Ep 27: Squishes, Socialism, and Sound

Money and Nikeeta nerd out over making friends, collapsing capitalism, and dealing with anxiety. Use the code “QueerWOC” to get free shipping on your orders from CharleeJ Co. - apparel designed with queer people of color in mind! www.charleejco.com/ QueerWOC of the Week: Mykki Blanco https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/43a57j/out-of-this-world-i-d-meets-mykki-blanco Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod 11:43 Mental Moment w/ Money: Anxiety Countdown. Feeling flooded with anxiety? Try this quick sensory exercise to trick your mind into calming you down: 5- things you can see 4- things you can touch 3- things you can hear 2- things you can smell 1- thing you can taste 25:31 Word: “Socialism” What exactly is Socialism? What does it have to do QueerWOC? Nikeeta breaks down the 4 tenets of Socialism, a political stance in which Workers own the means of production Expansion of Democracy and change through democratic organizing International Independent from elite parties Claudia Jones- "And End To Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman" https://palmm.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A4865 54:33 Topic: Music We know the world sucks so we wanted to keep it hopeful. Check out these QueerWOC’s fucking it up on the music front DJ eXeL: https://www.instagram.com/djexel/ Mother Nature: https://soundcloud.com/mothernaturebarz BBYMUTHA: https://soundcloud.com/bbymutha SZA Princess Nokia TT The Artist: https://soundcloud.com/tttheartist Aziza Cree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97FjRPb_HKw Sassy Black Cat: Stasia Tiffany Gouche: https://soundcloud.com/tiffanygouche IAMDDB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDC_XkWWxZA Hayley Kyoko Juliana Huxtable 1:20:44 Curved Chronicles: How do you make friends as a QueerWOC? What’s the difference between a crush and a squish? Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns