Podcast appearances and mentions of Evette Dionne

When it comes to elections, Black women are historically a voting block that can wield a lot of power. Evette Dionne, the author of “Lifting as we Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box” joins Chandra Thomas Whitfield at the Blair Caldwell African-American Research Library, along with future voter, 17-year-old Jaci Collins-Falcon, a senior at Manual High School. Plus, how some Denver students are using technology to help people register to vote and to understand the ballot. 

**Come see our live-audience show at the Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles on February 26! Info available now now!**Feel free to excuse yourself from the room so you can listen to a new episode of Go Fact Yourself!Sean Patton works hard to stand out in the crowded field of stand-up comedy. His new special, “Number One,” is based on a routine that he performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. With his latest work he strives to be two things: unexpected and honest. Sean will tell us how he achieves that and how he convinced comedian Michael Che to produce his special. Evette Dionne has written a lot about how fat-phobia shows up in modern society. She'll explain how this shows up in the field of medicine and share some advice on how to avoid unhelpful doctors and medical practices. Plus she'll tell us how a nerdy pun helped convince her to date her future husband. Our guests will answer trivia on the sound of music and the sound of bodily functions. Areas of Expertise:Sean: The band Rage Against the Machine, Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, and flatulence etiquette.Evette: Romantic comedies, hip-hop from the 1990s and 2000s, and all things Beyonce.What's the Difference: Helpful HintsWhat's the difference between aiding and abetting? What's the difference between a hint and a clue?Appearing in this episode:J. Keith van StraatenHelen HongSean PattonEvette DionneWith Guest ExpertsLizzie Post, author of the book Emily Post's Etiquette – The Centennial Edition and host of the podcast “Awesome Etiquette.”Speech, rapper and founding member of the hip-hop group Arrested Development.Go Fact Yourself was devised and is produced by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, in collaboration with Maximum Fun. Theme Song by Jonathan Green.Live show engineer is Dave McKeever.Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.Associate Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.Seeing our upcoming live shows in LA by YOU!

We're taught from a young age that fatness and weight gain are inherently unhealthy. But research shows being fat is not itself unhealthy, and anti-fat bias is immeasurably harmful to our health. The Health At Every Size framework of care presents solutions. Reset digs into the barriers larger-bodied people face in medicine — and how that impacts every other part of their lives with Dr. Kate Johnson, interim chair of psychiatry at Loyola University, and Mikey Mercedes, writer and doctoral student at Brown University's school of public health. Then Reset talks to Evette Dionne about her new memoir Weightless and confronting medical fatphobia.

Fatphobia takes an enormous physical and psychological toll on fat people, writes culture critic Evette Dionne, who says it “robs us of our joy, our ability to progress in our careers, and sometimes… our lives.” Dionne contends with heart failure and a rare type of hypertension, conditions that doctors overlooked because of her size. “Weightless” is Dionne's new collection of essays exploring fatphobia in settings as diverse as doctors' offices, schools, TV and film. She joins us to talk about how we can begin to dismantle society's deep prejudices against those who are overweight and how self-love can counter fatphobia. Guests: Evette Dionne, author, "Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is Evette Dion, author of the new book Weightless. Jill and Evette discuss navigating the world in a fat body, medical fatphobia, reality TV, and Evette recommends some books about body positivity and fat liberation. Books mentioned in this episode: Landwhale by Jes Baker Hunger by Roxane Gay Bad Fat Black Girl by Sesali Bowen anything by Marianne Kirby Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun Harrison Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Maris Review, Evette Dionne joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her debut book, Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul, out now from Ecco Press. Evette Dionne is a journalist, an editor, and a pop-culture critic. She is the National Book Award-nominated author of Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box, a middle- grade nonfiction book about Black women suffragists. A graduate of Bennett College, Dionne is based in Denver, where she works as the executive editor of YES! Media. Her debut is called Weightless. Recommended Reading: Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory • The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis • Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United States' obsession with thinness has resulted in what YES! Magazine executive editor Evette Dionne calls a “culture that hates fat people and [that] uses institutions, including media, medicine, and marriage, to reinforce that repulsion.”

