Watch the video podcast version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GVQMnLz5XM8 Cleo Sol Playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/cleo/pl.u-JPAZzBquLRd3V5 Cleo Sol Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0c2V2OJG8Qz7VtspMMW5V7?si=665eef891b754f40 Listen to the Black Feminist Rants podcast everywhereeeee  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1fClysfXOf4gew0hx8n9yL?si=02ebc44f65e8415b iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-feminist-rants/id1520060736 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

Maya Hart (all pronouns), mama, postpartum doula, lactation counselor, and reproductive justice organizer, joins Black Feminist Rants to share their pregnancy and postpartum journey.  Maya has dreamed about becoming a mother since childhood. However, their vision of motherhood radically transformed once they became a parent.  Maya shares their experience raising a child in COVID-19, coping with grief, and embracing identity and lifestyle changes. Since giving birth, Maya has founded Diapers for Black Durham, a donation-based program that supports families in their local community with free diapers and lactation education. Become a monthly sustainer of Diapers for Black Durham.  Follow Diapers for Black Durham on Instagram.  Stay connected to BFR! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Donate to BFR to support the work that we do! Want to work with us? Click here to be a sponsor. Click here to request to be a guest speaker. Sign up for the BFR Newsletter.  Credits  Producer: LaKia Williams Audio Engineer: Diop Russell --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

In celebration of self-love, BFR host LaKia reflects on one of her greatest accomplishments: leading Black Feminist Rants!  LaKia shares lessons from her healing journey.  She discusses everything, from growing the podcast team to recovering from perfectionism and defining herself outside of work.  Action Items: Donate to LaKia's abortion fund fundraiser for ACCESS RJ! Stay connected to BFR!  Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Donate to BFR to support the work that we do! Want to work with us?  Click here to be a sponsor.  Click here to request to be a guest speaker. Sign up for the BFR Newsletter. Credit:  Producer: LaKia Williams Audio Engineer: Annaya Baynes  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

Having abortion pills available before someone becomes pregnant could be life saving. As the courts continue to strip our reproductive rights from us having an advance provision of abortion pills, or having pills on hand before someone is pregnant, can help ensure that people receive the care they need. In this episode LaKia discusses what an advance provision of aboriton pills is, how it is community care, and how in-clinic reproductive healthcare can be inaccessible for certain communities, including immigrant populations.  This episode was made as part of Plan C Pills Creative Fellowship. To learn more about Plan C Pills visit their website. If you or your organization would like to partner with Black Feminist Rants or request to sponsor an episode please fill out our partnership form.  Stay connected to BFR! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Donate to BFR to support the work that we do! Want to work with us? Click here to be a sponsor. Click here to request to be a guest speaker. Sign up for the BFR Newsletter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

To conclude the Black Youth Sexuality season BFR is joined by Danielle Jenkins (they/she), a Spelman student and asexual person. They lay out what asexuality means for them, why it’s important to care about the rights of people across the country, and how gender can be boring. She also talks about queerbaiting, the importance of silence on social media, and how the Reproductive Justice movement is for ace people too. Follow Danielle on Twitter and Instagram. Also, check out their second Instagram page where they review movies, books, tv shows, and on occasion, share their op-eds To learn more about Black asexuality, check out Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown Stay connected to BFR! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Donate to BFR to support the work that we do! Want to work with us? Click here to be a sponsor. Click here to request to be a guest speaker. Sign up for the BFR Newsletter Credit: Producer: LaKia Williams Audio Engineer & Technical Support: Annaya Baynes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

Welcome to our third installment of the Black Youth Sexuality season with Alexis Nicole (she/they/star), an organizer, poet, and activist based in St. Louis. Star speaks on everything from the role of pleasure in stars life as a disabled person, what disability justice is, and how the health care system can ignore consent. Alexis and LaKia also discuss the stigma of certain mental illnesses, the importance of sex ed for disabled people, and how capitalism is ableist. Follow Alexis on Twitter, TikTok and Instagram. Learn more about the St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline. Stay connected to BFR! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Donate to BFR to support the work that we do! Want to work with us? Click here to be a sponsor. Click here to request to be a guest speaker. Sign up for the BFR Newsletter Credit: Producer: LaKia Williams Audio Engineer & Technical Support: Annaya Baynes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

We’re continuing the Black Youth Sexuality season with Amaya Jacques (she/her), a youth advocate/activist and model in New Orleans. She joins BFR in discussing how and why she centers young people in her activism, the harmful effects of school dress codes, and the sexualization of young Black girls’ bodies. Amaya also talks about getting rid of the cop in your head and how modeling has opened up new avenues for her to explore her self-expression. Follow Amaya on Instagram and TikTok. Follow and support the Nola Black Youth Fund. Check out Amaya’s mom’s Instagram. Stay connected to BFR! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Donate to BFR to support the work that we do! Want to work with us? Click here to be a sponsor. Click here to request to be a guest speaker. Sign up for the BFR Newsletter Credit: Producer: LaKia Williams Audio Engineer & Technical Support: Annaya Baynes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

Welcome to the Black Youth Sexuality season! We’re kicking it off with Caleb Strickland (he/they), a sociologist, Morehouse student, and member of the House of Juicy Couture. He talks about the lack of sex ed in Arkansas, the history of ballroom, and how ballroom helped him explore his gender expression. They explained the importance of community in ballroom and their theory of the matrix of liberation. Follow Caleb on Instagram! Check out Marlon Bailey’s works, Butch Queens Up in Pumps: Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit and “Black Gay (Raw) Sex” to learn more about ballroom and its relationship with HIV/AIDS Stay connected to BFR! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Donate to BFR to support the work that we do! Want to work with us? Click here to be a sponsor. Click here to request to be a guest speaker. Sign up for the BFR Newsletter Credit: Producer: LaKia Williams Audio Engineer & Technical Support: Annaya Baynes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

Sabia Wade (she/they), doula, entrepreneur, and angel investor, joins Black Feminist Rants to give the rundown on what angel investing is, putting money into the futures we want to see, and what luxury can mean for Black people. Sabia discusses how they got their start as a doula, putting your ego aside when you’re doing the work, and platonically raising kids with her friend. They also share about their new book coming out later this year and the publishing process. Action Items: Be sure to check out Sabia’s website to keep up-to-date with everything they’re doing. Pre-order Birthing Liberation at any of the sites listed here. To find out more about Loads of Pride and SOLOTIS wine, go here. Learn more about BADT and For the Village here. Stay connected to BFR! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Donate to BFR to support the work that we do! Want to work with us? Click here to be a sponsor. Click here to request to be a guest speaker. Sign up for the BFR Newsletter Credits: Producer: LaKia Williams Audio Engineer and Technical Support: Annaya Baynes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

Learn about how organizations are increasing access to birth control through youth-led advocacy! Rochelle Rodney (she/her), the Director of Advocacy for the New York Birth Control Access Project (NYBCAP) joins Black Feminist Rants in discussing the work that NYBCAP does to make birth control as accessible as possible for New Yorkers. Rochelle talks about the emergency contraceptive in vending machines initiative, helping young people do advocacy, and pharmacist-dispensed birth control. Action Items: Support the great work that NYBCAP does! Apply to be in the fall cohort of NYBCAP’s Associate Board. Stay connected to BFR! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Sign up for the BFR Newsletter Do you want to be featured on the podcast or partner with BFR? Contact Us! Credits: Producer: LaKia Williams Audio Engineer and Technical Support: Annaya Baynes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message