Best Osato Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 78: Who The Fux Asked You? 38:04

29d ago38:04

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Oh, when a Mucinex Booger provides you with a commentary to a question that was never asked, it can only mean one thing, misogynoir is at work. This week's offender is Mr. Aries Spears - who recently found himself in the crosshairs of #ubw's minding their own businessessssss on the innanets. The walking bruise informed us that it was not in our int…

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Episode 77: R-E-S-P-E-C-K 43:09

1M ago43:09

43:09

We not fuxing with dis-respeck this week or anymore my fellow #ubw. It's a word that remains front and center when there is a discussion regarding the relationships between Black Women and Black Men - often when there is a rebuke of the toleration of disrespect, mistreatment, or abuse, be it of the seemingly innocuous kind ("I don't date Black Wome…

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Episode 76: On The Replay 47:49

2M ago47:49

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We are revisiting an earlier episode, and it is apropos. The dusty a** sons are partcluarly mite covered these days. From the ninja whom I deny knowing to America's "leaders" (I see you Byron Donalds) - the paupers in too large King's clothing continue to beat their chests while leaving a trail of unacknowledged disaster in the background. Mamas I …

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Episode 75: Play Stupid Games Win Stupid Prizes 47:09

2M ago47:09

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I'll tell you what we we are not fuxing with, and that is Juneteenth or Father's Day. For the record, the people asked to not be executed at random, and they were provided with a day off from work. Any holiday in which a local school district can switch to a more "convenient" day is not a real holiday. Yes, I said it. We not fuxing with Father's Da…

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Episode 74: Let Me Show You How To Luv Me 1:02:11

2M ago1:02:11

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We have a whole lot to catch up on, so we fuxing with a great deal today. We are close to the halfway mark for the year. What dedicated routines have you committed to in order to get some of the promises you made to YOU happen? What do you do when you fall off your routine (there should be a resounding - "get yo' ass back up" from the audience)? We…

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Episode 73: Routine Love Is Not an Extraordinary Ask 42:59

2M ago42:59

42:59

We fuxing with Black Mothers and Black Daughters today (or maybe not). The fractures between them are conversation topics covered in the annals of sociology, psychology, the chucch, and our homes. It is complex. The relationship with mine has been brought into full relief as I assess its shaky foundation. Mired by the cultural mores that say to hav…

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Episode 72: Give Us Free 43:37

3M ago43:37

43:37

We not fuxing with Diddy. Just no, we will not make it about him. But rather, what is it that the #ubw needs to sever the ties in these abusive relationships? When I consider the through line of when it is that people are more open to having conversations related to domestic violence against women, specifically Black Women, it is when the victim of…

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Episode 71: Robberies and Abominations 42:23

3M ago42:23

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I guess we were not fuxing with Mother's Day this year? With a recognition that this holiday can be painful for many, this particular Mother's Day was a reflective one for me. In this season in which I challenge all the things in which I have been trained to believe, the issue that continues to rear its head is the value (or lack thereof) that is p…

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Episode 70: The Rest Is Sacred 37:54

3M ago37:54

37:54

We fuxing with rest, in all its forms, because #ubw is exhausted. We are literally waiting to exhale. And if you are a #ubw of a certain age, you are most likely living the movie: Waiting to Exhale. The deep breaths continue. When we do back to back episodes related to the mistreatment, the humbling, the disdain, the disrespect, the persecution - t…

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All the Beautiful Qualities: Kintsugi Therapist Collective 28:03

3M ago28:03

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In this episode, you will hear from beloved Kintsugi Therapist Colltive members, who participated in a group discussion about what KTC is, why it is a community that matters so much to them and why our care worker collective is a critically important space that counterbalances the extractive nature of capitalism and toxic professionalism embedded i…

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Episode 69: What Do We Have to Do to Get the Red One Too? 38:46

4M ago38:46

38:46

My therapist tells me that I take a great deal of deep breaths during our sessions. I know why - its exhausting navigating the world as a card carrying member of the #ubw club. The people are out in full force, letting us know that misogynoir is here to stay, so my Sisters, be ready. From Amanda Seales, to whom so much disdain is pointed, to Marily…

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Episode 68: An Inordinate Amount? 42:21

4M ago42:21

42:21

We fuxing with lust today, well tangentially fuxing with lust. What we really fuxing with is #ubw liberation and empowerment, and actually saying fux that definition of lust as "disordered." In my God girl and Goddess girl ways, I often find myself in conflict with some tenets of the Catholic Church. A recent homily that focused on the "Seven Deadl…