CW: This episode contains discussions about disordered eating, fat phobia, and weight loss.Kate weeps while reading a Horse Girl poem and Doree remembers how much goes into preparing for a half-marathon. Then, journalist, pop culture critic, and magazine editor Evette Dionne joins them to talk about her new book Weightless: Making Space For My Resilient Body and Soul, the unbelievable things people have said to her when she lost weight from illness, and why representation of fat people in pop culture isn't enough.To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach them at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podcast@gmail.com.Visit forever35podcast.com for links to everything they mention on the show or visit shopmyshelf.us/forever35.Follow the podcast on Instagram (@Forever35Podcast) and join the Forever35 Facebook Group (Password: Serums). Sign up for the newsletter! at forever35podcast.com/newsletter.This episode is sponsored by:ROTHY'S - For free shipping and free returns/exchanges, visit rothys.com/forever35.BETTER HELP - Get 10% off your first month with the discount code FOREVER35. Go to betterhelp.com/FOREVER35 to get started today.KIWICO - Get 30% off your first month plus free shipping with code FOREVER35 at kiwico.com.PROSE - Get a FREE consultation and 15% off custom hair supplements! Go to Prose.com/forever35.MASTERCLASS - Visit masterclass.com/forever35 for 15% off the Annual All-Access Pass. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week I'm joined by Evette Dionne, author of the excellent new memoir in essays, Weightless. Her new book is about many things: the prejudiced way fat Black women are treated in our culture, her personal experience facing serious chronic illness, fatness in pop culture, and much more. Our conversation was wide-ranging, starting with the story of how doctors' anti-fat bias nearly cost Evette her life, her own subsequent reexamining of work-life balance, and the micro and macro effects of fatphobia—both externalized and internalized. Evette is such a smart, kind person. She speaks in a way that deeply impresses me not just because she's so insightful, but because she's kind and doesn't seem as motivated by the less important things in life--fame, ego, or praise. Listening to her, you feel plugged into what matters. If you want more from Evette on this podcast, you can also check out our other interview in Season 1, Help Appreciating Black Music Without Appropriating It. And again, be sure to support her memoir by buying Weightless and/or her National Book Award-Nominated middle-grade book, Lifting As We Climb: Black Women's Battle At The Ballot Box. -- Help Existing is listener supported. Please throw a dollar in the proverbial hat if you can on my Venmo @rachel-krantz, or pick up a copy of my book, Open. Every bit of support helps more than you know. Thank you!

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Conversations about how to suck less — aka how to be actively anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic, anti-transphobic (and so much more!) — can sometimes be tricky to navigate. People in marginalized groups are often asked to do a lot of unpaid labor to explain these issues to their friends, schools, and colleagues. So I figured one thing I could do with various guests on Help Existing is to delve into the specifics of a wide array of questions. This week's topic — how to appreciate Black music when you're not Black, without in any way appropriating it —  seemed like a good place to start.  I spoke with Evette Dionne, author of Lifting As We Climb, and a pop culture critic who often writes about Black music. Together, we delved into the central question of whether a person who is not Black can listen to, twerk, or otherwise dance to Black music in any way that's not somehow problematic.  If your reaction to this topic is like, Ugh, the premise of this even annoys me, that might be a sign of some white fragility or some other form of exceptionalism you're applying yourself to not think about this. So maybe this is especially for you.  I hope this has been helpful. And please, if you have any suggestions of your own, please slide into my DMs on Twitter and Instagram to let me know. We're all in this together. And please subscribe!

Gabby and the CEO of Bitch Magazine, Evette Dionne, talk bad bitch joy and reclaiming media for BIPOC. Gabby talks about how Bitch magazine helped her navigate the crushing white supremacy of American news media especially during the pandemic. Evette gives us insight into her journey to CEO status and all the ways she is moving towards joyful Black parenthood.

