Stush an’ Bush
By Robert, Khadieme
Stush and Bush, two culturally rooted words, speak to class in Caribbean countries. Both characters engage in this podcast bolstering Caribbean Creole, and immersing listeners in Queeribbean vernacular, serving as a guide to the world of being both Caribbean and queer through their lived experiences coupled with queer and ethnic theories.
Khadieme and Robert (@khadieme and @the_bishop1221) are two afro-queeribbean blackademics.
Stush an’ BushOct 19, 2020
episode 4 | whose c*ve is it?
Khadieme and Robert nuh have no shame. Well, practicing not to anyway. Robert and Khadieme have a vulnerable conversation on shame and resilience. Kadeem and Robert break down their desire to be soft and begin to assess what resilience is for some of us.
Something fi nyam: A tweet by @zandashe "I dream of never being called resilient again in my life. I’m exhausted by strength. I want support. I want softness. I want ease. I want to be amongst kin. Not patted on the back for how well I take a hit. Or for how many."
episode 3 | d*wnl*w nuh suh simple
episode 2 |breath, body, tr**m*
are you paying attention to the sensations in your body? join robert and khadieme as they discuss discovering their blackness, the influence of Caribbean identity, and a regularly scheduled inquiry into ADOS.
episode 1 | jamaicans in the wh*t* h**s*
We reach again! Season 4 is here chile. this episode starts with [insert messy comment] and ends on [insert sweet note].
Robert says the first episode of the season sets the tone and khadieme says it's a season of vulnerability. stick around to see which one it is?
Stacey-Ann Chin's performance of "Not my President"
episode 7 | yet another holiday episode
sorrel wars are done, but robert wants to start the black cake battles. tune in as khadieme and robert give caribbean men in wigs a long overdue reading, reflect on being home during the holidays, and look ahead to 2021.
big big announcement: join our queer caribbean whatsapp group chat: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KOzrZ6nc7TXLqBCVwovR4U
Sup'm Fi Nyam material: Out and Bad by Nadia Ellis
Content warning: mentions of domestic violence at 47:00
NYC 24-Hour Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-621-HOPE.
episode 6 | triple t
tabloids, transitions, thanksgiving. get into the mix up as Robert and Khadieme sits in their intimate space to discuss the elections, undertaking the journey of uncaging themselves, and the intensity they're both creating on this year's thanksgiving. Robert has a surprise giveaway, and Khadieme encourages folks who want access to food to reach out to them.
episode 5 | breathing through the madness
A dose of loving-kindness, a hookup for roast breadfruit, and some tips n’ tricks to get you through this week’s episode of a Global Pandemic: Election Edition. Tune in to hear Khadieme and Robert look back to 2016 to forecast an end for the 2020 elections, sing praises to the McBride sisters (again!), and discover the space between the mattress & the box spring.
episode 4 | is diaspora working?
Robert gets a new micrphone and Khadieme mishaps on "maricones," but more than that, more mix up on latinidad, story telling and some oral historian work. join us as we speak with cultural anthropology PhD student and oral historian Andrew Viñales on intimacy, learning from our elders as we become them, and "the look."
"Varones in the Archive: A Queer Oral History Analysis with Two Black Puerto Rican Gay Men" by Andrew Viñales
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_K8VdT8FagI1f9yvk-85jKd6eK-iYPxP/view?usp=sharing
episode 3 | can I not rest? feat. Nala Simone Toussaint
Black people just need likkle space fi rest wi front. join us as we discuss giving ourselves grace, growing up in the darkness and moremix up with activist, organizer and Afro-Caribbean goodaz gyal Nala Simone Toussaint.
To learn more about Nala's work, visit https://nalatoussaint.com/
episode 2 | fire & brimstone
it’s the fires in California for me...
it’s the mass hysterectomies in ICE concentration camps for me ...
the united states continues to be trash! the call for a bonded, ethical solidarity is ever clear. what is the caribbean connection? what are we going to do about it?
episode 1 | roast corn, run belly
triple threat: labour day, queer caribbeans of nyc day, and the stush an' bush season 3 premiere! we're starting this episode with official carnival business, a ghetto ass recap of miss rona's activities, and essential parkway hits.