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Episode 67: So Fuxing Dangerous 53:22

4M ago53:22

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We fuxing with rage and pleasure today. This rage card keeps showing up and this rage indeed is warranted. The way the world comes at the #ubw, it is a wonder we have not all ended up in the clink. Instead we have trained ourselves to suppress these feelings and move forward with plastic smiles. We need no physician to tell us that suppression of f…

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Episode 66: Out of Rose? 58:15

4M ago58:15

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Me and the legions of #ubw who have been silent for so long, most definitely are not fuxing with misogynoir. At least we must be intentional in our attempts to not be complicit actors. It would be unfair to jump to Diddy and the minefield of misogyny that is hip-hop, without examining my own participation given my love of hip-hop - the more vulgur,…

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Episode 65: Confused But Not Surprised 41:57

4M ago41:57

41:57

We outside. We outside. We on Spring Break ya'll, but this #ubw still has something to say. Confusion is one of the things that I don't like to fux with. I enjoy clarity about what is happening around me, so that I can properly assess situations. Unfortunately, the luxury of clarity regarding understanding - why is it, that when we think about Blac…

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Episode 64: But I Already Got The Check 39:36

5M ago39:36

39:36

We fuxing with Karma, Kevin, and the Krown (KKK - just let me have this one, please and thank you). We continue the karma conversation today as we consider the incredibly draining force of applying energy to those who have done us harm. God/Source/Universe takes care of all - the debt is owed and it will be paid. Kevin and his bank account are lite…

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Episode 63: Let Karma Be a Bitch 47:29

5M ago47:29

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We are fuxing with joy again today, as Ms. ReesaTeesa and Ms. Wendy Williams back to back have the minds of #ubw reminded of how fragile the mental state and environment of many of us are. Many Uppity Black Women find themselves in similar situations, in part due to the actions of a n*gga. Because really, anyone of us can be making 50 part series o…

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Episode 62: Who Will Gather You? 43:02

5M ago43:02

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We are definitely not fuxing with the state of affairs of what is THE Wendy Williams. Having recently viewed the Lifetime documentary "Where is Wendy Williams" (using "documentary" loosely, given the definition of the word documentary is film regarding an event or a person, based on facts - there were a great deal of facts missing from this ) It wa…

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Episode 61: ReesaTeesa2 - Is it the Chuuch or the The Men? 43:58

5M ago43:58

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We stay with the story of ReesaTeesa this week, simply because there are many #ubw who are in a ReesaTessa tale right now, however, their stories are not magnified on the interwebs for all the world to provide commentary. ReesaTeesa is a #ubw avatar for how we are trained (or rather not trained) to relationship with men. Our training (or lack there…

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What's Your Sign/See the Signs 45:43

6M ago45:43

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As Black Futures Month 2024 comes to a close, we congratulate this year's winner of Corporate Fux ups structurally impacting all of our lives - and that is, this here America. The reason this podcast exists is because of this year's winner! Congratulations to all of our 2024 contestants, including Sally's Beauty Supply, Target Stores, and Lincoln U…

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Episode 59: But Are You Flourishing? 44:56

6M ago44:56

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Sticking with this concept of luxury, we are fuxing with the people who help us flourish. These are people selected with intention. Let's refresh our collective memories regarding the dictionary definition of luxury - inessential but conducive to comfort and pleasure; sumptuous living and surroundings. I consider relationships to fall into this cat…

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Episode 58: Inessential but Conducive to Comfort 43:43

6M ago43:43

43:43

There is always time to fux with luxury. It is a privilege to be in sumptuous surroundings. I had a recent experience of being enveloped in sumptuous delights, surrounded by things inessential but conducive to incredible comfort and pleasure. Sumptuous surroundings, the concept of luxury, that to me is the distinction of why I use the term Black Fu…

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Episode 57: Fux Your Feelings??!! 44:24

6M ago44:24

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We fuxing with feelings today and how they can direct us to where we want to go. You know I always have stories that prepare me for this podcast, and this concept of feeling all the feels were front and center recently. I am certain that I have had these feelings in the past, it is only now that I have noticed them, like really noticed them and tak…

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Episode 56: 4 Out of 6 40:54

7M ago40:54

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We are still (and should always be) fuxing with JOY this week (JOY!) and continuing the countdown of 12 ways the Uppity Black Woman #ubw can incorporate JOY in her life in 2024. Last week we went through numbers 1-6, of which included, have more sex (parenthesis: with yourself) which ranked at number 2 (wtf). I can say in the affirmative that over …

