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QueerWOC

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Welcome to "QueerWOC: The Podcast". Join Dr. Money, Black Lesbian Troublemaker by day, Relational Therapist by other days, in this biweekly audio speakeasy that unites, ignites, and excites the queer women of color community. #QueerWOC is a space for queer folks of color rooted in reimagining healing, identity, and community. Join the conversation by sliding in the QueerWOC DM's! Follow @QueerWOCpod on IG and on Tumblr | @QueerWOCpod on Twitter Follow the creator: @bettathanmoney Keep the guns blazin' for Nikeeta: @afroblazingguns
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Episodes

Ep 92: No Baes on the Gram?

Money and Nikeeta are back this week talking rules around posting baes on social media. Money is annoyed that Sam J ruined one of her favorite pods, so her mental moment is a long but helpful one on how to tell if therapy is working. Nikeeta puts us up on Charlene Mitchell - the first Black woman to run for president of the US. We celebrate Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha as QueerPOC of the week. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album here: https://ope...

Sep 19, 20202 hr 9 min

Ep 91: Women of Color Queers

What up yall! Money is all moved in to the West Coast and Nikeeta is Covid Free in Syracuse! Our Friendship survived a cross country move, now lets see if it survives being bicoastal >_< We celebrate Princess The Doll as #QueerWOC of the week for knocking a transphobe on his ass, Money recommends artists to bring joy back to your timeline, Nikeeta shares her list of small joys, and we remind each other of the power of friendship. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https...

Sep 03, 20201 hr 35 min

Ep 90: Another World Is Possible

Money and Nikeeta are co-quarantining and if our friendship survives this, so will the podcast! Money gives music recommendations to help our mood. Nikeeta gives us #DefundThePolice pt. II. We talk reality TV and highlight artist, organizer, and anarchist Sima Lee as QueerWOC of the Week. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to their new album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0KWoevXqscd4eMWNZpodAE?si=l67fMsjnQUOKuZ89QtCZzA Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @quee...

Jul 28, 20201 hr 33 min

Ep 89: #DefundThePolice

Ep 89: #DefundthePolice Money and Nikeeta sound like they're in a wind tunnel, but thats just them fanning the flames of liberation and healing! Money created an acronym to help us heal from triggers - STRAW. Nikeeta uses Syracuse as a case study for why the police need to be defunded and our youth need to be funded! We highlight queer rock climber Abby Dione as QueerWOC of the week and talk small joys while avoiding the 'Vid-19. Intro by TRUTH of Mother Nature. If you love the intro, listen to ...

Jul 07, 20201 hr 49 min

Ep. 88: Rich Nigga Nutcracka ft. Ya Gay Aunties

Ep 88: Rich Nigga Nutcracka Money and Nikeeta wind down Pride 2020 with Hanifah and Red from Ya Gay Aunties. In this episode, Money is still in her Black roller skatin' bag and highlights queer fat black skater, Courtney Shove, we all lovingly rag on the West Coast, we do a queer potpourri and get the Aunties' takes on Da Brat coming out, the new Supreme Court ruling around LGBT worker protections, talk Raven Symone's marriage, and we wrap it up with the aunties giving us a strong talkin' to abo...

Jun 25, 20201 hr 36 min

Ep. 87: Ya Gay Aunties "Diggin' for Gems" ft. QueerWOC

Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Ya Gay Aunties: IG & Twitter - @YaGayAunties Listen to them on Soundcloud, Apple Podcast, Spotify Previous convo btwn QueerWOC & YaGayAunties - https://soundcloud.com/yagayaunties/episode-28-guests-nikeeta-and-monie-from-queer-woc-pod The New York Times feature: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/arts/5-pride-BLM...

Jun 18, 20201 hr 8 min

Pride, Protests, & Butches

Money and Nikeeta are weekly for Pride month 2020! On this bonus episode, we talk about the largest action Nikeeta has ever helped organize. We also sort through white lesbian foolishness on Twitter and talk queer women and masculinity. Nikeeta is a dainty daddy and Money is a low femme with aggressive tendencies. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contri...

Jun 11, 20201 hr 36 min

Ep 86: Summer Heat

Money and Nikeeta are kicking off Pride month 2020 the best way they know how: with a jam packed new episode of QueerWOC!. Money shares 4 journal prompts inspired by one of Audre Lorde’s most well known diary entries. Nikeeta shares 10 @PrisonCulture suggestions for the movement to end police. We celebrate the nonpareil cultural powerhouse Grace Jones as QueerWOCof the Week and catch up with one another about what we’ve been up to in the times of COVID and Revolution. Where to find us: IG & ...

Jun 04, 20201 hr 48 min

Ep 85: Collaging and Calendula

Ep 85: Money is back with a new episode and new suggestions for navigating feeling crestfallen. Money talks collaging; shares 5 QTPOC efforts you should support; and reads a letter from a community contributor who needs help getting rid of a dildo. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https:/...

