Ep. 18: Get Free or Die Tryin’… Take Too.

The Intersection Ep. 18: Get Free or Die Tryin’
Trigger/ Content Warning: description of sexual assault

Happy J-Day Hov! No, it doesn’t have the same ring as Bey-Day, but we don’t care… we weren’t gonna miss the opportunity to shout out one of our faves on his birthday and our recording day!
(also the Knowles Carter/ Carters do not play with their publishing so we had to edit this and repost).

#TheTea this week Malaika isn’t sure what autism is and is not, but she’s interested in two shows that have come out centered around an 18-year-old who is ready to date (Atypical) and a surgeon (The Good Doctor) with autism and what they have to say. We agree black-ish ia black, Very Black and we are feeling it. Spike gonna Spike, the Chöclát G. Wûnda and Malaika Salaam were probably both too young to watch She’s Gotta Have It, when they did… but they did and are here for the reboot and all of the conversation and criticism about the new “Fatnecks” series. And finally, there is no such thing as a free lunch or free premium channels, winter break is for binge-watching and it’s beginning to smell, look, act a lot like Christmas or something like that.

We’re intersecting at marginalization and enslavement this week. What happens when people who are alike/akin ware not empowered any where in the world? How is there a modern-day slave trade happening in Libya? (Hint: for those of you who were with her, she has a history of not being with you). And how does this relate to all the reports of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and sexual assault?

Obviously if you are Matt Lauer or Russell Simmons you #TriedIt and now join the list of men in powerful men toppled by allegations of sexual misconduct.

Plus, we thought JCPenney was #DoingTheMost with TEP4JCP, but dropping Russell Simmons puts them in league with HBO, NBC firing Matt Lauer, and Netflix moving on with Kevin Spacey and we are here for it.

Music Featured in this Episode is NOT OUR OWN