The Brown Girls' Journal Podcast

Happy Monday, folks! To keep things light and fun, we're wrapping up Season 2 with all things #BachelorNation. This week, we talk systemic issues within the franchise, Rachel Lindsay's contributions, and all the drama around Matt James 🌹 #TBGJ #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/3LCv2r…

TW: sexual assault, domestic violence/abuse We loved chatting w/ writer, student, & activist Jenny Fierro about her feminist work. We talk about her Mexican upbringing, grad school, and Gloria Anzaldúa. Episode 4 is out now wherever you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/3n3pIt…

TW: fetishization, sex work, and the military Our timely new episode, "So You Wanna Go to Asia to Find Yourself?" tackles the fetishization of Asia's people, culture, and lands. Out now wherever you get your podcasts! #TBGJ #podcast #newepisode anchor.fm/the-brown-girl…

A Note of Solidarity to the families of those killed in the Atlanta shooting, the Asian American community in GA, and beyond:

She's here, y'all! Episode 2 is coming at you hot from our Side Hustle Headquarters™. What exactly is a side hustle, and why do we pursue them? What happens when everything we do for fun, we also do for money? Available wherever you get your podcasts🎙✨ open.spotify.com/episode/6quhlg…

We're back and better than ever, y'all! As a full year in the pandemic inches closer, #TBGJ reflects on what we've learned over the past year and look forward to all that 2021 can be. Season 2 Episode 1 available wherever you get your podcasts! 🤍🎙✨ open.spotify.com/episode/1fI9Ph…

SURPRISE! We're capping this season off forreal with a wonderful conversation with Filipina-American poet Barbara Jane Reyes (@bjanepr) about her newest collection, "Letters to a Young Brown Girl." Available wherever you get your podcasts! 💙📝🌟 open.spotify.com/episode/2joHcV…

What better way to end the season than with a conversation on race? In Episode 5 we do a deep dive of our experiences as brown girls navigating different white spaces throughout our lives. Available wherever you get your podcasts! 🖤🌟 #TBGJ open.spotify.com/episode/3nQ2il…

This week's #WednesdayPoem is all about thanking the trees for their beautiful bounty. Click on the link below to read Ross Gay's "To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian!" poets.org/poem/fig-tree-…

What's better than getting giggling and green with friends? This week, we're talking #earthwork and #environmentalism with our dear friend June! Episode 4 out now, available wherever you get your podcasts 🌱🌟open.spotify.com/episode/2Ub4aJ…

Happy Friday, y'all! Check out the linktree in our bio to get your digital hands on our #WeekendSendOff: bell hooks' essay "Black Intellectualism: Choosing Sides." 📚✨

This week's #MondayMantra is from the wonderful @chenchenwrites ✨ Poets: what has your relationship with language been like lately?

Raise your hand if you've ever been personally victimized by The Writing Establishment™ 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️📝☠️ Check out Episode 3 to hear all of our hot takes!!

Have you taken the time to learn about the Indigenous land you are currently settled on? What violences are Indigenous populations in your area subjected to, to this day? How can we stand in solidarity with Indigenous folx and advocate for their sovereignty? #WeekendSendOff

Hey, y'all! This week's #WednesdayPoem is Rick Barot's hauntingly beautiful "Virginia Woolf's Walking Stick." It is always such a gift to feel such intimacy and kinship with our favorite writers. Who's yours?📝💖 @BarotRick theawl.com/2016/06/a-poem…

Today, on Indigenous Peoples' Day, we uplift and amplify the voices of the members of the Omaha tribe and Ho-Chunk Nation, the rightful occupants of the land on which our homes and institutions are settled on (Omaha, NE & Madison, WI, respectively).

Happy Monday, y'all! It's the beginning of another week and you know what that means! Episode 3 is all about the ever-elusive & absolutely intimidating Writing Establishment™. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Happy listening! open.spotify.com/episode/2tAdBr…

This week's #MondayMantra & #WednesdayPoem coming at you live at the same time because life can be a handful sometimes!! Two cheers to life's authenticity & beauty poets.org/poem/absolute

Hey, you! Have you checked out Episode 2? 🎧🌟 #TheBrownGirlsJournalPod