Remember those twelve months where every ad was asking you to vote? It was inescapable. Gilda Pedraza and her team worked around the clock to ensure Latino voters in Georgia had the information they needed to cast their ballot. But even with historic voter turnout, a third of eligible adults didn’t vote. Bernard Fraga says that’s a political failure, and not the failure of individual voters. Plus: Kathleen Hale and Mitchell Brown have spent years traveling the country talking to election officials. Why they say this past election has forever transformed the voting process in America. Later in the show: Young people feel ignored by politicians, and politicians feel ignored by young people. So the cycle repeats. A lot of young people don’t vote, and politicians opt out of spending money trying to reach them. Evette Dionne says that new media engages the young voters who politicians ignore.

We're kicking off the Well-Read Black Girl festival with the special episode that: (1)celebrate Black women writers and readers (2) honors the unsung 'sheroes' that have contributed to the Black women's battle to the battle box.A lot of our textbooks talk about the fight for women's right to vote and focus on the efforts of white women like Susan. B Anthony. But have you heard of Frances Harper or Hetty Reckless? In honor of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women's constitutional right to vote- we discuss the numerous Black women who were pushed out of the mainstream suffrage movement by white leaders and how they made their own table. In this episode, we uncover the key things we all should know about the Black women's journey to earn the right vote- both past and present and we find out that Karens go ALL the way back to the 1950s!Join the conversation as we talk to Glory Edim, the founder of Well-Read Black Girl about #WRBGFest20, the theme and events; and as we talk to our special guest Evette Dionne, Author of "Lifting As We Climb: The Black Women's Battle to the Ballot Box."Some topics covered include:How Well-Read Black Girl startedWhat festival events you should check out this weekendWhen Karen first appeared in historyWhat inspired Evette to write her book on "The Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box" Why we SHOULDN'T vote shameWhat voting rights look like during COVID-19 and beyondFollow and SupportTo learn more about the podcast hostToya, visit ToyaFromHarlem.com. Connect with Toya on Instagram, Twitter,and LinkedInTo learn more about Well-Read Black Girl and the festival visit the website www.wellreadblackgirl.org. Connect with Well-Read Black Girl on Instagram,  Facebook, and Twitter.To learn more about Evette Dionne visit her website www.evettedionne.com. Connect with Evette on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Visit our website. Follow the podcast on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook and watch episodes on Youtube 

Before one of the most critical elections in our nation's history, we're forced to reckon with a deep past. Black women helped secure the right to vote but were still prohibited from voting, long after its ratification. Jamal sits down with author Evette Dionne to reflect on the 19th Amendment's centennial anniversary and the past, present & future of Black women in the suffrage movement.

***Content Note: This episode contains discussion of fatphobia and anti-Black racism, including historical examples such as the enslavement of Black peoples.***It’s our season finale! In this episode, we’re tackling the book we’ve been reading all season: Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings, and we brought in Editor in Chief of Bitch Media, Evette Dionne! CALL TO ACTION: Share what you learned from Fearing the Black Body! DM us if you want to send your copy to a member of the fatmily, or if you’re looking for a copy! We’ll pair you up! Buy the book from one of these bookstores for someone in your life who could use it. Write to your library asking them to carry the book! Send us a screenshot of your campaign! Keep sharing your thoughts & reflections on the book via email or voicemail. Click here for the full shownotes for this episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we’re talking with Editor in Chief of Bitch Media, Evette Dionne about loving middle grade novels, fat body politics, and the publishing industry.CALL TO ACTION: Listen to the podcast Housing Justice LAHousing Justice LA is a monthly pod started this year in January featuring “personal stories from people who have experienced homelessness and conversations with experts on the front lines of LA’s housing crisis.”Recommended Episodes: Why Housing Justice / Othering, NIMBYism, and Criminalization Look into your local tenants union — there’s a ton of activism going on right now in correlation with the Black Lives Matter movement — because Housing Justice is Racial Justice — and it’s a really good time to get involved. Whether you’re a renter or a homeowner or someone experiencing homelessness, there’s a space for you to help and get help. Click here to read the full shownotes for this episode.Editing, Sound Design by: Laila Oweda See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the government's plans to combat obesity have got us talking about our relationships with food, from emotional to disordered - and why we don't think calorie counts on menus will solve anything. Plus, Frankie's sharing the surprising impact that pregnancy has had on her body image, Charlie's realising that lockdown has made her less able to compromise, and we're sharing our tips for the best films, TV shows, books and articles this week - all over a glass of fancy Duskin apple juice for Frankie and a Tucci-approved negroni for Charlie. To hear more from us, sign up at TheWingwoman.co.uk to receive our free weekly newsletter every Sunday. Email us at thewingwomanofficial@gmail.com Links from the episode: We need empathy, compassion and a focus on mental health - not calorie counts on menus - Daisy Buchanan for Grazia There's a divide in even the closest interracial friendships including ours - Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman for The Cut 'I want people to look around and realise the greatest romances of your life can be your friends' - Evette Dionne for Glamour Tiny love stories - The New York Times

