873&tab=collections This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halicue.substack.com/subscribe

Black Women Lead a Conscious Economic Movement in the Beauty IndustryIn this episode, Halicue delivers a powerful, direct message about the significance of Black women reclaiming control over their beauty spending. She discusses the broader implication of this movement as an act of economic empowerment and cultural sovereignty, emphasizing its impact on community-building and the social narrative surrounding Black beauty and consumer choices.Connect with Halicue:💌 Join my Substack Community: https://halicue.substack.com/subscribe🔔 Subscribe to my Channel!  https://www.youtube.com/@halicue 🎤 Bookings + Appearances : https://www.ovou.com/halicue🛍️ Shop of my favorite lewks & products, including my Black Owned Business picks: https://shopmy.us/shop/halicue?Section_id=489873&tab=collections📲 Follow me on Socials for more daily gems-TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@halicue- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/halicue.bsky- IG: https://www.instagram.com/halicue/- Substack: https://substack.com/@halicue This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halicue.substack.com/subscribe

Building Power through Economic Activism: A Conversation with HalicueThis episode dives deep into the economic activism for Black women and the 92% community. Halicue shares actionable strategies, historical examples, and personal insights on how Black Women immediately moving towards intentional spending can shape a more equitable future.Resources & Links:Okra Sparkling Okra Water — Black woman-owned wellness beverageBlack Girl Vitamins — Supplements for Black women’s healthConnect with Halicue:TikTokInstagramYouTubeSubstack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halicue.substack.com/subscribe

Organized Indifference, Ritual, & the Discipline of Personal Sovereignty In the first episode of a widely anticipated Season 2, Halicue explains the concept of Organized Indifference as a deliberate, intelligent strategy Black Women of the 92 Percent are using to thrive within systems that have long demanded their unpaid emotional labor, moral leadership, and endless resilience.Against a backdrop of social violence, the ICE murders in Minnesota (Renee Nicole Goode, Keith Porter, Jr.) political exhaustion, and generational expectations of sacrifice, Halicue reflects on the historical role Black women have played in holding together movements, families, and institutions—often at great personal cost. This episode asks a powerful question: What happens when Black women choose self-sovereignty and discernment over depletion?Through personal reflection, historical framing, and ritual language, Halicue reframes Black Women's self-care not as aesthetic wellness, but as discipline, boundary, and tools of resistance. Ancestral Rituals of care—small, consistent, embodied practices—become tools for nervous system regulation, ancestral remembrance, and long-term sustainability.Black Women do not consider this as a withdrawal from the world, just a refusal to be consumed by it.Strategic Episode Insights/Takeaways for Black WomenOrganized indifference is a strategic posture, not apathy—it is the intentional conservation of our energy and refusal to participate in what doesn't serve us.Choosing discernment over reaction is a form of self-protection and leadership.Trading emotional engagement to violence and instability for healing and mindful benefits of our ancestral and community rituals. Ritualized care supports Black Women's nervous system regulation and long-term wellness.Self-care as a resistance praxis. Investing in ourselves strengthens our families, communities, and futures.Black women are allowed to prioritize their own needs without explanation or permission.Sustainability, not trauma spectacle, is the future of Black Women’s leadership.Halicue's Black Girl Ritual & Wellness Mentions/FavesDream Bio-Retinol Body SerumA restorative body treatment used as part of a grounding, end-of-day care ritual.Black Girl Vitamins – Wellness BundleBlack-woman-formulated daily supplements supporting foundational health and nourishment.O’kra WaterA modern hydration option inspired by ancestral practices, integrated into daily wellness routines.Stay Connected with Halicue & the #92PercentersTikTok: @halicueSubstack: @halicueInstagram: @halicueYouTube: @halicueLet's Work Together! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halicue.substack.com/subscribe

What if the worst political outcome was actually the beginning of Black Women's true liberation and FREEDOM?In this riveting episode of Hey, It’s Halicue, we reveal how the 2024 election—yes, that one—was more than a loss. It was a portal. A divine rupture. A cosmic crack in the foundation that finally let Black women step through and into Radical ase, self-prioritization, and joyful rebellion.✨ In this episode, Halicue and the 92 Percent discuss: Why Black women are the architects of the future (and always have been)How the 92% movement is flipping the script on Rest, Resistance, and reclaiming JoyThe emergence of enlightened Black men (yes, they exist!) like Deante Kyle, Marc Lamont Hill and Justin Scott, who are showing up with us, not above usAnd how to walk through the fire, chaos and distractions of today’s political circusThis episode is your reminder that the world may be burning—but sis, you are the flame.Subcribe to my Channel!  https://www.youtube.com/@halicue 🎤 Bookings + Appearances : https://www.ovou.com/halicue📲 Follow me on Socials for more daily gems: -TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@halicue- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/halicue.bsky...- IG: https://www.instagram.com/halicue/-Substack: https://substack.com/@halicue🎧 Listen to "Hey, It's Halicue" podcast on - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Piy4be...- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...- Youtube Music:  https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpJ9SLvb5tmXZ2Rx-wBzaOR_zfudF4e2p&si=P4nwiDtFbOi7QyBS🛍️Shop our Brand Partner: OSEA Malibu! I've partnered with one of my favorite skincare brands, OSEA. 💛 Use code HEYITSHALICUE10 for 10% off your first order!Treat your skin like it just walked through the portal too. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halicue.substack.com/subscribe

