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Taking a pause to recalibrate and process life without Nikeeta. The episode starts at 00:15:47. Thank you all so deeply for caring me through. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:25:50 Lydia X.Z. Brown Community Contributors 00:36:08 New patrons: Kristina, Jasmine, and Sami and Eva upped Cashapp: M. Martinez Borders are fake shoutouts: Inman, SC / Oklahoma City, OK / Smolec, Poland Mental Moment with Money 00:41:08 Music for Melancholoy SZNS by Mother Nature Illustrations by Jai’Len Josey Black Pumas (self titled) For The Birds/Lost in America by Lo Village Part 1: The Entrance by Beautiful Chorus Word 01:02:45 https://www.theroot.com/the-acting-white-theory-doesn-t-add-up-1790895058 https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/1/5/14175116/acting-white-myth-black-kids-academics-school-achievement-gap-debunked Acting White Spoken Soul Topic 01:35:30 Changing careers Curved Chronicles 02:07:30 Is there any coming back after accidental ghosting? O_O

Money and Nikeeta are back with another packed episode. Money gives some suggestions on how to build vicarious resilience. Nikeeta reorients the conversation on Patrisse Cullors to a more helpful one on organizational democracy. We celebrate writer, educator, and banger-maker Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor as QueerWOC of the week and talk through our thoughts on being parents. And what is up with Black Queer cashiers??? Yall okay? Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:10:50 Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor http://www.keeangataylor.com/bio.html Community Contributors 00:24:24 New patrons: Iris came back! , Jay became a new patron, and Jordany upped their pledge Cashapp: M. Martinez Twitter Support: Dr. Sami TDOV: @VanityOnTheRoxx Borders are fake shoutouts: McDonough, GA / Valley, AL / Berwyn, IL Review from RainzzSC Mental Moment with Money 00:32:38 How to build Vicarious Resilience? YES! The same way we are able to mirror the negative impacts of Trauma, we are also able to mirror and experience resilience - the ability to adaptively respond to adversity Seeing other as equal/community as you rather than you as “savior” Recognize strength in others Develop your potential Witness other people’s joy Ask folks how they do it Get involved in social causes and social change Word 00:53:04 Patrisse Cullors owns houses… but what are the actual questions we should be exploring about the organizational structure of the largest liberation movement of our time? Topic 01:33:00 Could we see ourselves being parents? We sort of kind of both land on yes… for now. Curved Chronicles 01:56:07 Is there a Black Queer service worker crisis we dont know about O_O

Money and Nikeeta are joined by pop culture analyst Romeo (they/them)to talk all things Black Queer Pop culture. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts, or Google Podcast Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:05:30 Award winning audio Producer, creator, Podcaster, and Baddie Sam Riddell (@Slamridd) Some of my favorite interviews Spiritual Bitch Slap from my Two Spirit Femme: https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/i-got-a-spiritual-bitch-slap-from-my-two-spirt-femme?in=innerhoeuprising/sets/gender-november Love is Elusive like God: https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/love-is-elusive-like-god?in=innerhoeuprising/sets/gender-november 118/122 Big Femme Season & Big N*gga Season https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/big-femme-season Sam is easily one of the punniest people on social media! I mean just look at the IHU episode titles https://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/dat-rona No Mental Moment or Word this Episode Topic 00:17:48 Black Queer Pop Culture w/ Special Guest Romeo Jackson (they/themme) https://www.unlv.edu/people/romeo-jackson @blaqueerfemme Montero Meg & Cardi at the Grammys - Niecy Nash & Jesscia Betts Red Table Janell Monae Ralph Lauren Chika nominated for a Grammy OMB Bloodbath Faves that we should know about? Kelela Mother Nature Bbymutha Queen of The Ring Enchanting Kid Kenn/ Delli Boe Kodie Shane Rae Khalil Koffee Meet Me @ The Altar Kehlani Kaytranada Durand Bernarr Curved Chronicles 01:48:50