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Episode 55: Bring Ya' Friends 42:05

7M ago42:05

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We ARE fuxing with Joy today ya'll. Whew! Dr. Claudine Gay's resignation and Dr. Candia-Bailey's death by suicide had us dark. It was a 1-2 gut punch at the start of 2024. And sometimes I feel that that is where the world wants the Black Woman to stay - to forget that there is unlimited joy that is accessible to us. So that is what we doing today! …

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From the River to the Sea: Hannah Moushabeck 46:19

7M ago46:19

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Hannah Moushabeck is a second-generation Palestinian American author, editor, and book marketer who was raised in a family of publishers and booksellers in Western Massachusetts and England. Born in Brooklyn into Interlink Publishing, a family-run independent publishing house, she learned the power of literature at a young age. She is the author of…

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Episode 54: Sweet Communion Will Save Us 40:35

7M ago40:35

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We are fuxing with community today, as this is what I know will save us - it has to save us. It is so early in the year and we are at a crossroads. The alarm bells ring but I feel as if it is a dull noise in the background for those who don't wear the Uppity Black Woman label. In quick succession after Dr. Claudine Gay's dizzying constructive disch…

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Episode 53: Excellent-ing Ourselves to Death 40:33

7M ago40:33

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Another day, another attempt to humble an Uppity Black Woman. Before we assess the constructive discharge of Dr. Claudine Gay (and yes, Sis was constructively discharged, even though she resigned from her role as President of Harvard), join me in celebrating the 1 year anniversary of "I Can't Fux With You - Confessions of an Uppity Black Woman." Ho…

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Episode 52: 2024 The Year of the King? 42:48

7M ago42:48

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The sh*t we not fuxing with today is the word "king," and to be clear, we not fuxing with the traditional use of the word "king" as it relates to how Uppity Black Women and Black Men relationship. We have not talked about the celebrities in a bit, but this conversation was spurred by a recent Instagram commentary on Stedman Graham of THE Oprah and …

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Episode 51: Cultivating Compassion is a Work 38:30

8M ago38:30

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We are actually fuxing with compassion today. How do we make space for compassion when we think we already are compassionate? In this season, I am reminded of the necessity for forgiveness, compassion, and reconciliation, mostly for the people who don't think they deserve it from me. This is certainly a new concept I've never considered - the self-…

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Episode 50: The Rest Is A Ministry 38:28

8M ago38:28

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The sh*t we not fuxing with today is exhaustion, You don't need to fall out to know that rest is needed. The end of the year brings non-stop activity, a swirl of to-dos, in addition to all of the other must do's of which include just living life. The word that has been coming to me lately is exhaustion. No, I'm not training for a marathon, but I di…

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Episode 49: Preparing the Ground for Consciousness 42:26

8M ago42:26

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The sh*t we not fuxing with today is being asleep with the planning for our lives. It's the time of year when we revert to our usual patterns and say, "1/1, it will all be different." But if you've learned nothing at all from me over the course of this year, it's high time Uppity Black Women start to do sh*t differently. So we are throwing away New…

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Episode 48: Living With Integrity 42:39

8M ago42:39

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The sh*t we not fuxing with today is living without integrity. For me this December means family birthday celebrations - my kid becoming a teenager (yikes) and my mother celebrating her 70th! My mother rang in her septuagenarian years with a bash in the the way only Naija people can. People came from far and wide to show my mother love and support …

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Episode 47: The Origin Story 44:14

9M ago44:14

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Sis, what's the origin of that thing that you do that keeps you from recognizing that you are glorious? How do we find ourselves in spaces that don't dignify our glory? I take it to our origins, the stories told to us by others that we subsequently believe about ourselves. In the text This Here Flesh, Cole Arthur Riley so eloquently states: Our wal…

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Episode 46: It's the Patriarchy, It's always the Patriarchy 49:06

9M ago49:06

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Err'body sick! And I did not anticipate that celebrity would provide all this insight into the maltreatment of the Uppity Black Woman, but they do, so a B*tch has something to say about it. Before we get into the deplorable monstrosity of what is one Mr. Sean Combs, I need to reaffirm the women who reaffirm me. Every once in a while I doubt my purp…

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Episode 45: Love and Abuse Can't Both Live Here 49:31

9M ago49:31

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This one is personal, and it was another Uppity Black Woman celebrity who provided the sh*t we not fuxing with. Today, we focus on Ms. Keke Palmer, our melanin sister who has been doing the thing. Her credits include both Hollywood and Broadway. She was actually my daughter’s first Broadway show when she played Cinderella. Needless to say I love me…