Author and Editor in Chief of Bitch Magazine, Evette Dionne talks about how she’s learned to listen to her body and what it needs after being diagnosed with cardiomyopathy at 29.  In this episode we talk about the importance of Black women speaking openly about their health conditions, how to make time for yourself above stretching yourself thin for work and being aware when you don’t feel like yourself. Follow Evette on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/freeblackgirl/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/freeblackgirl) Read her Zora Article: What No One Tells Black Women About Heart Disease (https://zora.medium.com/what-no-one-tells-black-women-about-heart-disease-af2c037eeae3) Link to transcript here (https://medium.com/@tayllure/at-the-heart-of-heart-disease-with-evette-dionne-a7b8e5620a2b?sk=d9f7f6e279036524562082b7bdfd28e7) Follow Beyond Our Cells on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/beyondourcells/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/beyondourcells) Follow host, Taylor Camille (https://www.instagram.com/tayllure/)

In our inaugural episode, we are proud to welcome Evette Dionne to discuss her new book about Black women's fight for equality and suffrage, Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box. Known across the internet as “free Black girl,” Dionne is a Black feminist culture writer, editor, and scholar: she's the editor-in-chief of B*tch Media and the author of another 2020 book, Fat Girls Deserve Fairytales Too: Living Hopefully On the Other Side of Skinny. Laura and Adrian speak to Evette about black women and the battle for the ballot box, about writing and teaching erased chapters of history, and what equitable coalition building could look like now.

Evette Dionne, a Black feminist culture journalist, critic, author and editor-in-chief, joins Nia Patterson this week on the sixth episode of the podcast to talk about her body's experiences with physical health and mental health while being black in America. We talk about how black and fat women are expected to uphold hyperfemininity in their day-to-day lives. Evette talks about how medical fatphobia and bias kept her from getting treatment for critical heart disease. We also break down what agoraphobia looks like in reality for someone suffering from it. And then we also talk about how hard it is to make friends as an adult! We get very serious on this episode but we also talk about a lot of lighthearted topics and we definitely get quite a few laughs in. We both share a great deal about your lives and our trauma. Join us as we talk about being fat and black in America while dealing with mental illness and physical health.Evette Dionne, known across the internet as “free Black girl,” is a Black feminist culture journalist, critic, and editor who writes primarily about race, gender, and size. Presently, she’s the editor-in-chief of Bitch Media. Dionne is also the author of Lifting As We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box, a young-adult book about the history of Black women suffragists, and Fat Girls Deserve Fairytales Too: Living Hopefully On the Other Side of Skinny. Find her on Instagram here @freeblackgirlCheck out Nia on Instagram over @thefriendineverwanted and @bodytraumapod You can also find her blogging at thefriendineverwanted.com and you can support the podcast on Patreon at patreon.com/thefriendineverwanted. Remember, if you have a question about this podcast or want to share your thoughts please email us at bodytraumapod@gmail.com

Black feminist scholar, editor and culture writer, Evette Dionne talks with Jana about the process of unlearning fatphobic indoctrination, finding body positivity through intellectual work and some of her favorite scholars and writers. Follow Evette on Instagram and Twitter @freeblackgirl and read her work!! Please rate, review and subscribe to this pod in Apple Podcasts or your podcast app. Follow @womanofsizepod on Fb/Insta/Twitter and send your thoughts and experiences using voice memos or email to