May 07, 20201 hr 4 min

Ep 84: Snapchat Sex Tapes

Money is back solo podcasting with tips on keeping a conversation going. Don’t worry, you get your lesbian luminary liberationist labor lecture fix this episode too with a throwback word from Nikeeta on May Day from Ep. 40 “L words”. Money shares 3 podcasts that make her feel less alone and reads a letter from a community contributor who discovered snapchat sex tapes of their bae...TWICE! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.Qu...

Apr 23, 20201 hr 11 min

Ep 83: Glimmers, Caramelows, & Collins

We are back together this episode... well, sort of (thanks to physical distancing!). Money talks glimmers, and why we should be able to identify those as easily as we identify triggers. Nikeeta is still essential, but she was already that to us before coronavirus! She drops another hit jingle and tells us about a transformative book in her life. We celebrate AfroBrazilian vocalist Liniker Barros as QueerWOC of the week and discuss why we're over dating apps. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - ...

Apr 08, 20201 hr 34 min

Ep 82: P's for the Pandemic

How many times can Money say "pandemic" in an episode? She goes for the world record on this solo episode with 5 tips for surviving social distancing during COVID-19. Money celebrates Éthel Oliveira as #QueerWOC of the week, talks about becoming a WHOLE PhD, and reads a Curved Chronicle on moving beyond chatting on dating apps. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, Pock...

Mar 19, 20201 hr 22 min

Ep 81: Blickety Black and Queer

Money and Nikeeta are back for another jam packed #QueerWOC episode. Money shares self-love languages and gushes over Black legends Lucy Diggs Slowe and Mary Burrill. Nikeeta might not have a hair routine, but she talks all things linked to liberating our locs, and we give some tips on how to find Black queer community in college. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, P...

Feb 27, 20201 hr 46 min

Ep 80: Valentines and Palestine

**Audio distortion at beginning** Community contributors came through to give us a jam packed episode! We celebrate writer and director Dee Rees as QueerWOC of the week, Money gives 10 ways to be your own Bae for V day, Nikeeta shares 4 ways to be in solidarity with Palestine at your university, and we reply to a letter about finances in relationships. Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud...

Feb 12, 20201 hr 39 min

Ep 79: TwentyTwinTwinn (Sharpen up, Sanders!)

Ep 79: Twenty Twin Twinn (Sharpen up, Sanders!) Money and Nikeeta are back with the first episode of 2020! Money helps us re-energize our resolutions. Nikeeta clears up tensions between Bernie and Warren...and even considers voting democrat! We celebrate chef Nikeisah Newton and Meals for Heels. How can you tell if you have a crush? Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox,...

Jan 29, 20201 hr 58 min

Ep78: Bye 20FINEteen

Ayeee yall 2019 is nearing its end and we couldn't leave yall without another episode of QueerWOC! Money finished her dissertation and honors Dr. Margaret Lawrence for paving the way. Emotional abuse is the mental moment this episode, followed by Nikeeta breaking down conflict. We respond to a letter from a community contributor about labels and being clocked. Nikeeta has a salacious story to end the year. Thank yall for sticking with us and always encouraging us to continue QueerWOC the Podcast...

Dec 20, 20192 hr 2 min

Ep 77: Kent Syverud Gotta Go!

On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money and Nikeeta are back from an unplanned break caused by white supremacist attacks at Syracuse University. We're both fine, but Kent gotta resign! We discuss fiction that inspires us to dream of other worlds, the #NotAgainSU movement and THE General Body, and being asked questions about hygiene on dates... because it wouldn't be Money's dating life without the weird! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tum...

Nov 28, 20192 hr 12 min

Ep 76 :Tinder Tomato Date

Ep 76: Tinder Tomato Date On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money is solo again to talk a Botswana Baddie, 7 rests we need, and a tinder date that cost her a tomato! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, ...

Oct 24, 20191 hr 16 min

Ep 75: Dunye & Q&A

On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money and Nikeeta celebrate 75 episodes of leftist lesbian commentary and mental wellness tidbits! Money shares a tea that can help with depression and cramps. Nikeeta teaches us how to have a good Q&A. We celebrate the living legend Cheryl Dunye as #QueerWOC of the week and talk our pet peeves in the topic segment. Also: Tinder sucks! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to...

Oct 10, 20191 hr 47 min

Ep 74: Am I On Pause?

On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money talks accountability in hopes of repairing relationships. Nikeeta breaks down the Youth Climate Strike and shouts out some of the radical babies leading the charge. We do a Bag Ladiez inspired topic and reply to a curved chronicle from someone who wants to know if being put on pause is a thing… NO! . Happy Bi Visibility week!!! Happy Latinx Heritage Month! - Check out our homies Lena and Estephanie, the Bag Ladiez Podcast @Bag_Ladiez Where to find us: IG &...

Sep 26, 20191 hr 38 min

Ep. 73: What Can People Do When You Tell the Truth, But Listen?

