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"Whatcha Ain't Gon' Do!" is a little podcast about the joy of setting boundaries: mental/emotional boundaries, physical boundaries, philosophical boundaries--you name it! I'll try to keep each episode short and sweet--no more than twenty minutes long, in most cases--so that you and I can help each o…

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    • Jan 1, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Happy New Year! See You in July 2021! (Yep-You Read That Right!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 6:14


    Wishing you all the best- for 2021! I'll be keeping my nose to the grindstone (ouch!) and getting a few projects done. What's on your agenda for the new year? Let's all start with a bit of gratitude because we survived 2020 (sheesh...) and keep looking toward the future. Love ya!

    Real Stupid Smart Girl: A Memoir

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 16:20


    Guess what? I'm writing a slightly fictional, somewhat humorous memoir, and I'm experimenting with ways of sharing it. First, I need to see if anyone even likes what it promises to be, and that's where I need your help. Please check out the introduction by listening to it via my podcast, "Whatcha Ain't Gon' Do!" The memoir introduction is a special episode that will only take 16 minutes of your time--and you can listen at your convenience any time between today and December 12th. Then, please leave your brutally honest feedback (trust me--I can take it!) as a comment in this Facebook event. You can also email your feedback to wagdpodcast@gmail.com. Here are some questions you can answer to give feedback:1.) Would you listen to more of this memoir?2.) Is this something that you'd pay to listen to, say, on Audible?3.) Should I hire a professional to read the memoir (instead of myself, lol)?4.) Is the pace of the story and narration to slow? Too fast? Just right?5.) Do you get it? Does the memoir make sense?Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy the introduction! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Real Stupid Smart Girl: A Memoir By Karima I. Abdul-Sharif Bouchenafa ©2006, 2020AcknowledgmentsTo God, my family, and my friends: I love you with all my heart.To Sallie Mae, PHEAA, and AES: Go to Hell. No...strike that.To Sallie Mae, PHEAA, and AES: Thanks for ruining me financially before I even realized what thirty years at 7.8% really meant. Ehhhh...strike that, too.To Sallie Mae, PHEAA, AES, Navient, and--well, hopefully Navient will be the last student loan servicer that I ever owe: Thanks. Seriously. I don’t know if I’d have written this memoir if it weren’t for you.

    Surviving the Times: Philosophizing and Future Thinking...

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 18:46


    Nothing to heavy this episode! Just checking in to see how you're doing...and to ask whether you're thinking about what's on the other side of the pandemic...

    Ain't Nothin' Polite... About "Polite Racism..."

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 70:42


    The ABWHE ladies (Kuan, Michelle, Valerie, and Juanita) and I get together for another wide-ranging conversation, and, this time, the topic is "Polite Racism." Whew! Ain't NOTHING polite about it. It hurts in so many ways, and it takes so many ugly forms. Join the conversation-and please forgive the audio quality. Recording a podcast over Zoom isn't the best situation, but it's what the pandemic dictates. Hopefully, I'll find a better safely-socially-distanced alternative for the next season of the show!

    What Do You Do When A Friend Plays The Victim...But They're Really The Problem?

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 13, 2020 13:57


    If you're like me, then you're a "ten toes down" loyal friend who believes what your friends tell you...but what happens when your friend tells you that they're the victim in a situation, and you later learn that your friend is actually the *problem*? Hmmm...

    What Do You Do When It's Time To Take Care of The People Who Took Care of You?

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 27, 2020 38:21


    It's only right that we take care of the elders in our family and our village--but eldercare is more than a notion (as the elders are wont to say)! How do you balance living your own life with taking good, loving care of the very people who gave you life? Join my conversation with my dear sisterfriends, Michelle and Juanita, as we try to figure this out. The secret weapons in this battle? Grace, respect, empathy, and friendship...

    Diggin' in the Crates (so to speak...)!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 8:15


    This week, I need a favor from you! First, please listen to some old episodes of "Whatcha Ain't Gon' Do!" Maybe there's an episode that you missed, or just one that you really enjoyed...either way, please give it another spin and share the show with a friend (send them to www.wagdpodcast.com)! Next, think about your own creative "crates," and dust off some pieces from your "creative catalogue." Finish that poem, that painting, or that piece of music you started but never finished. Break out that fabulous thing that you made ages ago, but were afraid to share with the world. This week, I want you to remind yourself of your own talents!

    Whatcha Ain't Gon' Do...Is Tell Kamala Harris That She Ain't Black Enough!

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 14:18


    Senator Kamala Harris has already affirmed that she was born Black, she'll die Black, and she's proud to be Black. That assertion of her identity makes her Black enough for me...and it ought to make her Black enough for you.