Money is back with another solo episode to discuss resilience, solidarity, and what the heck is going on with errrbody cheating. She answers a listener question about getting flirty vibes from a straight married coworker O_O Grace Lee Boggs: https://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/grace-lee-boggs Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:06:00 https://utopiawa.org/ @utopia_wa UTOPIA Washington Community Contributors 00:14:06 New patrons: sarah Borders are fake shoutouts: Staunton, VA / Selkirk, CAnada / Minot, ND Mental Moment with Money 00:16:44 Reconnecting with friends how to reconnect after losing touch A - acknowledge the time that has passed R - reintroduce yourselves to each other T - talk through a plan to stay connected Ad: Aqua Underwear Word 00:24:45 Vicarious Resilience Here’s a link to the Pilar Hernandez study I referenced: http://proyectos.javerianacali.edu.co/cursos_virtuales/posgrado/maestria_asesoria_familiar/profesores_resiliencia_y_aplicaciones/Lecturas/2Vicarious%20Resilience.pdf Topic 00:39:48 Everybody cheating! Curved Chronicles 00:53:51 How do you deal with flirty touches from “straight” women...who happen to be married!?!?

Ep 101: Treat Your People Like Your People by QueerWOC

We did it yall! 100 Episodes of insurgent biweekly audio community! We celebrate WNBA legend Teresa Weatherspoon as QueerWOC of the week, Money talks blocks to happiness, and Nikeeta shares her current read of Cathy Cohen's Iconic piece. 100th Episode Giveaway Winners: @kemigisha ; @kutiekiya; @Strangefruit_1 Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts, Apple Podcast, and Spotify Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:12:40 WNBA Legend Teresa Weatherspoon Read More: https://www.cenlanow.com/sports/nba/pelicans-teresa-weatherspoon-trailblazing-a-path-for-women-in-nba-the-coaching-profession/ Community Contributors 00:25:45 New patrons: Keisha & Odette became new patrons Borders are fake shoutouts: Birmingham, AL / Dubuque, IA / Upper Marlboro, MD / Ajax, Ontario Canada Mental Moment with Money 00:35:00 Is FEAR blocking your happiness? Inspired by Image activist and artist @Jervae and OCD Specialist Maythal Eshaghian, LMFT F - Fusion E - Excessive Goals A - Avoidance of discomfort R - Remoteness from your values The Happiness Trap: https://www.alibris.com/The-Happiness-Trap-How-to-Stop-Struggling-and-Start-Living-A-Guide-to-ACT-Russ-Harris/book/39342246?matches=32 Word 01:01:00 Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens - by Cathy Cohen https://985queer.queergeektheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Cohen-Punks-Bulldaggers-and-Welfare-Queens.pdf Topic 01:25:20 Curved Chronicles 01:28:25

Money and Nikeeta are back, bein reckless and honoring Black Feminist Militants for Black History Month 2021. Oh, you can’t afford therapy? In this episode Money gives us 5 affordable solutions. We honor living legend Trish Millines Dziko as QWOC of the Week, and of course - The Word with Nikeeta, honoring Chicago Teacher's Union organizer Karen Lewis! Also: 100th episode giveaway announcement! 100th Episode Giveaway We will be giving $100 to 3 lucky winners Must be following us on the platform On the giveaway post, comment a QueerWOC you would love to hear highlighted on the pod and why Tag a friend who you think would like this insurgent biweekly audio syllabus Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:12:44 Trish Millines Dziko New Jersey Native, Basketball legend, and Tech phenom Read More: https://crosscut.com/2018/09/she-left-microsoft-build-school-and-change-white-dominated-industry Community Contributors 00:22:18 M Martinez on the Cashapp S.E over at Bella Media! Check out their piece with us here: https://www.bellamediachannel.com/hear-queers-queerwoc-podcast-on-making-space-for-black-lesbians-and-queer-women/ New patrons: Amira upped their pledge; Stephen, Mariel, & Khadija became new patrons Borders are fake shoutouts - Richmond, VA / Walnut Creek, CA / Ames, IA Mental Moment with Money 00:32:12 Oh, you can’t afford therapy? Here are some O’s for options that are more affordable Open Path https://openpathcollective.org/ Opt for group therapy (ep 72) Options for sliding scale? Organizations and School Counseling Centers Organize a support group Word 00:52:47 In honor of Karen Lewis, Chicago educator and unionist extraordinaire Memebr of the Chicago Teacher’s Union https://inthesetimes.com/article/how-karen-lewis-redefined-chicago-politics https://bookshop.org/books/no-shortcuts-organizing-for-power-in-the-new-gilded-age/9780190868659 The Shock Doctrine book by Naomi Klein No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age book by Jane McAlevey Topic/Curved Chronicle 01:16:10 Letter from Roz: have either of you felt the need to break up a romantic relationship but were afraid of how that might exacerbate the other person’s mental health struggles? Also what is your experience or knowledge w/relationship renegotiation, romantic, friendships, all kinds, especially w/fellow friends/activists/POCs in queer + trans community?

