On episode #309 . . . So, it’s been a long ass minute, but we’re back, well kinda. . . we explain it all in this episode. Still, the womanist race nerds you love, figuring out life in this white supremacist cesspool of a planet. We get into where we have been, how we have been, what kept us away, and what rest means 3 years into a global pandemic. …

On this episode… bell hooks, one of the greatest thinkers of our time recently passed away leaving us to explore her legacy and its impact on our intersections of Black womanhood. Our friend and activist Diamond Stylz joins J. this week to discuss Blackademia, the reality tv icon Nene Leakes (it’s important!), and to reflect on Insecure and an era …

On this episode… Single and “childless” (there’s gotta be a better term for that) - Why you shouldn’t (or should?) ask people about their parenting status. Then we get litigious about Black hair, and we finally talk about Dave Chappelle Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time…

On this episode…Season 2 of the series “Love Life” just wrapped on HBO. It’s got us pondering Black Love ™ versus the swirl; covid and the great white awakening of 2020; and Black masculinity, monogamy, love, and sex Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This wee…

On this episode… It’s how to get away with murder. The internet shares their disappointment about the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal. Should we feel a public sadness? What impact does the killing of white protesters have on allyship? And on a much needed lighter note, fun nerd sh!t and a game changing moment in Black hair Queen & J. are two womanist ra…

On this episode…What about your friends? When friendships end, what else gets lost? Today we’re talking about love and friendship, and making room for the questions we thought we already had the answers to. Our biggest fears, what happens when we die, and our plans for the zombie apocalypse. Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white …

On this episode… Revenge of the Black nerds! Were you othered for being queer or Black or nerdy, or all of that sh!t? Then, why labels may or may not be important to you and if any of that has to do with your privilege Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This w…

On this episode…Can breaking up with your therapist be therapeutic? Is Jada Pinkett Smith being too honest about marriage? Are yall tired of talking about Jada Pinkett Smith yet? And making friends as an adult...Can you build community in an era of no new friends? Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capi…

On this episode… The girls are grieving! We talk about navigating death, grief and loss and everything that comes with it. Then in honor of spooky season we revisit blackface for the holidays, whether or not J. was a coon in 2017, why ni**as give Queen heebee jeebees and how working at a cool job while Black can still be wack. Queen & J. are two wo…

On this episode… Being twice as good is fvcking exhausting! We lean into Black mediocrity and the freedom to show your ass at work (metaphorically!). We celebrate the joys of sex toys and cannabis. Explore the state-sanctioned mistreatment of Haitian migrants and what’s happening on the Mexican side of the border. Then troll baiting, and J. finds a…

On this episode… We’re back! We talk about the value of Black ass rest, navigating body image, pandemic fatigue, and mad other sh!t Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up! This week’s hot list: It’s been a minute! Who is you Chiron!? We reintroduce ourselves. J. co…

On this episode… We talk about our favorite mental health socialist Black lesbian homies over at QueerWOC the podcast and share one of our favorite episodes! Who is Queer WOC, what are the dynamics on the show, why should you listen? Enjoy this listener's guide to Queer WOC the podcast! Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, pol…

On this episode… We talk about two of our favorite fellow Bronx friends, the queer Afro Latinx lead podcast Bag Ladiez and share one of our favorite episodes! Who are Bag Ladiez, what are the dynamics on the show, why should you listen? Enjoy this listener's guide to Bag Ladiez! Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, a…

On this episode… We talk about our favorite hoes and creators of the queer Black feminist centered sex, love and dating podcast Inner Hoe Uprising! Our friend Diamond Stylz joins J. to discuss our love for Inner Hoe Uprising (IHU), the value in telling listeners your business, our thoughts on sex parties, a lil IHU history, the hosts, and why you s…

On this episode… We talk about three of our favorite Black trans media makers, the creators of Marsha’s Plate podcast and share one of our favorite episodes! What is Marsha’s Plate, what are the dynamics on the show, why should you listen to it? Enjoy this listeners guide to Marsha’s Plate! Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation,…

On this episode… People are returning to work! As the country re-opens, what does it mean for Black people to return to the office? Working remote was cute, but could working in person mean anti-Blackness and antagonism up close? Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop culture over tea. Drink up! This week’s hot…

On this episode… Yo, what the fvck is Juneteenth! We talk about what federal recognition means for a traditionally Black holiday, who should celebrate and who shouldn’t, and the OG Opal Lee! Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop culture over tea. Drink up! This week’s hot list: Beach trips, new projects, and a…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Washington Heights is Black as fvck, and somehow the film In The Heights is not. Black Latinx folks stay getting erased! We talk about how that erasure affects all Black people, why it’s important for white folks of all ethnicit…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Black people got hobbies! But should every hobby turn into income? Do we even really know what a hobby is? If you don’t make a living wage, should you have a hobby? Are we for real about to explore hobbies this whole episode? Ye…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode…Knotless braids, kinky twists, lace fronts, and crochet styles.We’re talking about Black hair trends and how we got here. Also, can we leave Black women in sports the fvck alone!? Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles, and other Black women …

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Do you kiss your dog in the mouth? Is your cat sitting on the counter while you cook? We’re talking about Black people and pets! Sh!t we do, s!it we don’t do, history on Black animal lovers and more. This week’s hot list: fresh …

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this unusual episode of Tea with Queen and J. we celebrate the life of a friend Reparations conversation starts at 21:20 Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj or use #teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen …

