Ep 33: Pinkwashing & Power Bottoms

Money and Nikeeta are back to unite, ignite, and excite the queer women of color community! This episode, we talk Palestinian lesbian solidarity, pinkwashing, and power bottoms, because queerness is everywhere! Oh, and we will be LIVE at SXSW with special guests @Tea-with-queen-and-j Contribute to QueerWOC: https://www.paypal.me/QueerWOC Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Use the hashtag #QueerWOC Send us an email: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:06:13 QueerWOC of the Week: Haneen Maikey,the co-founder and director of AlQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society http://www.newsweek.com/why-we-should-boycott-gay-pride-tel-aviv-623211 http://www.aswatgroup.org/en/article/survival-kit-palestinian-lesbian-part1 00:09:03 Community Contributors: Thanks to our new patrons Khadija, Janicia, Maroussia, and Catalina 00:16:30 Mental Moment w/ Money: Unsure about if you have experienced a trauma? Money has a 4-point checklist that you might find helpful. Are you having intrusive thoughts/flashbacks about it? Are you spending time trying to avoid things that remind you of it? Has the way you thought about yourself been negatively impacted by it? Do you experience extreme emotions or no emotions when talking about it? If you were able to answer yes to all of these, you have probably experienced something traumatic. You are not your trauma! We can all get free from things that have hurt us. Naming them is the first step <3 00:30:31 Word: “Pinkwashing” Have you heard this phrase used? What does it have to do with Creating Change? How can we stand in solidarity with LGBTQ Palestinians? Nikeeta breaks down the answers to these questions and much more. Check out the Queer Palestinian Empowerment Network: https://www.facebook.com/QPaliEmpowerment/?ref=br_rs Sign the #CancelPinkwashing petition: https://cancelpinkwashing.org/take-action/ 00:56:09 Topic: Money is clearly terrible at flirting. How do you flirt? Is there a right way to slide in the DM’s? 01:24:29 Curved Chronicles: Money’s love life is nonexistent. Nikeeta is boo’d up *cues Ella Mai* 01:29:17 Bonus content: We will be live at SXSW, with special guests @TeaWithQJ! Check out the event page here: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2018/events/PP99023 Do you have dating woes or wins? You can now submit your very own Curved Chronicles to QueerWOCpod@gmail.com Follow Money| IG/Twitter @MelanatedMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns