On this episode…Season 2 of the series “Love Life” just wrapped on HBO. It’s got us pondering Black Love ™ versus the swirl; covid and the great white awakening of 2020; and Black masculinity, monogamy, love, and sex
Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism one episode at a time. Drink up!
This week’s hot list: Shout out to boundaries, and good family time. J. investigates how a really white show turned into an example of representation behind the camera, Black male characters and the “good guy” trope in film and IRL, When Black love ™ gets silly, interracial dating, marriage, divorce, threesomes, code switching and do people even use condoms anymore?
Content warning with timestamps ahead. There is a miscarriage in episode 6 of the series. We discuss this from 1:36:50-1:38:30Libations: 3:16
Donation Libations: 9:00
Affirmations: 12:32
What is Love Life: 16:58
The “good guy” trope IRL: 36:51
Interracial marriage: 45:00
Black parents gonna Black parent: 1:00:51
Black Love ™: 1:08:38
A threesome: 1:21:49
Ya’ll Mofos Don’t Use Condoms: 1:25:34
Marcus had that breakup coming: 1:38:30
Kian’s down with O.P.P.: 1:47:35
Love, Covid & White Folks Wildin: 1:55:12
Issa Relationship: 2:01:39
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This week’s closing clip features the recent ancestor Virgil Abloh https://www.instagram.com/tv/CW2uNUlFqgK/?utm_medium=copy_link
This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones, social media & production support from Channél Jordan, and graphic design by Jo Caraballo
Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women.
Opening song by Ohene Cornelius
Segment Music by Chad Milner
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