Money and Nikeeta are back for the first episode of 2021. Money shares 10 self relief activities that arent journaling! Nikeeta gives us a breakdown of “multiracial whiteness”. We celebrate Golda Rosheuvel as QueerWOC of the week and laugh at dating app DMs. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:09:20 Golda Rosheuvel Born in Guyana and moved to UK as a kid Probably known to you as Queen Charlotte of Bridgerton fame, Golds has been acting on screen and on stage for over two decades. Read more about her here: Read More: https://www.nickiswift.com/314217/the-untold-truth-about-bridgertons-golda-rosheuvel/?utm_campaign=clip Listen to Diamond Stylz break down Bridgerton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1d6Ba2_NiA https://liverpoolqueercollective.co.uk/home/2018/10/31/golda-rosheuvel-its-amazing-to-be-a-black-gay-actress-playing-a-gay-role Community Contributors 00:16:49 Inner Hoe Uprising on the Cashapp New patrons: SGD, Nicolette, Khye, J, Matt, & Allegra Borders are fake shoutouts - Bridgetown, Barbados / Mannheim, Germany / Westminster, MD Mental Moment with Money 00:23:30 Unjournaling: 10 Self-Relief practices that arent journaling Forest Bathing Nap Laugh Meditations Alternate use tasks Yoga - especially 6 way spine sway Twerking Voice Notes Lists Try a photo journal or scrapbooking Mood Playlist Word 01:02:42 (sight audio distortion) What are men of color on the left even doing? What are they REALLY voting about? Is Multiracial whiteness a useful term? Nikeeta gives us the 2nd-ish part of her gender-race analysis of the 2020 presidential election. Topic 01:35:05 We run through a few pop culture topics we’ve been waiting to discuss. Curved Chronicles 02:13:25 Are animal ears a prerequisite for uploading photos to dating apps? More at 12! Back to you, Keets

Money and Nikeeta are back for the last QueerWOC episode of 2020. They celebrate Jamaican Trans advocate Renae Green as QueerWOC of the week. Money shares 5 ways to cope with this public health crisis holiday season! Nikeeta gives us part 1 of her election results breakdown. We think through what to call our partners and tackle the burning question of the season: socks or no socks when gettin it on? Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:10:55 Renae Green Associate Director of Policy & Advocacy for Trans Wave Jamaica, an organization committed to promoting Trans health and well-being through advocacy and visibility in Jamaica. @TransWaveJA She co-coordinated Jamaica’s first Trans Health and Wellness Conference in Kingston, JA in June 2019. Community Contributors 00:17:15 New patrons: Leah & Lucille Borders are fake shoutouts - Flint, TX / Cupertino, CA / Chatham, NY / Lyon, France Mental Moment with Money 00:23:45 Queer Quarantine Holidays: 5 ways to cope with limited social interactions during the holidays Challenge your narratives around holidays Connect with who you have Create a memorable moment for yourself Volunteer in your community Remember why you’re quarantining https://greatist.com/health/alone-for-the-holidays Word 00:49:40 What are white women REALLY voting about? Nikeeta gives us the 1st part of her gender-race analysis of the 2020 presidential election. Topic 01:38:40 No topic this episode. Submit or suggest one by sending us an email @ queerwocpod@gmail.com Curved Chronicles 01:39:10 Socks or no socks? Is this even a question? Also, for what might be the first time ever, Money and Nikeeta both end the #QueerWOC year with a boo! Now if only we could figure out what to call them…

