(Black Girls Talking)

Join Ramou as she sits down with The Lingerie Addict herself, Cora Harrington, to chat about knickers, bed jackets, the significance of lingerie within the fashion industry and why we need to have more conversations about all of it.

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Here’s a complete list of the brands mentioned in this episode: 

Natori

ThirdLove

Yummie by Heather Thomson

Calvin Klein bralette

Between The Sheets

Christine Lingerie

Wolford Hosiery

Nubian Skin

Cervin

Glamory Hosiery

La Perla

Carine Gilson

Layneau

Rago Shapewear

dMondaine (formerly Resultwear by dMondaine)

Cass Luxury Shapewear

Elomi

Goddess

Elila

Freya

Fantasie

Panache

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Black Girls Talking Episode 63:  #DISABILITYTOOWHITE: On Disability and Representation

Fatima, Krystal and Vilissa get into representations of people with disabilities in media, beginning with the new film Me Before You, and discuss #DISABILITYTOOWHITE, the GOAT Muhammad Ali and more.

References:

#DISABILITYTOOWHITE

Don’t pity Muhammad Ali: Tributes are no place for ableism

heyfranhey:
“ Issa Rae has put together a GoFundMe in honor of ‪#‎AltonSterling‬. This family scholarship will hopefully cover their finances as well as funding for the children to go to school.
Issa writes:
If you feel helpless, but want to play a...

heyfranhey:

Issa Rae has put together a GoFundMe in honor of #‎AltonSterling. This family scholarship will hopefully cover their finances as well as funding for the children to go to school.

Issa writes:

If you feel helpless, but want to play a small part in easing the burden of #AltonSterling’s family, consider donating to this scholarship fund for his 15-year-old son (and his other kids).

*ALL* funds raised will go to Alton Sterling’s family.

Learn more about Alton Sterling here.

Watch his family speak about the tragedy.

Please consider sharing the link and donating, if possible:

https://www.gofundme.com/2d3eze7g

In this edition of #Beautychat we sit down with Julee Wilson and Pamela Christiani to chat about Essence Beauty Box. We get all the details on Essence Beauty Box and get into the importance of supporting Black beauty brands, finding a signature fragrance, what the world of beauty is missing and the Kultural Appropriation Kardashians. Sit back, drink some water and have a listen. Please wash your face tonight!

References
Essence Beauty Box
What’s your shade of beautiful?
MDM Flow 
Scotch Porter
Bevel
Taliah Waajid
Hair Rules

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In this episode, Ramou is joined by comedy writers Lisa McQuillan and Amy Aniobi, the hilarious minds behind the web series Lisa And Amy Are Black and writers from blackish (Lisa) and the long-anticipated Issa Rae HBO show, Insecure (Amy). Listen in as Ramou lies back on the therapy couch while Lisa and Amy talk having the confidence to release your inner creative, quickly transition into why craft services is heaven on earth, and end with the quest for hardwood floors.

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In this episode Aurelia chats with her friend; NYC based singer-songwriter and self proclaimed Tinder queen, Jenn Mundia. They run down topics like: making it in the music business, Kenyan home cooking, and what its like as a Black girl acoustic artist in a post Tracy Chapman world.

You can check out Jenn’s new album “Heads or Tails” as well as the rest of her discography and schedule of live performances at: www.facebook.com/jennmundiamusic/


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‘I Just Wanted to Be Free’: The Radical Reverberations of Muhammad Ali4

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When Dr. Martin Luther King came out against the war in Vietnam in 1967, he was criticized by the mainstream press and his own advisors who told him to not focus on “foreign” policy. But Dr. King forged forward, and to justify his new stand, said publicly, “Like Muhammad Ali puts it, we are all—black and brown and poor—victims of the same system of oppression.”

When Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island, he said that Muhammad Ali made him feel like the walls were not there.

When John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fists on the medal stand in Mexico City, one of their demands was to “Restore Muhammad Ali’s title.” They called Ali “the warrior-saint of the Black Athlete’s Revolt.”

When Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteers in Lowndes County, Alabama launched an independent political party in 1965, their new group was the first to use the symbol of a black panther. Beneath the jungle cat’s black silhouette was a slogan straight from the champ: “WE Are the Greatest.”

When Billie Jean King was aiming to win equal rights for women in sports, Muhammad Ali would say to her, “Billie Jean King! YOU ARE THE QUEEN!” She said that this made her feel brave in her own skin.

 The question is why? Why was he able to create this kind of radical ripple throughout the culture and across the world?

 What Muhammad Ali did—in a culture that worships sports and violence as well as a culture that idolizes black athletes while criminalizing black skin—was redefine what it meant to be tough and collectivize the very idea of courage. Through the Champ’s words on the streets and deeds in the ring, bravery was not only standing up to Sonny Liston. It was speaking truth to power, no matter the cost. He was a boxer whose very presence taught a simple and dangerous lesson fifty years ago: “real men” fight for peace and “real women” raise their voices and join the fray. Or as Bryant Gumbel said years ago,  “Muhammad Ali refused to be afraid. And being that way, he gave other people courage.”