Watch the video version of the episode: https://youtu.be/0u25msHoENg Instagram: @blackfeministrants TikTok: @blackfeministrants blackfeministrants.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

LaKia interviews Kennedi Malone a third-year college student on how research can be used as a form of activism. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJU7XgZe_FE Beads 4 Our Bodies: https://www.instagram.com/beads4ourbodies/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== Welcome to day 2 of RANTMAS Kennedi Malone (she/her) is a third-year undergraduate student at Agnes Scott College pursuing a degree in Anthropology with a minor in Public Health. Her deep concern for cherishing the lived experiences of community knowledge-makers (neighbors, strangers, ourselves) finds its home in her anthropological coursework as well as her role as a Program Innovation & Education Intern at Justice for Black Girls, in which she co-creates curricula centering Black girl autoethnography. In addition to expanding knowledge concerning the nuances of Black girlhood at national and international conferences, Kennedi engages in Black feminist praxis by serving as the co-founder and co-director of Beads for Our Bodies, a small feminist jewelry collective that supports Reproductive Justice efforts in the Atlanta area. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

Welcome to THE black feminist vlogmas series. My 25th birthday is December 19th, so in honor of that this black feminist vlogmas series will be one video per day for the first 19 days of December. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

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

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

Chasity Wilson (she/her), the Executive Director of the New Orleans Abortion Fund (NOAF), joins Black Feminist Rants in discussing the struggles of doing work that is so intertwined with your lived experience. Chastity also shares her experience leading an abortion fund post overturn of Roe v. Wade (Dobbs decision) and being the first Black Executive Director of NOAF. LaKia and Chasity talk about how Chasity balances being a first-time mom and Executive Director of an abortion fund. Action Items: Check out the New Orleans Abortion Fund to find resources for getting an abortion and donate so they can keep doing amazing work! Go to Access RJ to learn more about how they help people seeking care in California and support them with a donation! Since the Dobbs Decision over half of the people ACCESS RJ have been from outside of California, including: Texas, Arizona, Louisiana and more! 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 Black Feminist Rants? 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

Sarah Michal Hamid (she/they), a doula and birth worker, joins Black Feminist Rants in discussing what birth work entails, the impact of settler colonialism on reproduction in the past and present, and the importance of doulas operating outside of the capitalist health care system. Sarah and LaKia talk about how all forms of reproductive health care need to be high quality for everyone. Action Items: Check out Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii to support native Hawaiian health care. Support Kalauokekahuli to help native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders receive reproductive health care. 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 Black Feminist Rants? Contact Us! Credits: Producer: LaKia Williams Audio Engineer & Technical Support: Annaya Baynes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lakia-williams8/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

Self-Managed Abortion is a necessary component of abortion care. Join BFR Host, LaKia, as she provides vital information on self-managed abortion using abortion pills: what it is, how it works, and resources to make your experience as positive as possible. LaKia also discusses how the Western medical industry prioritizes profits over people and attempts to erase the history of community care around abortions. Celebrate Self-Managed Abortion (SMA) Fest hosted by Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity (URGE).  Action Items:  If you or someone you know needs support on self-managing a miscarriage or abortion, call or text The Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline at 1-833-246-2632. Also, visit their website and Instagram! If you need a free, confidential helpline to get info on your rights regarding self-managed abortion, contact the If/When/How Repro Legal Helpline! 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 Black Feminist Rants? Contact Us! Credits:  Producer: LaKia Williams  Audio Engineer: LaKia Williams Editor: Camryn Jackson  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

Dr. Jamila Perritt (she/her), an abortion provider, OBGYN, and Reproductive Justice advocate, joins Black Feminist Rants in discussing the impact of abortion bans on patients, trying to use medicine as a tool for liberation, and the concept of fetus viability. Dr. Perritt is the president and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health, an organization that educates and organizes health care providers to shape legislation and practice and advance access to reproductive health care for all communities. Action Items: Support Physicians for Reproductive Health at https://prh.org. 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 Black Feminist Rants? Contact Us! Credits:  Producer: LaKia Williams  Audio Engineer: Annaya Baynes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

In this episode LaKia sits down with her friend, scholar, and activist Sarah Jones to discuss their experiences navigating respectability politics as Black women. Sarah is a recent grad of Tulane University and has organized around Black liberation and reproductive justice on and off campus. Sarah and LaKia have both been active in white sex positive spaces that have impacted their comfortability showing up as their full selves.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message

Black Feminist Rants is a podcast centered on conversations surrounding Reproductive Justice and Activism --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message