*NOTE* Nikeeta’s computer is raggedy so unfortunately there’s a popping sound in her audio. Please forgive her! I tried to fix it but alas... Nikeeta is solo on this episode...well, kinda. She gives an update about a campaign in upstate NY to provide justice for a Black trans woman, Chanel Hines who’s one of the QueerWOC’s of the week. The other queerwoc of the week is none other than Juju (@itsjujubae) from A Little Juju podcast. Money has a FANTASTIC interview/conversation with Juju that you absolutely do not want to miss! Nikeeta rounds out the show taking a turn at the Tumblr cake questions. It’s no surprise that her answers and Money’s answers are wildly different. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album Portalz here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:11:26 Support Chanel Hines a Black trans woman who’s fighting for her life here in upstate New York. https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-help-for-chanel-hines draiser is organized by the Geneva Women's Assembly in conjunction with Chanel's family. Juju Juju’s website: https://www.itsjujubae.com/ Social Media accounts: Twitter and Instagram @itsjujubae & @alittlejujupodcast Community Contributors 00:27:04 New patrons: Veornique, Kandace upped their pledge Cash App: M. Martinez, Dan Borders are fake shoutouts - Wautoma, WI / San Antonio, TX / Federal Way, WA / Hanoi Vietnam/ Port au Prince, Haiti Aviva! Mental Moment with Money 00:31:01 No Mental Moment w/ Money this week but check out last episode’s moment on ‘Compassion Fatigue’ Word 00:31:45 No word this week but Nikeeta has a question for listeners about a topic she wants to do for next episode. Topic 00:34:20 Money’s Interview with Juju! Nov. 19 7pm - 9pm Hoodoo 101 Registration link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hoodoo-101-w-juju-bae-tickets-124687376299 Support Juju on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jujubae Juju’s Booklist that Money mentions: https://www.itsjujubae.com/book-list Topic II 01:43:49 It’s Nikeeta’s turn to take a stab at the Tumblr Cake questions. How on earth does she manage to work Luther Vandross into these damn questions?

Money shares some alliterative strategies to prevent compassion fatigue, gives some suggestions of pods you might like if you love Nikeeta’s word, celebrates Ghanaian filmmaker Selasie Djameh as QueerWOC of the week and shares about her new favorite toy =P Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album Portalz here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:05:15 Selasie Djameh selasiedjameh.com/about-me/ Ghanaian film director and cinematographer Creator of “Baby Girl” - a short film The film tells the story of Jessica, a 19-year-old student who suffers an emotional breakdown following the discovery that she is intersex; but when she meets free-spirited Sally and Charles, she releases that she can be herself and still find acceptance. Intersex awareness day October 26 https://interactadvocates.org/intersex-awareness-day-for-allies/?fbclid=IwAR3JYFfV06Eci5KyaNx-dRr3VVWms9fVo8NXDgDsXuK_QZP47vHH3K6bheg4 Community Contributors 00:12:40 New patrons: Jordany & Brittany Cash App: Sami & Dominique Review from Marimar Borders are fake shoutouts - Secaucus, NJ / Mcdonough, GA / Greenbelt, MD / Alexandra for always emailing us and for putting me on to the 5 sentence or less email & VanityCurvz & Charismatic_P for always holding us down on IG Mental Moment with Money 00:18:11 C’s for Compassion. C - Check your capacity to respond C - Clarify the request C - Consider all elements of your wellness and where you will be giving from (7 dimensions of wellness Mental Moment from ep 58 https://soundcloud.com/queerwoc/wellandwack ) C - Create your own post-helping recovery Word 00:36:36 Here are some pods you might like if you love Nikeeta’s Word Red Nation https://soundcloud.com/therednationpod The Dig https://www.thedigradio.com/ Delete Your Account https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/ Topic 00:41:20 Money answers the Tumblr Cake Questions Curved Chronicle 00:55:08 https://www.etsy.com/shop/WanderingBardToys?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=756273243 Link for Wandering Bard Toys. Tell them QueerWOC sent you :D