    Is "Whiteness" All You Got? Part Two!

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 42:03


    So-called "White Supremacy." "White privilege." Why do some people hold onto these expressions of "Whiteness" (which is a fiction anyway) so tightly? When you remove "Whiteness" from someone's identity and worldview, what's left? This week, my super-smart sister-friends from the Association of Black Women in Higher Education pick up our conversation that centers on the question: "Is Whiteness really all you got?" We talk about generational differences in combating racism (this "I'm not my Ancestors, and you can catch these hands!" stuff isn't really new), getting caught up in anti-Blackness at work (listen--when you're the new Black Person at your job, don't disrespect the Seasoned Black Person at your job). What happens when Black folk pull ourselves up by our bootstraps (the ones we had to make from nothing)? Tulsa? Rosewood? Tune in and join us (and we apologize in advance: we cuss a little).

    "Down the Shore" for Some Self-Care!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020 6:39


    Your girl is TIRED--so I'm taking a break this week! Check out this quick episode to find out where I am, and what's in the queue for the next few episodes. Take care of yourselves! Love ya!

    Is "Whiteness" All You Got? Part One!

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 46:09


    So-called "White Supremacy." "White privilege." Why do some people hold onto these expressions of "Whiteness" (which is a fiction anyway) so tightly? When you remove "Whiteness" from someone's identity, what's left? This week, my super-smart sister-friends and I tackle this question: "Is Whiteness really all you got?"

    What We Ain't Gon' Do...Is Not Celebrate Our Anniversary/Birthday!

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 9:05


    Don't call it a comeback--we've been here for a whole year!

    Don't Get New...and Forget What You Already Know How To Do!

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 27:03


    Let me tell you a little story about how the Coronavirus Quarantine almost made me have to chop off all of my hair (or "How Faux Locs Almost Became Dreadlocks").

    You Don't Care About Aunt Jemima!

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 11:47


    Don't let the press-n-curl fool you. Aunt Jemima isn't who or what you think she is...and you don't really care about the "success" of the women who've portrayed her.

    If Black Lives Matter, Then...Uh-Oh...

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 9:26


    The sign reads "If Black Lives Matter, Then Stop Black on Black Killing. Period." Ummmm...what do you *do* with *that*?

    Riots & Looting: What Are YOU Doing?

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 19:38 Transcription Available


    Violent protest doesn’t ask for permission—neither mine nor yours. It doesn’t need our permission. Nor does it want our permission. When lives are at stake, permission is just another form of oppression, and protest--violent AND peaceful--seeks and serves to end that oppression. To remove the foot—or knee—that was so violently placed on the collective neck of the oppressed. The oppressor never asks permission to hurt, maim, rape, asphyxiate, or murder the oppressed, so why do we keep insisting that the oppressed seek the approval of their oppressors? Again, you know the answer to that question.

    How Many Lynchings Must We Watch?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 13:50 Transcription Available


    While I might not quite have known where I wanted this episode to start, I do know how I want it to end—and I know what boundaries I want us Black folk to set, at least today. What we ain’t gon’ do—not if we really want to be good and kind to ourselves, especially we Black folk in America--is harm ourselves by voluntarily watching yet another lynching...You don’t need to witness a lynching to know that its perpetrators are wicked….and you definitely don’t need to witness a lynching more than one time to be sure of that fact.

    I'm Baaaa-aaack!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 6:10


    The Angry Black Woman Ain't Angry... (from the "We Know How To Do This!" vault...)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 30:39


    Knock, Knock, Knocking on Fifty's Door... (from the "We Know How To Do This!" vault)

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 47:50


    Stop Saying Yes to Everybody

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 7:11


    The Devil is a Liar-and So Is Procrastination!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 19:09


    You WISH You Were Your Ancestors

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 11:25


    CAPS CAPS CAPS-Why I Don't Do Social Media Debates

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 12:10


    Whatcha Ain't Gon' Do...Is Tell Anyone To Go Back Anywhere

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 9:33


    Welcome to Whatcha Ain't Gon' Do!

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 2:49


    ABWHE Zoom!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 0:10


    The ABWHE sisters get together to learn about podcasting!

    You WISH You Were Your Ancestors...

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 11:25


    Don’t ever disrespect the people whose blood flows through your veins, whose DNA you carry, whose stories you are supposed to tell. Should you ever have the occasion to confront a racist up close and personally, whatever you choose to do and however you choose to do it—do it because you ARE your ancestors. This week, and hopefully from here on out, whatcha ain’t gon’ do, is forget that it was our ancestors who taught us how to resist.

    What's The Hold-up? I Need A Break!

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 7:13


    New episodes of this podcast are forthcoming--but, for now, your girl needs a break!

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