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Apr 20

Why Black Women Are Still Dying in Childbirth — The Truth About Black Maternal Health

Black women are 2–3x more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women — and that gap exists regardless of income, education, or celebrity status. In this episode of Blacktivities, we trace the roots of the Black maternal health crisis from the experimental surgeries performed on enslaved women in the 1840s to the racial bias still showing up in delivery rooms today. Hosts Shannon and Mona Lisa are joined by Tanessa, a certified full-spectrum doula, for an honest, culturally grounded conversation about why Black women aren't being heard in healthcare — and what we can do about it. In this episode: The disturbing history of J. Marion Sims, the "father of modern gynecology," and the enslaved Black women his career was built onThe weathering hypothesis — why Black women's bodies age faster biologically due to the cumulative stress of racismWhy a college degree won't protect you: how provider bias affects Black women at every income levelWhat a doula actually does — and why having one can reduce your C-section risk by up to 39%Lotus births, home births, water births, and birthing centers — your options beyond the hospitalHow to advocate for yourself if you can't afford a doula (hint: know your state's birth rights)Why going to the hospital alone is one of the biggest risks Black women faceHow herbalism and ancestral healing practices connect to modern holistic care Bring Blacktivities to your inbox - stay posted on what's happening with the pod... more black culture, black history, black perspectives, and black panache! Follow our Guest: Tanessa@HarmoniaSanctuary @MavenProductions423 @Tavernobeauty @mysticmaven33 Other Ways to Join in the Blacktivities:Share this episode with a friend. Word of mouth is the best tool for growth.Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.Follow us on social media.Donate to the cause and help amplify more black voices. Hear more episodes - Blacktivities website About the Hosts Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com. Continue the Conversation on Social Media: Instagram - @blacktivitiespod Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial Follow Lisa - @monalisathepoet Follow Karen - @theekkroberts Threads - @blacktivitiespod Facebook - Blacktivities The Weathering Effect: How Racism Contributes To Poor Health Outcomes | Henry Ford Health - Detroit, MIRacial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Status and Key IssuesBlack Women Excluded from Critical Studies Due to ‘Weathering’ | Yale School of Medicine“Weathering” and Age Patterns of Allostatic Load Scores Among Blacks and Whites in the United States - PMCRacial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites - PubMedThe ‘Father of Modern Gynecology’ Performed Shocking Experiments on Enslaved WomenMedical Exploitation of Black Women Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC
03/04/2024

When Black Women Date Interracially: The Double Standard

Black men date and marry outside their race all the time, but when black women do it, it’s a problem. Shannon, Lisa, and Karen discuss black men who refuse to date black women and why black men make such a big deal about a black woman choosing a different flavor. When Black Women Date Interracially: The Double Standard Bring Blacktivities to your inbox - stay posted on what's happening with the pod... more black culture, black history, black perspectives, and black panache! Other Ways to Join in the Blacktivities:Share this episode with a friend.Click the plus to follow us on your podcast app and get automatic downloads of each episode.Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.Follow us on social media.Donate to the cause and help amplify more black voices. Hear more episodes - Blacktivities website About the Hosts Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com. Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University. Continue the Conversation on Social Media: Instagram - @blacktivitiespod Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom Threads - @blacktivitiespod Facebook - Blacktivities Credit: Piano Roll Sound Effect - Carlton "C-Dub Whitfield Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC
02/19/2024

Wigs, Weaves, and Everything in Between: A Conversation about Self-Image

In the era of wigs, weaves, BBLs, and other enhancements, what does that say about the way black women view themselves? Do we have a problem with our self image in its natural state? Or, are we finally embracing autonomy over our bodies... something we've never had before? Shannon, Lisa, and Karen discuss this and more on episode 3. Wigs, Weaves, and Everything in Between: A Conversation about Self-Image Bring Blacktivities to your inbox - stay posted on what's happening with the pod... more black culture, black history, black perspectives, and black panache! Other Ways to Join in the Blacktivities:Share this episode with a friend.Click the plus to follow us on your podcast app and get automatic downloads of each episode.Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.Follow us on social media.Donate to the cause and help amplify more black voices. Hear more episodes - Blacktivities website About the Hosts Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com. Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University. Continue the Conversation on Social Media: Instagram - @blacktivitiespod Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom Threads - @blacktivitiespod Facebook - Blacktivities Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC
06/04/2024 · Bonus