Money and Nikeeta are back with some awkward squish tension, reading recommendations, and acronyms that help improve our mental health. Money shares some CARDS to stop overthinking, Nikeeta gives a summary of her favorite Angela Davis chapter, we celebrate Afro-German activist Katharina Oguntoye as QueerWOC of the week and answer a question about quarantining while single. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album Portalz here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:16:46 Katharina Oguntoye Afro-German activist Katharina Oguntoye has been honoured for her life’s work against sexism, racism and homophobia with the Lesbian Visibility Award for Berlin 2020. https://www.theafricancourier.de/europe/katharina-oguntoye-wins-berlins-lesbian-prize/ Community Contributors 00:25:16 No new patrons Cash App: M. Martinez / Small Town Shout outs - Lees Summit, MO / St. Paul, MN / Maryville, TN / Nairobi, Kenya / Heidelberg, Germany Mental Moment with Money 00:35:00 Overthinking, I’ve got your CARDS. C - Connect with your body A - Accountability Buddy R - Reframe Mistakes D - Distract Yourself S - Select a scenario Word 01:02:06 https://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/davis-angela/housework.htm Topic 01:22:58 How do you deal with being singe through quarantine? Curved Chronicle 01:38:30

Money is back for another solo episode while Nikeeta works an overnight shift somewhere in the bowls of Upstate New York. Money explains what a trauma response is, and 5 domains in which they manifest. For the topic, she shares some conspiracy theories that gave her a good laugh on twitter and some she even subscribes to herself. We celebrate Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah as #QueerWOC of the week and ask hard questions about deal breakers when we all are one emergency away from financial ruin. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on all your favorite platforms except for spxtify Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:06:52 Co-Founder & Executive director of UK Black Pride Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah @ladyphyll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_XJYA74_Do Community Contributors 00:15:36 Shout out to the new patrons Stephanie, Zoe, Thank you, Hector Sandy upped their pledge Small Town Shout outs - Cobleskill, NY / Attleboro, MA / Carmel, IN Mental Moment with Money 00:18:57 What is a trauma response? Money talks through the 4 paths reacting to trauma can take, and the 5 domains of immediate and delayed responses to trauma. A trauma response is any immediate or delayed reaction to a traumatic event (remember, trauma is anything that overwhelms your full faculties to cope) that is directly tied to attempting to cope with that event. Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn (children mostly, but definitely can manifest in adults) Emotional Reactions Cognitive Reactions Physical Reactions Behavioral Reactions Existential Reactions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207191/table/part1_ch3.t1/?report=objectonly Word 01:04:50 None this episode Topic 01:42:22 Money was thoroughly entertained by conspiracy theories on twitter. Here are some of her faves. Check out the Tupac episode of “Conspiracy Theories” here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5IkaIIjTy9ZMB744nTjmgw Curved Chronicle 00:55:18 Is someone being houseless a dealbreaker?

