Ep 3.10 - Literacy Crisis

Ep 4.3 The Skinny Life

~Pleasantries  HOT TOPICS 10:58  ~ United healthcare CEO gunned down. Blue Cross Blue Shield. Depose, deny, and defend. The big picture, people are fed up. ~ Slim Kim Tiktok Video, same sis. Every body took out there fillers and there but injections and they all look emaciated. Injectables are in…Why do you want to be skinny? TOPIC 1950  ARE YOU FATPHOBIC? WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE SKINNY? * You can’t be fat phobic if you’re speaking on personal preferences. * Is it a good thing that my identity and value is based upon how I look? * What is fat phobia? * Body dysmorphia and learning to love yourself  * It takes so much effort to love yourself when its not reinforced outside of me   * Nobody was mad when thick was in  * Everybody is affected by trends  * A “regular” American lifestyle will make you sick  * Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound all created to inhibit cravings, make you less hungry  * We all live in a society that makes us fat * Once you realize you’re capable of being disciplined, there’s and obvious choice * Thinking about it doesn’t mean I go to extreme measures    * Fitness, health, and skinny are different   * Colorism and weight * What happened to body positivity? * Love yourself but make an active choice to be better  * Accountability   * You never know how its gonna affect you

Ep 4.2 - Is this a catastrophe?

~Pleasantries HOT TOPICS 4:58 ~ Election results, 4-5 million more votes, some rhetoric is religion and it doesn’t matter what statistics and truths are out there, or is it just a lack of empathy? ~Trump has now taken over the house and the senate. Kamala rand a good race with the time she had, but racism and sexism prevails. Immigrant vote, apology to black men EPISODE TOPIC 25:59  - Can we still be friends? Can we still be married? * Are we making this u in our heads or is sh!t about to get wild? * Do I need birth control even if I don’t want it? * Should I be taking precautions for possible if’s and maybe’s * We are actually arguing for you, you are the vulnerable population * Glass ceilings, you need to afford homes, free lunch, health insurance * Is it ok to unfollow or loose friendships if you voted for trump? * Yes we would try if our partners were to make a sudden transformation * Interracial relationships, not speaking on religion or politics with partner * Lgbtq rights * We been unfollowing y’all, we don’t fxck with you  * White women, blue bracelets  * Saying wild stuff out loud in public

Ep. 4.1 - Why more men vote for Trump

Pleasantries  HOT TOPIC -  7:07 ~Beyonce and Kelly Rowland supporting Kamala Harris, are they pandering or just advertising? ~Growing divide between young women and young men and their voting patterns? Why are more young men voting for trump verses you women? TOPIC - An apathetic conversation with men? - 14:31 * Trauma processing, are you stuck or moving forward? * Boys will be boys, too empathetic to me * Black men benefit from patriarchy  * What is patriarchy? * Black women need to be held accountability  * Women love to build men and fix them * Part of it is overprotection and crippling * Why don’t you want to listen to us!?!? * Black men do not want to see a Black woman in a position of power * Is he joking??     * Trump reinforces mediocrity   * Current economic burden I usually a result from the previous presidents policies  * Anti - blackness    * How do we fix it? * Things only change through love

Ep. 11 Sex Anxiety

~ Pleasantries HOT TOPICS ~Viral TikTok about not wearing heels in the club, clunky heels, gen z, stay in your lane, a bad b!tch is still a bad b!tch ~Cultural Appropriation, Kardashians in India, white girls with braids, Amber rose at the RNC 19:50 MAIN TOPIC - SEX ANXIETY -having anxiety in general and giving up control -is this going to be owrht it? -performance anxiety -oral performance -feeling like you have to perform for men -sex anxiety with “feeling different” -getting tested after every encounter -frequency of sex within a marriage -does it vary with different races -hesitating to have sex after 30 years old -whats the longest s couple should go? -not following every urge

Ep 3.10 - Literacy Crisis

~Pleasantries     ~Nara Smith stealing from South African content creator, boboa tea, tagging other creators when inspired  -Lebron and Bronny James, why are black people mad? Nepotism, black wealth, gatekeeping. Glorifying the grind.   TOPIC - LITERACY IN THE YOUTH??? -Birdman talking to prison, you don’t needs books -literacy related to lifestyle, people don’t do stuff that’s to popular  -transition to technology, no books in school  -why don’t you take the kids to the library -we’re in a literacy crisis -barriers to literacy  -capacity of the parent  -quality of teachers -in order to ask for help, I have to believe that you will help me  -good teachers and good students  -stigma around “bad” kids -we’re skipping steps, these things aggregate  -why aren’t we holding kids back, to increase retention  -but my kid was there for 8 hours??? -barriers to learning even with resources  -ADHD, NEURODIVERGENT  -traditional school system is not working when most kids are on the bel curve    -what are we gonna do  -mental health services, socioemotional intelligence  -public school funding? -education is not popular  -things are based off of what society values   -sheltered vs protected  -increase empathy  -parents are not equipped  -the system needs to evolve    Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/emergence License code: ELY4OV2SNH0XELV8