Ep 73: On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money and Nikeeta amplify and celebrate QueerPOC of the Week, Indya Moore , the Pose phenom and all around baddie, Money gives us insights on how to assess if a friendship needs to end, and if so how to break it off, we recap the SWELL time we had at the first ever QueerWOC Upstate Escape, Nikeeta dives into the 20th Anniversary of March of Washington in 1983 and the ensuing controversies, and we close it out with some curved chronicles! Where to find us: IG ...

Sep 12, 20191 hr 53 min

Ep 72: N & M Sittin In a Tree

On this episode of #QueerWOC, Money and Nikeeta answer community questions about their love and relationship… chill yall, we are BFFL! We celebrate the lesbian mechanic turned model legend that is Jenny Shimizu. Money shares 11 principles of group therapy. Nikeeta helps us read. We talk age gaps in relationships and our personal experience with age and desire. QueerWOC Upstate Escape August 30th-Sep1st Join the Hoes of Inner Hoe Uprising at their Mothly Sex Trivia Event at Luv Story Bar in Brook...

Aug 22, 20191 hr 53 min

Ep. 71: Euphoria

Join Money and Nikeeta in their elation in this Euphoria inspired episode. Money regales us with some side splitting tidbits about #QueerWOC of the week, Nigerian-British comedian, Gina Yashere, she then goes on in the Mental Moment to breakdown just what exactly is bi-polar disorder, Nikeeta is booked, busy, and stress so there’s no word this week, but your fav. dyke duo has an extended and meandering conversation about HBO’s new show Euphoria, and in the curved chronicle Money’s trying to reco...

Aug 08, 20191 hr 57 min

Ep. 70: That's Not What We Asked For

On this episode of #QueerWOC Money and Nikeeta weather the heat of the summer to talk mental health reparations for QUILTBANG and the #AmazonStrike. Money lists 5 ways the APA can REALLY apologize for having queerness in the DSM. Nikeeta gives us the labor organizing history of the #PrimeBoycott. We read a curve from a community contributor and Nikeeta has a parking lot curve of her own. QueerWOC Upstate Escape August 30th-Sep1st RSVP by August 8th here: https://bit.ly/2XXagyX Where to find us: ...

Jul 24, 20191 hr 41 min

Ep 69: Coping, Cafeteria Riots, & Crushes

QueerWOC Upstate Escape August 30th-Sep1st RSVP by August 8th here: https://bit.ly/2XXagyX Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC ...

Jul 12, 20191 hr 45 min

Curved Chronicles & Charlene Carruthers [w/ @CharleneCac]

For the last #PRIDE Month minisode, Money and Nikeeta read and discuss listener questions and and curved chronicles and they even throw in their own curved chronicles. Then, Money and Nikeeta were able to chat with the ILLUSTRIOUS and BRILLIANT, Black Feminist Organizer and author Charlene Carruthers. This episode is a fun and insightful bookend to a fabulous 20FINETEEN PRIDE MONTH! Get into episode! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tum...

Jun 26, 20192 hr 22 min

Ep 68: Courage is Contagious [w/ Dr. Sami Schalk]

Ep 68: Courage is Contagious [w/ Dr Sami Schalk] On this episode of #QueerWOCpod Money and Nikeeta keep the #Pride month energy flowing with an amazing interview with Dr. Sami Schalk (@drSamiSchalk). Money gives tips on creating a care container, Nikeeta talks a new study's findings about Black bisexual women. Dr. Schalk shares the necessity for Black Feminist Disability scholarship, dating as a fat queer poly professor, and why we all need a Queer Guru! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @que...

Jun 20, 20192 hr 28 min

Pride, Potpourri, & Pancakes

Nikeeta and Money pop in for a surprise bonus episode for Pride Month! This episode, we celebrate Stormie DeLarverie - the real life lesbian superhero we never knew about! We also talk Black lesbian and Black Trans women's commitments to one another - historically and today. Money makes good Pancakes and Nikeeta doesnt own a spatula! SEND US YOUR CURVED CHRONICLES Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us o...

Jun 13, 20191 hr 21 min

Ep 67: We Chose Rebellion

Ep 67: We Chose Rebellion HAPPY PRIDE YA’LL!!! On this episode of #QueerWOCpod Money and Nikeeta and are finally reunited! We celebrate Indian sprint star Dutee Chand in the QueerWOC of the Week segment, Money talks about National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network and some crystals to get your Pride month set off right, Nikeeta talks about a historic farmworker rebellion, and both chat it up about a FABULOUS QueerWOC weekend they shared together! Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @q...

Jun 06, 20191 hr 40 min

Ep 66: Poetry Is Not a Luxury

On this episode of #QueerWOCpod Money returns to her solo podcasting roots to talk #PodinLiveNYC 2019, poetry as a stress relieving knowledge practice, and coochie care. Also, if anybody has any tips on how to find a bae as a therapist, she is all ears! Money will be in Portland for #NCORE Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to ...

May 24, 20191 hr 16 min
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