[BONUS] Court of Emotions: Grappling With Grief as a Student Athlete

Blacktivities returns June 17th!!! Check out the first episode of Shannon's newest podcast, RIGHTing Narratives in this bonus episode. Recently, players like Caitlyn Clark, Angel Reese, and Kamilla Cardoso have brought major attention to women’s basketball. There are several other young women on that team that you don’t hear about who dominated at the high school level, but aren’t the superstars on their college teams. You don’t hear about the immense pressure, tough choices, and sacrifices they are being asked to make at such a young and confusing time in their lives. Wynter Whitley is an extraordinary athlete and former Duke Lady Blue Devils basketball player, who had a standout season her freshman year, but when tragedy hit, her game and relationship with the coaches was collateral damage. Her story helps us right the narratives about grief, self-advocation, and self-worth. It rights the narrative that we don’t always have to be strong, and it’s okay to take the time to heal when we need it. [BONUS] Court of Emotions: Grappling With Grief as a Student Athlete Bring Blacktivities to your inbox - stay posted on what's happening with the pod... more black culture, black history, black perspectives, and black panache! Other Ways to Join in the Blacktivities:Share this episode with a friend.Click the plus to follow us on your podcast app and get automatic downloads of each episode.Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.Follow us on social media.Donate to the cause and help amplify more black voices. Hear more episodes - Blacktivities website About the Hosts Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com. Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University. Continue the Conversation on Social Media: Instagram - @blacktivitiespod Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom Threads - @blacktivitiespod Facebook - Blacktivities Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC
07/08/2024

Is Everything Really About Race?

Have you ever been asked the question, "Why does it always have to be about race?" Amanda Seals came under fire a few months ago after an interview with Shannon Sharpe where he questioned if her stories all had to do with race, or could there be another factor. Is race involved in everything, or are we just being hypersensitive? Shannon and KK reveal their thoughts on this question and more. Bring Blacktivities to your inbox - stay posted on what's happening with the pod... more black culture, black history, black perspectives, and black panache! Other Ways to Join in the Blacktivities:Ask Black People - If you have a question you want us to answer on the show, use this link.Grab some merch from the Blacktivitees Pop Up Shop.Share this episode with a friend.Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.Follow us on social media.Donate to the cause and help amplify more black voices and join our panel of black people. Hear more episodes - Blacktivities website About the Hosts Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com. Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University. Continue the Conversation on Social Media: Instagram - @blacktivitiespod Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom Threads - @blacktivitiespod Facebook - Blacktivities Facts About the U.S. Black PopulationWar on Drugs | History & Mass Incarceration | BritannicaRacial Disparities Persist in Many U.S. Jails | The Pew Charitable TrustsBlack Americans and the Law - Berkeley Law Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC
03/18/2024

Black Parenting: Then vs. Now

These days, we hear terms like "gentle parenting," but have you ever been popped so hard you can't scream or speak? Historically, black parents didn't play because that could literally be a life or death situation. Shannon, Lisa, and Karen discuss their own parenting styles versus the way they were parented, the disappearance of "the village," and the underlying love that existed despite the more harsh style of discipline of black parents of the past. Black Parenting: Then vs. Now Bring Blacktivities to your inbox - stay posted on what's happening with the pod... more black culture, black history, black perspectives, and black panache! Other Ways to Join in the Blacktivities:Share this episode with a friend.Click the plus to follow us on your podcast app and get automatic downloads of each episode.Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.Follow us on social media.Donate to the cause and help amplify more black voices. Hear more episodes - Blacktivities website About the Hosts Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com. Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University. Continue the Conversation on Social Media: Instagram - @blacktivitiespod Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom Threads - @blacktivitiespod Facebook - Blacktivities Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC
07/01/2024

Canceling Black Men

We've seen a lot of our black male celebrities get "canceled" lately - from Diddy to Jonathan Majors to Chris Brown. Not that some of them don't deserve it, but why does it seem like black men have become the face of cancel culture when there are other people doing the same things? Shannon, Lisa, and Karen discuss canceling's humble beginnings to how it got chopped and screwed and it's intertwining with the me too movement. Bring Blacktivities to your inbox - stay posted on what's happening with the pod... more black culture, black history, black perspectives, and black panache! Other Ways to Join in the Blacktivities:Ask Black People - If you have a question you want us to answer on the show, use this link.Grab some merch from the Blacktivitees Pop Up Shop. [For 15% off, enter the code - BLKEXEL15]Share this episode with a friend.Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.Follow us on social media.Donate to the cause and help amplify more black voices... join our panel of black people. Hear more episodes - Blacktivities website About the Hosts Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com. Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University. Continue the Conversation on Social Media: Instagram - @blacktivitiespod Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom Threads - @blacktivitiespod Facebook - Blacktivities Research Links: Presumption of GuiltFREDDIE GIBBS CALLS OUT DOUBLE STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK MEN & CANCEL CULTUREThe strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from a Black-culture punchline to a White-grievance watchword Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC
03/11/2024

