Stream of (Social) Consciousness

This week we're talking about the whitewashing and commodification of Pride and queerness its giving thats the tea sis, period, yes ma'am miss mawma, okurrt, yass slay! Links from the Episode: History of Pride/ StoneWall Riots: "What Is Pride Month and the History of Pride?" The True Story Behind The Stonewall Riots | i-D Stonewall Forever - A Documentary about the Past, Present and Future of Pride The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson Queer organizations to Support: Marsha P. Johnson Institute National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network The Audre Lorde Project List of Organizations Serving the Black LGBTQ+ Community _Lyneezy video Follow us on IG and Twitter: @streamthestream Happy Pride! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

This week we’re recapping the road to election day, trying to visualize a Joe Biden Presidency and discussing resources for being safe today and beyond. Learn about trump’s policies: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/ Learn about Biden's policies: https://joebiden.com/ New York Times article about tax returns: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html Trump Town Hall Recap: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/15/924312619/with-debate-cancelled-trump-and-biden-appear-in-dueling-town-halls Melissa’s Video: https://youtu.be/dUnPnz9iI4A --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

and Tory Lanez the biggest one. Follow Stream of Social Consciousness on Instagram and Twitter @streamthestream --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

This week in the stream we're talking about Kanye West(and why he should keep Harriet Tubman's name out of his mouth), celebrity culture and mental health Follow us @streamthestream on Instagram ( tell Liv Happy Birthday on 7/23 :)) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

And that's ok.   Resources mentioned: Therapy for Black Girls Therapy for Black Men Loveland Foundation --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

 Everybody shut up and listen to Black women --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

Here's the audio from last week's live episode where we vented and talked about today's climate and reimagined the future on Stream of Social Consciousness' new official instagram @streamthestream, go follow us! @brookoflove_ tips for dealing with the media - turn It off if you need to - follow @unicorn.riot - Support Black journalists - WRITE THE MEDIA ( e.g. editors of publications) and tell them that they're telling our stories incorrectly USE OUR TOOLKIT TO GET INVOLVED WITH ACTIVISM tinyurl.com/spreadthepower --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

If you cant say the title ten times fast, you're canceled. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

What Insecure is teaching us about friendship --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

Black men, I love yall, but we need to talk. Drake Pitchfork Article: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/drake-dark-lane-demo-tapes/ Petition for Sean Reed: https://www.change.org/p/mayor-joe-hogsett-justice-for-sean-reed More information about Nina Pop: https://www.theroot.com/as-media-focuses-on-black-lives-activists-call-attenti-1843390889 Petition for Breonna Taylor: https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor?source_location=topic_page Petition for Ahmaud Arbery: https://naacp.org/sign-petition-justice-ahmaud-arbery/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

What we're all watching and what we're all thinking about it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

"Coronavirus! Coronavirus! Sh*t is real, sh*t is getting real" - Cardi B, Great American Philosopher --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

Black women can't do ANYTHING Links mentioned: Galye King Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtZGxndOWH0 Terry Crews mess: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/terry-crews-gabrielle-union-americas-got-talent-tweet_n_5e3072abc5b625d32f441d11 Girl Dad Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GuASKiAqDc Extra Clip about Kobe and Gayle Backlash: Erica Cobb contextualizing the Kobe case and what It means today: https://twitter.com/ithl123/status/1226017764671991808?s=20 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

This week we're discussing all things Summer Walker, social anxiety, cleanliness and witchcraft. Joulzey Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ienre_mdH4c Hey Paris video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVpz4KEGOHA --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by the Tr*mp Administration, *entire world raises a hand*. I think this administration has had an impact on my 20s and I just got here. I asked other people on my Instagram and in this episode, we'll be discussing my reasons why I feel this way and theirs. S/O to @thatoneextemper @lynnbellass @_bettykay on Instagram for sharing --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

Hey, whats up, hello everybody. On this bonus episode of Stream of Social Consciousness, we get into how homophobia is pulling us by the wig and holding us back in the Black Community, intentional density among privileged people, we learn who Paul Rivera is (hint he's not a garden gnome) and we learn that I don't know the lyrics to Lil Nas X's Panini. Helpful Links: Essay: Sharing My Truth in A Black Barbershop (David Malebranche) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/essay-sharing-my-truth-black-barbershop-n494721 Four States Now Require Schools to Teach LGBT History (Sarah Schwartz) http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2019/08/four_states_now_require_schools_to_teach_lgbt_history.html Violence Against the Transgender Community in 2019 https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-transgender-community-in-2019 Audio Clips Screen Recorded from Twitter Lil Nas X on HBO's The Shop Dave Chapelle' Sticks and Stones (Netflix) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message

Hey, what's up, hello everybody! On today's episode we'll get into why I felt anxiety posting a picture with a pink wig on my Instagram because it wasn't "professional". How professional, white supremacy and respectability politics are cousins and how I think I am Yung Miami from the City Girls. Articles mentioned: The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_bias_of_professionalism_standards ***Bonus: You Call It Professionalism; I Call It Oppression in a Three-Piece Suit (LOVE this article, my perspective is from Black womanhood, but this article dives into professionalism oppressing POC, woman and LGBT+ folks) https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/02/professionalism-and-oppression/ Performing a Vanilla Self: Respectability Politics, Social Class, and the Digital World: https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/23/3/163/4962541 California becomes first state to ban discrimination based on one’s natural hair: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-pol-ca-natural-hair-discrimination-bill-20190703-story.html --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sosc/message