Blackfishing, Changing Your Last Name, Renting Clothes & Yay Or Nay To PDA | ETHNICALLY SPEAKING

The ladies discuss whether celebrities and influencers accused of “Blackfishing” (using makeup, Photoshop or cosmetic surgery to appear of Black or mixed race heritage) are appreciating or appropriating Black features, if taking your husband’s last name on marriage is a sweet gesture of unity or an outdated misogynistic tradition, whether they would ever use clothing rental services and if these services are the solution to fast fashion’s sustainability issues or simply encouraging women to stunt with fashion they can’t afford, and their very varied attitudes and experiences when it comes to public displays of affection (PDA).

00:00 Intro
01:33 Is “Blackfishing” an act of appreciating or appropriating Black features?
16:45 Is taking your husband’s name a sweet gesture or an outdated and misogynistic tradition?
31:20 Do clothing rental services solve fast fashion’s sustainability woes or simply support the stunters?
47:20 What’s acceptable when it comes to public displays of affection (PDA)?

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https://unitedmelaningroup.com/es011
(Website – Show notes)

https://youtu.be/vIOYjU1LUSo
(Video – ETHNICALLY SPEAKING 002: Consumerism, School Meals, Racial Wealth Gaps & Stereotyping Black Women – United Melanin Group)

https://youtu.be/yB77tV-SeWM
(Video – ETHNICALLY SPEAKING 010: Separating Art & Artist, WAP, Perceptions Of Black Hair & Ambitious Women – United Melanin Group)

https://youtu.be/urrXtXxGz6g
(Video – Martina Big Is Back After Having Injections to Turn Her Into a Black Woman – This Morning YouTube Channel)

https://youtu.be/U_FRKzJI3jk
(Video – Rita Ora's Quarter Life Crisis – The Wendy Williams Show YouTube Channel)

https://youtu.be/WS4grhU_qYw
(Video – Rita Ora Interview with The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 – The Breakfast Club via java juju YouTube Channel)

https://www.thelily.com/the-tr....adition-of-taking-a-
(Article – The tradition of taking a man’s last name is ‘unquestionably sexist.’ This new trend could be the solution. – Caroline Kitchener for The Lily)

https://ejfoundation.org/resou....rces/downloads/EJF_A
(Report – EJF (2012) The true costs of cotton: cotton production and water insecurity. – Environmental Justice Foundation, London)

https://www.selfridges.com/GB/....en/features/project-
(Website – Project Earth Rent Your Wardrobe With HURR – Selfridges & Co.)

https://www.gov.uk/education-m....aintenance-allowance
(Website – Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) – Gov.UK)

https://www.octopusbooks.co.uk..../titles/florence-giv
(Book* – Women Don’t Owe You Pretty – Florence Given)

https://www.advocate.com/sexy-....beast/2016/6/29/34-p
(Article – 34 Public Displays of Affection That Straight People Take for Granted – Alexander Cheves for Advocate)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-....england-london-48555
(Article – London bus attack: Arrests after gay couple who refused to kiss beaten – BBC News)


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Each week join Anissa, Linda E, Luanda Yasmin and Sophie Hannah, four smart, curious and opinionated highly-melanated women, as they discuss everything from current affairs to pop culture, and everything in between. No subject is off limits for these ladies, especially when it comes to issues affecting British communities of colour. Get ready to laugh, learn and liberate your mind, because if there’s one thing you can guarantee, it’s that the Ethnically Speaking ladies will be giving it to you straight!

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