Females in Hip-Hop: Exploitation or Liberation

Meg Thee Stallion, Nikki Minaj, Cardi B, Latto, Ice Spice, Coi Leray, Lola Brooke, Sexyy Red... these are some of hip-hop's most popular female artists today. From their lyrics to the way they dress, it's obvious that this is an industry where sex sells. Are they being exploited by record execs or liberated by the ability to do what they want with their bodies in this space? The OGs didn't dress or talk that way. Shannon, Lisa, Karen, and special guest, Imani Blair of Lick the Rapper Podcast, discuss these things and more. Follow Imani Blair on Instagram - @imaniblair @licktherapperpod Females in Hip-Hop: Exploitation or Liberation Bring Blacktivities to your inbox - stay posted on what's happening with the pod... more black culture, black history, black perspectives, and black panache! Other Ways to Join in the Blacktivities:Share this episode with a friend.Click the plus to follow us on your podcast app and get automatic downloads of each episode.Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.Follow us on social media.Donate to the cause and help amplify more black voices. Hear more episodes - Blacktivities website About the Hosts Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com. Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University. Continue the Conversation on Social Media: Instagram - @blacktivitiespod Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom Threads - @blacktivitiespod Facebook - Blacktivities Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC
Apr 13

From Minstrel Shows to Memes: The History of Blackface in America

From minstrel shows to modern politics — Shannon and KK break down the deep history of blackface in America, why it was never just entertainment, and why whiteface is not the mirror image people claim it is. This past week, a blackface photo of a sitting Georgia state representative surfaced, and it sparked a response that hit every note of the classic "I'm not racist" playbook. The receipts are read and the hosts give their thoughts on his response. In Big Facts, Shannon traces blackface from its roots in 1828, when Thomas Dartmouth Rice stole a dance from an enslaved man and built a minstrel empire, all the way through Hollywood's golden age, the birth of Jim Crow laws, and the documented ways minstrel stereotypes still shape how Black people are perceived today. Then the conversation opens up: Druski's conservative woman skits, the Wayans Brothers' White Chicks defense, Jack Harlow going full R&B, and the difference between resistance and racism. No Lisa this week, but Shannon and KK hold it down. *Referenced Episode - Mandingos Mammies, and Jezebels Bring Blacktivities to your inbox - stay posted on what's happening with the pod... more black culture, black history, black perspectives, and black panache! Other Ways to Join in the Blacktivities:Share this episode with a friend. Word of mouth is the best tool for growth.Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.Follow us on social media.Donate to the cause and help amplify more black voices. Hear more episodes - Blacktivities website About the Hosts Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com. Continue the Conversation on Social Media: Instagram - @blacktivitiespod Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial Follow Lisa - @monalisathepoet Follow Karen - @theekkroberts Threads - @blacktivitiespod Facebook - Blacktivities This is why blackface is offensiveWho Was Jim Crow? - Jim Crow MuseumHow the History of Blackface Is Rooted in Racism | HISTORYBlackface: The Birth of An American Stereotype Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC
06/17/2024

Skip You & Reverse: Politicians Playing Uno with our Rights

Juneteenth represents freedom, but if we fast forward to 2024. It seems like politicians are playing Uno with house rules, using multiple skips and reverses when it comes to the freedoms we have fought so hard to get in the past. Shannon and Lisa discuss Project 2025 and the ramifications it might have for black people. Bring Blacktivities to your inbox - stay posted on what's happening with the pod... more black culture, black history, black perspectives, and black panache! Other Ways to Join in the Blacktivities:Ask Black People - If you have a question you want us to answer on the show, use this link.Share this episode with a friend.Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.Follow us on social media.Donate to the cause and help amplify more black voices and join our panel of black people. Hear more episodes - Blacktivities website About the Hosts Blacktivities is a Black Panache original production - a podcast network with a lineup of black-hosted shows sharing black stories and tackling black issues. For more information on shows like our newest production, Fat Lies Matter, visit blackpanache.com. Help Support Future Minority Educators by donating to the Wilbert Bond, Sr. Scholarship Fund, created to honor Shannon's Grandfather, the first black graduate of Middle Tennessee University. Continue the Conversation on Social Media: Instagram - @blacktivitiespod Follow Shannon - @justshanofficial Follow Lisa - @monalisadapoet Follow Karen - @kkrobertsgrissom Threads - @blacktivitiespod Facebook - Blacktivities Project 2025 - Presidential Transition Project WebsiteConservatives aim to restructure U.S. government and replace it with Trump’s vision | PBS NewsHourProject 2025 Document Copyright 2022-2026 Black Panache, LLC

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