On this episode, we’re talking to the editor-in-chief of Bitch Media, Evette Dionne. Evette offers some insight on a topic even we struggle with: preserving your mental health while navigating news media and pop culture. As a black feminist and writer, Evette helps us define black and intersectional feminism and how it differs from feminism through the white lens. She also sheds a light on her experience as a former HBCU student, the good, the not so good, and how attending an HBCU be a form of community care. She also offers some guidance on how to manage that relationship with your problematic favorites. In her opinion, we must focus on the person being called out just as much as we focus on the agendas of the outlets doing that calling out. Are mainstream journalists educated and experienced enough to handle intersectional news reporting? Be sure to keep up with Bitch Media on their social media. Their podcast can be found here: Propoganda BackTalk. You can also connect with Evette (@freeblackgirl) on Instagram and Twitter. As always, you can find this episode and much more on our social media @SelfCareSundays. The transcription for this episode can be found here. 

Editor in Chief of Bitch Media, Evette Dionne, gives us the opportunity to understand the journey of a young black woman finding her way with words. A regular contributor to Refinery29, Teen Vogue and published by the New York Times, Cosmopolitan, VibeVixen, Evette has had a long journey to where she is now with no signs of stopping as she has begun writing her first book. Tune in as we discuss how she got started as a writer, how she took a chance on her passion, transitioning to NYC, and being a Black Feminist in today's world. Check out her webpage: https://evettedionne.com/ Follow her Twitter: https://twitter.com/freeblackgirl Printful Affiliate Link: Printful.com/a/merchbydesign Check out our store: https://www.merchbydesign.com/shop

Writer and editor Evette Dionne joins us to talk about how to fight fatphobia and advocate for yourself in healthcare settings, how to navigate difficult conversations and challenge weight stigma in close relationships, why the body-positive movement needs to be intersectional, how oppression is learned and can be unlearned, why it’s important to acknowledge our privilege, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how to deal with friends and family who are stuck in diet culture. Evette Dionne is a Black Feminist culture writer, editor, and scholar. Presently, she’s the senior editor at Bitch Media and regularly contributes stories about race, size, gender, and popular culture to Teen Vogue, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, the New York Times, Refinery29, Harper's Bazaar, MIC, and other print and digital publications. Find her online at EvetteDionne.com. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 Simple Strategies for Finding Peace and Freedom with Food, to start your intuitive eating journey. If you're ready to give up dieting once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course! To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes for this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions.

During the 2016 election, when it seemed inevitable the U.S. was on the verge of electing our first woman president, white women covered Susan B. Anthony's grave with "I Voted" stickers.  A nice thought, but it was also white women who helped elect Trump. He got 53% of the white woman vote.  Also, Susan B. Anthony once said she'd rather cut off her right arm than demand votes for "the Negro and not the woman." (Hey SBA - there are black women too.) Evette Dionne, senior culture editor of Bitch Media, joins us this week to talk about the history of white women in the political sphere. She draws a line between suffragettes who left black women behind, to white women of today's #metoo movement leaving behind victims of color.

In latest installment of An Extraordinary Recap, we're joined by White Feminism's archenemy Evette Dionne Brown of Bitch Media to discuss the ongoings of the third episode of the second season of HBO's Insecure, "Hella Open". And for more from The Extraordinary Negroes: Facebook: The Extraordinary Negroes Twitter: @theextranegroes, #IAmExtraordinary Instagram: @theextranegroes Email: theextraordinarynegroes@gmail.com And if you're interested in supporting our movement, we graciously accept Patreon and PayPal donations.