In this powerful episode Halicue breaks down microaggressions as more than just subtle slights—they are a form of spiritual and energetic warfare against Black women.Born in Mississippi and grounded in that ancestral wisdom, Halicue shares personal stories, deep insights, and soft power strategies to help Black women recognize, repel, and recover from the everyday attacks on their identity and joy.Whether in the workplace, the academy, or everyday public life, microaggressions aim to shrink us. But through truth-telling, community, and joy, we refuse to be small.🛠️ Resources & Next Steps💌 Join my Substack Community for Black Women of the 92%: https://halicue.substack.com/subscribe🔔 Subscribe to my Channel!  https://www.youtube.com/@halicue 🎤 Bookings + Appearances : https://www.ovou.com/halicue📲 Follow me on Socials for more daily gems-TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@halicue- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/halicue.bsky- IG: https://www.instagram.com/halicue/- Substack: https://substack.com/@halicue This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halicue.substack.com/subscribe

🔥We are the Storm Riders: How Black Women of the 92% Are Reclaiming Power, Purpose & Peace in the Chaos to Come🔥Black women know how to prepare for and survive a storm. In this powerful new episode of the Hey, It’s Halicue🌻 podcast, Halicue returns from a soul-shifting journey abroad with a fresh perspective—and a fierce message for the 92%: It’s time to rise, regroup, and ride this political and economic chaos with clarity, community, and radical care.This episode is your survival kit, from economic boycotts to emotional healing, political impact to personal power. Halicue explores how Black women can prepare—not just for the next election, but for their next era. If you’ve been feeling the pressure of this moment, this is your invitation to breathe, build, and boldly reclaim your story and path.✨ Black Women are not waiting to be rescued—we’re writing the playbook.In this week's episode:⚡️Why traveling while Black and brilliant is a political act⚡️How the 92% continues to shape democracy and audition new leadership⚡️Why our anger is sacred and how to focus and transmute it⚡️The quiet revolution of self-care and soft power⚡️How to create your own Storm Circle of protection, purpose & sisterhood⚡️What it really means to bet on Black women—and win🎧 Listen now and share with your storm sisters—because we rise stronger together.🔗 Subscribe, like, and drop a comment: How are YOU riding out the storm?🔔 WATCH NOW & SUBSCRIBE💌 Join my Substack Community: https://halicue.substack.com/subscribe🔔 Subcribe to my YouTube Channel!  https://www.youtube.com/@halicue 🎤 Bookings + Appearances : https://www.ovou.com/halicue📲 Follow me on Socials for more daily gems: -TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@halicue- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/halicue.bsky...- IG: https://www.instagram.com/halicue/- Substack: https://substack.com/@halicue🎧👂🏽 Listen to the podcast on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Piy4beRkwSYCc9lSUrfHh?si=3163b7187518489eApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-its-halicue/id1792771579Youtube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpJ9SLvb5tmXZ2Rx-wBzaOR_zfudF4e2p&si=DRuT_WmfPm39cmMQ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halicue.substack.com/subscribe

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No One Really Wants Black Women to "Be Authentic" — So We’re Doing It Anyway. 💅🏽In this must-listen episode, Halicue pulls back the curtain on a truth nobody wants to admit: Conversation and calls for "Authenticity" were never designed with Black Women in mind.🔑 Takeaways:-Why “being yourself” is often a trap for Black Woman-Affirmations as neurological shortcuts to empowerment-Living authentically despite having our identities policed-Small acts of self-honor add up to a revolution-Investing in ourselves is political and spiritual activism-Authenticity can be radical, rebellious, and healing💬 Whether you’re code-switching out of survival mode or rediscovering who you are beneath the masks—you’re not alone.👉🏽 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe—and share this with another Black Woman✨Join my Substack Community for Black Women of the 92 Percent to receive updates, exclusive subscriber content, and exclusive 92 Percenter events: https://halicue.substack.com/📲 Follow me on Socials for more daily gems:-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@halicue-TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@halicue- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/halicue.bsky- IG: https://www.instagram.com/halicue/#BlackGirlJoy #92Percenters #BlackPodcasts #HeyItsHalicue #RestAsRebellion #AffirmationNation #SelfLoveForBlackWomen #RestIsResistance This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halicue.substack.com/subscribe