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Episode 44: To the Stratosphere! 41:21

9M ago41:21

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What we not fuxing with today is blocking blessings and we are going to let Ms. Jada tell us how its done. Jada has not paid me a dime, but if you have not yet picked up the book Worthy, go and get it…right.the fux. Now! Jada is the avatar for Uppity Black Women #ubw. And we all owe her an apology, especially Hoda Kotb. I love me some Hoda, but the…

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Episode 43: Can You Hold Some For Me? 41:18

10M ago41:18

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What we not fuxing with today is closing off our sources of support. Before we can close them off, we have to know they are available to us. The transition in season, as we move through the latter part of autumn, brings days that get darker earlier and perhaps some angst about the upcoming holidays. These are time periods for some that may be sourc…

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Episode 42: The Dude Is Not A Slouch 41:42

10M ago41:42

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We fuxing with Hollywood again this week. I don't usually keep up with the celebritiesm, however, Black Hollywood has provided excellent fodder for some of the issues that Uppity Black Women are forced to navigate. Today we use the probable (and I say probable because Halle has neither confirmed or denied that she is indeed pregnant. So until I see…

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Episode 41: Jada was Jada Before 42:11

10M ago42:11

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What we not fuxing with today is facades, and yes we are going to use Jada and Will as the poster children for the pressures faced by Uppity Black Women and Uppity Black Men to maintain the charade of marriage, even to their detriment. While we have all been well informed about the sometimes wacky world of Jada and Will, this latest revelation caug…

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Episode 40: Poison Detected 46:51

10M ago46:51

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The sh*t we not fuxing with today is dem n***as from our past. This Uppity Black Woman who is both a God girl and a goddess girl received very clear messages over the course of the week regarding dem n***as from my past and the implications for my future. While it is often easy for us to look outward when assessing the status of our relationships, …

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Episode 39: It's Precarious 46:25

11M ago46:25

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What we not fuxing with today is a recognition of the distinct issues related to the Immigrant Uppity Black Woman's capacity to actively uncheck the boxes she has been trained to check based solely on her experience as an immigrant. We look at the Uppity Black Woman's story through the lens of the characters of a new Broadway Play, Jaja's African H…

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Episode 38: Take Two Steps Back 49:00

11M ago49:00

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Uppity Black Women, ya'll not heeding the call. What we not fuxing with today is early death. We should all be deeply troubled given the recent unfortunate news related to the deaths of fellow Uppity Black Women, both Presidents of Institutions of Higher Learning. 71 years old, President Joanne Epps, Interim President of Temple University died whil…

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Episode 37: Get Your Dusty A** Sons! 47:49

11M ago47:49

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The sh*t we not fuxing with today is dusty a** sons! Mothers, please retrieve them, so they are not sent out into the world to terrorize Uppity Black Women. Today we examine a recent viral internet story that would be a full on comedic special if it was not colored with a possibly premeditated burglary, gaslighting, misogynoir, and a dusty a** son.…

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Episode 36: Don't Take It Personal 40:28

11M ago40:28

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What we not fuxing with today is getting thrown off of our foundations, because of other people's emotional garbage. Monica had it so right - you can't take it personal. We examine this idea of not taking other's actions towards us personally, through the lens of Don Miguel Ruiz's text, The Four Agreements. The Second Agreement, "Don't Take Anythin…

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Episode 35: The Mainframe 37:17

11M ago37:17

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The shit we not fuxing with today is ignoring the Mainframe - the source, the root of why we do the things that we do. As I re-adjust to being Black in a very White world, some old patterns of behavior have begun to show up (again!) as a means of coping with anxiety. Many of these behaviors slide into addictive patterns that are easy to hide, parti…

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Episode 34: I Am My Sister. My Sister is Me 37:58

12M ago37:58

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We are fuxing with the Sisterhood today. Back in these here parts, and re-adjusting to life where my Blackness is always on display. The journey was indeed an epic one and brought into relief the universality of the experiences of the Black Woman, regardless of where she calls home and whether she bears the title "Uppity Black Woman" (as defined by…

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Episode 33: Destined to Toil? 36:23

12M ago36:23

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Today we examine self-love and self-hate from the culturally significant lens of the Uppity Black Woman in America and the Uppity Black Woman in Ghana. The word that persistently shows up in both worlds is toil. I posit that the toil of the Uppity Black Woman in America - with the covering of white supremacy, is limited in her ability to engage in …

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