50 episodes
Black Feminist Rants LaKia Williams
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4.7 • 52 Ratings
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Black Feminist Rants is an independent podcast that holds conversations on Reproductive Justice and Activism by centering the experiences of Black women and femmes navigating social justice spaces and the world. BFR will cover topics within the Reproductive Justice framework and beyond. Our host and creator is LaKia Williams a young Reproductive Justice organizer from the South who has experience in advocating for contraceptive equity, reproductive autonomy and birthing justice.
To learn more about BFR visit our website blackfeministrants.com and follow us on social media!
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Ep. 45: finding a home in Black feminism, Burnout, Black girls deserve JOY and PEACE (a rant)
Watch the video version of the episode: https://youtu.be/0u25msHoENg
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Ep. 44: black feminist youth activist talks research as a from of activism w/ Kennedi Malone (oral histories, sociology)
LaKia interviews Kennedi Malone a third-year college student on how research can be used as a form of activism.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJU7XgZe_FE
Beads 4 Our Bodies: https://www.instagram.com/beads4ourbodies/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
Welcome to day 2 of RANTMAS
Kennedi Malone (she/her) is a third-year undergraduate student at Agnes Scott College pursuing a degree in Anthropology with a minor in Public Health. Her deep concern for cherishing the lived experiences of community knowledge-makers (neighbors, strangers, ourselves) finds its home in her anthropological coursework as well as her role as a Program Innovation & Education Intern at Justice for Black Girls, in which she co-creates curricula centering Black girl autoethnography. In addition to expanding knowledge concerning the nuances of Black girlhood at national and international conferences, Kennedi engages in Black feminist praxis by serving as the co-founder and co-director of Beads for Our Bodies, a small feminist jewelry collective that supports Reproductive Justice efforts in the Atlanta area.
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Ep.43: the need for external validation is holding you back + new goals (anti grind culture rant) VLOGMAS
Welcome to THE black feminist vlogmas series. My 25th birthday is December 19th, so in honor of that this black feminist vlogmas series will be one video per day for the first 19 days of December.
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Ep. 42: quarter-life crisis: vulnerability, peace, and the pursuit of liberation (a rant)
Watch the video podcast version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GVQMnLz5XM8
Cleo Sol Playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/cleo/pl.u-JPAZzBquLRd3V5
Cleo Sol Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0c2V2OJG8Qz7VtspMMW5V7?si=665eef891b754f40
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Ep. 41: Supporting Parents through Postpartum w/ Maya Hart
Maya Hart (all pronouns), mama, postpartum doula, lactation counselor, and reproductive justice organizer, joins Black Feminist Rants to share their pregnancy and postpartum journey. Maya has dreamed about becoming a mother since childhood. However, their vision of motherhood radically transformed once they became a parent. Maya shares their experience raising a child in COVID-19, coping with grief, and embracing identity and lifestyle changes. Since giving birth, Maya has founded Diapers for Black Durham, a donation-based program that supports families in their local community with free diapers and lactation education.
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Credits
Producer: LaKia Williams
Audio Engineer: Diop Russell
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Ep. 40: How personal labors of love have helped me as a recovering perfectionist (Rant)
In celebration of self-love, BFR host LaKia reflects on one of her greatest accomplishments: leading Black Feminist Rants! LaKia shares lessons from her healing journey. She discusses everything, from growing the podcast team to recovering from perfectionism and defining herself outside of work.
Action Items:
Donate to LaKia's abortion fund fundraiser for ACCESS RJ!
Stay connected to BFR! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter!
Donate to BFR to support the work that we do!
Want to work with us? Click here to be a sponsor. Click here to request to be a guest speaker.
Sign up for the BFR Newsletter.
Credit:
Producer: LaKia Williams
Audio Engineer: Annaya Baynes
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Customer Reviews
A needed voice and platform in the RJ space
I’ve worked in reproductive justice for years and listening to this podcast is always refreshing and keeps me grounded. This work moves so fast sometimes that it’s easy to move away from what brought so many of us to it and tuning in is the reminder I often need. This isn’t a space dominated by white guilt, academics or selective intersectional feminism. It’s a space that feels curated especially for me, a Black, queer feminist committed to the RJ framework🖤
Miserable
You put yourself in the center of your story and you need to grow up.
Repro justice
LaKia is a great voice in this generation. Repro justice is important and after years of repro being co-opted by white women. She finally gives us the unfiltered and true history of repro !! Thank you BFR