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… Racism in the classroom. Do you gotta address racism every fvcking time you see it? Joseline Hernandez drags Wendy Williams and her bootstrap feminism. And more about fibroids, and more about gender! This week’s hot list: demise…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… Big ass fibroids! Mad Black people have fibroids and not enough of us are talking about it. I talk about my experience with fibroid surgery, and reproductive health challenges. Then we tear the good cops bad apples theory to shre…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… Accountability! What does accountability look like in day time television? The Talk is back on the air after a racist episode and they might for real be doing something different. Also, the passing of rap legend DMX, and how Blac…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… America’s vaccine rollout is giving structural oppression vibes! With many of America's incarcerated being denied access to the covid vaccine. Also, Black folks valid distrust of the system vs. irresponsible fear-mongering, and T…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… Black activists like Tamika Mallory have been accused of commercializing the movement. We break down the accusations, and thoughts on what is and isn’t Black liberation. Also, Lil Nas X pushes the gay agenda, we love to see it. A…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… It’s a panniversary! One year after the first shutdown in the US we’re still living in a global pandemic and it may be affecting you more than you know. Then, the anti-Black obsession with how low-income folks spend their stimmy.…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… Explaining racism to white people proves to be a thankless fvcking job as Piers Morgan and Sharon Osborne show their whole asses on live TV. Are Black activists commodifying Black death for clout? Samaria Rice reacts to Tamika Ma…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode…Colorism, COLORISM, colourism - that’s what we’re on today. Between a white-passing Meghan Markle being shunned by the royal family to Lovecraft Country putting a whole light-skinned Black person in blackface, we gotta talk about …

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… Quarantino got us feeling DIFFERENT about what we watch on film and television. We get Buried By the Bernard and discuss the diasporadical implications of Judas and the Black Messiah. And Queen Latifah is doing some sh!t we never…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode…Glue gate is over! We talk about Tessica Brown, Gorilla Glue, and the ponytail that rocked the internet. Trying to keep our pets alive in a pandem, and how the United Nations went anti-Black for valentines day This week’s hot list…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… We’re talking about gender, the binary, non-binary, language in general, femme, feminine, gender identity, fvcking up and learning in public, the narrow scope of womanhood and we get emotional and sh!t. THIS WEEK’S SPONSOR:Matria…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… Are you a Black girl hoarder? We get into the shame of being Black, femme, and messy and the disrespect for domestic labor. Then Ottawa University goes private on Twitter after a racist moment in Black hair. And it’s Black Histor…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… New President, Who dis!? We discuss Black folks and the inauguration, the Bernie memes and anti-semitism, and the age old ableist question “Is White Supremacy a mental illness?”This week’s hotlist - Words we hate, a little colori…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… It’s that time of year when everybody got Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s name in they mouth and we want to set a few things straight. Also, the most recent acts of white domestic terrorism, and how to know when you’re friendly neig…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… Happy Kwanzaa! We recorded an extra episode just for you! We talk about the way Covid is showing up in our tv and movies, how the global pandem has changed us on a personal level, and we look back on who and what had us fvcked up…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… Do Black people need to be on the same page about the sh!t non-Black people say? Then investment advisor Lydia Idem joins us to discuss the future of water, water futures, what they, who owns water in this babylon country, and wh…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… If you were waiting for a global pandemic to land before finally getting into Kwanzaa, this is your year! We make plans and affirmations, we pay Black women, uncover ANOTHER racist bill and throw a bunch of men in the pit because…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… We don’t believe in humble, but Dave Chappelle is getting on our nerves! Then Blackness, regular Black, Foundational Black, ADOS, Barack, Kamala, and all that in a big conflated nuance lacking sandwich of ‘What does the Black dia…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… is Will Smith a whole cry baby? We dissect that warm and fuzzy Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air reunion, but also... is he a whole cry baby? Then, the worst voice over you heard in your entire life, and what YOU can do about the Georgia S…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… Grown ass women on film, our homegirl Lacresha Berry joins us as we review the Netflix film 40 year old version, talk about the politics of being grown with no kids (there are politics, we promise!) Black New York, sex and mad ot…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… Joe Biden was voted president but more importantly Tr*mp and his stank booty were fired. We talk about what that even means in a white supremacist capitalistic patriarchal society, Black joy at a time like this and mad other sh!t…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode…Has the apocalypse begun?.... Maybe. We get into voter suppression at the polls, how to stop a whole ass governmental coup, and a window into that segment of wealthy Black folks that vote that pockets over their people This week’s…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode…We been in covid-19 quarantino for 8 whole months! How are we doing and how are ya’ll doing? Then what do you do when your job wants to be cheap about racial bias training? And... is privilege fvcking up your friendships?This week…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode…‘Sis - auntie - girl - mama - We get into the politics of Black labels and who can call who what. Then, the Black celebrities trying to sabotage the election, and ‘tu siempre negrita del Bronx’ reminds us that Black girl erasure i…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode…white people call each other out and it don’t have sh*t to do with us, you love to see it! Also the impact of messaging in audio vs visual media, colorism as a global phenomenon, working while Black AND FREE! (can you do both?) An…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode…Should we still use the term white supremacy or is it overdone, over used, and affirming all the wrong things? Also, what we’re watching, including Black queer narratives in our collective Black history, and catering to white frag…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… We’re reviewing the HBO series “I May Destroy You”. This is a spoiler full episode so if you care about spoilers, go watch the series and come back to us! Content warning, this series explores themes of rape and sexual assault an…

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up!On this episode… Is it our fault that a whole new lipless white woman lied about being Black for 10 years? Probably not but we’re talking about identity again, cuz shit is getting super weird.This week’s hotlist - Quick housekeeping about who we …