Frame of Reference

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We end up going on a bit of a tangent in this episode. But, I think you get our point, overall.

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We are getting ourselves reacquainted with recording and putting new recordings out. 

This recording is from January 28th, so there may be a few outdated updates.

We discuss what our kids are into and what is going on in our coop.

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This season we are attempting to center Black joy by sharing things that bring us joy. This episode, we discuss movies and shows

Share with us any shows or movies you enjoy with your family.

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This season we are attempting to center Black joy by sharing things that bring us joy. During our first episode, we discuss books we have read, like to read, ad plan to read.

Share with us any books you enjoy, think we may enjoy, or are hoping to read yourself.

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How do you center joy?

We discuss our tentative goals for our next season.

We also engage in a rant about community centered spaces.

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We provide some updates and round out this season with a discussion around Black Trauma Porn on the internet. 

Spoiler Alert: We're over it. . . .

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We talk a lot about what is going on with us. Then we get into a conversation about the issues surrounding anti-mask parents and their disinterest in public schools requiring masks. This has led them to contemplate homeschooling which has caused a disruption to our spaces.

Resources Mentioned during this episode:

I know we mentioned resources, but I can't remember which ones. Send us a message and I will update this section.

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We discuss a bit about homeschooling spaces and meetups being influenced by people who don't actually intend to commit to homeschooling.

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Takisha explores some challenges she has around setting boundaries. We also discuss Shaniese's annoyance with the expectation of gift giving at birthday parties and respectability politics around that.

Let us know what you thought about the episode.

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Please excuse our audio. Takisha's feed is a bit loud and off.

This episode we discuss a few updates about ourselves and get into a few things that we have observed as hot button issues. 

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Note from Takisha:

Hi all! This episode is long over due. The last few weeks have been a struggle for me with time management. I hope you enjoy this episode and find some useful information as we discuss boundaries. I'm just glad I finally had the time to put this out.

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Takisha and Shaniese discuss their children and their toys. We also dive into some other areas related to Conscious Parenting, and our thoughts of honorifics.

(Of course there's always some discussion around community building)

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Takisha and Shaniese talk about how we put so many expectations on our children and holding them accountable; compared to the amount of grace we provide to some adults. We also touch on how this all plays out in our society.

Let us know your thoughts and if you have a topic or question you would like us to cover.

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Catch up with us as we try to get back into the swing of things

We talk about Executive Functioning, and Gender Norms.

Resources Mentioned during this episode:

https://nyupress.org/9781479820559/trans-affirmative-parenting/

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Takisha finally finds the time to upload a conversation we had in October. Hope you all enjoy. We haven't decided when we will schedule our final 3 sessions for this season.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

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We discuss a bit about problematic black shows, and the lizard teacher.

Learn more about Chocolate Milk Café:  https://www.chocolatemilkcafe.com/

Next Book Chat book: https://www.afrikandjeli.com/products/little-indigo-house

Latest Blog post: https://unconventionallybrown.com/home/juoflsy3qbdolzkyiaxqaofmw1y3bf

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SPOILER ALERT. . . .

Yes, yes it is. We spend some time unpacking the culture around gift giving and your right to say "no thank you".

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We missed last week, due to life happening.

Hope you enjoy this session with Shaniese and her children making Elderberry Syrup.

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We ended up with a full and long discussion this episode. You may need to break it up into sections.

We welcome an editor to help us with timestamps and to maybe drown out Takisha's kids in the background.

Stay to the end discussion around Takisha's exploration with Imposter Syndrome. We would love for you to weigh in.

Time Stamps:  (Thanks to Shaniese)

Business Expo- 2:00

Planning and scheduling -3:45

Family meetings- 7:25

Fall homeschool prep- 16:45

Upcoming book chats- 27:25

Balance/Managing Overwhelm- 37:00

Lifeskills/Independence- 49:00

Outdoor time- 1:24:20

Impostor Syndrome- 1:34:06

We mention our upcoming Book Chats for the rest of the year and engage in a rant related to an Instagram post about how are parenting aligns with our politics. 

Melinda Huerta joins us to discuss our favorite genre of music and other things on our mind.

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Yeah, I said it!

We are back for a fourth season!

Listen as Takisha and Shaniese discuss their perspectives on marriage, and a few sidebars along the way.

Resources mentioned during episode:

This is our last episode for this round. We are joined by Alicia Lucas as we discuss raising our liberated and free children.

You can find Alicia on Instagram @brick_city_homeschool

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We're processing how the current events have been affecting us and our families.

Resources mentioned

Jillian Faulks-Majuta joins us as we discuss boundaries surrounding work and schooling from home while navigating a pandemic and social distancing. 

Takisha and Shaniese just spend sometime catching up. This bonus episode helps us to match up our recording sessions with when we release episodes. How are you surviving this pandemic?

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Takisha and Shaniese just discuss how they and their family are getting through their days and managing their sanity.

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We documented what a homeschool day is like for each of us and decided to share with you all.

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We get into a conversation about how someone's queer identity doesn't equate to a need for therapy

Things we mentioned during our talk:

As everyone is being sequestered within their homes and faced with the task to provide their children with schooling at home, Shaniese and Takisha have some food for thought for the parents out there.

If this is your first time joining us, welcome. We highly recommend listening to a few more episodes prior to providing us with your feedback on this episode. This episode is also just as long as other episodes. Although we like for our bonus episodes to be more brief, we felt this PSA was worth the length.

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We take sometime discussion our reaction to a recent episode of Marsha's Plate. Episode #123 Black Podcast Joy

This episode, we go in on reading a few questions we have come across in homeschooling spaces. Join us in unpacking some of these questions and diving deeply into the exploration behind the issues with some of these questions.

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We are back for a season 3. Takisha and Shaniese have a discussion about their kids and boundaries along with their feelings on kids cursing.

We air our continued frustrations surrounding community engagement.

Shaniese and Takisha chat about our intentions or plans for 2020.

We discuss what we did for the holidays.

We just go on a rant about book recommendations.

Books Mentioned:

We attempted to recap our Summer and tell you all about what happened at the beginning during Takisha's son's birthday meetup in the park.