loose accents

Really connecting to this podcast. So many feels! Within the first episodes, my heart felt so open, connected, seen, and in love with all the authenticity!! Thank you so much!

This podcast is for all the folks whose stories and being have been cast away, told is not good enough, told to be hidden away. When I listen to this podcast I feel like I am not alone. I feel like I have a community and people like me that can not only share the tough parts of being undocumented but also just being which includes happiness and yessss being a hoe here or there. I learn and unlearn, dig deeper to my emotions, and my experience. In some way it’s like therapy to me, I feel heard, I feel seen.

I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t go back to sleep. When this happens, my mami always says it means there’s someone I need to be up praying for, so I did. Afterwards, I felt like I needed church, that beautiful space of love and liberation that I had earlier this year with homies and people I had just met who welcomed me into their home, a space of wine, blunts, sex talk, coming out stories and conversations about faith and God with people who, like me, grew up in the Pentecostal church as well as those from different religious backgrounds. I couldn’t quite get that from my bedroom at 5 a.m., so I decided to listen to Loose Accents, a podcast hosted by the very people who created that church-like experience for me last spring. It did not disappoint. Thank you, Danyeli and Ernesto. Y’all are both so beautiful and have created yet another divine (and hilarious) space. I’m sorry I’m so late to listening!! Also, shout-out to David for his sermon in the last episode, because he was straight preaching and it’s a word I hope more people hear 💕💕✨✨.

Beyond thankful for Undocubae and Danyeli! Thank you for being the authentic people that y’all are. Thank you for being open and honest with your experiences and willing to understand how your experiences have shaped the person you are. Thank you for creating a space to share these experiences and feelings. I am beyond grateful and I am always ready to analyze my feelings when it’s time for Loose Accents. Much love ❤️