Download EB006 Fat-Shamed at the Doctor with Evette Dionne  What would you do if your doctor fat-shamed you?  Would you go back?  Evette Dionne, senior news and identity editor at the Revelist, explains in an article titled I Got Fat-shamed at the Doctor – and They Completely Missed the Problem her story.   Her voice is an important one and on today's episode, she shares her intersectional feminist  insights on the Body Positivity Movement, how Beyoncé has inspired the young black feminist movement and so much more.   “One of the biggest things is that doctors are treating fat.  They are trying to figure out a way to make fat people permanently thinner.”   – Evette Dionne    This Week on the Every Body Podcast:  Her experience being fat-shamed by a doctor   Where doctors get their ideas of pathologizing women’s bodies  Why she has a complicated feeling about the Body Positivity Movement  Ways in which the intersection of race, gender, ability plays out in our culture  The ways Beyoncé has contributed to black feminism    How she keeps trolls out of her life   Evette's Words of Wisdom  Body positivity  is a journey. Your experiences and the way you feel about yourself from day to day is simply a small part of the bigger journey. It doesn't derail the path to loving yourself fully – it's just part of the journey.  Rate & Share Every Body    Thank you for joining me this week on the Every Body podcast. If you enjoyed this week’s episode,  head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave a review to help us spread the word to Every Body!    Don’t forget to  visit our website, follow us on  Facebook,  Twitter, and  Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!     

Meet Evette Dionne, a black feminist culture writer, editor and scholar based in New York City. On today’s episode, we’re talking about Shonda Rhimes’s “Year of Yes,” a book both Evette and I both found both freeing and challenging. We dig into how we’re both wading through anxiety a la Shonda, and moments when Evette has said ‘YES!’ to herself, her writing, and her love. Speaking of love--if you’re loving this podcast, consider recommending it to your friend on the glow-up, or leave a review on iTunes. Whatcha reading? Show me using #bribooks on Instagram and following @bribookspod. Bribookspod.com   2:30 – Evette loves to write about pop culture and politics, and loves being a black woman. 3:35 – How Evette and I discovered “Year of Yes” 5:34 – “God can’t steer a parked car.” 7:51 – Evette on Shonda Rhimes’s bluntness about being fueled by anxiety: “She has a whole night dedicated to her work and people investing in her work. And she’s still able to admit she has anxiety. And it doesn’t cripple her. It wasn’t something that stopped her from achieving what she set out to do.” 8:08 - What does Evette need to say “yes” to in her life?? 10:30 – When Evette started writing, she was rejected…a lot. “I went through a year and a half where no one would accept anything I’d written.” How did move beyond? She leaned on her network and resources, something that for some of us is still all-too-hard to do. “Mentors, parents, people who said I could be a writer and asking, how do I go about making this happen?” 12:04 - “I realized that rejection was part of the process, and if I’m going to do this, I’m going to be a writer, I need to keep pitching.” 12:43 – Evette says you’re not an aspiring writer: “Either you write or you don’t.” 13:00 - Evette says yes to refusing to be silent: “My viral tweet shows how unsafe the internet is for black women.” 14:33 – “I am not...the first black woman to be harassed on the internet. 16:44 – Evette says yes to her love, and a quest for partnership a la Oprah and Shonda: “Why Shonda Rhime and Oprah’s convo about marriage is revolutionary.” 19:33 – Evette says yes to not having the answers: covering the Mike Brown verdict in the classroom: “How can I explain what happened in Ferguson to my students?” 25:00 – “That's the beautiful thing about life: you have multiple times to reinvent yourself and figure out your passion. Life’s short, but it’s actually really long. You have so much time to figure out what you want to do.” 28:15 – How being a schoolteacher taught Evette how to manage people 28:54 – Other People’s Podcasts and what Evette’s loving rn: “The Read”, “The Combat Jack Show,” “Complex” magazine, the writing of @ishmashfizzle, @MorganJerkins 30:13 – Evette couple’s fiction and nonfiction—I think I’ll start doing the same! 30:21 – Evette’s reading “Give Us the Ballot,” to explain how the voting rights act has been undermined since its very inception and gives a clearer image of what’s at stake; “Into the Go Slow” for strong, compelling fiction, and “Wild” because Cheryl Strayed MY GOODNESS. 32:30 – My OPP: “Dear Sugar” podcast featuring Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond. The podcast isn’t prescriptive. The hosts talk to experts and use their backgrounds in writing to get inside the minds of letter writers in need. 33:17 – We buried the lead—here’s how Evette and I met, thanks to the Glorious Glory Edim and “Well Read Black Girl.” If you’re loving this podcast, consider recommending it to your friend on the glow-up, or leave a review on iTunes. Whatcha reading? Show me using #bribooks on Instagram and following @bribookspod. Bribookspod.com