Money and Nikeeta are back this week talking rules around posting baes on social media. Money is annoyed that Sam J ruined one of her favorite pods, so her mental moment is a long but helpful one on how to tell if therapy is working. Nikeeta puts us up on Charlene Mitchell - the first Black woman to run for president of the US. We celebrate Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha as QueerPOC of the week. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week 00:07:50 Queer disabled femme writer, organizer, performance artist and educator Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Community Contributors 00:17:28 Diedrick, Della Small Town Shout outs - HOL ON now Mt. Holly?!?! we need a meetup cos i thought i was the only queer out here lmao Biloxi, MS / Pompton Lakes, NJ / Portland, / Brownsburg, IN Mental Moment with Money 00:48:40 5 ways to know therapy is working & 5 things you should do to make sure it does work Word 01:04:50 Charlene Mitchel 1968 Presidential Run - https://www.aaihs.org/a-black-woman-communist-candidate-charlene-mitchells-1968-presidential-campaign/ 2004 interview with Lisa Brook from ‘No Easy Victories’ http://www.noeasyvictories.org/interviews/int04_mitchell.php Mentions Charlene’s efforts to help free Angela Davis https://cpusa.org/article/a-forthright-stand-communists-in-the-struggle-for-black-lives/ Charlene Mitchell on electoral law barriers (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OelrpQEEm94 Topic 01:35:00 Relationships and Social Media Curved Chronicle 01:50:00 Submit your curve chronicles to queerwocpod@gmail.com