episode 7 | queeribbean
in our season finale, we discuss what queeribbean means and how we choose approach it. contributing to the production, consumption and patronage of queer and caribbean life, Jewel the Gem, Ryan Persadie AKA Tifa Wine join us fi di likkle mash up and blend blend. drag dreams and liberated bodies--we ah bless di pickney dem with content to last you until season three
Essay Cited: Whose Caribbean?*: An Allegory, in Part by Thomas Glave
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z9p_gWmvo4hEyOrjuBe5CT0F7r4BnH0I/view?usp=sharing
episode 6 | to black, or not to black
this episode we learn what effluvia means, have a one-sided argument about american descendants of slaves, and lambast the black immigrant populous. join us while we attempt to stay in our lanes, all while we ah race an' trace up di people dem.
episode 5 | obeah as queer magic feat. Jovanté Anderson
we all have been touched by the presence of obeah in Caribbean history. join us in the likkle quarantine times while we work through obeah and other powers covering spiritual fidelity, law and all else under the mystical sun with Miami University PhD student, Jovanté Anderson.
CW/TW: Mention of suicidality: 2:11:45-2:13:15
Citations:
Children of the Spirits, in Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions; Zora Neale Hurston’s, Tell My Horse; Queering Black Atlantic Religions: Transcorporealiety in Candomble, Santeria, and Vodou; An (Un) Natural Mystic in the Air: Images of Obeah in Caribbean Song by Kenneth Bilby; Obeah & Other Powers; edited by Diana Paton & Maarit Forde; Ephesians 6:12; http://www.advocate.com/current-issue/2016/10/31/why-queer-haitians-are-turning-vodou
episode 4 | politics of the barrel
This week, Khadieme and Robert take a look at a transnational work of literature that combines a host of characters that love pure mix up and blend blend, and a plot with a queer twist. of course, we’re talking about none other than Nicole Dennis-Benn's novel, Patsy.
Special Bonus: Stush an' Bush will giveaway a paperback version of Patsy, which Is releasing this May 2020! Share a clip and tag us your Instagram story for a chance to win the paperback version of Patsy!
CW/TW: Sexual assault
1:05:00-1:10:00
episode 3 | Trade Trout feat. JahLove Serrano
Mix up and blend blen with a queer Garifuna twist. Join Khadieme, Robert, and their first guest host, JahLove Serrano as they discuss everything from spirituality to HIV, to value and self-worth. You can read more about JahLove's story through his recently published, three-part piece on H-I-V.net
https://h-i-v.net/community/community-advocates/jahlove-serrano/
episode 2 | broken penis, broken manhood
serving up the cure to bruck-buddyitis in episode 2 where Khadieme and Robert dive into the politics of manhood, verbal castration, and belonging.
...and before you say anything about the audio delay, kibba yuh mout, we ah do we best since Duty Gyal Rona kick we outta di studio. Put the stush way, before you utter a word or submit a complaint re: audio quality, please refrain from doing so. COVID-19 has halted our ability to provide the usual audio quality.
episode 1 | verandah culture
episode 7 | power to the bttms
join us for the season finale, full of big bttm energy, Stush Gyal Bush Gyal Awards, and a look back at our first season
episode 6 | are you gay this holiday?
The Sorrel Wars are upon us and your countries are NOT safe as Robert and Khadieme recount christmas in the diaspora and caribbean.
episode 5 | big dutty problems
Ayiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico —what do they all have in common? Find out as Khadieme and Robert talk queer sex and navigation.
this is your call to action. all donations to stush an' bush will go a caribbean-based lgbt organization.
venmo: @queeribbean
cashapp: @queeribbean
additionally, here are just a few organizations in the caribbean you can support:
TranswaveJA, Kouraj, B-G.L.A.D, Trans Siempre Amigas, Centro Comunitario LGBTT de Puerto Rico
episode 4 | school yaad tingz
today, school is in session. chancellor stush an’ headmistress bush provide a good up good up translation of patois. an' remember, applications are now open for the 2020 Goodie Pageant.
citation: ‘Creolité and the Process of Creolization’, by Stuart Hall in Creolizing Europe: Legacies and Transformations.
episode 3 | is you gay?
Khadieme, the gyalis and Robert, the Reverend recount their ever shifting relationship with queerness and the continual struggle with the journey to being out
episode 2 | diasporic souls | mango v. avocado
khadieme and robert fight over mangoes and homophobic culture.
content warning: Genesis 19 and Judges 19 | discussion of sexual violence comes up from 1:07:00 to 1:10:51
episode 1 | a proverb a day
it's out. first episode with some caribbean proverbs, superstitions, argument, mix up and blend blend. one might call it, intergenerational tea, if you will.