#286 Performative Solidarity

Tea with Queen and J.

Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… It’s a panniversary! One year after the first shutdown in the US we’re still living in a global pandemic and it may be affecting you more than you know. Then, the anti-Black obsession with how low-income folks spend their stimmy. Supporting the Asian community in a time of crisis and when social media solidarity goes wrong This week’s hot list: Smoothies, routines, therapy, and a luxury purchase! The pandemic’s anniversary effect, the grief effect, who we are now and how we can reset. Stimmy shaming, The North Star, The Momentum Advisors podcast, and why they need to mind the business that pays them. Doing things for the likes - is it clout or solidarity? Mutual funding, learning tools for AAPI solidarity, #stopasianhate, and more. EPISODE TIMESTAMPS Libations: 2:48 Donation Libations: 8:53 Affirmations: 14:46 Panniversery: 16:10 Resources to support the AAPI community: 39:31 Pay Black women: 46:05 Mind your stimulus business: 49:08 Performative Solidarity: 1:11:21 Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on Twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES [e-mail] DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm Send us snail mail: Tea with Queen and J. P.O. Box 1617 229 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 NEWS THAT’S NOT NEWS: Support the AAPI Community fund https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate Anti-Asain Violence Resources https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ PAY BLACK WOMEN Help Lisa’s family cover her funeral expenses: https://www.gofundme.com/f/xxcn6-funeral-arrangements?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer NOTES AND EXTRA TEA Annie (@annie_wu_22) and Solanje's IG live discussion re #stopasianhate graphic: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMnyVvFlU-8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link This week’s closing clip features the viral stimulus check TikTok video, singer unknown: https://twitter.com/thatstylersart/status/1368264046928084999?s=20 This episode was created, hosted, and produced by Naima Lewis Muhammad & Janicia Francis with editorial support from Candice Jones 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