What up yall! Money is all moved in to the West Coast and Nikeeta is Covid Free in Syracuse! Our Friendship survived a cross country move, now lets see if it survives being bicoastal >_< We celebrate Princess The Doll as #QueerWOC of the week for knocking a transphobe on his ass, Money recommends artists to bring joy back to your timeline, Nikeeta shares her list of small joys, and we remind each other of the power of friendship. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:07:20 Princess Da Doll @prettti.est 22 year old Black trans woman from DC who knocked out a transphobe! Community Contributors: 00:17:15 Shoutout to the new patrons : hector, tim, karimah, aakanksha, lena, alexia, emma, erma, celisha On the cashapp: M. Martinez, diamond, jazmine, hannah Borders are Fake Shout outs: taos, NM / Moscow / mount holly, nj/ New Review Shake my pom pom 9 Podcasts from Black Creators to Stream Right Now https://greatist.com/connect/black-podcasts Mental Moment with Money 00:25:10 Instagram artists to follow to brighten the timeline @Iam.muse @ThingsByBettyB @ohsnapitsalexandras_art @RobinEisenberg @BlackGeekMagic @UzoTheArtist @Mawhyah Word 00:52:50 Nikeeta’s all tapped out this Leftest Lesbian Luminary Labor Lecture… but Money has some Marxist book recommendations Topic: 00:57:55 What small things make days feel possible for you? Our friendship it definitely one for both of us! Curved Chronicle: 01:26:05 Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Money and Nikeeta are co-quarantining and if our friendship survives this, so will the podcast! Money gives music recommendations to help our mood. Nikeeta gives us #DefundThePolice pt. II. We talk reality TV and highlight artist, organizer, and anarchist Sima Lee as QueerWOC of the Week. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod a ffsuRDz quick qqqqqqq is a y FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:04:46 Hip Hop artist, organizer, and anarchist Sima Lee @simaleerbg Check out Sima’s interview with Jared Ball here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ60w3dZius Check out her music here: https://simalee.bandcamp.com/ More on the Maroon House Movement: https://www.facebook.com/MaroonMovement/ Community Contributors: 00:11:40 Shoutout to the new patrons : Pepps, Raina, Anya, Pamela, Megan, Loren, & Clitty Cat On the cashapp: Jennifer & Elise Borders are Fake Shout outs: Indianapolis, IN/ Summerville, SC / Port Wentworth, GA New Reviews DandelionDoodle and JennyPaper Mental Moment with Money 00:15:50 Music for Melancholy These are the albums and artists that have been helping me through this rough patch. Mood has such an impact on our interpersonal relationships (which is why I tend to isolate) and music has such an impact on our mood. A study published in the Journal of affective disorders in 1995 by Bouhuys et al explored this. They played sad songs for 24 people who did not suffer from any kind of mood disorder and 12 (thats HALF) showed substantial differences in experienced depression after listening to the sad music. They perceived more rejection from “neutral” faces and rated faces overall more sad/angry, perceiving this sadness/anger as directed at them. They also perceived less invitation and happiness in faces than they had before listening to the music. They Say I’m Different - Betty Davis Chasing Summer - SiR To Myself - Baby Rose Suga (Deluxe) - Kyle Dion Black Fantastic - Black Fantastic Word 00:32:50 Nikeeta’s Leftest Lesbian Luminary Labor Lecture Defund the police: part deux Here’s the thread from Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor https://twitter.com/KeeangaYamahtta/status/1285691409123749894?s=20 Here’s a free PDF copy of No Shortcuts by Jane McAlevey https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2057&context=gc_etds Topic: 01:04:20 What reality TV Show or competition would you create? Curved Chronicle: 01:23:20 Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Ep 89: #DefundthePolice Money and Nikeeta sound like they're in a wind tunnel, but thats just them fanning the flames of liberation and healing! Money created an acronym to help us heal from triggers - STRAW. Nikeeta uses Syracuse as a case study for why the police need to be defunded and our youth need to be funded! We highlight queer rock climber Abby Dione as QueerWOC of the week and talk small joys while avoiding the 'Vid-19. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:08:21 Rock climber Abby Dione [source Melanin Base Camp] Abby is the first Black woman to own a rock climbing gym in the United States, Coral Cliffs in Broward County Florida. Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-coral-cliffs?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip https://www.melaninbasecamp.com/trip-reports/2018/7/21/abby-dione-is-the-first-black-woman-in-the-us-to-own-an-indoor-rock-climbing-gym Community Contributors: 00:14:11 Shoutout to the new patrons : Brazil, On the cashapp: Raven, M. Martinez Borders are Fake Shout outs: Lawrenceville, GA/ Las Vegas, NV/Seneca, SC/ Perth, Australia/ Climax, NC New Reviews MelloMaia, MadVivacious (love you homie!) Mental Moment with Money 00:23:26 Healing triggers: Dr. Money’s STRAW method Triggers are not the same as things that cause negative emotional responses NER - This makes me feel emotions I dont want to feel Trigger - This makes me feel overwhelming emotions i dont have the capacity to handle NER - I feel bad, but I can think of something that will make me feel better Trigger - I feel bad and Ive lost all sense of what I need NER - I feel bad and I know what caused it Trigger - Idk what I feel and Im so thrown off I dont know what caused this See what they are! - [Listen to ep 22] whip out ur journal and write down things that elicit overwhelming emotional responses Track the origin - Triggers collapse space and time. Where did this one originate? Can u think of the earliest traumatic experience you had related to that thing? Reprogram/undo - If-then thinking, how did this trigger generalize? Tell yourself truths about the negative thoughts. Can you think of things u can use to manage this trigger? Act as If - do with support! If this wasnt a trigger, I would…. Work with Therapist/Allied Professional - you need someone sensitive to trauma processes to help ground you so that you are not retraumatized. Word 00:52:43 Defund 12. Remember children: You are our future and #ACAB Here is the #DefundThePolice toolkit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UhlRbXOrSYUevkm2F0MBDKBqWOnEkhnX/view?usp=sharing How do Police Actually Spend Their TIme - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/upshot/unrest-police-time-violent-crime.html Topic: 01:26:53 Small joys we've discovered through quarantine Curved Chronicle: 01:45:40 Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Ep 88: Rich Nigga Nutcracka Money and Nikeeta wind down Pride 2020 with Hanifah and Red from Ya Gay Aunties. In this episode, Money is still in her Black roller skatin' bag and highlights queer fat black skater, Courtney Shove, we all lovingly rag on the West Coast, we do a queer potpourri and get the Aunties' takes on Da Brat coming out, the new Supreme Court ruling around LGBT worker protections, talk Raven Symone's marriage, and we wrap it up with the aunties giving us a strong talkin' to about these tragic dating app! It's a fun jam packed episode! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE AUNTIES? IG & Twitter -@YaGayAunties Listen to their show here: https://soundcloud.com/yagayaunties Catch them on YouTube too: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDZTyLDM1YM7J68eosU_PXw Support them by becoming patrons: https://www.patreon.com/yagayaunties Venmo @B909creative Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:6:30 Artist, Skater, and Image Activist Courtney Shove @fat_girl_has_moxi She’s a member of the Moxi Skate team - which btw you should use her code “SHOVE” on moxiskates.com to support a Black queer woman if ur shopping skating things You can also support her by shopping her etsy shop for cute fat Black girl skate stickers and prints: https://www.etsy.com/shop/fatgirlhasmoxi See more of Shove here: http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-trailblazer-courtney-shove/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNHebmgDQH8&t=5176s Community Contributors: 00:19:48 Shoutout to the new patrons : Hannah, Toby, Bravo, Frances, Kandace, Tanya, Linnea, Liza Dalia Reupped On the cashapp: Kristian Borders are Fake Shout outs: West Jordan, UT / Rohnert Park, CA / New Paltz, NY / Lambertville, NJ / (shout out to Vancouver, Ya’ll not small but haven’t been in the top cities before so yay!) Topic: 00:31:15 Ya Gay Aunties! - Queer Potpourri Supreme court ruling - https://www.npr.org/2020/06/15/863498848/supreme-court-delivers-major-victory-to-lgbtq-employees Raven-Symoné marries Miranda Maday Da Brat comes out after 25 years of fame! (take ya time sis) - https://www.essence.com/celebrity/da-brat-coming-out/ Curved Chronicle: 01:12:40 Hanifah, Red, Money and Nikeeta give ‘Judy’ their thoughts about a curved chronicle--or maybe it’s more like a pothole!--about navigating dating apps. Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com

Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Ya Gay Aunties: IG & Twitter - @YaGayAunties Listen to them on Soundcloud, Apple Podcast, Spotify Previous convo btwn QueerWOC & YaGayAunties - https://soundcloud.com/yagayaunties/episode-28-guests-nikeeta-and-monie-from-queer-woc-pod The New York Times feature: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/arts/5-pride-BLM-podcasts.html Mariame Kaba's op ed on Police Abolition: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/opinion/letters/police-race-unrest.html Mariame Kaba's twitter: @prisonculture

Money and Nikeeta are weekly for Pride month 2020! On this bonus episode, we talk about the largest action Nikeeta has ever helped organize. We also sort through white lesbian foolishness on Twitter and talk queer women and masculinity. Nikeeta is a dainty daddy and Money is a low femme with aggressive tendencies. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com QueerWOC of the Week: 00:07:55 Freelance Photographer, Grassroots organizer, and Trans Latinx community builder Jesse Pratt Lopez @jprattlopez.photo cashapp: $jplopez22 venmo: @PaegeTurner (last 4 #s: 6590) End violence against [Trans] sex workers by investing in their safety. https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-black-trans-women-fund Community Contributors: 00:17:23 New reviews from Iya.domin (5star) Finally catching up! CaliforniaDaydreamer (5star) Dark girl in a milk world Recommendations: “Betty” on HBO, Looking For Lorraine by Imani Perry, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus Topic: 00:30:48 Nikeeta lit up the crowd of protestors in Syracuse last Saturday. Nikeeta and the rest of BLM Syracuse partnered with RAHA and Cuse Youth BLM to organize the largest demonstration against police violence this city has ever seen! Son only that, they educated thousands of people about getting cops out of schools and #DefundPolice 00:49:26 We also talk lesbian gender labels and why white twitter lesbians should consider shutting their twitter fingers up before trying to tell queer women of color what terms they can use to describe their gender presentation. https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-butch This is inspired by a twitter conversation around Roxane Gay referring to herself as a Bisexual Butch, and the white lesbians who were in their feelings about it. You can read the article, but its dated and ashy. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/13/t-magazine/butch-stud-lesbian.html Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold https://bookshop.org/books/boots-of-leather-slippers-of-gold-the-history-of-a-lesbian-community-20th-anniversary/9781138785854 Stone Butch Blues [Ase to Leslie Feinberg] https://lesliefeinberg.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Stone-Butch-Blues-by-Leslie-Feinberg.pdf Curved Chronicle: None this episode so be sure to Send us your curved chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com