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October 4, 2021 132 mins
If you went to an H.B.C.U. you might already be familiar with Alphas, Deltas, Omegas, and Sigmas and the storied history of Black fraternities and sororities but that is NOT what we're talking about this week! 🙅🏿‍♂️ Instead we're jumping into the discourse surrounding "alphas", "betas", and all the other archetypes that men have decided to divide themselves into ♂️ What effects do these rigid hierarchies have on men or the women that engage with them? From red pilling to incels and Kevin Samuels join us this week as we jump down the rabbit hole that is male socio-sexual hierarchy 😖 Cheat Sheet: "How America Became Infatuated With a Cartoonish Idea of ‘Alpha Males’" - New York Mag (https://tinyurl.com/2emkujnu) "There's no such thing as an alpha male" - Business Insider (https://tinyurl.com/7n968uje) "The Myth of the Alpha Male" - Greater Good Magazine (https://tinyurl.com/fy6u8ww) “A Short History of ‘Simp’” - The New York Times (https://tinyurl.com/56zctwej) “How pseudo-love guru Kevin Samuels exploits the vulnerability of Black women” - The Grio (https://tinyurl.com/nkkmscks)
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