*My grandma is currently alive/this is not a tribute* Join me in this cathartic journey and receive all of the permission/space you need to express feelings about some of your loved ones that you may have kept suppressed for far too long. Please forgive me if my voice gets a lil shaky at points; this one is deeply personal.  Can you relate? I want to hear from you! Email: [email protected] IG: @thereallavidaj Twitter: @lavidaj Facebook: Courage of Conviction --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What do the Scriptures say about your Body Mass Index? Spoiler alert: NOTHING. Today's episode is the encore performance of the morality series, where I discuss morality around thin body types.  If you want more information on the history of fatphobia and diet culture, check out "Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia" by Sabrina Strings.  I also strongly encourage this fun, inciteful read "The F-It Diet: Eating Should be Easy" by Caroline Dooner.  I also follow a few of these influencers as well: Lauren Leavell Lindo Bacon Diets Don't Work Haes Let me know what you think; I want to hear from you! Email: [email protected] IG: @thereallavidaj Twitter: @lavidaj Facebook: Courage of Conviction --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, I am continuing the morality series with a discussion about the morality surrounding hair. I barely scratched the surface of this topic, but check these articles out that I referenced throughout: "Good Hair vs Bad Hair" by Serena Mushigo November 11, 2020 "What is 'Good Hair'?" by Perception Institute "The roots of 'good hair' are about survival, not beauty" by TheGrio Staff October 9, 2009 "'Freed from the Secret': Rep. Ayanna Pressley Opens Up About Living with Alopecia" by Merrit Kennedy January 17, 2020 Let me know what you think; I want to hear from you! Email: [email protected] IG: @thereallavidaj Twitter: @lavidaj Facebook: Courage of Conviction --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As per usual, sex and religion and culture and relationships usually need a bit more time. Listen to this second part with my friend, Barry Vanderable, (@djcrunkable on twitter and IG) as we explore the consequences of purity culture in relationships. Let me know what you think; I want to hear from you! Email: [email protected] IG: @thereallavidaj Twitter: @lavidaj Facebook: Courage of Conviction --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this episode I explore my own personal view and experiences at the intersection of faith, respectability politics, and sex. I brought an old friend, Barry Vanderable, (@djcrunkable on twitter and IG) to join me as we talk about the very real ways purity culture shows up in interpersonal relationships.  Let me know what you think; I want to hear from you! Email: [email protected] IG: @thereallavidaj Twitter: @lavidaj Facebook: Courage of Conviction --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week's episode will dive into the particulars of poor-shaming, attitudes and activities that are "classy" if you are rich v. "trashy" if you are not, and give my ironclad definitions for the differences between classes.  We discussed some twitter threads and responses to the trashy v. classy debate: https://www.themarysue.com/twitter-trashy-vs-classy-economic-divide/ https://www.boredpanda.com/classy-if-rich-trashy-if-poor-answers/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic https://www.businessinsider.com/viral-twitter-thread-double-standards-between-rich-poor-trashy-classy-2020-7 Let me know what you think; I want to hear from you! Email: [email protected] IG: @thereallavidaj Twitter: @lavidaj Facebook: Courage of Conviction --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join me as I discuss several different types of privilege and what it means for your sense of belonging.  Resources from the show: Forms of Privilege a compilation by Media Smarts "Different Types of Privilege, Including White Privilege - Explained" by Erin Bunch. July 14, 2020 Bechdel Test Movie List  "What Thin Privilege Really Means" by Christy Harrison, MPH RD CEDRD. May 7, 2019 "22 Examples of Thin Privilege" by Shannon Ridgway. November 30, 2012 Let me know what you think; I want to hear from you! Email: [email protected] IG: @thereallavidaj Twitter: @lavidaj Facebook: Courage of Conviction --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We interrupt our regularly scheduled program to call things what they are (hate crimes) and encourage allyship and support - not just on a macrolevel but also in your interpersonal relationships.  Also including an important article to help you understand intersectionality, "Racism, sexism must be considered in Atlanta case involving killing of six Asian women, experts say" By Kimmy Yam.  Let me know what you think; I want to hear from you! Email: [email protected] IG: @thereallavidaj Twitter: @lavidaj --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Everything has changed from the way we think about work to the way we think about trust. Join me as I look back over the past year during the pandemic.  Let me know what you think; I want to hear from you! Email: [email protected] IG: @thereallavidaj Twitter: @lavidaj --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

My inaugural episode finally answers the question why I'm "mad" with Martin Luther King, Jr.  I want to hear from you!  Email: [email protected] IG: @thereallavidaj Twitter: @lavidaj --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app